Ernesto Mestre
Editor
Ernesto Mestre is an award-winning novelist, editor, and translator. He has taught at prestigious MFA writing programs over the last two decades--including Brown, Sarah Lawrence, and Brooklyn College--and his work has been awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the New York Foundation for the Arts. His novels, The Lazarus Rumba and The Second Death of Única Aveyano, have received critical acclaim from the New York Times Book Review, the Washington Post Book World, The Baltimore Sun, and Kirkus. A third novel, Sacrificio, is forthcoming in 2021. He has translated six Latin American novels from the Spanish. He has also edited many novels that went on to be published at various major New York publishing houses, including Picador, Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins, and Knopf.
AREAS OF SPECIALTY
Fiction in a variety of genres, including literary fiction
AVAILABLE FOR
Manuscript critiques, developmental editing, content editing, first chapter reviews
“Ernesto is a great editor, in both developmental editing and content/line editing. His advice during the developmental phase was instrumental and profound; he often saw meanings behind events that I was not even aware of and helped me to bring them forward in my book. He helped tremendously to turn my book from a very rough draft to a good read. Ernest also helped me a great deal in preparing a query package. He was very encouraging throughout the whole process and often went over and beyond with his help, including many discussions on Zoom and giving me a list of literary agents to start with. I have since signed a contract with a reputable agent, and I owe all the successes to Ernesto.”