About
An editorial agency, built deliberately.
Mission
To give serious authors the editorial rigour of a major imprint, without asking them to surrender ownership of their work.
Vision
A publishing world where the quality of a book is decided by its editing, not by the accident of who signed it.
Values
Four commitments we do not trade away.
Candour
We tell authors what the manuscript needs, even when it costs us the sale.
Craft
Editing is a discipline. We hire people who have practised it for a decade.
Discretion
Manuscripts are confidential. Always, without exception.
Stewardship
The book belongs to the author. We are custodians for a season.
Our process
How an engagement runs.
01
Request a quote
Four minutes, eight steps. Tell us the service, genre, word count, and timing.
02
Editor pairing
An editorial director matches your manuscript to an editor who publishes in your genre.
03
Proposal & schedule
A fixed, milestone-based proposal with a delivery date you can plan a launch around.
04
The edit
Tracked, versioned work in secure storage, with your project manager reporting progress.
05
Delivery & debrief
Clean and marked-up files, a style sheet, and a call to walk through the notes.
Team
Meet the editorial leadership.
Team photography is a placeholder until the new portrait session is complete.
Marguerite Aduba
Editorial Director
Fifteen years in literary fiction; formerly of an independent London imprint.
Daniel Oyelaran
Senior Editor
Thrillers, crime, and upmarket commercial fiction.
Priya Venkatesan
Managing Copy Editor
CMOS specialist; academic and nonfiction lead.
Tomas Lindqvist
Production Lead
Interior typesetting, EPUB production, and retail metadata.
Timeline
Where we have been.
2019 — Founded
Writeluxe begins as a two-editor partnership serving literary novelists.
2021 — First hundred books
The roster grows to twenty editors across eight genres.
2023 — Platform launch
Secure manuscript management replaces email attachments for every client.
2025 — Global roster
120 editors across three time zones and thirty genres.
2026 — Editorial standard
Milestone-based engagements and a published editorial charter.
Why Writeluxe
What sets the agency apart.
Encrypted, versioned manuscripts
Private storage, immutable version history, and role-scoped access on every file.
Milestone-based pricing
Fixed quotes, no hourly surprises, and a deposit structure that protects both sides.
A project manager on every book
Scheduling, communication, and delivery are owned by a named person, not a queue.
Ready when you are
Talk to an editorial director.
Share a chapter — or the whole manuscript. We respond within one business day with a private, no-obligation proposal.