The Granta Books Team
The Publishing Team
Philip Gwyn Jones
Executive Publisher
Philip Gwyn Jones is Executive Publisher for both Granta Books and Portobello Books.
Sara Holloway
Publishing Director
Sara has been at Granta Books for almost ten years and heads up the imprint's editorial team.
Michal Shavit
Senior Editor
Michal Shavit joined Granta Books as a Commissioning Editor in 2009. She was previously a Commissioning Editor at Penguin Press.
Bella Lacey
Senior Editor
Bella commissions widely across narrative non-fiction and literary fiction of the highest quality.
Sales & Marketing
Brigid Macleod
Sales & Marketing Director
Brigid runs the Sales and Marketing teams here at Granta Books.
Iain Chapple
Marketing & Digital Development Director
Iain joined Granta Books in March 2009 having previously worked at HarperCollins where he ran the marketing teams for the literary Press Books division and most recently the Harper Non Fiction division.
Sharon Murphy
Sales Manager
Sharon Murphy works in the sales department of Granta & Portobello Books, on both home and export sales.
Katie Hayward
Sales & Marketing Assistant
Katie works in the Sales and Marketing department at Granta & Portobello Books.
Publicity
Aidan O’Neill
Press Officer
Aidan joined Granta Books in 2008 having studied English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin and Birkbeck College.
Production & Design
Sarah Wasley
Production Director
Sarah is responsible for getting the books and covers printed and keeping all in order.
Michael Salu
Artistic Director
Michael is Artistic Director for Granta Publications working across both Granta & Portobello Books and Granta Magazine.
Christine Lo
Managing Editor
Christine works with a team of freelance copy-editors and proofreaders to see all titles through from manuscript to finished copy.
Rights & Contracts
Angela Rose
Rights Director
Angela joined Granta Publications in 1995, working initially on Granta magazine before moving to the editorial and rights departments of Granta Books in 1996.
Helen James
Rights & Contracts Executive
Helen works with Angela on the book imprints drawing up head contracts, sub-licence agreements and helps with the day-to-day running of the department.
Finance, IT & Office Management
Craig Nicholson
Finance Director
Craig joined Granta in January 2010, shortly after returning to the UK from four years in Australia.
Mark Williams
IT Manager
Mark Williams is IT Manager at Granta Publications and its sister companies Portobello Pictures and The Sigrid Rausing Trust.
