Dawn Davis

Dawn Davis – Editing and Proofreading

Editing & proofreading since 2018 with a specialization in comics and translated text.

Editing & Adaptation

This Art Club Has a Problem!
Imigimuru
Editor, Volumes 3+
2024 - Present
J-Novel Club
Translator: Dawson Chen
Lettering: Carmilla L., Richmond T.
A Wicked Tale of Cinderella's Stepmom Novel
Kiarne
Line Editing
2024 - Present
Tapas Entertainment
Translator: Jay Kim
The Fantasie of a Stepmother Novel
Spice&Kitty
Line Editing
2024 - Present
Tapas Entertainment
Translator: Jay Kim
Young Lady Albert is Courting Disaster! Manga
Saki, Tsukasa Satsuki
Editor
2022 - Present
J-Novel Club
Translator: Nikolas Stirling
Lettering: Elena Pizarro
Thompson
Harayasu
Editor
2023, 2024 - Complete
J-Novel Club
Translator: Maddy Wilette
Lettering: Hanna Helin
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Deluxe Edition
Hitoshi Ashinano
Adaptation (Volumes 1-2) & Copy
2022 - 2023
Seven Seas Entertainment
Translator: Daniel Komen
Lettering: Ludwig Sacramento
Editor: Linda Lombardi

Copy Editing & Proofreading

Dead Man Walking - A Graphic Retelling
Catherine Anyango Grünewald, Rose Vines, Sister Helen Prejean
Copy Editing
2025
Random House
Cancelled
Farah Penn
Copy Editing
2024
Viking Books for Young Readers
You Can Have My Back Volumes 2-3
Copy Editing
2023 - 2024
Yen Press
Translator: Aleksandra Jankowska
The Star Seekers Volumes 3-5
HYBE
Copy Editing
2023 - 2024
IZE Press
Goodbye, Battle Princess Peony
MOC
Proofreading
2022
Self Published
Almost All the Flowers in my Mother's Garden
Hilla Kurki
Proofreading
2022
Khaos Publishing

Publications

"Artists on Art as Genetics"
Unwinnable Exploits
Issue #62, May 2023
"Finding God in No Man’s Land — Christian Influence in Trigun"
womenwriteaboutcomics.com
April 2023
Author Spotlights
Nightmare Magazine
October 2022-Present

Testimonials

"Dawn is a diligent and insightful copy editor, able to adapt to any house style or peculiarity. Hire her!"
-Nick Mamatas

"At each point where I might have appeared careless, clueless or inconsistent had the untouched manuscript been made public, my copyeditor, Dawn Davis, had stepped in and saved the day.
Although the manuscript didn’t call for heavy copyediting intervention, I know Graphic Dead Man Walking will be a much better book thanks to Dawn’s invaluable work."
-Rose Vines

Contact

Dawn Davis is a queer editor/proofreader and writer headquartered in Atlantic Canada with experience in manga, graphic novels, novels, and video games.

Dawn has proofread and edited hundreds of manga for several publishers, but loves helping all storytellers to hone their work. She has done developmental editing, line editing, copy editing, proofreading, prepress reading, and softproofing for print. She can turn her hand to any tools or standards preferred by the client and has years of experience with the Chicago Manual of Style.

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