Tash Barsby was a Commissioning Editor at Transworld Publishers and worked at Vintage Books, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster before moving to Penguin Random House, where she worked with authors Sarah Pearse, Fiona Barton, Lesley Kara, and Tess Gerritsen.

Josie Humber was a Senior Commissioning Editor at Hodder & Stoughton (Hachette), home to authors including Jodi Picoult, Stephen King, David Nicholls, and Erin Kelly. Josie has worked with bestselling authors such as Kate Mosse, Kate Morton, and Joanna Trollope.

Elizabeth Kulhanek was an Associate Editor at Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette and home to bestselling and acclaimed authors such as Nicholas Sparks, James Patterson, Lisa Gardner. She has worked with bestselling authors, including David Baldacci, Scott Turow, Harlan Coben, Sandra Brown, Octavia E. Butler, and Min Jin Lee.

Emily Kitchin was an Editorial Director at HQ (HarperCollins), home to authors including Adele Parks, Linwood Barclay, Sarah Morgan, Carrie Hope Fletcher, and Erica James. She has worked with bestselling authors such as Holly Bourne, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Sarah Maine, Elin Hilderbrand, Emily Giffin, and Leia Stone.

Lizzy Goudsmit Kay was a Senior Commissioning Editor at Transworld Publishers, a division of Penguin Random House, home to authors including Kate Atkinson, Dan Brown, Bill Bryson, Lee Child, Richard Dawkins, Paula Hawkins. She has worked with bestselling authors including John Lewis Stempel, Ella Risbridger, Nick Robinson, and Sue Black.

Craig Leyenaar was a Commissioning Editor at Titan Books, home to authors including Stephen King, V.E. Schwab, James Lovegrove, Mickey Spillane, and Paul Tremblay. Craig also worked at Gollancz, part of the Hachette group, home to authors including Brandon Sanderson, Joanne Harris, Patrick Rothfuss, Alastair Reynolds, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Ben Aaronovitch.

Krystle Appiah was an Editor at Macmillan Children’s Books, home to authors including Marcus Rashford, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Tomi Adeyemi, and Julia Donaldson. She has worked on children’s books from Sir Lenny Henry’s The Boy with Wings to Padraig Kenny’s The Shadows of Rookhaven.

Nic Caws was Senior Commissioning Editor at Headline, part of Hachette, and their boutique romance imprint Headline Eternal, home of bestselling authors such as Sarah Adams, Erin Sterling, and Mariana Zapata. She spent over nine years in editorial at renowned romance publisher Harlequin Mills & Boon.

Gillian Holmes was an acquiring editor and copy editor at Penguin Random House where she acquired authors such as Katie Flynn. She has worked with bestselling authors Kathy Reichs, Dorothy Koomson, Tony Parsons, Rosie Goodwin, Amanda Prowse, Alan Titchmarsh, Jackie Collins, and Amy Silver (aka Paula Hawkins).

Sadé Omeje was an Editor at HarperCollins 4th Estate, home to Hilary Mantel, Anthony Doerr, Jonathan Franzen, and Ann Patchett. Sadé worked with fiction and non-fiction from acclaimed authors such as Coco Mellors, Emmanuel Iduma, Joyce Carol Oates, Rodrigo García, Hannah Durkin, and Jonathan Escoffery.

Francine Toon was a Commissioning Editor at Sceptre, Hodder & Stoughton’s literary imprint. She has worked on the novels of Stephen King, John le Carré, Fredrik Backman, and Erin Kelly. She has published award-winning authors such as Ned Beauman, Jessica Andrews, Rowan Hisayo-Buchanan, Kopano Matlwa, and Huma Qureshi.

Sorcha Rose was an Editor at Hodder & Stoughton, a division of Hachette and home to authors including Stephen King, B.A. Paris, and Lucy Score. She has worked with the authors John Grisham, Peter Robinson, and Sophie Hannah, and on Erin Kelly’s Sunday Times bestseller The Skeleton Key and Will Dean’s The Last Thing to Burn.

Natasha Qureshi was Commissioning Editor at Hodderscape, Hodder & Stoughton’s SFF imprint, home of international bestsellers Frank Herbert, L.R. Lam, Isabel Ibañez, Roshani Chokshi, and Pierce Brown. She has worked with authors such as Cecy Robson, Ella Fields, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, and Micaiah Johnson (shortlisted for the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction).

Georgia Summers was an Editor at Tor, an imprint of Macmillan, home to authors including Cassandra Clare, Olivie Blake, Adrian Tchaikovsky, and T.J. Klune. She was the commissioning editor for the international cozy fantasy bestseller Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree.

Simran Kaur Sandhu was an Editor of middle-grade and Young Adult fiction at Macmillan Children’s Books, home to authors including Hilary McKay, Meg Cabot, Judy Blume, and Eva Ibbotson. With prior experience at HarperCollins, Profile Books, and Serpent’s Tail, she worked with award-winning authors including Tomi Adeyemi.

As Digital Media Manager, Imani oversees all video and audio assets at The Novelry, from recorded workshops to course content videos and full production of the podcast The Novelry on Writing. Previously, Imani worked in marketing for the Sage Neuroscience Center, in editorial for The Break, and as a staff writer for IQPC. A novelist in her spare time, Imani has a BA in Strategic Communication from the University of New Mexico and an MA in Digital Media from London Metropolitan University.

As Editorial & Writer Services Manager, Jenana ensures our writers get the very best expertise from our team at just the right time. She has more than eight years of experience in copywriting, marketing and communications, having worked at law firms and in research and real estate. Jenana is currently studying for an MA in English Literature and Creative Writing.

As Events Manager, Elsa oversees all workshops, classes, and live events for up-to-the-minute insights from across the publishing industry. Managing more than 60 live workshops and group classes every month, Elsa also ensures the smooth running of our writers’ online home at The Novelry Live. Previously, Elsa gained experience at literary agency Peters Fraser + Dunlop, Deliciously Ella, and the EmpowHer Society. Elsa has an MA (first class) in English Language and Literature from St. Andrews University.

As Communications Manager, Gina takes care of our external relationship for press and partnerships and oversees our copy content. Gina’s decades of experience in the arts and as a brand storyteller have given her a unique insight into the worlds of writing, publishing, and business. She sets the tone for the way we engage with the wonderful world of fiction. Gina graduated with distinction from the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program, and worked as an actor on stage, screen, and television in productions for Disney, the BBC, Paramount Pictures and Discovery. She is also a writing coach for our contemporary and women’s fiction writers.

As Content Manager, Jessica oversees all written content at The Novelry, from course lessons to blog articles. Previously, Jessica was a freelance proofreader and desk editor for Penguin Books, Puffin, Doubleday, Arrow, Vintage, Quercus, Picador, and Pan Macmillan among others. Over 20 years she has proofread multiple bestsellers, including books by Jilly Cooper, Paula Hawkins, Lesley Kara, Dan Brown, Ben Elton, Sophie Kinsella, Curtis Sittenfeld, Andy McNab, Tess Gerritsen, Terry Hayes, Kate Atkinson, and Nora Ephron, Booker Prize winner The Gathering by Anne Enright, and more than a dozen of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novels. Jessica was a finalist for the RNA’s Joan Hessayon Award for New Writers, shortlisted for Wattpad’s Watty Awards, and is an Amby Award winner.