Testimonials
“I worked with Christine Crabb for several years in the writing of my book Erotic Exchanges: The World of Elite Prostitution in Eighteenth-Century Paris (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2013). She copyedited several drafts of the manuscript and was truly excellent. Beyond catching the basics like typos, misspellings, inconsistencies in format, and problems with diction and grammar, Christy made sure that names of the hundreds of historical persons in the book (and they were all in French) were always spelled consistently; that the bibliography, footnotes, and text were consistent with each other; and that each and every sentence made sense. She asked questions when particular sentences were unclear, always offering several suggestions for clarification. Personally, she is wonderful to work with. She is professional. She returns work quickly, always on deadline if not before. And she is an easy person to work with. There is nothing quite like knowing your work is in the best possible shape, and working with Christy always gives me that professional confidence. I have since written other books and published journal articles. In all my experience, Christy is simply the best copyeditor out there.”
— Nina Kushner, Chair & Associate Professor of History, Clark University
“Your work is terrific—meticulous and clear. THANK YOU for taking on the project on such short notice and for doing such a great job. I hope to be able to work with you again in the future.”
— Betsy Huang, Associate Provost, Dean of the College, Klein Distinguished Professor & Associate Professor of English, Clark University
“I recommend Christine Crabb in the highest possible terms as an academic writer, editor, and copyeditor. She is brilliant, full of integrity, and very hard working.”
— Neal Walls, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs & Associate Professor of Old Testament Interpretation, Wake Forest University School of Divinity
“It’s been a very real pleasure working with Christine—I hope that I’ll get the opportunity to do so again! It’s been wonderful learning from her and watching her knowledge and resources at work as I’ve completed the first stage of my book.”
— Jennifer Boittin, Associate Professor of French, Francophone Studies & History, Pennsylvania State University
“Christy has superb writing and editing skills. Her proofreading is extraordinary, and she does not miss a thing. Christy has also demonstrated strong organizational and project management expertise in her work with me on countless high-profile events during her tenure at Dartmouth.”
— Ann Malenka, Director of Administration & Special Projects, Dartmouth College
“Christine Crabb is the best editor and proofreader I know. She’s the one who helped keep the Star Wars, Genesys, and Legend of the Five Rings roleplaying games, as well as many of my fiction products, easy to read and error free. We’re lucky to have her in the industry.”
— Katrina Ostrander, Fiction Editor & RPG Developer
“Ms. Crabb is consistently professional, timely, and thorough, to the point where she researched the IP she worked on to ensure fictional character names were spelled correctly. I heartily recommend her work.”
— Sam Gregor-Stewart, RPG Manager, Edge Studio
“Christine Crabb is a phenomenal, above-and-beyond editor and proofreader. I consider her to be one of the very best in the business, and have no doubt that she could make any literary project substantially better. She is diligent, communicative, professional, honest, thorough, and extremely pleasant. I could not sing her praises more highly, and would consistently seek out her skills during my time at Fantasy Flight Games. She not only strives to ensure grammar and usage are top-tier in a product, but she also makes every effort to check for consistency between products.”
— Leah Hawthorne, RPG Developer, Edge Studio & Developmental Editor, Braincrack Games
“Christy has the chief virtue any publisher would demand of an editor: thoroughness, coupled with forthright communications about issues she’s seen, plus rock-solid recommendations for fixes.”
— Ken Burnside, Publisher, Ad Astra Games
“Christine Crabb is the best I know in the business. She’s done phenomenal work on my own game, and has a ton of industry cred!”
— Andy Klosky, Owner, Blackfall Press
“Christine had her work cut out for her when she edited my large, complex manuscript (almost 200K words). The book was filled with technical language, had a complex braided narrative structure, and included an entire lexicon of made-up science fiction words, including an alien language. I was pleasantly surprised by the consistent quality of the line edit/proofread results I received back (including addressing continuity issues), but the real value was in the in-depth sensitivity analysis she provided along with feedback on up-to-date word usage and English phraseology expected by the current generation of readers. In all, it was an enlightening experience for me; by working with Christine I feel like my next project will be greatly improved from the start based on what I learned from her.”
— Patrick Cumby, author, Grone: Legends of the Known Arc