       
| Alison Pressley: Acting Chair
A former book editor and publisher, Alison has written four non-fiction books on popular social history including The Best of Times. She was also editor of the Australian magazine Good Reading until her return to England in 2009. Charles Christian: Treasurer Charles Christian is a former practising barrister turned independent journalist and commentator. He was a Reuters correspondent and the 1994 winner of the UK National Newspapers Technology Journalist of the Year Award. He is the publisher of the industry newsletter Legal Technology Insider and of the poetry & prose webzine Ink Sweat & Tears. Sheridan Winn: Membership Secretary Sheridan Winn began her career with a degree in graphic design. Since 2000, she has been a freelance journalist and now divides her time between writing features and children’s fiction. The sixth novel in her successful Sprite Sister series will be published in 2012. Patricia Mullin: Co-ordinator/website Patricia Mullin trained as a textile designer at Central/St Martins, she went on to enjoy a successful career in design and illustration. Her first novel Gene Genie was published in 2005. Patricia graduated from Writing the Visual MA, directed by the poet George Szirtes, in 2007. She has just completed her latest novel Casting Shadows. Ann Thwaite Born in London, Ann Thwaite spent the war years in New Zealand. For many years she wrote and reviewed children’s books, and has since written Waiting for the Party, a life of Frances Hodgson Burnett; Edmund Gosse (winner of the Duff Cooper Award, 1985); A. A. Milne (Whitbread Biography of the Year in 1990); and Emily Tennyson: The Poet's Wife. Hugh Aldersey-Williams Hugh Aldersey-Williams is a writer and curator with interests ranging from science to design and architecture. He lives with his family in North Norfolk. His most recent publication is Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of The Elements published by Penguin Viking in 2011. Victoria Manthorpe Victoria Manthorpe is a feature writer and author covering Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian subjects with a special interest in Norfolk history and English regional writing. She studied History at the University of Toronto and Biography at the University of East Anglia where she was awarded an MA with Distinction in 2004. Paola Trimarco Paola Trimarco was born in Chicago. She first came to the UK in 1984 to do her PhD in Applied Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh. Her early writing career was mostly in education and arts journalism. Paola has written for stage, radio and film. She is a Lecturer at University Campus Suffolk teaching linguistics and script writing. John Worrall A former chartered surveyor, John is a freelance writer and photographer. His illustrated features have appeared in many publications, he is a regular contributor to Anglia Afloat and Suffolk/Norfolk Life and is the local stringer for Fishing News. He has completed three photographic books on East Anglia and his photo-library, Anglian Images, has extensive coverage of the region. . |
