Tim Ryder, BSc (Hons) MA

Location: Baildon

Membership Grade: Professional Member

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General Experience

I am a highly experienced publishing professional with over 30 years’ experience of commissioning, writing, copy-editing, proofreading and project-managing books for trade and academic publishers, and pride myself on my accuracy and attention to detail. I now offer indexing services to authors, publishers and pre-press suppliers, providing clients with embedded indexes in Word, or with back-of-the-book indexes as standalone Word files. I was awarded the 2022 Moys–Crane Prize by the Society of Indexers for being the best newly accredited indexer in that year.

Subjects

Ecology

I have a lifelong interest in ecological issues. I hold a BSc (Hons) in Ecological Science from the University of Edinburgh, and have written a book on green careers (Working with the Environment; Vacation Work Publications 1996).

Environmental Science

My degrees in Ecological Science and Human Geography included substantial coverage of environmental science.

Zoology

My degree in Ecological Science included substantial coverage of evolutionary zoology, and I have a particular interest in the works of Charles Darwin and Richard Dawkins.

Geography - Human

I hold an MA (with Distinction) in Human Geography from the University of Leeds.

Germany

I have a lifelong interest in Germany and its history. I am a former commissioning editor for guidebooks to Germany at Lonely Planet, and have also contributed to The Rough Guide to Germany.

Japan

I have a lifelong interest in Japan, which I visit regularly.

Modern History

I have a particular interest in the history of National Socialism and the Holocaust.

Music

I have a strong interest in British and American popular music, especially from the 1960s and the 1970s, including the Beatles, the Clash, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Joy Division, Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones and Richard Thompson.

Literature and Poetry In English

I have a strong interest in twentieth-century literature, especially Alan Garner, Franz Kafka, Hermann Hesse, John le Carré, Primo Levi, Henry Miller, George Orwell and Jean-Paul Sartre.

Related qualifications

BSc (Hons) in Ecological Science (University of Edinburgh)
MA (with Distinction) in Human Geography (University of Leeds)


Other skills

Embedded Indexing
I use Index-Manager to provide clients with embedded indexes in Word.

Copy-Editing
I have copy-edited books for publishers including Elsevier, HarperCollins, Lonely Planet, AA Publishing and Thomas Cook, as well as training manuals, annual reports and periodicals for a range of organisations including Astra AB (now AstraZeneca) and the Commission for Racial Equality.

Proofreading
I have proofread a range of publications for various publishers and other organisations (see under 'Copy-Editing' above).

Writing
I have written careers guides and annual reports, and contributed to a range of publications including travel guides and corporate magazines.

Recent indexes include

Ian Klinke, Life, Earth, Colony: Friedrich Ratzel’s Necropolitical Geography, University of Michigan Press, 2023
Lubaaba Al-Azami, Travellers in the Golden Realm: How Mughal India Connected England to the World, John Murray Press, forthcoming

Clients Include

Cambridge University Press
John Murray Press

Special Publication Type

Travel Guides

I have indexed several Lonely Planet guidebooks, including London, England and Paris.

Tools

PC
INDEX MANAGER