Eleni Kyriacou

Editor

Best-selling author

Contemporary

Historical

Women’s

Eleni Kyriacou is an author, journalist, and editor.

She has two published novels, She Came To Stay, which was selected by Hachette for their Future Bookshelf initiative and is an Amazon number 1 bestseller, and The Unspeakable Acts Of Zina Pavlou, which was chosen as a BBC2 Behind the Covers TV Book Club pick.

Her writing has appeared in the Guardian, the Observer, Marie Claire, Grazia and Red, among others, and she has also edited national magazines. She has spent her career predominately in women’s publishing.

Born in London to Greek Cypriot parents, Eleni is particularly interested in stories about people who feel they don’t belong. She’s obsessed with the 1950s, but equally loves contemporary fiction.

You can find her on X, Insta and FB: @elenikwriter and her website is www.elenikwriter.com

If you’d like to work with Eleni, get in touch with our Writer Support team; tell us about your book and what you’d like support with, and we’ll help you identify your next steps.

Detailed and honest assessment

Thank you very much for your very detailed and honest assessment of my manuscript. I really appreciate it, and feel this is exactly what I needed to help me improve the draft significantly.

Simon N

I feel more confident

Thank you so much for the prompt and detailed response in your assessment. I can't tell you how valuable it is to me as a first time writer to have this level of feedback. I feel more confident going forward that I can make this as good as it needs to be to have a shot at getting published.

Alex A

So grateful for your guidance

Wow, and thanks! After reading your comments I think I am on the right path and I understand where I need to go with this MS. I'm so grateful for your guidance.

Edie W

Manuscript Assessment

Published by Troubador

Eleni worked with Jeremy Gray on a manuscript assessment of his novel Starting at the End, which was published by Troubador in May 2025.

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Copy-Editing

Longlisted for Bridport First Novel Prize

Eleni copy-edited P.C. Cubitt’s debut novel Fly Catcher which was self-published in 2021 and longlisted for the Bridport First Novel Prize 2023. P.C. Cubitt has since written and self-published a second novel, The Blue Alley, published February 2025.

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Eleni's specialties

Fiction

Contemporary

Crime / Thriller / Action

Short Stories & novellas

Historical

Women’s

Non-Fiction

Memoir/autobiography

Why we love Eleni

Eleni is an award-winning editor and journalist. She has experience across broadsheets, magazines and websites and has edited two national magazines and also worked in digital media. As an editor who aims to encourage, Eleni always gives feedback to authors in an enthusiastic and approachable manner.

What Eleni says about editing

Everyone needs someone on their side, and I’d love to be on yours. I’ve been lucky enough to receive so much encouragement during my writing journey, so I know how exhilarating it can be when someone sees what you’re trying to do and steers you in the right direction.

My goal is to offer honest, kind advice. I won’t give you the answers (those can only come from you) but I’ll get you to ask yourself all the right questions, to understand the areas where you’re doing well and look carefully at those where more work may be needed.

Writing is wonderful, but can also be ridiculously difficult. More than anything, my goal is to give you practical tools so you can take your work onto the next stage – whatever that may be. I’m particularly interested in stories with a strong sense of time and place, and where women take centre stage. I’m happy to accept line editing and developmental editing. I can also offer a follow-up session if desired.

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