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I started my publishing career in Australia in the 1980s, working for Heinemann and Penguin Books in Melbourne. When I returned to the UK, I worked in-house for Longman Pearson and later for BBC Books. At BBC Books, I worked on TV and radio tie-in titles, including illustrated books on cookery, history and travel.
I have been a freelance editor since 1990 and I have worked for many different publishers, including Bloomsbury, Piatkus Books, Hachette, HarperCollins, Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press. More recently, I have worked on educational books for White-Thomson Publishing Services, medical books for M&K Update and a variety of books for self-publishing authors, specialising in memoirs.
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I am also the author of several children’s books and co-author (with Claire Lewis) of 35 Up: The Book of the Granada TV Series.
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Special editorial projects
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​Coming soon... The Music of the Soul's Give and Take
Selected poems by Anne Gruenberg, 2022-2024
Photogaphy by Clare Park
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A Square Foot of Sky: A Reawakening in Words and Images
Selected poems by Anne Gruenberg, 2019-2021
Photogaphy by Clare Park
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Words That Walk Through Walls: World poets writing with Ä°lhan Sami Çomak
Edited with Caroline Stockford
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Reaching Beyond: The Mountains and Voyages of Denise Evans
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Reading My Mother by Kathleen Jones
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​The Space Between Black and White: A Mixed-Race Memoir by Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith
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I worked with Esua on this book and placed it with Jacaranda as one of their '20 in 2020' titles.
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Professional links
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If you wish to contact me about an editing project, please send an enquiry via the contact form on this website.
I can also be contacted via reedsy.com and via linkedin.com
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