Sarah leads the advisory team and advises members on publishing contracts and issues. Sarah also handles our literary estates, including professional stage licences.

She is joint coordinator of the Children’s Writers & Illustrators Group.

Anna joined the SoA in 2005. She leads on the SoA’s HR, feeds into organisational strategy, governance, works closely with the SoA’s Management Committee and Fellows. She is the staff contact for the SoA’s ADCI Network.

Francesca leads on our community development and outreach programmes, which aim to engage and empower authors, poets, screenwriters, translators and illustrators, at all stages of their careers, throughout the UK.

She is the coordinator for the SoAiW.

Sophia curates and delivers the SoA events programme. She supports our team of community coordinators and is a coordinator herself, for the Scriptwriters Group. She is also co-chair of the SoA’s Staff Inclusivity Network.

In 2021 Sophia was named a Rising Star by The Bookseller.

Katharine joined the SoA in 2019. As Chief Financial Officer, Katharine is part of the senior management team and is responsible for managing the financial actions of the SoA. This includes financial planning, budgeting, and managing cashflows, as well as preparing and analysing the quarterly Management Accounts taking into account the external economic environment.

Katharine manages the finance and accounting for the SoA ensuring that all the SoA’s financial reports are accurate and completed in a timely manner.

Additionally, Katharine manages the finances of 14 charitable funds. She is also responsible for overseeing the annual audits, tax, payroll, compliance and dealing with all financial requests.

She is joint coordinator of the Comics Creators Network.

Lilly joined the SoA in May 2021 and works within the Events and Local Groups departments.

She is the Group Coordinator of the Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses Network.

Johanna joined the SoA in October 2021 and advises members on publishing contracts and issues. She works closely on the SoA’s outreach programme and is a co-host of The SoA Advisory Clinic podcast.

Johanna is the coordinator for the SoA’s Poetry and Spoken Word Group.

Elizabeth joined the SoA in June 2022 and works part-time in the operations team running payroll for the organisation and supporting with HR tasks.

She is the coordinator of The Carers’ Network and liaison for the SoAiS.

Catherine is a senior contracts advisor at the SoA and advises on translation contracts and issues.

She is joint group coordinator for the Translators Association.

Theo advises members on publishing contracts and issues.

He is joint coordinator of the Scriptwriters Group.

Teddy works on SoA communications and outreach and alongside the Policy department on the SoA’s campaigns work.

He is also co-coordinator of the Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group, working with Sarah Burton and members of the CWIG committee on issues close to children’s writers.

Ambre joined the SoA on 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.

Catherine joined the SoA in October 2021. She works on the SoA’s policy, and campaigns and lobbies Government on behalf of members.

Catherine is the coordinator of the Educational Writers Group.

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.