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I started my publishing career in Australia in the 1980s, working for Heinemann and Penguin Books in Melbourne. When I returned to the UK, I worked in-house for Longman Pearson and later for BBC Books. At BBC Books, I worked on TV and radio tie-in titles, including illustrated books on cookery, history and travel.
I have been a freelance editor since 1990 and I have worked for many different publishers, including Bloomsbury, Piatkus Books, Hachette, HarperCollins, Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press. More recently, I have worked on educational books for White-Thomson Publishing Services, medical books for M&K Update and a variety of books for self-publishing authors, specialising in memoirs.
I am also the author of several children’s books and co-author (with Claire Lewis) of 35 Up: The Book of the Granada TV Series.
Special editorial projects
The Music of the Soul's Give and Take
Selected poems by Anne Gruenberg, 2022-2024
Photography by Clare Park
Cover illustration and essay by Amanda Ravetz
A Square Foot of Sky: A Reawakening in Words and Images
Selected poems by Anne Gruenberg, 2019-2021
Photogaphy by Clare Park
Words That Walk Through Walls: World poets writing with İlhan Sami Çomak
Edited with Caroline Stockford
Exiled Writers Ink report on the London launch, November 2024
Reaching Beyond: The Mountains and Voyages of Denise Evans
Reading My Mother by Kathleen Jones
The Space Between Black and White: A Mixed-Race Memoir by Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith
I worked with Esua on this book and placed it with Jacaranda as one of their '20 in 2020' titles.
Professional links
If you wish to contact me about an editing project, please send an enquiry via the contact form on this website.
I can also be contacted via reedsy.com and via linkedin.com