Kate Moore – Editor

Since setting up as a freelance editor and writer I have worked on countless bestselling titles. My clients include the top publishers in the UK, such as Penguin Random House, Hachette, Pan Macmillan and Simon & Schuster. Books I have recently worked on include Ed Sheeran's A Visual Journey, Brian Blessed's Absolute Pandemonium, Gogglebook: The Wit and Wisdom of Gogglebox, Kate Morton's The Lake House and Kate Hamer's The Girl in the Red Coat.

During my time at Penguin Random House I published a range of bestselling commercial non-fiction and many Sunday Times bestsellers, including Dad's War by Chris Tarrant, Life After You by Lucie Brownlee (Richard and Judy pick), Buster: The Dog Who Saved A Thousand Lives by Will Barrow (no. 1 bestseller), Help Me by Katie Beers and Shamed by Sarbjit Kaur Athwal. Authors included Francesca Martinez, Fatima Whitbread, Norman Mailer and the website brand Damn You Autocorrect!

While at Michael O'Mara I commissioned and edited innumerable bestselling titles, including two memoirs with John Barrowman, the autobiography of Craig Revel Horwood, the first-ever unofficial biography of Cheryl Cole and fan-favourite parodies of Twilight, as well as many other humour and gift books and biographies.

Contender Books was an independent publishing company specialising in popular culture and celebrity-based non-fiction. Authors included Shane Richie, Will Young and Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen. My role entailed independent management of book creation, from acquisition to finished copies, encompassing the full range of editorial and production duties.