authors

Ian Broudie

James Evans A writer, ghost writer and historian, James Evans was awarded a First in history at Oxford University and did a doctorate there, his thesis being published. For many years he was a producer of historical documentaries, working with well-known presenters like Niall Ferguson, Dan Snow, David Starkey, Michael Wood and David Reynolds. He…

Amy Price

Will Brooker Will Brooker was born in Coventry in 1970 and grew up in South-East London. His first professional work, an article in Crash computer games magazine, was published in 1988 when he was at Kidbrooke Comprehensive school. His first major book was Batman Unmasked, a cultural history of the iconic character, published in 1999,…

Jessica Hepburn Jessica Hepburn is an author, arts producer and adventure activist. She describes herself as an ‘unlikely athlete’ who hates exercise but in 2022 she became the first woman in the world to complete the ‘Sea, Street, Summit Challenge’ – swim the English Channel, run the London Marathon and climb Mount Everest – an…

Cece Xie Cecillia (Cece) Xie is a writer and creator based in New York City. A graduate of Yale and Harvard Law, she worked as an intellectual property and privacy lawyer at large law firms before trading in her stories about data breaches for stories about society at large. Her experiences as a Chinese immigrant…

Sharon Hendry Sharon Hendry is an award-winning journalist with over 20 years’ experience on British national newspapers. She was awarded the Best Investigative Article prize by the Speaker of the House of Commons for her work on child trafficking and her book Radhika’s Story: Human Trafficking in the 21st Century won plaudits from then US…

Nathan Newman Nathan Newman is a 25 y/o non-binary writer based in London. They studied creative writing at NYU where they were mentored by Zadie Smith and their short stories have won awards (James Knudsen Prize for fiction) and been published in literary journals and anthologies. Their debut novel is due to be published by…

Ana Santi Ana Santi is an author, journalist and editor. She began her career travelling the world to report on the global fashion industry, becoming deputy editor of Drapers. Ana has since written for publications such as The Times and the Guardian and been a regular commentator for the BBC, Sky News and Woman’s Hour.…

Clare Clarke Clare Clarke is an Irish writer and academic, who holds a BA, MA, and a PhD from Queen’s University Belfast. Since 2014, Clare has been Assistant Professor of English at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. She is known as a leading expert on Victorian true crime and on detective fiction, a passionate teacher and…