Editors

Meet the experienced authors and publishing professionals who provide editorial feedback to our students

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Amy Baker

Acclaimed travel memoirist
Podcaster, journalist and mentor
Provides feedback to our Writing a Memoir students

Anna Bell

Author of 10 romantic novels
Provides feedback to our Writing a Romance Novel students

Anthony Trevelyan

Longlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize
Creative Writing teacher
Provides feedback to our Starting to Write Your Novel students

Dave Mark

Bestselling crime author
Literary consultant
Provides feedback to our Writing Crime Fiction students

Dzifa Benson

Widely-published poet
Multi-disciplinary artist working across fields that include prose, theatre-making, performance, essays and criticism.
Provides feedback to our Writing Poetry students

Emma Beswetherick

Author of acclaimed children’s series The Playdate Adventures, with 5 published novels to date
20 years in publishing, most recently as Associate Publisher at Little, Brown Book Group.
Writer in Residence at Radnor House School, Twickenham.
Provides feedback to our Writing YA & Children's Fiction students

Genevieve Fox

Renowned feature journalist
Acclaimed memoir writer
Provides feedback to our Writing a Memoir students

Hannah Boursnell

Editor, Copywriter & Publishing Consultant
Provides feedback to our Writing Your Memoir students

Imogen Robertson

Chair of The Historical Writers’ Association
Author of historical and contemporary novels
Provides feedback to our Writing Historical Fiction students

Jamie Groves

Freelance editor
Prize-winning writer
20+ years of experience in creative industries
Provides feedback to our Edit & Pitch Your Novel students

Jane Porter

Award-winning picture book author and illustrator
Provides feedback to our picture book students

Jason Donald

Shortlisted for the Saltire Best Novel Award
Creative Writing University Lecturer
Provides feedback to our novel-writing students

Joe Thomas

Course editor and university lecturer in Creative Writing
Author of 5 acclaimed novels
Provides feedback to our Writing Crime Fiction students

Lauren Pearson

Author of 5 books for young readers
Former literary agent and current freelance editor
Genres: Literary, Commercial, YA & Children's

Meghan Flaherty

Author of Tango Lessons: A Memoir.
Columbia MFA
Provides feedback to our Writing a Memoir students

Michelle Davies

Author of 6 acclaimed novels
Former journalist and Senior Editor
Provides feedback to our Writing a Psychological Thriller students

Nicholas Blincoe

Award-winning crime writer
Senior Editor, Critic and Scriptwriter
Provides feedback to our Writing Your Novel students

Niki Mackay

Author of 6 crime novels, and 3 short stories
True crime podcaster
Provides feedback to our Writing Crime & Thrillers students

Paul Murphy

Freelance editorial consultant and writer
Publisher of Sunday Times bestsellers and prizewinning non-fiction
Provides feedback to our Writing Your Novel students

Rowan Somerville

Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Prize
Experienced Creative Writing tutor
Provides feedback to our Write to the End of Your Novel students

Sarah Hilary

Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year winner
Genres: Crime & Psychological Thrillers

Sarah Sykes

Former CBC student
Writer of 5 published novels
Also works as TV script writer
Provides feedback to our Writing Historical Fiction students

Shannon Leone Fowler

Marine biologist and non-fiction writer
Provides feedback to our Writing a Memoir students

Sophie Ambrose

Children's author and illustrator
Illustration tutor
Provides feedback to our picture book students

Tasha Kavanagh

Award-winning author
Creative Writing Lecturer
Provides feedback to our Writing a Psychological Thriller students

Vanessa Gebbie

Writer, teacher, editor
Novelist, short form writer, poet
Provides feedback to our Writing Short Stories students

Wyl Menmuir

Award-winning author
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
Provides feedback to our Write to the End of Your Novel students

Zehra Hicks

Award-winning author and illustrator
Lecturer in Book Illustration
Provides feedback to our picture book students

Sumayya Usmani

Author of 2 cookbooks
Winner of the Scottish Book Trust’s Next Chapter Award 2021
Shortlisted for Best Cookbook of the Year at the Food & Travel Magazine Awards

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