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.

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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.

 

Publications

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35 Up: The Book of the Granada TV Series (Network Books, 1991)

See Through Pirates (Running Press, 2003)

I’m Good at Geography: What Job Can I Get? (Wayland, 2014)

I’m Good at History: What Job Can I Get? (Wayland, 2014)

Italy: Discover Countries (Wayland, 2014)

The History Detective Investigates: Ancient Sumer (Wayland, 2014)

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Special editorial projects

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A Square Foot of Sky: A Reawakening in Words and Images

Selected poems by Anne Gruenberg, 2019-2021

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'A work of magnificence. Moving, poignant, enraging and yes, hopeful.'

Susie Orbach, psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, writer and social critic

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Editor Kelly Davis

Photographer Clare Park

The Dancer Debbie Green

Book designer Matilda Cicely

 

I now have copies of this extraordinary book for sale (£15 plus £5 postage and packing within the UK). Please contact me via my website or social media if you wish to purchase a copy.

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The Space Between Black and White: A Mixed-Race Memoir by Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith

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I worked with Esua on this book and placed it with Jacaranda as one of their '20 in 2020' titles.

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Professional links

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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 

 

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