All our tutors
Our tutors are all authors or publishing professionals. Click to read their full bios.
Lucy Morris
- Literary agent at Curtis Brown
- Previously worked at Bloomsbury Publishing
Christie Watson
- #1 bestselling author
- Author of 3 novels and 3 non-fiction books
A.L. Kennedy
- Costa Prize-winning author
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Kate Mosse
- Bestselling author
- Founder Director of the Women’s Prize for Fiction
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Clare Alan
- Script editor and producer on a wide range of TV and film projects
Sumayya Usmani
- Author of 2 cookbooks
- Winner of the Scottish Book Trust’s Next Chapter Award 2021
- Shortlisted for Best Cookbook of the Year at the Food & Travel Magazine Awards
Kirsty Logan
- Winner of the Polari First Book Prize
- Winner of the Saboteur Award for Best Short Story Collection
- Acclaimed novelist, short story writer and poet
Jenn Ashworth
- Author
Lisa O’Donnell
- Winner of the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize
S J Parris
- Author of the bestselling Giordano Bruno series
Gillian McAllister
- Bestselling author
- Scholarship sponsor
Joe Thomas
- Critically acclaimed author
- Guardian Best Book of 2020
Richard Roper
- Hachette Senior Commissioning Editor
- Author of three novels
Anna Davis
- Founder and director of Curtis Brown Creative
- Author of 5 acclaimed novels
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
- Sunday Times-bestselling author
- Winner of the Waterstones Children's Books Prize
Charlotte Mendelson
- Longlisted for the 2022 Women's Prize for Fiction
- Longlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize
Emma Kavanagh
- Author of 6 acclaimed crime novels
- Holds a PhD in cognitive psychology
Ore Agbaje-Williams
- Experienced editor
- Novelist
Anthony Trevelyan
- Longlisted for the 2016 Desmond Elliott Prize
- Novelist and short fiction author
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
- Betty Trask Award winner
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Chloe Timms
- Writer, campaigner and podcast host
- Novelist
Andrew Michael Hurley
- Winner of the Costa First Novel Award
- Published in 20 languages
Joanna Lee
- Commissioning Editor at Atlantic Books
- Former Curtis Brown assistant
Joanna Glen
- Author of three novels with quarter of a million copies sold in UK
- Debut shortlisted for Costa and Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award
Lucy Holland
- British Fantasy Awards winner
- Finalist for the British Fantasy Award for Best Novel
- Finalist for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award
Ali Shaw
- Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize
- Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award
Ally Wilkes
- Author of two highly acclaimed supernatural novels
- Stoker Award-nominated author
David Nicholls
- Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2014
- Internationally bestselling author
- BAFTA winner
Polly Atkin
- Poet and non-fiction author
Rhik Samadder
- Actor, writer and broadcaster
- Author of I Never Said I Loved You
Ella Gordon
Amita Parikh
Wyl Menmuir
- Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
- Winner of the Roger Deakin Award
Lauren Pearson
- Author of five books for young readers
- Former literary agent and current freelance editor
Craig Barr-Green
- Award-winning children's author
- Lecturer at Falmouth University
Hannah Boursnell
- 20 years’ experience in the publishing industry
- Editor of Sunday Times bestsellers
Marian Keyes
- Internationally bestselling author
- Translated into 33 languages
- Multi-million copies sold
Sui Annukka
- Winner of Discoveries 2022
Jenny Colgan
- Author of multiple Sunday Times bestselling novels
- Over 5 million copies sold worldwide
Mia Colleran
- Assistant Editor at 4th Estate
Jennifer Kerslake
- CBC's Head of Courses / Editor
- 10 years of editorial experience
Crystal Jeans
- Shortlisted for the Polari Prize
- Winner of the Wales Book of the Year
Vanessa Gebbie
- Novelist, poet, short story writer
- Financial Times Novel of the Year winner
Adam Roberts
- Vice-President of the H G Wells Society
- BSFA Award shortlistee
Rachel Wardlow
- Award-winning producer
Abby Parsons
- CBC's Senior Courses Manager / Editor
- Co-founder of Dear Damsels
- 8 years of publishing experience
Chloe Tucker
- Freelance producer
- Script edited iconic shows including Skins and Secret Diary of a Call Girl
- Commissioner for he Confessions of Frannie Langton
David O’Connell
- Sunday Times bestseller
Hannah Sandford
- Editorial Director at Bloomsbury Children's and YA Fiction
- Over 10 years' experience in editorial at major publishers
Cathi Unsworth
- Longlisted for the 2014 Theakston Crime Novel of the Year Award
- Editor of the award-winning short story collection London Noir
Nikita Lalwani
- Longlisted for the 2007 Man Booker Prize
- Winner of the 2008 Desmond Elliot Prize
Laura Kay
- Author of 2 renowned novels
Emily Barr
- Bestselling YA author
Emilia Hart
Jamie Nuttgens
- Award-winning writer, producer and director in TV and Film
- Lecturer in Screenwriting at Oxford University
Jonny Geller
- CEO of The Curtis Brown Group
- Leading literary agent
Rosie Pierce
- Curtis Brown associate agent
- Discoveries 2023 team member
Patrice Lawrence
- Winner of the Jhalak Prize for Children and Young People
- Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Older Children
- Received MBE for literature
Lisette Auton
- Middle grade author
- Playwright
Simon Ings
Clare Chambers
- Bestselling author
Natasha Qureshi
- Commissioning Editor at Hodder & Stoughton
- Specialising in SFF for Hodderscape
Jake Arnott
- Bestselling author
- Author of 7 acclaimed novels
Catherine Johnson
- Author of over 20 novels
- Carnegie medal nominee
William Shaw
- Shortlisted for the CWA Golden dagger
- Author of 10 crime novels
Kate Mosse
- Founder Director of the Women’s Prize for Fiction
- Bestselling author
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Serena Arthur
Sarah McIntyre
- Award-winning author and illustrator
- Founder of the #PicturesMeanBusiness campaign
Suzannah Dunn
- Author of 13 novels
- Over a quarter of a million copies sold in the UK alone
Vaseem Khan
- Sunday Times bestseller
- Winner of the 2021 CWA Historical Dagger Award
Laura Barnett
- #1 Bestselling author
- Author of 5 acclaimed novels
Huma Qureshi
- Harper's Bazaar Short Story Prize winner
Rachel Goldblatt
Simon Wroe
- Winner of the Betty Trask Award
- Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award
Rebecca F. John
- Novelist, short story writer and editor
- Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award
Cynan Jones
- Winner of the BBC National Short Story Award
- Published in over 20 countries
Ayisha Malik
- Author of 4 critically acclaimed novels
- Winner of The Diverse Book Awards
Ally Zetterberg
- Former Curtis Brown Creative student
- Debut novel out 2024
Christy Fletcher
- Co-Head of Publishing at UTA
Christopher Hamilton-Emery
- Operations Director at Salt Publishing
- Poet
Julia Armfield
- Winner of the 2018 White Review Short Story Prize
- Winner of the 2020 Pushcart Prize
Julie Cohen
- Vice President of the Romantic Novelists’ Association
- Founder of the RNA Rainbow Chapter for LGBTQ+ writers
Claire Wade
- Winner of the Good Housekeeping Novel Competition
- Winner of the East Anglian Book Award for Fiction
Naomi Wood
- Winner of 2023 BBC National Short Story Award
- Author of three novels
Rowan Coleman
- International bestselling author of sixteen romance novels
- Screenwriter
- Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Leeds University
Rebecca Roy
- Over 10 years’ experience in commercial publishing
- Editor of bestselling novelists, including Jenny Colgan, Chris Whitaker and Philippa Gregory
Colin Teevan
- Celebrated playwright, translator and writer for screen
- Emeritus Professor of Screenwriting and Playwriting at Birkbeck, University of London
Anthony Anaxagorou
- Shortlisted for the 2019 T.S Eliot Prize
- Award-winning slam poet
- Winner of the 2023 RSL Ondaatje Prize
Lizzie Enfield
- Columnist for Writing Magazine
- Author of 5 acclaimed novels
Claire Fuller
- Winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize
- Winner of the Costa Novel Award
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlisted author
Angela Hui
- Award-winning writer and editor
- Author of TAKEAWAY: Stories from a Childhood Behind the Counter
Nydia Hetherington
- Novelist
- Nominated for the Guardians Note the Booker Prize
Maame Blue
Christopher Wakling
- Author of 7 acclaimed novels
Abi Daré
- Bestselling author of The Girl with the Louding Voice
- Award-winning author
Jacob Ross
- Winner of the 2017 Jhalak Prize
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Associate Fiction Editor at Peepal Tree Press
Viola Hayden
- Curtis Brown literary agent
- Over 8 years of publishing industry experience
Ciara Finan
- Associate agent at Curtis Brown
Sarah Hilary
- Winner of the Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year 2015
- Award-winning short story writer
Lily Cooper
- Commissioning Editor for Penguin Michael Joseph
Erin Kelly
- Sunday Times top ten besteller
- The Poison Tree adapted into a major ITV drama
Sabhbh Curran
Natasha Brown
- Granta Best Young British Novelist 2023
- Author of Assembly
Abbie Greaves
- Shortlisted for the RNA Debut Novel of the Year Award
- Author of 2 novels
- Former Curtis Brown literary assistant
Jess Molloy
- Curtis Brown literary agent
Tessa Hadley
- Author of 8 novels & 4 short story collections
- Two-time winner of the Edge Hill Short Story Prize
- Regular contributor to the New Yorker
Craig Lye
- Commissioning Editor at Canelo
- Specialist in historical fiction
Paige Cowan-Hall
- Winner of Discoveries 2023
Kate Foster
- Author of three historical fiction novels
- Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect winner
- Former Curtis Brown Creative student
Marston Bloom
- Screenwriter and executive producer
- Credits include The Reunion, Selection Day, White Dragon and Rellik
Michael Mann
- Middle grade author published by Hachette
- Ghostcloud was a Waterstones Best Children’s Book of 2021
Chibundu Onuzo
- Winner of the Betty Trask Award
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- Picked for Reese Witherspoon Book Club
Cathy Rentzenbrink
- Sunday Times bestseller
- Shortlisted for the Wellcome Prize
Lisa Babalis
- Editorial Consultant
Simon Ings
- Author of 8 acclaimed novels
- Columnist for the Times
- Renowned science fiction author
Genevieve Fox
- Feature journalist
- Renowned memoirist
Irenosen Okojie
- Winner of 2016 Betty Trask Award
Anna Freeman
- Winner of the 2013 Tibor Jones Pager-Turner Prize
- Author of 2 historical novels
- Host of Radio 4's human interest arts programme, Sketches: Stories of Art and People.