Jo Beaver

Jo has been working in online learning for almost a decade. She specialises in the development, implementation, and administration of online learning systems, and the creation of high quality e-learning that enhances the learner’s educational experience.

Christina Bunce and Helen Corner-Bryant at Bath Novel Award 2018

Partners

We know our technology, people, content and learning model are special – as do the people we work with. Since 2011, we’ve worked in partnership with some fantastic organisations, whose specialist knowledge brings our one-of-a-kind learning to life. Each partnership is different, each one bringing different kinds of learners, tutors and management challenges. The evolution and…

Professional Writing Academy founders Christina and Susannah

Founding directors

Christina Bunce and Susannah Marriott explain how they started Professional Writing Academy. We met on a beach, which led to us working together in a university running a successful writing Masters. Between us, we had years of experience in publishing, writing, digital content development and online community management. Because we came out of industry and…

Francesco Dimitri

Francesco Dimitri is a prize-winning author of fiction and nonfiction, a screenwriter and comic book scriptwriter. His work has been published in many languages. He is considered one of the foremost fantasy writers in Italy, and his debut novel in English, The Book of Hidden Things is acclaimed as ‘beautifully written’ (New York Journal of…

Georgia Northall

Georgia Northall is our marketing lead. She holds a BA (Hons) in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University and has contributed to The Society of Young Publishers as a Digital Content Officer. She manages our social media and produces much of our marketing content, from newsletters and blogs to live events. You can also find…

Tessa Girvan

Tessa has a degree in Modern & Medieval Languages from Cambridge University and has worked as a Literary Translator, from Italian into English. She has a background in publishing; as a Literary Agent for Translation she represented both Adult and Children’s/Young Adult books. She has also worked as an Editor, Copy-Editor and Proofreader. Tessa is…

Mandy Byatt

Mandy Byatt is an award-winning novelist who writes psychological suspense. She started her debut novel Just Another Liar (Avon Books, 2022) on our online Faber Academy Writing a Novel course in 2016. Her work has been shortlisted in the Gransnet/HQ novel competition and Woman & Home short story competition as well as long-listed in the HWA/Sharpe Books Unpublished…

Allison Aylward

Allison holds a PhD in Politics from Queen’s University Belfast. Her PhD focuses on discursive legitimisation of the Colombian peace process (2012-2016), an MA in Comparative Ethnic Conflict, a BA in Spanish, and a BA in International Relations. She currently works in learning development in higher education, specialising in academic skills support and development. She…

Piers Clifton

Piers Clifton is a screenwriter and producer specialising in family film and TV. His first major screenwriting commission was a UK/Chinese CG animated movie script for Max Howard (producer of Igor and Executive Producer of Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron). He went on to write a second screenplay for Max Howard, develop the feature-length comedy…

Emma Millions

Emma has been telling stories for as long as she can remember. She made her first film at 15 – the story of a love affair tragically cut short by a deadly brown Ford Cortina. She knew that storytelling was the only thing she could do for a living and has worked in the industry…

Helen Hart

As publishing director of SilverWood Books, Helen Hart oversees the production and publication of around 100 books per year.

Faye Brann

Faye Brann is the winner of the 2020 unpublished Comedy Women in Print Prize. The prize was set up by actress and comedian Helen Lederer in 2019 to recognise witty women writers. Faye’s debut novel Tinker, Tailor, Schoolmum, Spy is published by HarperCollins on 2 September 2021. Visit www.linktr.ee/fayebrann to find out more or follow her on Twitter and…

Jo Beaver

Partners

Founding directors

Francesco Dimitri

Georgia Northall

Tessa Girvan

Mandy Byatt

Allison Aylward

Piers Clifton

Emma Millions

Helen Hart

Faye Brann

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