Kevin O’Brien is an editor with 20 years of professional experience, at companies including LexisNexis (London), Mainstream Publishing (Edinburgh), Penguin Random House (Sydney) and Scribe Publications (Melbourne). He is currently managing editor at Affirm Press, Melbourne. He teaches editing and proofreading skills for a range of organisations, including IPEd, the University of Sydney, UTS, RMIT and individual publishing houses.