Sam Gonçalves joined the SoA in April 2024, and is a writer from Brazil, currently living in Glasgow. Previously, he has worked with organisations like Creative Dundee, The Ferret, Hot Chocolate Trust, Greater Govanhill and others – both in the Third Sector and in the Creative Industries. Advocacy for authors is a major part of…
Natalie joined the SoA in November 2022 and helps to manage all of the SoA’s grants, prizes and awards.
Gwen joined the SoA in 2023. She works part-time as Finance Officer for the SoA.
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.
Dejla joined the SoA in 2021. She manages the day-to-day operations of the Membership Services team as our Senior Membership Manager.
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 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 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.
Theo advises members on publishing contracts and issues. He is joint coordinator of the Scriptwriters Group.
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 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 joined the SoA in 2018. Along with the grants and prizes team, she administers prizes for fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and translation. She also oversees the contingency fund grants for authors in need, the Authors’ Foundation and K Blundell Trust grants for works in progress, and the Access Fund and Strachey Trust grants. She is also…
