Dexter Petley is an experienced editor, acclaimed literary novelist, memoirist and translator. As a long serving editor with Jericho Writers, (since 2005) many of Dexter’s clients have achieved considerable success in finding agents and publishers.

Dexter does not shy away from complex themes or influences. His expertise spans entire genres, from commercial book club to war fiction. He takes everything in his stride, turning his fastidious, but fair, eye to anything at hand – making you a better writer for it.

Love of family history was the start point for Vee Walker’s unique debut novel Major Tom’s War (Kashi House), which evolved from a non-fiction account of an unlikely WWI courtship into gripping historical fiction.

Working in both fiction and non-fiction, Vee honed her writing/editing skills as a heritage consultant for 20+ years at museums and natural/historic sites throughout the UK. Her poetry and descriptive writing can be found within unusual interpretive installations on mountains, in forests and along the coast.

Louise Tondeur writes fiction, poetry, plays and nonfiction and has supported countless writers with her feedback. Her first novels, The Water’s Edge and The Haven Home for Delinquent Girls, were published with Headline Review. Louise has also published a short story collection and multiple works of nonfiction.

Louise studied a Creative Writing MA at the University of East Anglia, followed by a PhD at the University of Reading. In addition to working on her own writing, Louise works as a Creative Writing lecturer.

Dr Sharon Zink studied English Literature at London and Cambridge, and has over eleven years of experience editing and teaching creative writing. She reads widely and is perfect for adult novels that fall between genres.

Her first novel, Welcome to Sharonville (Unthank Books, 2014), was longlisted for The Guardian First Book Award and is currently being developed as a TV series. She has won numerous awards, including Young Poet of the Year and Writers Inc. Writer of the Year, and has been shortlisted three times for The New Writer Short Story Award and The Raymond Carver Prize.

Liz Monument writes all kinds of fiction, including SF, historical, and horror. Her debut novel The Eternity Fund was shortlisted for Mslexia’s unpublished novel competition in 2013 and was published by Fahrenheit Press in 2015. Her second novel Iteration was on the submissions list for the Arthur C Clarke Award in 2018.

Liz is a tutor on our Ultimate Novel Writing Course and is particularly brilliant for writers who want an Australian perspective on their work, plus those writing historical fiction and dystopian/science fiction.

Gideon is an experienced editor, story analyst and a published author. Under the pen name Gideon Saint, he writes the Amazon best-selling Drake’s War series of WW2 spy thrillers. Gideon previously worked for Twentieth Century Fox, Focus Features, and Universal Pictures International as a story analyst, and ran a department of a trade publishing business in London for a number of years.

Gideon has an MA and MFA in Creative Writing, and has also studied Screenwriting and Contemporary Media Practice. Having been on all sides of the table, he is uniquely placed to support aspiring authors and screenwriters.

Clare Harvey is the acclaimed author of four historical fiction novels published by Simon & Schuster (UK). Clare has a background in journalism (print and radio), charity PR, copywriting, and English tuition. Clare has lived and worked all over the world but now lives in Nottingham with her family and is working towards her creative writing PhD at Coventry University.

As both an incredibly accomplished editor and sharp-minded reader, she possesses the skill to focus on the root of a problem and provide actionable advice in a clear and compassionate manner.

Writing middle-grade and young adult books as E.L Norry, Em made her debut in 2019 with Son of the Circus (Scholastic), a Victorian historical story published in the VOICES series. She has also written a biography of Nelson Mandela (Puffin) and a standalone upper MG contemporary action-adventure book.

Em has had short stories published in the collection Home Again: Stories about Coming Home from War (Scholastic) and in three anthologies: Happy Here (Knights Of), The Place for Me: Stories from the Windrush (Scholastic) and A Very Merry Murder Club (Farshore).

Katy was a journalist for 15 years before studying for an MA and PhD in Creative Writing from Newcastle University. Katy has worked extensively as a mentor and publisher of over 50 novice writers across two anthologies: Tangled Roots and Who Are We Now?

Her memoir, Are We Home Yet? (Jacaranda Books) was published in 2020 and shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize and the Portico Prize. In addition, her fiction and nonfiction has been widely anthologised, including Common People edited by Kit de Waal from Unbound, The Place for Me, published by Scholastic, and upcoming speculative collection Glimpse, from Peepal Tree Press.

Dr Pauline Frederica Kiernan is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter and short story writer, with over 12 years experience as a literary, theatre and film consultant. She has taught Creative Writing at undergraduate and MA levels at Oxford University, and was appointed Leverhulme Fellowship at Shakespeare’s Globe.

She is the author of Screenwriting They Can’t Resist: How to Create Screenplays of Originality and Cinematic Power. Break The Rules. Her monographs, Shakespeare’s Theory of Drama, and Staging Shakespeare at the New Globe were published to worldwide acclaim, and her best-selling Filthy Shakespeare: Shakespeare’s Most Outrageous Sexual Puns was an Observer Book of the Year. She is currently writing the first of a series of crime novels set in Italy.

An experienced teacher and mentor, Sibyl has worked with authors who have have gone on to win literary prizes and awards. Her short fiction and creative non-fiction have appeared in multiple magazines and e-zines. Her poems have also been widely anthologised and broadcast and she has been Birmingham Poet Laureate.

After studying English at Cambridge, Sibyl Ruth went on to publish two small press collections of poetry and win the Mslexia Poetry Competition. She has also scripted and presented two features for Radio 4: Listen to Them Breathing and Terezin Dreams.