Meet the Editor
Barry Turner has worked on both sides of publishing, as a journalist and author, editor and marketing director.
He started his career as a teacher before joining The Observer and then moving on to radio and television. His first book, a study of British politics in the early twentieth century, was published in 1970. He has written over twenty books, including A Place in the Country, which inspired a television series, as well as a bestselling biography of actor Richard Burton. For many years he wrote on travel for The Times and now reviews and serialises books for the paper. Among his recent books are Countdown to Victory on the last months of World War II and Suez 1956: The First Oil War.
As founding editor of The Writer’s Handbook he has taken this annual reference title through to its twenty-fourth edition. For eleven years, Barry has edited the annual Statesman’s Yearbook.
He is a founder of the National Academy of Writing at Birmingham City University. He has been editor of The Writer's Handbook for over twenty years.
The Contributors
Michelle Paver was a City solicitor for thirteen years before she gave up her job to write full-time. She has published five adult historical novels and is the author of the bestselling children's series the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, which has been published in thirty-six languages and sold over three and a half million copies.
You can find out more about Michelle and her books at:
www.michellepaver.com
www.torak.info
George Mann is the author of Newbury and Hobbes fantasy crime series which includes The Affinity Bridge, The Osiris Ritual and The Immortality Engine. He wrote The Ghosts of Manhattan, as well as numerous short stories, novellas and an original Doctor Who audiobook. His first novel The Affinity Bridge was a finalist for the 2008 Sidewise Awards for Long-Form Alternative History.
You can find out more about George and his books at:
www.georgemann.wordpress.com
Peggy Vance is a publisher and the author of a wide range of non-fiction titles, including The Mosaic Book, Loft Living and Gauguin: The Masterworks. She has made numerous media appearances in the UK and was a guest speaker at The Writer's Handbook Event in 2009.
Sara Lloyd is Digital Media Director for Pan Macmillan, she is responsible for developing the company's digital strategy and programme including ebooks, audio and web development. Sara's career over the last 16 years has spanned newspaper, academic, reference, STM and trade publishing and she has played a key role in transforming many publishing businesses from print to digital.
Chris Hamilton-Emery's poetry has appeared widely in magazines including Magma, Poetry London, Poetry Review, Poetry Wales, PN Review and The Rialto. He has just been anthologized in Identity Parade: New British and Irish Poets (Bloodaxe 2010). A first full-length poetry collection, Dr Mephisto, was published by Arc 2002 and a collection of poetry, Radio Nostalgia, was published by Arc in 2006. He has edited Poets in View: A Visual Anthology of 50 Classic Poems, as well as selections of Emily Brontë, John Keats and Christina Rossetti. Emery is a director of Salt Publishing, an independent literary press based in London and Cambridge. He was awarded the American Book Award in 2006 and Salt Publishing won the Nielsen Innovation of the Year prize in the UK's Independent Publishing Awards 2008.