Experience and testimonials

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I am an Advanced Professional Member of the Society of Indexers, and was winner in 2005 of their Betty Moys Prize for best newly accredited indexer. A former chartered librarian, I worked for over fifteen years at
The London Library, latterly as Head of Reader Services.

CLIENTS:
Current clients include: Penguin Random House, Orion, Bloomsbury, HarperCollins, Folio Society, Thames & Hudson, British Library, National Portrait Gallery. I also work directly with authors and freelance editors and project managers.

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FEEDBACK:

“Can I just add my thanks to those of Henry, for producing such a marvellous index: the entry on IB is really superb.  Having indexed several books myself, I know a little of what is involved, and I take my hat off to you.  Many thanks also for alerting us to gaps in our work, which we were able to fill.”
Mark Pottle and Henry Hardy, eds
Isaiah Berlin: Affirming – Letters 1975–1997

“Thank you so much for your exemplary index! I could not have hoped for better - I am thrilled with how comprehensive it is. And thank you too for picking up a couple of copy-edits!"
Rosamond Richardson

Waiting for the Albino Dunnock: how birds can change your life

 

“The Degas index is masterly.”
Christopher Lloyd
Edgar Degas: Drawings and Pastels

“Thanks for the magnificent index.”
Paul Kildea
Benjamin Britten: a life in the twentieth century

“To my eye, the index looks outstandingly good - very carefully and intelligently done.”
Stefan Collini
What Are Universities For?

“I ought to add how amused and impressed and delighted I am with the index.”
Minoo Dinshaw
Outlandish Knight: the Byzantine life of Steven Runciman

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“I am full of admiration for the indexer – great job! Is it too late to mention him in the acknowledgements?”
David Stevenson
With Our Backs to the Wall: victory and defeat in 1918

“Having read the index: excellent!! Please pass on my comps to the indexer”
Matt Ridley
The Rational Optimist

“What a brilliant index! Very well done, with great detail.”
Frank Dikotter
Mao’s Great Famine

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“I've just read through your index and write to thank you for a brilliant
job, couldn't be better. I hate skimpy indexes, let alone half-baked ones. I
really appreciate it and will tell everyone else they have to try and get
you.”
Sara Wheeler
Magnetic North: notes from the Arctic Circle

“It is an impressive index and will be very useful to readers.”
Archie Brown
The Rise and Fall of Communism

“Very many thanks for the Index--I think it's absolutely brilliant. No changes needed of any kind. Please pass on my congratulations and warm thanks to the Indexer.'”
John Gray
Gray’s Anatomy: selected writings

“Many thanks for the quick and excellent work”
Finn Pollard
The Literary Quest for an American National Character

“You’ve done an absolutely outstanding job. It’s the most comprehensive index I’ve ever had in 10 books or so.”
Andrew Roberts
Masters and Commanders

"Please pass on my warmest thanks to Christopher Phipps, who has done such a splendid job on the index"
Sir Ian Kershaw
Hitler

“Let me first say, as the only other person who has so far gone through the index in detail, that it is a truly magnificent piece of work! It will be a pleasure to put it on our website.”
Nancy Duin, Society for Editors and Proofreaders

“Thanks again for a terrific job – I hope we can work together again in future.”
Daniel Shaffer, Executive Editor, Hali Publications

"Thank you so much for the excellent index that you have compiled for my
biography of Joan Collins. I have had dreadful experiences with two indexers in the past - so bad that both jobs had to be done all over again from scratch and I am truly grateful for your wonderfully accurate and comprehensive effort. It is much appreciated and should I ever write another non-fiction book I shall urge my publisher to ask you to index it."
Graham Lord
Joan Collins: a biography

"Now that Shakespeare Revealed is safely out there I want to thank you again for doing such a wonderful job on the index for my book. I am truly grateful. And you checked things for me, for which I am additionally grateful and which was beyond the call of duty."
Rene Weis
Shakespeare Revealed

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