Plante, David
Pattullo, Polly
Polly Pattullo was a journalist, author and editor before becoming the co-founder of Papillote Press, which specialises in books about the Caribbean. As a journalist she worked on the Observer, the Guardian and the monthly newsletter Caribbean Insight, which prompted the writing of books about the Caribbean, including Last Resorts: the Cost of tourism in […]
Petrie, Ruthie
Ruthie Petrie began her publishing career in children’s books at William Collins and Penguin. She joined the Spare Rib collective (1978-82) and went on to Virago Press (1982-94), becoming an Editorial Director in 1987. She spent many years as the Managing Editor at Serpent’s Tail; as Literature Officer at Canada House, she promoted Canadian writers […]
Prosser, Simon
Simon Prosser is Publisher of Hamish Hamilton and a publishing director of Penguin Books. Authors he has published there include Bernardine Evaristo, Ali Smith, W.G. Sebald, Robert Macfarlane, Zadie Smith, Arundhati Roy, Noam Chomsky, Susan Sontag, Deborah Levy, Marlon James, Pat Barker, Mohsin Hamid and Ta-Nehisi Coates. He co-founded the Port Eliot Festival and the literary magazine Five […]
Pomerantsev, Peter
Peter Pomerantsev is a Ukrainian born, England raised non-fiction author. His first book, Nothing is True and Everything is Possible won the RSL Ondaatje Prize. His second, This is Not Propaganda, the Gordon Burn Prize. He also researches disinformation and what to do about it at Johns Hopkins and presents radio programmes on the BBC.
Parmar, Sandeep
Sandeep Parmar is Professor of English Literature at the University of Liverpool, where she co-directs Liverpool’s Centre for New and International Writing. She holds a PhD from University College London and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. Her books include Reading Mina Loy’s Autobiographies: Myth of the Modern, an edition […]
Proffitt, Stuart
Stuart Proffitt is a book editor and publisher, first at HarperCollins (1983-1998) and since then at Penguin. In 1999 he founded the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction (now the Baillie Gifford Prize) and in 2014 he was awarded the London Library ‘Life in Literature’ Prize. He currently serves as a Trustee of the Scott Trust, […]
Page, Stephen
Stephen Page began his career in bookselling before moving into publishing to work in marketing and sales. In 1994 he joined Fourth Estate, becoming its Managing Director in 2000. In 2001 he moved to Faber as Chief Executive and the positive impact of his leadership was officially recognized by the industry in 2006 when Faber […]
Pinnock, Winsome
Winsome Pinnock is a playwright and screenwriter whose plays have been produced at The Royal National Theatre, Bush Theatre, Lyric Hammersmith, Royal Court, BBC TV and radio. Her plays have been produced in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Australia and Jamaica. Awards for her work include the George Devine Award, Unity Trust Theatre Award, Alfred Fagon […]
Porter, Max
Max Porter is a former bookseller and editor. His first novel, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers won the Sunday Times/Peter, Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year, the International Dylan Thomas Prize, the Europese Literatuurprijs and the BAMB Readers’ Award and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Goldsmiths Prize. His second book, Lanny, was […]
Palin, Michael
Sir Michael Palin was born in Sheffield in 1943, and educated at Shrewsbury School and Brasenose College, Oxford. He wrote and performed in the Monty Python series, Ripping Yarns and a series of travel documentaries spanning the world, from Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin to Michael Palin in North Korea. He […]
Pakenham, Thomas
