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CONFERENCE
SPEAKERS' BIOGRAPHIES 2009
ALLNATT, JUDITH
Judith Allnatt teaches at the University of Leicester. Her novel,
A Mile of River, was shortlisted for the Portico Prize
for Literature and was Simon Mayos Book of the Month on
Radio 5 Live in April 2008. Her short stories have featured in
the Bridport Prize Anthology and
on Radio 4. www.judithallnatt.co.uk.
ARNOLD, ELIZABETH
Elizabeth Arnolds first book, The Parsley Parcel
was published in 1995 and short listed for the Whitbread Childrens
Award. It is now published by Back to Front. Her second book,
Gold and Silver Water, was commended for the TES/NASEN
Special Educational
Needs Award. 2001. The third book in the series is A Riot of
Red Ribbon. The trilogy became a television series called
Gypsy Girl shown on CITV. A ghost story, The Gold-Spectre,
was recently published by A & C Black. Elizabeth has contributed
to Higher
Ground, a collection of stories edited by Anuj Goyal, about
child tsunami survivors and the Wow! 366 Scholastic collection.
The profits are given to several childrens charities. She
also edited Soul-Fire, a collection of stories written
by children for children. Elizabeth has diversified and written
the story behind a computer game, Escape from the Asteroids,
produced by Zarista Games.
She is working on another expansion.
ASHFORD, LINDSAY
Lindsay Ashford is a former BBC journalist who studied criminology
at Queens College, Cambridge. She is the author of five novels
featuring forensic psychologist Megan Rhys, the second
of which, Strange Blood, was shortlisted for the Theakstons
Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. Now published in the
USA and Canada as well as the UK, her first novel, Frozen,
has recently been translated into Portugese for publication in
Brazil. She is currently working on a sixth crime novel which
features a new main character and is set in Sicily.
ASHTON, BRAD
Brad has written more than 1,000 television and radio shows including
shows and series for Tommy Cooper, Bob Monkhouse, Les Dawson,
Dick Emery, Frankie Howard, David Frost and for fourteen weeks,
he was Head Writer for Groucho Marx. He has
given comedy writing seminars for television companies in Germany,
Holland, Austria and Finland and has published How to Write
Comedy and The Funny Thing about Writing Comedy, 2006
and is the author of many published articles. He currently writes
as
a Theatre Critic for Taxi Newspaper which is a nationally circulated
newspaper read by cab drivers.
BARLOW, JOHN
After training as an actor, Johns career lead to him eventually
to working as a Director in Theatre. After working at The Royal
Court Theatre and directing for the Fringe, John went to work
on the production side in the BBC drama department where he worked
on
series, serials and single plays. He then moved into the feature
film industry in which he worked on several major films and numerous
commercials before returning to television. He realised his ambition
to become a Producer/Director with TVS (ITV). Whilst working for
them his work won major awards at the Chicago and New York Film
Festivals. After several years working as an Independent Producer/Director
and making programmes broadcast on BSB, the BBC, ITV and C4, John
took up an offer to teach in Higher Education which has subsequently
become his full-time occupation, though he has also subsequently
directed for the stage in Paris and performed Prospero in the
US. In the past year he has directed stage productions of OLIVER,
CAROUSEL and SPRING AWAKENING. He is currently Course Leader for
the BA Performance degree at Southampton Solent University and
also works as a Senior Consultant for Aziz Corporation, a leading
business training company.
BAVERSTOCK, ALISON
Alison Baverstock was a publisher, has written widely about publishing
and writing and now runs the MA in Publishing at Kingston University.
She is the author of Is There a Book in You? and Marketing
Your Book, An Author's Guide (both A&C Black) and her
website is www.alisonbaverstock.com
BAVISTER, PAUL
Paul Bavister worked for Macmillan Publishers for many years and
now teaches creative writing at the University of Reading and
Birkbeck College, London. He has published three books of poetry.
BELLI, LORELLA
Lorella Belli has worked for various publishers and literary agencies
before setting up her own agency in Londons Notting Hill
in 2002. She studied literature and languages and her MA dissertation
was entitled The Literary Agent as Businessman and
as Promoter of Literature. She is particularly interested in first
time novelists, journalists, multi-cultural and international
writing, and books about Italy. A member of the Association of
Authors Agents, Lorella is often asked to give talks to
creative writing courses students, writers groups and at
literary festivals. She teaches a publishing seminar at the Portobello
Business Centre and is an Ambassador for the Girls, Make Your
Mark! a nationwide
campaign which aims to kick-start a more enterprising culture
amongst young people in the UK. Lorella Belli Literary Agency
handles full-length fiction (from literary to genre - in particular
womens fiction, historical and crime/thrillers) and general
non-fiction (humour, popular music, popular science, popular history,
business, lifestyle, current affairs, memoirs, biography, autobiography,
self-help, travel, sport, womens issues, fashion, and food/wine).
They represent authors whose books have been New York Times and
Sunday Times bestsellers, as well as several
award-winning writers. No childrens, fantasy or science
books.
BIRCH, BEVERLEY
Beverley Birch is both author and editor. She commissions childrens
fiction for Hodder Childrens Books, where she works with
some of the most outstanding childrens writers, among them
David Almond, Rachel Anderson, Catherine Fisher, Sarah Mussi,
Paul Bryers, S. I. Martin and Tanith Lee. Her latest novel, RIFT,
a mystery thriller set in contemporary Africa, was nominated for
the Carnegie Medal and shortlisted in UK and abroad for a number
of prizes. Author of more than 40 books, from picture books and
novels to science biographies and retellings of Shakespeare, Beverley
has been involved with childrens publishing, on both sides
of the fence, since she joined Penguin Books in 1975 to edit economics
textbooks. Immediately offered the chance to work on the childrens
list, she realised she had found her true home, and has never
looked back. She has just finished a new novel for
Egmont, SIRI, to be published in 2010.
BOULTER, AMANDA
Dr Amanda Boulter teaches English and Creative Writing at the
University of Winchester. She has written two novels (Around
the Houses and Back Around the Houses) and a textbook
for students (Writing Fiction: Creative and Critical Approaches).
She is also
involved in the Transition Town movement and her current projects
(a teen novel, a series of short stories and a circus script)
all respond to the issues of climate change.
BROCKLEHURST, HELEN
Helen Brocklehurst is a freelance editorial consultant, specialising
in illustrated and narrative commercial non-fiction. She started
her publishing career ten years ago with Routledge, then moved
to Random House, where she edited illustrated lifestyle titles.
She went on to spend seven years commissioning at HarperCollins
where she was latterly Editorial Director for popular non-fiction,
natural history and health.
BRYANT, JULIA
Julia Bryant was discovered at Winchester by Carolyn Caughey and
has published six seaport sagas for Hodder and Stoughton. She
is the founder of Portsea Writers and is busy on a new venture
The Girl with the Paper Boat.
BRYERS, PAUL
Paul Bryers is a writer and filmmaker based in London. He is currently
working on a series of novels set during the Wars of the French
Revolution, the first of which - The Time of Terror - was published
by Hodder Headline in June 2008 under the pen name Seth Hunter.
He has also been commissioned to write a series of children's
novels - Mysteries of the Septagram - the first of which - Kobal
- was published by Hodder in July 2008. The sequels in both series
- The Tide of War and Avatar - are to be published in Spring 2009.His
previous novels include The Used Women's Book Club, Prayer of
the Bone, In a Pig's Ear, the Adultery Department and Coming First,
all published by Bloomsbury in the UK. He has taught creative
writing as a senior lecturer at Bath Spa University. He won an
English Arts Council award for Best First Novel. 'In a Pig's Ear'
was named as one of the Guardian's six Best Novels of the Year.
He has produced and directed documentaries in many parts of the
world and was deputy editor and series director of Channel Four's
The Shape of the World and A Week in Politics. Price of Glory
will be published by Hodder Headline in June and Abyss published
by Hodder Children's Books in May. Further details on www.paulbryers.com
BURNS, CAROLE
Carole Burns is the author of Off the Page: Writers Talk About
Beginnings, Endings and Everything in Between (Norton 2008)
which is based on interviews that she conducted for washingtonpost.com
with writers including Martin Amis, A.S. Byatt and Paul Auster.
She is programme leader for the MA in Creative and Critical Writing
at the University of Winchester.
CARRADICE, PHIL
Phil Carradice is a novelist, poet and historian. He has published
over thirty books, fact and fiction, and presents his own weekly
history show on BBC Radio Wales. His most recent books are The
Black Chair, a novel for older teenagers and adults (Pont/Gomer)
and Peoples Poetry of the Second World War, an account
of the poetry produced by ordinary men and women between 1939
and 1945 (Cecil Woolf Publishers).
CAUGHEY, CAROLYN
Carolyn Caughey has worked for many years at Hodder &
Stoughton, where she is now a Consultant Editor. She loves all
kinds of popular fiction, from love stories to horror stories
by way of thrillers and detective fiction. Her authors currently
include - in no particular order - such varied writers as Mandasue
Heller, Audrey Howard, Anthony Riches and Jill Paton Walsh. She
hopes to find one new bestseller this year and publish it in 2011.
CHRIS, TERESA
Teresa has been the agent for best selling authors and wannabes
for many years. She sells books internationally and in her stable
she numbers several successful graduates from the Winchester Writers
Conference including Debbie Holt, Lesley Horton and Dolores Gordon-Smith.
Always on the lookout for another gem, she is happy
to work with those showing great potential.
CHURCHILL, JULIA
Julia Churchill joined The Greenhouse Literary Agency in 2009
after six years at the Darley Anderson Literary Agency. The Greenhouse
is a specialist childrens book agency with agents in
the UK and US. With an emphasis on working creatively with clients,
Greenhouse can help writers develop their unique voice and focus
their work and then be their advocate, ambassador and
long-term partner through the whole publishing process and beyond.
CLAY, DANIEL
Daniel Clay is the pen-name for Nigel Spriggs. He is thirty-nine
years old and his debut novel, Broken, was published by HarperPress
in 2008. He has also had short-stories, articles and poetry published
and works as a creative writing tutor for Writers' News. He is
presently finishing his second novel, Swap, which is due to be
published in February of next year.
CONDON, DONNA
Donna Condon is commissioning fiction editor on the Piatkus list
at Little, Brown. She works across the wide-ranging list, with
particular focus on supernatural fiction.
COOPER, ELINOR
Elinor Cooper studied English and American Literature at the
University of Manchester, and then worked as a bookseller before
joining A P Watt in 2004. She was made Associate Agent in 2007.
Her interests include literary fiction, narrative non-fiction
and books for young adults.
DINES, ADRIENNE
Adrienne graduated from Trinity College, Dublin as a teacher before
moving to the UK and establishing herself as a speechwriter and
after dinner speaker. Her first novel, Toppling Miss April was
published in 2005 , followed by The Jigsaw Maker and Soft Voices
Whispering in 2006 and a play, In the Arms of a Child in 2007.
She is currently busy writing, giving talks and running creative
writing workshops in Dublin and the UK. Ever the teacher, she
welcomes the opportunity writing affords her to meet and encourage
new and struggling writers.
ELLIOT, ROSE
Rose Elliot MBE is Britains foremost vegetarian cookery
writer and her books have won her popular acclaim all over the
world. She has written over 60 books, with sales of over 3½
million and contributes to national magazines, radio and TV. For
more about Rose, see her website www.roseelliot.com.
ESSER, CAROLIN
Carolin is a medievalist with an interest in fantasy of cultural
concepts and identity through the monstrous and the other. Her
classes on Anglo-Saxon monsters and on the devil invite her to
explore the concept of the monstrous repeatedly. She has recently
begun to employ her experience in order to advise writers in both
fields. Carolin Esser is a lecturer in English Language and Medieval
Literature at the University of Winchester.
EVANS, JUDE
Jude Evans is Associate Publisher of Little Tiger Press, an independent
publishing house specialising in picture books and novelty books
for 0-7-year-olds. Previously she has worked on young fiction,
teenage fiction and non-fiction.
FARNELL, GARY
Gary Farnell is a lecturer in English at the University of Winchester.
His publications have appeared in a variety of journals and periodicals,
including English Literary History, Literature and History, and
New Formations. He was the adjudicator of the 2009 Hampshire Chronicle
Short Story Competition, 'Revenge is Sweet'.
FERGUSSON, LORNA
Lorna Fergusson is Head of English at Cherwell College, Oxford
and teaches Creative Writing on Oxford University's Summer School
programme. A past Ian St James Award winner, she has judged several
short story competitions. Her novel, The Chase, is published by
Bloomsbury. She blogs at http://literascribe.blogspot.com and
offers writing courses and editorial, critiquing and mentoring
help at www.fictionfire.co.uk
FISHER, GEOFF
Geoff Fisher served an apprenticeship as a hot-metal compositor
during the late-60s before qualifying and then trained as
a typographer before moving into publishing where he spent over
ten years in charge of directory production - just when the computer
age was dawning! He moved back onto the other side of the
invoice in 1986 when he started in print sales. After working
for a number of large book printers he joined CPI Antony Rowe
some thirteen years ago. He is now responsible for looking after
authors and self-publishers together with a number of smaller
publisher accounts. Given his wide experience in both printing,
design, and book production, he is well qualified to offer advice
and help to enable authors to realise their production goals.
FORD, MICHAEL
Michael Ford studied Classics and English at Worcester College,
Oxford, then taught English in Greece before working in various
publishing roles. He is currently a Senior Commissioning Editor
at Working Partners, a packaging of bestselling fiction for UK,
US and foreign language publishers. Michael has written non-fiction
books for seven year olds, and he is one of several authors writing
under the pseudonym Adam Blade on the multi-million-selling Beast
Quest series for boys aged from seven and above. He also writes
a series for Egmont called Striker under the name Nick Hale, about
a teenage footballer-come-spy, aimed for 10 year olds. For Bloomsbury,
Michael has written an ancient historical trilogy called Spartan,
also for the ten year old age group, and his latest novel for
Bloomsbury (coming out in August) is a standalone Victorian paranormal
murder mystery called The Poisoned House about a girl whose dead
mother revisits her to say she was murdered.
GARBETT, ANDREW
Andrew Garbett is a solicitor who specialises in intellectual
property and works at South Coast law firm, Coffin Mew. He has
acted for authors and publishers, as well as other clients in
the creative industries, on a wide range of deals and disputes
and is often asked to speak at events organised by private, public
and educational sector organisations to give practical guidance
on legal issues.
GILBEY, JOHN
John Gilbey is a professional writer and photographer living in
rural West Wales. An environmental scientist and computer science
lecturer by training, his stories and images have appeared in
a range of publications including Nature, The Guardian, International
Herald-Tribune, New Scientist, Times Higher Education, The Independent
- as well as more unusual titles such as the Journal of Unlikely
Science and the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, a local paper in Alaska.
He and his violinist wife share their home with a surprisingly
large - and opinionated - tabby cat, a colony of brown long-eared
bats and assorted other wildlife - including their two children.
GODDARD, ROBERT
Robert Goddard was born in Hampshire and worked in local government
for ten years before becoming a full-time novelist in 1987. He
has written more than twenty best-selling novels distinguished
by their deeply plotted storylines. His latest novel, Long Time
Coming, was published in January.
HABENS, ALISONAlison Habens is the author of three novels:
Dreamhouse, Family Outing and Lifestory. She is course leader
for creative writing at the University of Portsmouth; and has
recently completed a PhD on the theme of 'divine inspiration'.
She lives in a converted church on the Isle of Wight, with her
husband and three young children.
HAMPSON, JUNE
June Hampson began her writing career as a journalist for a Scottish
newspaper in the 198O's. She has sold over 7OO short stories,
articles and poetry to magazines in Britain, Sweden, Germany and
America. She has been a creative writing tutor for Hampshire County
Council for many years currently teaching at three colleges in
the Gosport and Fareham area. In 2006 her novel, a gritty gangster
saga, Trust Nobody, the first in a three book deal was bought
by Orion. Broken Bodies, (2007) Damaged Goods (2008) followed.
A further three book deal resulted in Fatal Cut (February2009)
Jail Bait (April 2010). Rough Trade continues the harsh and hard
bitten lives of her unforgettable characters.
HANSEN, DAVID
In the US and UK David Hanson has written film scripts, documentaries
and comedy series for BBC, ITV, Channel 4, HBO, ABC Television
and Universal, and was co-creator of the UK/US television character
Max Headroom. He has also created University screenwriting courses
and is now Head of the London School of Film, Media & Performance
at Regents College.
HAYNES, JOHN
John Haynes was born in Newquay, Cornwall of show business parents.
From 1970-88, he was a lecturer in Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria.
He now runs the Poetry Studio, in Cowplain. His publications include
Sabon Gari, First the Desert Came, Letter
to Patience (Costa Award winner) and You (due, 2010).
HELEY, VERONICA
Veronica celebrated the publication of her 65th book this month.
She is currently writing two gentle crime series which are popular
here and in America. She also writes romance/suspense, short stories,
book reviews, articles, resource books and stories with a Christian
background for children of all ages.
HENLEY, JAN
Jan Henley, also writing as Anna Cheska and Juliet Hall, has written
numerous articles, stories, and 12 novels of contemporary
womens fiction, published in the U.K, Germany, Greece, Holland
and the U.S.A. Jan holds a BA in Arts & Literary Analysis
and an MA in Creative Writing for personal development. She is
an experienced creative writing tutor and runs a manuscript appraisal
service. www.janhenley.co.uk
HERBERT, JO
Jo Herbert has worked in publishing since 1996. Shes worked
for three mainstream publishers in various editorial roles, most
recently at A&C Black for the past seven years as Editor of
the
Writers & Artists Yearbook and the Childrens
Writers & Artists Yearbook. She lives in London
but is originally from Wales.
HOLLAND ROGERS, BRUCE
Bruce Holland Rogers is an American writer of both category and
literary fiction. He has published commercial novels, but is best
known for his short fiction and his non-fiction book for writers,
Word Work: Surviving and Thriving as a Writer. He is on
the fiction
faculty for the Whidbey Writers Workshop, a post-graduate
creative writing programme in Washington State USA, and he has
also taught in Canada, Greece, and Portugal.
HOLT, DEBBY
Debby Holt began her writing career by producing short stories
for magazines. She met her agent, Teresa Chris, at the Winchester
Conference and since then has written five novels, the latest
of which, Recipe for Scandal, was published in January 2010.
HORTON, LESLEY
It is thanks to the Winchester conference that Lesley got
her first big break. An agent read the first page of her manuscript,
took the rest home and by the following Wednesday had agreed to
represent her. Since then she has written five novels, the latest
of which, Twisted Tracks, was published in December 2008 and is
now working on her sixth.
HYDE, KATE
Kate Hyde is Digital Producer for HarperCollins. Having worked
as a publishers editor for nearly 10 years with many high-profile
authors, shes one of the founders of authonomy. com, the
leading website for authors to upload their work and find an audience,
agent or publisher. She now works across a number of digital
initiatives for publishing, including new product development,
websites and electronic text.
JAHANS, KEITH
Keith Jahans is a writer and microbiologist. He formed Peatmore
Press as an on-line magazine in 1996 to publish and promote his
writing. In 2008 he left his microbiology job at Defra's Veterinary
Laboratories Agency and established Peatmore Press as a Limited
Company the following year. His first novel, Cogrill's Mill was
self-published as an ebook in March 2006 and as a paperback in
April 2009. His second Victim of Compromise was launched in February
2010. He has gained considerable experience and expertise in the
world of self publishing. Further information about him can be
found by visiting his website at http://peatmore.com.
JAMES, DAVID
David James has taught English at universities in England, North
America, Morocco and the Gulf. In 1965 he was awarded a Commonwealth
Scholarship and in 1978 a British Academy Fellowship. Years later,
having by then written sundry plays, stories, articles and reviews
he self-published three novels. A fourth novel, The Confessions
of Becky Sharp, will be commercially published by Pegasus Elliot
Mackenzie in January 2011. For more details on David please visit
www.freewebs.com/davejamesbooks
JENKINS, JOHN
John Jenkins is a former night editor of the Daily Telegraph.
From Fleet Street he established two publishing companies, has
edited 22 books, written three biographies and established the
magazine Writers Forum. He has sold articles and stories
to more than 300 titles throughout the world and lectured at several
universities. His
latest work is a text book for journalists entitled: Essential
Editing.
JOHNSTON, PHILIPPA
Philippa is Director of Writers' Compass, a wing of the National
Association of Writers in Education with a specific remit for
providing information and advice on professional development for
all writers. She has had experience of helping a wide range of
writers at all stages of their career to move forward professionally.
JUDD, JANE
Jane handles general fiction and non fiction, womens fiction,
crime, thrillers, literary fiction, humour, biography, investigative
journalism, health, womens interest and travel. She is looking
for good contemporary womens fiction. But no scripts or
gardening.
KING, CATHERINE
Catherine jumped the gap from being an academic to becoming
a full time author in the space of a year and is working on her
sixth, romantic, historical novel. All her titles are published
in hardback, paperback, large print and spoken word formats. Silk
and Steel was shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the Year 2008.
She comes from Yorkshire and uses her family history and local
industry in the Victorian era to spark off her stories. Further
details on www.catherineking.info
KING, SOPHIE
Sophie King (pen name for Jane Bidder) has been
a journalist for over 25 years and contributes regularly to national
newspapers and magazines including The Daily Telegraph and The
Sunday Express. She has written five novels, The School Run, mums@home,
Second Time Lucky , The Supper Club and The Wedding Party - all
of which are best-sellers. She is published by Hodder & Stoughton.
The Wedding Party was shortlisted for Love Story of the Year (an
award given annually by the Romantic Novelists Association).
Sophie has had hundreds of short stories published in magazines
such as Woman's Weekly and My Weekly as well as non-fiction books
for both adults and children. Her recent book How To Write Short
Stories For Magazines And Get Published has been called 'A real
gem'. Her latest non-fiction book is called How to Write Your
First Novel and has had great reviews. Both are published by How
To Books.
In 2005, Sophie won the Elizabeth Goudge Short Story Trophy in
2005 and was a runner up in the Harry Bowling Prize. She has also
appeared on breakfast television and radio including Woman's Hour.
In addition, she is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association;
Women in Journalism; the Society of Women Writers and Journalists
and the National Union of Journalists. She also runs an online
appraisal service to give advice on novels and short stories and
articles. At last year's Winchester Festival, she was able to
help a delegate get an article published in a national newspaper.
More details at www.sophieking.info.
KING, ZOË
Zoe King is an Associate Agent for the Darley Anderson Literary
Agency. Her non-fiction ranges from cookbooks to narrative non-fiction
and miscellany. She will work with any person or theme she finds
interesting and that has commercial appeal.
LAMONT, LOUISE
Louise Lamont studied English Literature at the University of
Cambridge and Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto before
joining A P Watt in May 2006. She was made an Associate Agent
in 2009.
McKENNA, BERNARD
Apart from teaching scriptwriting at the University of Winchester
from first years to graduates, he has co-written a satirical television
comedy which is in its early stages of development, is
working on a book Scriptwriting that is both anecdotal
and instructional and is writing a script about his encounter
with Jean-Paul Sartre in Paris 1966.
MORRISON, CRYSSE
Crysse Morrison writes fiction, poetry, and drama. Hailed by 'The
Times' as a 'superb storyteller' for her debut novel, Crysse also
writes short stories and plays, and leads creative writing courses
in the UK and abroad. Her Good Practice column appears monthly
in Writing Magazine.
MURDOCH, JUDITH
Judith Murdoch worked as an editor before setting up her own agency
in 1993. She specialises in quality commercial fiction and is
always interested in new authors who have a strong individual
voice and a powerful story to tell. Her authors include Anne Berry,
Tony Black, Lola Jaye, Jessie Keane, Jaishree Misra, Leah Fleming,
Trisha Ashley and Catherine King.
MURPHY, BRIAN
Brian Murphy is a highly experienced actor. Although his television
appearances number into hundreds, he is still best known for his
portrayal of George Roper in the smash hit series George and Mildred.
He started his career with Joan Littlewood's theatre workshop
company where all the plays were written and devised by the actors
in the company. As well as his vast CV as an actor, he has also
directed theatre all over the world.
MUSSI, SARAH
Sarah Mussi's first novel, The Door of No Return won the Glen
Dimplex Children's Book of the Year Award, and was shortlisted
for the Branford Boase Award amongst others. Her second novel,
The Last of the Warrior Kings, published in April 2008, shortlisted
for Lewisham Book Award, is a fast-paced tale charting the downfall
of Max, a black hoody from South London, determined to redress
history and avenge his brother's death by restoring the Benin
Bronzes to Nigeria.
Sarah has appeared at many festivals, including Henley and Guildford;
she is a regular tutor for the Winchester Writers' Conference,
and has given workshops for SCBWI as well as to many schools.
NASH, KATE
Kate Nash launched a literary agency in January 2009 and is actively
looking to build her client list. She represents authors Lesley
Cookman, Sally Spedding and Fenella Miller. Kate worked
with Myrmidon Books since their launch in 2006 as well as undertaking
publicity for authors, publishers and book trade events including
the YoungMinds Books Award 2007 at Red Wave Communications Ltd
where she is a director. Kate writes
historical romance under her maiden name Kate Allan. The Agency
website and blog is at http://slushpilemountaineering.wordpress.com.
NORTH, SAM
Sam North - author of the ghost story 'Mean Tide' & the flu
pandemic novel 'Another Place to Die'
He has a two book deal with Hodders Childrens Books to be published
in 2011 He is currently the Course Leader of the Masters in Creative
Writing at the University of Portsmouth and Editor of the long
running web magazine Hackwriters.com
PELTER, STANLEY
Stanley Pelter, now 74, was part of the very first Writers' Conference
in 1980. Having spent a working life in Further Education he has,
since retiring, written several books of haiku and five collections
of haibun, the genre that embeds haiku into 'haikuesque' prose.
PICKERING, JULIET
Juliet Pickering joined A P Watt in September 2003, and became
an Associate Agent in 2007. Prior to joining the company, she
studied English Literature at the University of Surrey before
becoming a fiction buyer for Waterstones
REGAN, LINDA
Linda is a successful actress who has always written alongside
her acting assignments. After winning a crime novel competition,
in 2005, she had her first crime novel Behind You published, and
has since followed that with two others. She has also written
for radio and many short stories, one which won a national WHSmith
award. She has recently acquired a master's degree in creative
writing.
RULE, SUE
Sue Rule self-published her first novel Cloak of Magic
as a Print On Demand title in 2006 through Authors On Line. The
second in her Shaihen Heritage series, Staff of Power,
was published by traditional methods in January 2009 with Pegasus
Elliott Mackenzie
Vanguard Press. As well as her personal experience as an independent
author, Sue brings her experience of setting up and running a
small business and her professional marketing expertise. Sue is
a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and earns her
living as Marketing Director for SMS Ltd., a specialist IT management
consultancy in which she and her husband are major shareholders.
SANDHAM, FRAN
Fran was an editor at Rough Guides for several years and worked
in bookselling and the voluntary sector. His book Traversa: A
solo walk across Africa was serialised by the Sunday Times, and
he has written for the Daily Telegraph, the Financial Times and
various travel magazines. He divides his time between freelance
writing, freelance editing and public speaking.
MYRA SCHNEIDER
Myra Schneider's tenth collection of poetry is Circling the Core
(Enitharmon 2008). Writing Your Self with John Killick (Continuum
2009) is her third book about personal writing. She has co-edited
four anthologies of poetry by contemporary women writers, is an
experienced writing tutor and currently works for the Poetry School.
She is consultant to the Second Light Network of women poets.
SHEFFIELD, JACKJack Sheffield is the author
of the best-selling Teacher series of novels. A retired Yorkshire
headmaster, Jack's first novel attracted the attention of a literary
agent at the 2005 Winchester Writers' Conference. In 2006 he signed
a contract with Transworld Publishers and his first three novels,
Teacher, Teacher!, Mister Teacher and Dear Teacher were Waterstone's
Books of the Year for 2007, 2008 and 2009. His latest novel, Village
Teacher, published earlier this year, is expected to follow his
first three books into the international market. Jack is currently
writing the fifth and sixth in the series along with his first
teenage novel, Hexagon.
JAKE SIMONS
Jake Simons is a published novelist, journalist and Senior Editorial
Consultant at Addison and Cole. His first novel was named as an
Independent on Sunday Book of the Year, and he writes for the
Times and the Guardian.
SPEDDING, SALLY
Sally's first supernatural crime novel, Wringland, was published
in 2001, followed by Cloven, A Night With No Stars, Prey Silence,
and in 2007, Come and be Killed. Her crime short stories have
won awards and appeared in two CWA anthologies. Sword Lilies is
included in Best British Crime Stories Vol 7 (ed Maxim Jakubowski)
due out in March 2010. Strangers Waiting, her first collection,
was published by bluechrome in 2008. She is currently working
on her latest crime mystery set beneath the Cambrian Hills. www.sallyspedding.com
SPENCER, ALLIE
Before becoming a full-time writer, Allie obtained degrees in
English Literature and Medieval studies. She also qualified as
a barrister and practised family and matrimonial law for a number
of years. Her first novel, the romantic comedy Tug of Love was
the winner of the 2009 RNA New Writers' Award and her second,
The Not-So-Secret Diary of a City Girl is out on 1st April 2010
with Little Black Dress.
STANFORD, PATRICK
Patrick is the Artistic Director of the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton.
He has worked closely with many living playwrights including Michael
Frayn, Tom Stoppard, Claire Luckham, Claire
Tomalin, Richard Harris and many others. His career has taken
him from the West End to France, South Africa, Australia and most
recently, Russia. The Nuffield handles 400 new scripts each year.
STANSBIE, STEPHANIE
Stephanie Stansbie is Editorial Director at Roar Publishing
an independent publisher of childrens books. She has edited
picture books, novelty books, non-fiction and young fiction during
her time at Little Tiger Press and Random House Childrens
Books.
TAGGART, CAROLINE
Caroline Taggart has been an editor for 30 years and is the editor
and spokeswoman of Writer's Market UK and Ireland: your guide
to making money from your writing. She is also the best-selling
author of a number of popular reference books, including I Used
to Know That and My Grammar and I (or should that be 'Me'?)
TRUEMAN, JUSTINE
Justine Trueman has 13 years experience as a financial journalist
covering all aspects of personal finance for major newspapers
and magazines around the world. (Reuters, The Telegraph, Time
Magazine, The Sydney Morning Herald). She has interviewed investors
and fund managers in Moscow, Hong Kong, New York, Paris and London.
Justines fascination with finance led her to try to teach
others how to better manage their finances and reduce the stress
that so often surrounds money. This was first via her articles,
then with an investment club and now with her website and book
Detox Your Finances: the ultimate book of money matters for
women, which was published as the direct result of
pitching her manuscript to Lorella Belli, literary
agent, at the 2007 Winchester Writers Conference. It
really was indispensable in putting me on track as a writer.
WAITE, JUDY
Judy Waite writes for children and young adults. She has published
over thirty titles ranging through picture books, educational
fiction, series reads and young adult fiction. Her work has won
awards both in UK and America. Her recent novel Game Girls
dealing with issues of sex and teenage prostitution has caused
a degree of controversy. She has worked extensively in schools,
run numerous
workshops and residencies, and currently teaches Creative Writing
at University of Winchester. Her newest novel Twisting the
Truth is due out in April 2010.
WELSHMAN, MALCOLM
Malcolm Welshman is a retired vet and novelist. He started writing
in the mid 70s and became the Agony Uncle for 'My Weekly' for
15 years. He has had over two hundred features published. His
novel based on his experiences in practice, 'Pets in Prospect',
has been hailed as the new James Herriot; a paperback edition
was published in Japan last year. He is now a BBC Radio panellist
and in demand as a guest speaker on cruise liners. Currently he
is working on a sequel and a children's novel.
WENHAM-JONES, JANE
Jane is the author of three best selling novels and, as a freelance
journalist, has written for many womens magazines and national
newspapers and is Writing Magazines agony aunt. Her most
recent book Wannabe a Writer? is a humorous and informative
look at the world of writing with contributions from top authors
including
Jilly Cooper, Frederick Forsyth, Ian Rankin, Jill Mansell, and
many more.
WHITEHOUSE, LUCIE
Lucie Whitehouse is a novelist and literary agent. She worked
for five years with top commercial agency Darley Anderson before
publishing her own first novel, The House at Midnight,
with Bloomsbury. She now divides her time between writing and
selling
translation rights for another leading London literary agency.
WRIGHT, ANNABEL
Annabel Wright is a Senior Editor at HarperPress, acquiring non-fiction
and commercial literary fiction.
WRIGHT, DAMIAN
Damian Wright is resident author and co-Artistic Director of Periplum,
who specialise in outdoor performance & site-specific theatre.
Since 1999, he has written scripts for all of the companys
productions, from critically acclaimed small-scale stage plays
(Artaud in Wonderland, Rasputin) to large-scale works of recent
years. Productions such as The Bell and Arquiem tour the UK, Europe
and South America to audiences of up to 5,000 people, bringing
the intimacy of human drama to shows of a spectacular scale. Accolades
& nominations including the Edinburgh Fringe First, The Guardian
Critics Choice & The Independent 5 Best Plays. Damian
has also been independently commissioned to produce scripts for
touring theatre productions: Mary by Company:
Collisons and Spear, an international collaboration with Bang-Zed.
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