Gordon, Giles
Giles Gordon was a Scottish literary agent and writer, based for most of his career in London. Among the writers he represented at the literary agent Sheil Land Associates were Peter Ackroyd, Penelope Mortimer, Vikram Seth, Sue Townsend and Fay Weldon. In 1966, he became editor of plays at Penguin, starting the Penguin Modern Playwrights volumes. […]
Guo, Xiaolu
Xiaolu Guo is a Chinese British novelist, essayist and filmmaker. Her novels include A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, and I Am China. Her memoir Once Upon A Time In The East won the National Book Critics Circle Award 2017 and shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize. A Lover’s Discourse was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2020. Named as a Granta’s Best […]
Griffiths, Niall
Niall Griffiths was born in Liverpool and now lives in mid Wales. Author of novels, reviews, radio plays etc, his work has been translated into 20 languages and he has given readings on every continent on earth (except Antarctica). He has held a professorship in creative writing at Wolverhampton University and the film of his 3rd novel, […]
Gregory, Jane
Jane Gregory started her career in publishing working for publishers in contracts and rights. She set up as an agent in 1987 and with her then business partner Lisanne Radice quickly became well known for handling authors of crime, thrillers, psychological suspense, historical and literary fiction. Among her achievements she was on the Virago advisory […]
Garnons-Williams, Helen
Helen Garnons-Williams is Publishing Director of the Fig Tree imprint at Penguin. Over the course of her 20-year publishing career, Helen has discovered and edited a range of acclaimed, prize-winning and bestselling writers across fiction and non-fiction. Her authors include Jon McGregor, Sarah Winman, Elizabeth Day, Inua Ellams, Michael Donkor, Claire Fuller, Stephen Kelman, Gabriel […]
Greer, Bonnie
Bonnie Greer OBE was born in Chicago Illinois and grew up on the Southside. She studied playwriting with David Mamet and with Elia Kazan . She has had several plays produced and was awarded The Verity Bargate Award. Bonnie also taught Shakespeare as a literacy tool. Her novels include Hanging by Her Teeth (1996) and […]
Goldsworthy, Vesna
Vesna Goldsworthy was born in Belgrade but has lived in London since 1986. She writes in English, her third language. Two of her internationally bestselling books, a memoir, Chernobyl Strawberries, and a novel, Gorsky, were serialised for the BBC. Her award-winning poetry collection, The Angel of Salonika, was the Times Poetry Book of the Year. A former BBC World Service […]
Gray, Victoria
Victoria Gray founded, and is the Executive Director of, Give a Book (Reg charity 1149664). Give a Book promotes books and the pleasure of reading in the hardest places, mainly working in prisons and with disadvantaged children and communities around the UK.
Gale, Patrick
Patrick Gale is the author of seventeen novels, the latest of which, Mother’s Boy, based on the early life of Charles Causley, comes out in Spring 2022. He also writes scripts, notably the International Emmy-winning Man in an Orange Shirt. He’s currently adapting that as a musical, and his novels A Place Called Winter and Take Nothing With You for screen and stage respectively. He […]
Gunn, Kirsty
Kirsty Gunn is the author of nine works of fiction including, most recently, Caroline’s Bikini, and a forthcoming collection of short stories, Blood Knowledge. Published in the UK by Faber and Faber, her work has been translated in over twelve countries, made into films, dance and radio productions and is the recipient of a number […]
Gavron, Kate
Kate Gavron began her publishing career in production/design, culminating in director roles at Heinemann and Secker & Warburg. Presently, she chairs Carcanet Press (since 1988) and The Folio Society (since 2015). After a BSc in Social Anthropology (LSE), Gavron earned a PhD for a study of the British Bangladeshi community of Tower Hamlets. She also […]
Godwin, David
David Godwin is a literary agent. He established DGA with Heather his wife in 1996. They represent a wide range of writers including Simon Armitage, Aminatta Forna, William Dalrymple, Arundhati Roy, and Vikram Seth. Previously he was a publisher initially with Routledge, then Heinemann, Secker and Warburg and finally Cape. He has published one book […]