Robert Shore

My first job was as a desk editor at Thames & Hudson in London. I then moved a few hundred yards across Bloomsbury to work for Laurence King Publishing (LKP). Art and design were my principal subjects, in particular developing books for the US market. I then started working on magazines but continued to freelance for Yale University Press, where I specialized in history, literature and politics titles, and LKP, where I also commissioned books. At Elephant Art, I served as publisher. And at the same time I wrote some books myself – about art, history and place mostly. So my experience is varied, and my sympathies are quite wide.As an editor, it's important to identify what makes an author's voice appealing or unique, and then to focus on bolstering and reinforcing it as much as possible. I believe in exercising a light touch; as an editor, it's easy to intervene too much, and do more than is really necessary to make a manuscript 'right'. At the same time, I enjoy a good restructuring challenge!