Holly is an international bestselling author with five published novels to date: ‘Try Not to Breathe,’ ‘Don’t Close Your Eyes,’, ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’,  (Corvus) ‘The Hit List’ and ‘The Woman on the Bridge’ (Orion).

Alongside fellow author Gillian McAllister, Holly co-hosts the popular Honest Authors Podcast.

Holly is also an tutor on our Ultimate Novel Writing Course, working alongside authors over a one-year period to offer support and advice.

Dexter is the acclaimed author of a number of novels: Little Nineveh (Polygon 1995), Joyride (Fourth Estate, 1999), White Lies (Fourth Estate 2003) and One True Void (Two Ravens Press 2008).

An experienced editor, literary novelist, memoirist and translator.  Dexter publishes regularly and is now considered to be one of our most original nature writers. As a long serving editor with Jericho Writers, (since 2005) many of Dexter’s clients have achieved considerable success in finding agents and publishers.  Among them is Costa shortlisted novelist, Elisa Lodato.

Literary Agent and Former Senior Editor, Kesia Lupo has experience working within top British publishers, including Chicken House and Pan Macmillan. Her record of clients speak for itself and includes Costa Award-winning Jasbinder Bilan and Sunday Times-bestselling Pádraig Kenny, among many other talented children’s writers. Kesia is a writer herself with three YA novels out with Bloomsbury UK – fantasies We Are Blood and Thunder and We Are Bound by Stars, and horror/thriller Let’s Play Murder.

Richard is an experienced senior commissioning editor for non-fiction at Headline (part of Hachette UK), where he has published a number of Sunday Times bestsellers. Richard is also a novelist. His debut, Something to Live For, was published by Orion (UK) and Penguin (US), and has sold in twenty languages. You can see some of Richard’s clients on the “books” tab.

Pippa is an award winning children’s book author; she has had over 140 picture books, early readers, and middle grade novels published. Her picture book You Choose, sold over a million copies, and received multiple awards. While The Great Sea Dragon Discovery, won the Young Quills Award for best children’s historical novel, 2019.

Pippa’s editorial clients have included Jacqueline Wilson, Tim Bowler, Helena Pielichaty, Geraldine McCaughrean, Pip Jones and Catherine Emmett.

Jon Curzon is a literary agent at Artellus Ltd., where he represents writers across fiction and non-fiction; from debut literary fiction (Kyra Wilder’s Little Bandaged Days and Ashleigh Bell Pedersen’s The Crocodile Bride) to titles in history and science (Christopher Othen’s The King of Nazi Paris and Lukasz Bednarski’s Lithium), and memoir (Emily Wells’s A Matter of Appearance).

Jon has worked with authors in an editorial capacity since 2015. See some of Jon’s clients’ work on the “books” tab.

Rebecca has over ten years’ experience in the publishing industry, commissioning commercial fiction for the UK’s leading publishing houses, including Little Brown, Simon & Schuster and Bonnier Books. Throughout her career, she edited and published everyone from up-and-coming debuts to international bestsellers, including Jenny Colgan, Chris Whitaker, Heidi Swain, Santa Montefiore, Roberta Kray and Paige Toon. See some of Rebecca’s clients on the “books” tab.

Claire is an experienced journalist, writer and editor.

Claire is the author of over 30 non-fiction books for adults and creative non-fiction titles for children, some under the pen-name, Rory Storm. Among her titles are three books in the Hodder Teach Yourself series on how to get published and how to make money from freelance writing. Claire has coached and mentored authors 15 years.

You can find some of Claire’s clients’ successes on the “books” tab.