Overview
I'm a literature professional with a background in editorial publishing. I've worked in in editorial, production and project management at Penguin, Oxford University Press, The Reading Agency and now the Women's Prize for Fiction where I manage the annual award for the best fiction written by women - truly a treat. I love close-editing, structurally and at line-level, and working with authors to produce a sensitively-honed text. I'm also a skilled project manager, and really enjoy shepherdingbooks right through from conception to publication. Some projects I've worked on include:- novels and poetry with Pushkin Press- a history of the cryptic crossword - a new translation of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment- commissioned introductions to Penguin Modern Classics and new editions of black Classics- illustrated titles on fashion and visual culture including The Sartorialist: Closer, It by Alexa Chung and postcards from Vogue and The New Yorker
Services
Fiction
Classics
Historical Fiction
Poetry
Women's Fiction
Non-Fiction
Health & Wellbeing
Photography
Self-Help & Self-Improvement
Sex & Relationships
Languages
English (UK)
Awards
- Ethel E. Jones Exhibition Prize for academic achievement
Certifications
- MA (Oxon), English Language and Literature, University of Oxford
Work experience
Women's Prize for Fiction
Apr, 2018 —
Present
I work across all aspects of the Women's Prize for Fiction, the UK’s most prestigious annual book award for fiction written by a woman. This ranges from day-to-day delivery to long-term planning and strategy.
Pushkin Press
Feb, 2018 —
Present
I proofread novels, non-fiction and poetry in translation
Penguin Random House
Mar, 2010 —
Nov, 2013
(over 3 years)
Working in an editorial capacity across Particular Books, Allen Lane and Penguin Classics imprints, managing titles through from conception to publication.
Oxford University Press
Jun, 2009 —
Mar, 2010
(9 months)
Responsibility for own list of books in Higher Education Law department.
Portfolio
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB 2018 SELECTION 'A moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple.' - Barack Obama Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of the American Dream. He is a young exe... read more
'January 22nd - Robert startles me at breakfast by asking if my cold - which he has hitherto ignored - is better. I reply that it has gone. Then why, he asks, do I look like that? Feel that life is wholly unendurable, and decide madly to get a new hat'It's not... read more
Italo Calvino in Collection of Sand claimed that 'the brain begins in the eye'. The essays collected here display his fascination with the visual universe, in which the things we see tell a truth about the world. With encyclopedic knowledge and engaging curios... read more
Travellers have always been thrilled by the sight of citrus in Italy, where dark leaves and bright fruit seem to charge the landscape, making the trees symbols of a sun-soaked, poetic vision of the country. Citrus also holds a special place in the Italian imag... read more
Two Girls, One on Each Knee: A History of Cryptic Crosswords is an audaciously constructed book on the pleasures and puzzles of cryptic crosswords and their linguistic wordplay, from Alan Connor, the Guardian's writer on crosswordsOn 21 December 2013, the cros... read more
After the enormous success of The Sartorialist, Scott Schuman is back with a completely new collection of beautiful images of the men and women who have caught his attention. His much-loved blog, thesartorialist.com, remains one of the most-read in the fashion... read more
'A truly great translation . . . This English version really is better' - A. N. Wilson, The SpectatorTIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014This acclaimed new translation of Dostoyevsky's 'psychological record of a crime' gives his dark masterpiece of... read more
A novel based on the life story of a remarkable woman, her lifelong relationship with birds and the joy she drew from itI want to find out how they behave when they're free.Len Howard was forty years old when she decided to leave her London life and loves behi... read more
