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Staff

You can contact the Society's staff between 9:30am and 5:30pm Monday to Thursday. On Fridays the offices are open between 9:30am and 1pm and between 2pm and 5pm.

The Society's staff and their principal areas of responsibility are as follows:

 
  1. Nicola
    Solomon
    General Secretary

    Protecting authors' interests in negotiations/disputes with publishers and agents, advising on tax, privacy etc. Campaigning for authors’ rights, including e-book rights, Public Lending Right, defamation reforms and freedom of speech. Liaison with the Management Committee and Council on setting and implementing policy and managing finance.

    Nicola Solomon joins The Bookseller Top 100

    Read an interview with Nicola Solomon

    Read a blog post by Nicola Solomon - July 2011

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  2. Kate
    Pool
    Deputy General Secretary

    Advising members on publishing contracts, copyright, etc. Managing The Author and publications, Secretary of the Academic Writers Group.

  3. Jo McCrum, Assistant General Secretary
    Jo
    McCrum
    Assistant General Secretary

    Advising members on TV, radio and film contracts and issues. Secretary of the Broadcasting Group and the Children's Writers and Illustrators Group.

  4. Jeremy Crow, Head of Literary Estates
    Jeremy
    Crow
    Head of Literary Estates

    Advising members on stage and screen contracts and issues.

  5. Elizabeth Haylett Clark
    Elizabeth
    Haylett Clark

    Literary Estates, advising members on publishing contracts and issues, Secretary of the Educational Writers Group.

  6. Lisa Dowdeswell
    Lisa
    Dowdeswell

    Literary Estates, permissions and foreign rights. Advising members on publishing contracts and issues. Secretary of Authors North.

  7. Emily Hasler
    Emily
    Hasler
    Membership Manager

    Membership queries and subscriptions, recruitment, Author subscriptions and database management.

  8. Madelaine Telford
    Madelaine
    Telford
    Membership Assistant

    Membership queries and subscriptions, IT.

  9. Emma
    Boniwell
    (currently on maternity leave)

    Membership queries, subscriptions and database management.

  10. Paula Johnson
    Paula
    Johnson
    Awards Secretary

    Prizes, translation prizes, grants and awards for writers.

  11. Sarah Baxter
    Sarah
    Baxter

    Advising members on publishing contracts and issues. Secretary of the Medical Writers Group, Assistant to the Awards Secretary, emergency grants and regional groups.

  12. Anna Ganley
    Anna
    Ganley
    Website Manager

    Website and Social Media Manager, Society of Authors in Scotland Liaison Officer.

  13. Jon Andrewartha, Accountant
    Jon
    Andrewartha
    Accountant
  14. Sarah Burton
    Sarah
    Burton

    Advising members on publishing contracts and issues, Secretary of the Translators Association, amateur performance licences.

  15. Mossy Wittenberg
    Mossy
    Wittenberg
    Receptionist

    Member queries, office and website administration.

  16. Neha
    Matkar
    Receptionist

    All general enquiries, membership enquiries and events bookings.

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