ACES Logo

Suzy Bills is an editor, author, and faculty member in the editing and publishing program at Brigham Young University. She was previously a lead editor for the Joseph Smith Papers, and she’s owned a writing and editing business for a decade, working with individuals and companies to publish everything from books to dissertations, video scripts, technical manuals, marketing materials, and cookbooks. She loves sharing her skills with others, whether through teaching, mentoring, helping authors get their thoughts on paper, or fine-tuning their writing.


DeAnna Burghart is a freelance editor and wordsmith based in Southern California (mostly). Before dedicating herself to her business full time, she spent fifteen years as content manager and editor of a major project management dot-com. She now specializes in editing business text, general nonfiction, and family history.