
Sarah Burton
Head of the Contracts Advisory Team
Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group coordinator
Leads the advisory team and advises members on publishing contracts and issues. Sarah also handles our literary estates, including professional stage licences.

Lisa Dowdeswell
Head of Literary Estates
Comics Creators Network coordinator
Manages our literary estates and advises members on publishing contracts and issues.

Sarah Baxter
Contracts Advisor and Literary Estates
Sarah is one of our Senior Contracts Advisors, she advises members on publishing contracts and issues as well as administering our grants for writers in need including the PD James Memorial Fund. She also handles our literary estates, including print permissions and amateur stage licences.

Johanna Clarke
Publishing Contracts Advisor
Poetry and Spoken Word Group coordinator
Johanna joined the SoA in October 2021. She advises members on publishing contracts and issues, and works closely on the SoA’s outreach programme.
Johanna is the coordinator for the SoA’s Poetry and Spoken Word Group.

Catherine Fuller
Projects Manager and Senior Contracts Advisor
Translators Association coordinator
Manages special projects for the SoA including the recent property move, Management Committee elections. Group Coordinator for the Translators Association and advises on translation contracts.

Elizabeth Haylett Clark
Senior Contracts Advisor
Liz advises members on publishing contracts and issues.

Theo Jones
Contracts Advisor
Scriptwriters Group coordinator
Theo advises members on publishing contracts and issues. He is a coordinator of the Scriptwriters Group.

Ambre Morvan
Publishing Contracts and Public Policy Advisor
Ambre joined the SoA on October 2021. She advises members on publishing contracts and issues. She also works on the SoA’s public policy.

Kate Pool
Consultant Contracts Advisor
Kate advises members on publishing contracts and issues.
Previous Manager of The Author.