Aine Pullan
Aine joined the SoA in June 2021 and helps to administer all of the SoA’s grants, prizes and awards. She is the Chair of the SoA’s staff Inclusivity Network.
Lilly Brend-Fish
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.
Ambre Morvan
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.
Johanna Clarke
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.
Theo Jones
Theo advises members on publishing contracts and issues. He is joint coordinator of the Scriptwriters Group.
Teddy McDonald
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.
Sophia A Jackson
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.
Sarah Baxter
Sarah is one of our Senior Contracts Advisors. She advises members on publishing contracts and issues as well as administering our grants for writers in need, including the PD James Memorial Fund. She also handles our literary estates, including print permissions and amateur stage licences.
Robyn Law
Robyn joined the SoA in 2018. Along with the prizes and grants team, she administers 21 prizes for fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and translation. She also oversees the contingency fund grants for authors in need, and the Authors’ Foundation and K Blundell Trust grants for works in progress. Overall, the SoA awards just over £900,000 in…
Kate Pool
Kate advises members on publishing contracts and issues. Previous Manager of The Author.
Elizabeth Haylett Clark
Liz advises members on publishing contracts and issues. She is the liaison for the SoA in Northern Ireland.
Christine Adler
Christine joined the SoA in 2018. She brings a wealth of experience from different industries, and contributes to the continued growth of the SoA and its services as Head of Operations.