Editor
Best-selling fiction and non-fiction authorVee Walker
Vee Walker is an author of fiction and non-fiction with a love of family history and heritage. Her novels are so closely based on archive material that they can be used as academic source texts. Vee’s debut novel, Major Tom’s War (Kashi House), evolved from a narrative non-fiction account of an unlikely WWI courtship into gripping historical fiction. Recently, her short story Nice Dog was shortlisted for the BBC Short Story Competition 2024. As part of this experience, she was interviewed by Kirsty Wark on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row and you can listen here (starting from around twelve minutes in). An abridged version of Nice Dog can be heard on BBC Sounds here.
Vee honed her writing/editing skills as a heritage consultant for 20+ years, working with museums and natural/cultural/historic sites throughout the UK. Her poetry and descriptive writing can be found within unusual interpretive installations at historic houses, on mountains, in forests and along the coast.
She has also been commissioned to write pieces of site-based drama by The Royal Geographical Society (Antarctic Science, 2001), British Waterways (the AHI Caliba Award-winning Harry’s Cut, set on the 1950s Birmingham canals network, 2002), and The National Trust for Scotland (#FindAleckie, 2019).
Vee often runs creative writing workshops.
Find Vee on Threads at @veewalkerwriters and on Facebook here.
If you’d like to work with Vee Walker, 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.
- Elizabeth Sutherland, author, Highland Cathedral, The Seer of Kintail and Lent Term
- Glennis McClemont, author, The Change Baby
- Eleanor Bird, author, The Night Heron
- Jeremy W.
- Jan L.
- Aneeta S.
- John M.
Edited by Vee
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Why we love Vee
Vee’s background and authorial success make her a true asset for writers of historical fiction. Her interest in a wide range of genres ensures that many authors can benefit from her helpful and supportive reports. She’s a kind and charming editor – check out Vee’s testimonials for further proof!
What Vee says about editing
There is nothing I love more than suggesting a tiny adjustment which helps a paragraph take flight; nothing better than when a client says, ‘that was a really tough process, Vee, but you were right.’
Writing can sometimes feel like a cruel business, can’t it, and yet something keeps us hunched over our keyboards, tapping away. I can provide the feedback, insight and tools you need to help you maximise the fruits of your midnight labours.
It pays to burnish your hard work until it shines: I have learned the hard way that a manuscript is seldom quite as finished as one believes. A future agent/content editor will often demand sweeping changes and I can help you anticipate these to save rejection or heartache later.
I am unfailingly kind, but I am also honest. It takes courage to accept constructive feedback. If you are ready to embark on your own editing adventure with me through Jericho Writers, please get in touch.
In non-fiction, I enjoy all work with links to genealogy, Scotland, the Scottish Highlands, travel, the natural environment, popular tradition, archaeology, folklore, France (I speak fluent French), WWI, India, British history generally, theatre, art, music, cooking and food.
What Vee works on
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Manuscript Assessment
Developmental Editing
Agent Submission Pack assessment
Post-editorial guidance
Short Stories
Vee's published books
