Miluna

Miluna is the Founder and Director of Valen Editorial, working with authors and publishers across the UK, North America and Australia at every stage of manuscript development.

Before founding the agency, Miluna spent ten years working as a psychodynamic psychotherapist and founded and edited a peer-reviewed psychoanalytic journal for three years.

Her academic background includes a BA in Psychology, an MA in Economics and an MA in Clinical Psychology. She has taught at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and was awarded a fully funded PhD place in Economics.

Her editorial collaborations include The Oxford Editors and Rowanvale Books in the UK, Chiron Publications and Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company in the US, and BookPOD in Australia. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading.

The 50th issue of On Writing, Miluna’s monthly newsletter exploring writing, psychoanalysis and philosophy, was published in June 2026.

For publishing services beyond Valen Editorial’s scope, clients may be referred to selected publishing partners, including Greenleaf Book Group in the US and BookPod in Australia.

Miluna founded Valen Editorial to bring together her academic background, years in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, experience founding and editing a journal, and her own writing career.