Rachel Mann – Editor

Having spent ten years commissioning and editing books for young people, I’m now actively growing a list of writers in fiction and non-fiction, with a particular focus on children’s and YA but also extending into adult work across many styles and genres. My clients include Eliza Clark, Caleb Femi, Jade LB, Jack Meggitt-Phillips and Bethany Rutter.

I had full financial and strategic responsibility for global publishing activity across 47 territories and in 62 languages, with a focus on English Language publishing. In close collaboration with the estate's literary agents, I was responsible for the evolution, protection and development of global publishing identity and income across print and digital, for both adult and children’s titles.

Co-running department strategy; commissioning, editing and project-managing authors such as Michael Morpurgo, Laura Ellen Anderson, Kevin & Katie Tsang and Katy Birchall, as well as a number of debut authors and project publications. I also ran editorial and brand strategy on Egmont's Enid Blyton list.

Commissioning, editing and project-managing authors such as Adam Silvera, Darren Shan, Becca Fitzpatrick, Gayle Forman, Michelle Harrison, Amy Alward, Laura Bates, Michelle Harrison and C. J. Flood, as well as a number of debut authors and project publications.

Editing and project-managing authors such as Michael Morpurgo, Steve Cole, Chris Ryan, Richard Hammond and Bear Grylls.

Editorial, publishing strategy and project management across a broad spectrum of publications, with a focus on fiction for children and young adults. All stages of development and delivery, from creative conception to structural development, through to copy editing and proofreading. Working with self-publishing authors, as well as Penguin Random House, Simon and Schuster, Faber, Egmont, Scholastic, Stripes, Walker Books and Knights Of.

Co-editing work by authors such as Rick Riordan, Melvin Burgess and Steven Butler.