Hello! I am Philippa van Aardt, the proud founder of Red Pen. I am a specialist legal and academic publisher, writing coach, editor and proofreader with over thirty years' experience. I am also a published author.
I have worked on hundreds of texts as an editor, journals' manager and publisher at the University of South Africa, Pearson Education and Juta and Company. I began my career as a law editor and translator and then worked on content and publishing across all academic disciplines. For the last eight years, I have once again been focusing on editing and publishing law, and writing for my own pleasure.
Specialist legal and academic writing demands absolute precision and clarity of thought and expression. I understand the challenges you face. Whatever the field or format, I can help. Whether you need coaching, over-writing, pre-submission manuscript screening and remediation, editing, proofreading or anything in between, I can help.