All our editors
Our editors are all authors or publishing professionals. Click to read their full bios.
Katherine Langrish
- Historical fantasy author
- Creator of the award-winning blog Seven Miles of Steel Thistles
- Available for submission reports & full manuscript reports
- Genres: Children's, YA, Fantasy, Sci-fi
Abbie Greaves
- Shortlisted for the RNA Debut Novel of the Year Award
- Author of two novels
- Former Curtis Brown literary agent's assistant
- Available for submission reports & full manuscript reports
- Genres: Women's fiction, Romance, Suspense, Reading group
Tracy Buchanan
- Bestselling crime and psychological suspense author
- Former travel magazine editor
- Provides feedback to our Starting to Write Your Novel, Write to the End of Your Novel and Creative Writing for Beginners students
- Genres: Crime & Thriller
Jessie Greengrass
- Award-winning short story writer
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlistee (2018)
- Winner of the Edge Hill Prize and Somerset Maughm Award
- Provides feedback to our Writing Short Stories students
- Genres: Short stories
Hannah Boursnell
- 15+ years of experience in publishing
- Editor and copywriter
- Publishing consultant
- Available for submission reports & full manuscript reports
- Genres: Memoir, Literary fiction, Reading group
Vanessa Gebbie
- Writer, teacher and editor
- Award-winning novelist, short story writer and poet
- Co-founder of Writing Mill
- Available for full manuscript reports
- Genres: Literary fiction & Short stories
Laura Barnett
- #1 Bestselling author
- Author of five acclaimed novels
- Senior lecturer in Creative Writing
- Available for submission reports & full manuscript reports
- Genres: Reading group, Literary fiction, Suspense
Nicholas Blincoe
- Award-winning crime writer
- 20+ years of experience in publishing
- Senior editor, critic and scriptwriter
- Available for submission reports & full manuscript reports
- Genres: Reading group, Crime, Thriller, Suspense
Dave Mark
- Bestselling crime author
- Literary consultant
- Former journalist
- Provides feedback to our Writing Crime Fiction students
- Genres: Crime
Sarah Sykes
- Writer of five historical crime fiction novels
- TV script writer
- Former CBC student
- Provides feedback to our Writing Historical Fiction students
- Genres: Historical fiction
Amy Baker
- Acclaimed travel memoirist
- Podcaster, journalist and mentor
- Provides feedback to our Writing a Memoir students
- Genres: Memoir
Rebecca F. John
- Novelist, short story writer and editor
- Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award
- Shortlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award
- Available for full manuscript reports
- Genres: Historical fiction
Ciara Finan
- Literary agent at Curtis Brown
- Discoveries team member
- Available for submission reports
- Genres: Fantasy & YA
Anna Freeman
- Winner of the 2013 Tibor Jones Pager-Turner Prize
- Author of two historical novels
- Host of Radio 4's human interest arts programme, Sketches: Stories of Art and People
- Available for full manuscript reports
- Genres: Historical & Reading group
Emily Barr
- Bestselling YA author
- Sci-fi novelist
- Experience as a creative writing teacher
- Available for submission reports & full manuscript reports
- Genres: YA, Middle Grade, Thriller, Suspense
William Shaw
- Award-winning music journalist
- Author of crime and non-fiction novels
- Available for full manuscript reports
- Genres: Crime & Thriller
Wyl Menmuir
- Award-winning author
- Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
- Creative Writing lecturer
- Available for full manuscript reports
- Genres: Literary fiction & Reading group
Louise Buckley
- Former literary agent
- 12 years working in publishing
- Associate literary agent at the Hannah Shepard Literary Agency
- Available for submission reports & full manuscript reports
- Genres: Literary fiction, Reading group, Crime, Thriller, Suspense, Historical, Women's fiction, Romance
Sarah Hilary
- Award-winning crime writer
- Crime fiction teacher and mentor
- Available for full manuscript reports
- Genres: Crime, Thriller, Suspense
Imogen Robertson
- Chair of The Historical Writers’ Association
- Bestselling author of historical and contemporary novels
- Creative Writing mentor
- Available for full manuscript reports
- Genres: Historical, Crime, Literary fiction
Tom Toner
- Professional editor
- Science fiction author
- Available for full manuscript reports
- Genres: Science fiction
Sarah Garrett
- Freelance development producer and script consultant
- Former development executive
- Freelance writer and editor
- Provides feedback to our Writing TV Drama students
- Genres: Screenwriting
Genevieve Fox
- Renowned feature journalist
- Acclaimed memoir writer
- Available for submission reports & full manuscript reports
- Genres: Memoir
James Aitcheson
- Author of four historical novels
- Creative Writing lecturer
- Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of Nottingham
- Available for full manuscript reports
- Genres: Historical fiction
Lizzie Enfield
- Author of 5 acclaimed novels
- Columnist for Writing Magazine
- Experienced creative writing tutor
- Available for full manuscript reports
- Genres: Literary fiction & Commercial fiction
Sophie Ambrose
- Children's author and illustrator
- Art and illustration tutor
- Provides feedback to our Writing & Illustrating a Children’s Picture Book students
- Genres: Picture book
Simon Ings
- Acclaimed novelist
- Columnist for The Times
- Renowned sci-fi writer
- Available for submission reports & full manuscript reports
- Genres: Science fiction, Fantasy, Crime, Literary fiction
Craig Barr-Green
- Award-winning children's author
- Lecturer at Falmouth University
- Available for submission reports & full manuscript reports
- Genres: YA, Children's, Middle Grade
Rowan Somerville
- Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize
- Experienced creative writing tutor
- Available for full manuscript reports
- Genres: Literary fiction
Anthony Trevelyan
- Longlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize
- English and Creative Writing teacher
- Available for full manuscript reports
- Genres: Literary fiction & Reading group
Ally Wilkes
- Author of two highly acclaimed supernatural novels
- Stoker Award-nominated author
- Provides feedback to our Writing Gothic & Supernatural Fiction students
- Genres: Gothic fiction
Julie Wheelwright
- Historical fiction author
- Honorary research fellow at Birkbeck College
- Journalist and film-maker
- Available for submission reports & full manuscript reports
- Genres: Memoir & Non-fiction
Charlotte Bond
- Horror and dark fantasy author
- Co-host of the award-winning podcast, Breaking the Glass Slipper
- Freelance editor
- Available for full manuscript reports
- Genres: Fantasy & Horror
Anna-Marie Crowhurst
- 15 years experience as freelance journalist and columnist
- Author of three novels
- Available for full manuscript reports
- Genres: Literary fiction, Reading group, Historical
Anne Griffin
- Bestselling novelist
- Acclaimed short story writer
- Available for full manuscript reports
- Genres: Literary fiction & Reading group
Niki Mackay
- Author of 6 crime novels and 3 short stories
- True crime podcaster
- Creative Writing mentor
- Provides feedback to our The Rewrite Doctor students
- Genres: Crime
Nicci Cloke
- Author of 8 novels
- Nominated for 2017 Carnegie Medal
- Available for full manuscript reports. Provides feedback to our Writing Crime Fiction and Writing a Psychological Thriller students
- Genres: Crime & Thriller
Cathi Unsworth
- Longlisted for the 2014 Theakston Crime Novel of the Year Award
- Editor of the award-winning short story collection London Noir
- Available for manuscript reports
- Genres: Crime, Thriller, Suspense
Jamie Groves
- Freelance editor
- Prize-winning writer
- 20+ years of experience in creative industries
- Available for submission reports & full manuscript reports
- Genres: Literary fiction, Reading group, Crime, Thriller, Suspense
Tasha Harrison
- YA & Middle Grade author
- Three-month YA & Children's Fiction alumna
- Available for full manuscript reports
- Genres: YA & Middle Grade
Rebecca Mascull
- Award-winning historical novelist
- Short fiction writer for My Weekly and Sunday Express
- Experience as an author, teacher and examiner
- Available for full manuscript reports
- Genres: Historical fiction
Richard Roper
- Freelance editor
- Critically-acclaimed novelist
- Former senior commissioning editor
- Available for submission reports & full manuscript reports
- Genres: Memoir, Literary fiction, Reading group
Michelle Davies
- Author of six acclaimed novels
- Former journalist and senior editor
- Available for submission reports & full manuscript reports
- Genres: Crime, Thriller, Suspense
Holly Seddon
- International bestselling author
- Former journalist and editor
- Co-host of The Honest Authors Podcast
- Available for submission reports & full manuscript reports
- Genres: Crime, Thriller, Suspense, Reading group
Lauren Pearson
- Author of five books for young readers
- Former literary agent
- Freelance editor
- Available for submission reports & full manuscript reports
- Genres: Crime, Thriller, Suspense
Tasha Kavanagh
- Award-winning author
- Creative Writing lecturer
- Available for full manuscript report
- Genres: Crime, Thriller, Suspense
Rachel Marks
- Critically-acclaimed author
- Three novels published by Penguin
- Available for full manuscript reports
- Genres: Women's fiction, Romance, Reading group
Anna Bell
- Romantic fiction writer
- Author of ten romance novels
- Provides feedback to our Writing a Romance Novel and Writing Fiction with Marian Keyes students
- Genres: Romance & Reading group
Elizabeth Lee
- Historical fiction author
- Selected for The WoMentoring Project and Penguin's WriteNow Live programme
- Provides feedback to our Writing Historical Fiction and Writing Fiction with Kate Mosse students
- Genres: Historical fiction
Jon Curzon
- Freelance editor
- Literary agent at Artellus Ltd.
- Available for submission reports
- Genres: Literary fiction & Reading group
Billy Lindon
- 7 years of editorial experience
- Romantic fiction author
- Host of the Queer Joy writing podcast
- Available for submission reports & full manuscript reports
- Genres: Romantic & Commercial fiction
Dzifa Benson
- Widely-published poet
- Creative producer, playwright and writer
- Shortlisted for the inaugural James Berry Poetry Prize
- Provides feedback to our Writing Poetry students
- Genres: Literary fiction & poetry
Laura Marshall
- #1 Bestselling author
- Author of four acclaimed psychological thrillers
- Available for submission reports & full manuscript reports
- Genres: Crime, Thriller, Suspense