Author & illustrator testimonials...
"I have worked with Alice for thirteen years and cannot imagine putting a book out into the world that doesn't have her fingerprints all over it. Not one that would be worth reading anyway."
Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock, author of The Smell of Other People's Houses
"Alice has made me a better writer, no question about it. As an editor, she's a passionate, dedicated, perfectionist, who has a rare ability to see exactly what's needed to make a book the best it can possibly be. I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the privilege of working
with her."
Lauren St John, author of Finding Wonder
"Book after book, with patience and determination and unshaking belief, Alice has pushed me to be a better writer. It has been one of the great privileges of my life to work with her."
Natasha Farrant, author of Voyage of the Sparrowhawk
"Alice has that uncanny knack of breathing air and space into books, bringing out the humour with lightest of touch and at the same time painlessly untangling knots. As a team we’ve had the best time making Eoin Mclaughlin’s Hug books and I feel we were very lucky to have Alice at the helm."
Polly Dunbar, illustrator of The Hug
"Alice is one of the most intuitive editors I've ever worked with. I only wish I'd met her earlier in my career."
Ross Collins, illustrator of When Tad Kicked Vlad
"I knew that Alice would improve my work the minute that I met her. She is creative, exacting, intuitive, supportive - and she enables me to find more depth and colour in every draft. I have always been a writer but Alice has taught me how to be a novelist."
Moira Buffini, author of Songlight
"I brought Alice a story about a hedgehog and a tortoise in need of a hug and she literally snatched it from me and wrote her name at the top. So, when I wrote my own story, I knew just where to take it. And I've been grateful ever since that I did. She's the sort of editor that good writers dream of. "
James Catchpole, author of What Happened to You?
"Two editors in my career so far stand out as special and Alice is one of them. She has the ability to mirror my work back to me in a way that clearly shows me its strengths and weaknesses. She’ll make suggestions, plant a few signposts, but never anything so specific it interferes with my creative process. However difficult the editing process gets, it always feels as if we are moving in the same direction. That mix of ruthless clarity and respectful lightness of touch is (in my experience) rare. She’s always on the hunt for the emotional centre of the book, encouraging me to bring it to the surface, and as a result, she has helped me put some of my best work on the page."
Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick, author of Sisters of the Moon
"I’ve always felt in the safest hands with Alice. She has an astounding ability to see the whole story and somehow knows exactly what needs to be done to make that story sing."
Judith Eagle, author of The Blitz Sisters
"I’ve always felt in the safest hands with Alice. She has an astounding ability to see the whole story and somehow knows exactly what needs to be done to make that story sing."
Judith Eagle, author of The Blitz Sisters
"I truly couldn’t have thought up anyone better than Alice to work with on my first two books. It goes without saying that as an editor, she is attentive, championing and precise, but also, from our first meeting it was so clear that she holds an ardent passion for good storytelling. I trust Alice's editorial advice implicitly, and respected when she was gentle yet unflinching with some notes, e.g knowing when to delay a protagonist's first kiss from coming too soon in favour of a much more invested payoff. Even in my earliest drafts, it seemed that my characters were as fleshed out to her as if she were inside my own head, and her notes reflected a deep understanding and care for the way their story was told. Your writing will be in the safest of hands with Alice."
Amara Sage, author of Girl, Ultra-Processed