Elsa Robert
Elsa joined the SoA in 2024. She works Mondays to Thursdays as Executive Administrator. Elsa is also the coordinator of the Society of Authors in Scotland.
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Sam Gonçalves
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…
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Natalie Thorpe
Natalie joined the SoA in November 2022 and helps to manage all of the SoA’s grants, prizes and awards.
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Gwen Pierson
Gwen joined the SoA in 2023. She works part-time as Finance Officer for the SoA.
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Mathilde Zeeman
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.
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Dejla Kadhim
Dejla joined the SoA in 2021. She manages the day-to-day operations of the Membership Services team as our Senior Membership Manager.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Theo Jones
Theo advises members on publishing contracts and issues. He is joint coordinator of the Scriptwriters Group.
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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.
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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.
