Community coordinators

Bringing our members together in professional and national groups and networks, and local communities

Sarah Burton

Deputy Chief Executive

Head of the Advisory Team and Senior Publishing Contracts Advisor

Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group Coordinator

Sarah Burton is the Deputy Chief Executive at SoA. Sarah also leads the advisory team and advises members on all business aspects of the writing profession, including vetting contracts. She also works across the SoA’s list of literary estates, licensing rights in titles by authors such as Brendan Behan, Rose Macaulay and John Masefield. As co-coordinator of the Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group, she has a particular interest in industry issues affecting creators of children’s books.

Sophia A Jackson

Head of Events and Groups Support

Scriptwriters Group coordinator

Sophia curates and delivers the SoA events programme. She supports our team of community coordinators and is a coordinator herself, for the Scriptwriters Group. Sophia launched the #SoAatHome festival of online events in April 2020 which continues to be a success.

In 2021 Sophia was named a Rising Star by The Bookseller.

Katharine King

Katharine King

Chief Operating Officer

Comics Creators Network coordinator

Sustainability Network

Katharine joined the SoA in 2019. As Chief Operating Officer, Katharine is part of the senior management team and is responsible for managing the operational and financial actions of the SoA. This includes overseeing operational functions, financial planning, budgeting, and managing cashflows, as well as preparing and analysing the quarterly Management Accounts taking into account the external economic environment.

Katharine manages the finance and accounting for the SoA ensuring that all the SoA’s financial reports are accurate and completed in a timely manner.

Additionally, Katharine manages the finances of 14 charitable funds. She is also responsible for overseeing the annual audits, tax, payroll, compliance and dealing with all financial requests.

She is joint coordinator of the Comics Creators Network and included in the Sustainability Network

Emma Boniwell

Head of Membership and Author Communities

Society of Authors in Wales Coordinator

Emma rejoined the Society of Authors in 2024 as Head of Membership and Author Communities. She leads the Member Services team and works on the strategic development of membership recruitment, volunteer management, development of all author communities and membership benefits.

She is the coordinator of the Society of Authors in Wales.

Lilly Brend-Fish

Lilly Brend-Fish

Events Manager

Comics Creators Network Co-Coordinator

Lilly joined the SoA in May 2021 and works within the Events department as our Events Manager.

She is a Co-Coordinator of the Comics Creators Network.

Johanna Clarke

Senior Contracts Advisor

Outreach Lead

Poetry and Spoken Word Group coordinator

Johanna advises members on contracts and issues. She manages the SoA’s outreach programme as our outreach lead and is a co-host of The SoA Advisory Clinic podcast.

Johanna is also the coordinator for the SoA’s Poetry and Spoken Word Group.

Elizabeth Frattaroli

Payroll and HR Officer

Liaison for SoAiS

Elizabeth joined the SoA in June 2022 and works part-time in the operations team running payroll for the organisation and supporting with HR tasks.

She is the staff liaison for the SoAiS.

Catherine Fuller

Catherine Fuller

Senior Publishing Contracts Advisor

Translators Association coordinator

Catherine is a senior contracts advisor at the SoA and advises on translation contracts and issues.

She is joint group coordinator for the Translators Association.

Theo Jones

Theo Jones

Senior Publishing Contracts Advisor

Scriptwriters Group coordinator

Theo advises members on publishing contracts and issues.

He is joint coordinator of the Scriptwriters Group.

Teddy McDonald

Communications and Campaigns Manager

Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group coordinator

Teddy is our Communications and Campaigns Manager, working on SoA communications and outreach and alongside the Policy department on the SoA’s campaigns work.

He is also co-coordinator of the Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group, working with Sarah Burton and members of the CWIG committee on issues close to children’s writers.

Ambre Morvan

Senior Policy and Public Affairs Manager

Contracts Advisor

Translators Association Coordinator

Ambre joined the SoA in October 2021. She advises members on publishing contracts and issues. She also works on the SoA’s public policy.

Ambre is joint group coordinator for the Translators Association.

Livonia Okello

Communications Assistant

Educational Writers Group coordinator

Livonia is our Communications Assistant. She works on social media outreach, idea generation, and most importantly – assisting. Livonia is also the coordinator the Educational Writers Group.

Mathilde Zeeman

Mathilde Zeeman

Publishing Contracts Advisor

Poetry and Spoken Word Group coordinator

Mathilde joined the SoA in 2022. She transferred from the Membership team to the Advisory team in November 2022 where she will continue her work advising members with publishing issues.

Mathilde is joint coordinator of the SoA’s Poetry and Spoken Word Group.