Overview
Hi! I'm a freelance book marketing specialist and copywriter with twelve years' experience in working with many of the Big Five UK book publishers - Penguin Random House (VINTAGE, Cornerstone, Transworld), Hachette UK (Headline, John Murray Press, Orion), HarperCollins UK, plus Bonnier Books, Lonely Planet Books, and more.
In 2024, I wrote book blurbs for many outstanding debut and brand authors including:
》Hachette UK, Orion (Book blurb and slogan copywriter - We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough / 2025)
》Hachette UK, Orion (Book blurb and slogan copywriter - Somewhere Only We Know by Cathy Bramley / 2025)
》Hachette UK, Headline (Book blurb and ad slogan copywriter - Room 706 by Ellie Levenson / Hardback 2026)
》Hachette UK, Headline (Book blurb and ad slogan copywriter - Speak to Me of Home by Jeanine Cummins / Hardback May 2025)
》Penguin Random House UK, VINTAGE (Book blurb and ad slogan copywriter - Welcome to Glorious Tuga by Francesca Segal / Paperback 2025)
》Penguin Random House UK, Cornerstone (Ad slogan copywriting team - Precipice by Robert Harris / Hardback Aug 2024) - NO. 2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
》Penguin Random House UK, Cornerstone (Book blurb & ad campaign copywriter - This is Not a Game by Kelly Mullen / Hardback April 2025)
》Penguin Random House UK, Cornerstone (Book blurb copywriter - SWEAT by Emma Healey / Hardback Jan 2025)
》Penguin Random House UK, Cornerstone (Book blurb copywriter - The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey / Hardback Feb 2024) - NO. 3 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
Services
Fiction
Work experience
Self-employed
I am a London-based freelance creative copywriter and marketer. I work with many of the Big Five UK book publishers on book blurbs, ad campaign slogans and front cover shoutlines. In addition, I write newsletter copy, website copy, organic social media copy and more.
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Below is a list of publishers and authors who I have worked with on either a freelance basis or permanent in-house contract:
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Women's Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction | Lonely Planet Books | HarperCollins UK | Penguin Random House UK - Cornerstone, VINTAGE, Transworld | Hachette UK - Headline, John Murray Press, Orion | Bonnier Books UK | Quarto | DK and DK Eyewitness | Cheerio Publishing | Soi Books | S J Watson | Mick Herron | Great Western Railway | Holiday Cottages | Digital Marketing Specialist | Pickatale
Projects
The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey
The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey
Published in hardback in February 2024 / Cornerstone, Penguin Random House
THE NUMBER 3 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
Project: To write the blurb for Jennie Godfrey's debut novel
Sweat by Emma Healey
Sweat by Emma Healey
Publishing in hardback in January 2025 / Cornerstone, Penguin Random House
Project: To write the blurb for the new novel by the multi-million copy bestselling author of Elizabeth Is Missing.
This Is Not A Game by Kelly Mullen
This Is Not A Game by Kelly Mullen
Publishing in hardback in April 2025 / Cornerstone, Penguin Random House
Testimonial:
“Reading so much copy every day in my job, what I’m really looking for in a copywriter is someone who comes straight in and breathes new life into our words. September did exactly that and it was great fun to work with her on an arrangement of words that gave our book energy, direction and most importantly – sass. Working together so early has given our overall campaign its route and the whole team is energised to publish it following this positioning work carried out with September.” Sam Williams, Senior Marketing Manager (Penguin Random House – Cornerstone)
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Niki M.
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