Little, Brown Book Group
Clare Smith is an experienced publishing professional currently serving as the Executive Publisher of Literary imprints at Little, Brown Book Group since February 2013. In this role, Clare collaborates with imprint heads and editors across multiple brands, including Corsair and Virago, to optimize literary publishing processes. Prior to this, Clare was the Associate Publisher for the same imprints and also launched Blackfriars as a digital-first list, featuring bestselling authors like Celeste Ng. Clare's previous experience includes serving as Publishing Director at both Little, Brown Publishers and HarperCollins Publishers. Educational qualifications include a BA Hons in English from the University of Cambridge and a MA in Anglo-American fiction from UCL.
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Little, Brown Book Group
Twice winner of the KPMG publisher of the year award, and with a string of top sellers in each season, Little, Brown Book Group has a proven history of success. We pride ourselves on our focused publishing strategy: whether in fiction or non-fiction, we believe we should publish a limited number but a broad range of titles and our aim is to buy the best in any category and publish it with flair and enthusiasm. We focus on getting the most out of each book through detailed attention to every stage of the process, from editorial to design, the marketing and publicity campaigns and the retail strategy with key customers. We do this quite simply because all of us here at Little, Brown love books and love publishing and want to do our very best to achieve the right results for authors and agents, and to keep them informed of progress on a regular basis. As well as concentrating on all aspects of front-list publishing, we nurture our authors’ backlists, frequently re-covering them and taking advantage of every opportunity for promotion. We take enormous pride in our efficient teamwork, and consider our authors to be a crucial part of that team.