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“The advice and help that the Society's staff dispense, and the weight of experience that they can bring to bear, are immensely valuable. A subscription to the Society is the greatest investment any writer can make.”
- Philip Pullman
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You can contact the Society's staff between 9:30am and 5:30pm Monday to Thursday. On Fridays the offices are open between 9:30am and 1pm and between 2pm and 5pm.
The Society's staff and their principal areas of responsibility are as follows:
Mark Le Fanu
General Secretary
Policy, negotiations/disputes with publishers and agents, finance, Public Lending Right.
Email: MLeFanu@societyofauthors.org
Kate Pool
Deputy General Secretary
Advice to members on contracts, publishing, copyright, etc. Manager of The Author and publications, Secretary of the Academic Writers Group.
Email: KPool@societyofauthors.org
Jo McCrum (née Hodder)
Assistant General Secretary - currently on maternity leave
Advice to members on publishing and broadcasting matters, Secretary of the Broadcasting Group and Secretary of the Children's Writers and Illustrators Group.
For all Children's Writers and Illustrators Group enquiries please contact Anna Ganley.
For all Broadcasting Group enquiries please contact Rose Hudson.
Jeremy Crow
Head of Literary Estates
Advice to members on stage and screen contracts and issues.
Email:JCrow@societyofauthors.org
Elizabeth Haylett
Literary Estates, advice to members on publishing contracts and issues, Secretary of the Educational Writers Group.
Email: EHaylett@societyofauthors.org
Emma Boniwell
Membership Secretary
Membership queries, recruitment, subscriptions and database management. Regional meetings.
Email: EBoniwell@societyofauthors.org
Paula Johnson
Awards Secretary
Prizes, grants and awards.
Email:PJohnson@societyofauthors.org
Lisa Dowdeswell
Permissions Manager
Copyright and permissions, literary estates and foreign rights.
Email: LDowdeswell@societyofauthors.org
Sarah Baxter
Membership Assistant.
Membership queries, subscriptions to The Author, Secretary of Authors' North, Secretary of the Medical Writers Judging Panel, assists with the Translators Association and charitable trust applications.
Email: SBaxter@societyofauthors.org
Anna Ganley (née Pattison)
Website manager, liaison with the Society of Authors in Scotland and Author's Arcade advertising.
Email: AGanley@societyofauthors.org
Rose Hudson
Office Manager
Bookings for meetings, boardroom hire and Group Legal Protection Scheme.
Email: RHudson@societyofauthors.org
Jon Andrewartha
Accountant
Email: JAndrewartha@societyofauthors.org
Amy Pfahlert
Receptionist
General enquiries, publications, online database
Email: APfahlert@societyofauthors.org