Ian Dodsworth
Ian has worked in IT for 20 years and is married. Originally from the north-east and currently living in Kent, he is now determined to see his creative work in print.
Rob Williams
Rob was Creative Director at Penguin Books for five years, and since 2009 he has been working as a screenwriter. He wrote on all of the BBC’s continuing dramas and ITV’s DCI Banks, then created and wrote the series Chasing Shadows for ITV. After two years in writers’ rooms in London and L.A. working on the first two seasons…
Tim Lott
Tim Lott
Tim is a journalist and author based in London. His first book, a memoir, The Scent of Dried Roses, was published in 1996 and won the PEN/J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography. It is now published as a Penguin Modern Classic. His next work, and first novel, White City Blue, was published in 1999 and won that year’s Whitbread…
Liz Melnyczuk
Liz Melnyczuk is a writer, linguist, and educator with a passion for Yorkshire tea. She is currently writing a novel about speed-date rambling and malevolent sheep. When she is not writing, she enjoys climbing and Ceroc dancing (but not at the same time). She has lived in many countries including Italy, Poland and Cornwall.
Helen Corner-Bryant
Helen Corner-Bryant
Helen spent a number of years in editorial at Penguin before setting up Cornerstones Literary Consultancy in 1998. In 2016, she opened Cornerstones US, creating the world’s first transatlantic literary consultancy. Helen and Cornerstones are known for nurturing new authors through the editorial process, providing feedback on all types of genres, scouting for agents, and launching many writers.…
Kathryn Price
Kathryn Price
Kathryn is Cornerstones Literary Consultancy’s editor-in-chief. After achieving a first in Literature and Criticism at UCL, Kathryn worked for literary agencies and for a bookshop specialising in crime fiction, where she developed a taste for unusual and macabre stories. Following her true passions — editing and teaching writing skills — she joined Cornerstones as managing editor…
Cornerstones
Founded in 1998 by Helen Corner-Bryant, Cornerstones is the world’s leading transatlantic literary consultancy, offering a range of services to bring writer’s books to the next level. Their editorial packages include industry-style reader’s reports, one-to-one mentoring, final-stage copy-editing and proofreading, and an intensive Edit Your Novel masterclass online course (based on their book, On Editing:…
Anj Cairns
Anj Cairns lives in North London, loves all things books, writing, reading and food. She began writing her first book, Beverley Hills Mansion, aged 13, with a school friend. All that remains is a single handwritten page. Now, in the 21st Century, she writes young adult fantasy and science fiction in the contemporary world. Life in Your World is the…
Jacob Collins
Jacob Collins has been writing since he was ten and is currently writing a crime novel. He publishes his reviews of crime and psychological thriller novels on his blog, which also features author interviews.
Ciarán Hayden
Ciarán Hayden
Ciarán Hayden worked as an animation scriptwriter for three years before joining the RTÉ medical drama series The Clinic as assistant script editor. He then graduated to the role of script editor and story-lined series 6 and 7 of the show, before making the move to the soap opera Fair City. During his time on Fair City, Ciarán took…
Marco Scarola
Marco Scarola has worked in marketing and communications for more than 20 years. After attending courses with Faber and CBC, he completed a first draft of his grounded sci-fi-thriller Dark Energy. He’s still working on his one-liner.
Abigail Johnson
Abigail Johnson is an alumna from the Faber Academy’s 2016 Writing a Novel online course. She wrote her novel, The Secret Collector, while completing the Curtis Brown Creative three-month novel writing course, where she was tutored by author Laura Barnett. It was longlisted for the 2021 and 2022 Bath Novel Award. Her writing has also…
