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Clare Mulley is an accomplished author and historian, currently under contract with Weidenfeld & Nicolson for the upcoming book 'Agent Zo, Woman on a Mission' since June 2021. Previously, Mulley served as a biographer at Macmillan from 2011 to June 2021, authoring notable works such as 'The Women Who Flew for Hitler' (2017) and 'The Spy Who Loved', a biography of Christine Granville, Britain’s first female special agent during WWII (2012). Earlier career achievements include winning The Daily Mail Biographers' Club Prize for 'The Woman Who Saved the Children' (2007), and roles in fundraising management at Save the Children and Sight Savers International. Clare Mulley holds an MA in Social & Cultural History from the University of London and a BSc in Social and Political Studies from The University of Sheffield.
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The Orion Publishing Group was founded in 1991. Soon after, Orion began negotiations with Lord Weidenfeld, and acquired Weidenfeld & Nicolson as the nucleus of the new publishing group; Lord Weidenfeld remained as chairman of W&N, a post he still occupies. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, founded in 1949, was an established name with a history of quality publishing. Its imprints include Everyman Paperbacks. Orion Books was launched in 1992, and in 1993 Orion bought the assets of Chapman Publishers, a small general publishing house. That year it also acquired a warehousing and distribution centre, Littlehampton Book Services (LBS) based in Sussex. In December 1998, Hachette acquired the publishing house Cassell & Co, whose imprints included Victor Gollancz Ltd, which became part of the Orion Group. Gollancz had been founded in 1928 and had continued as an independent publisher until 1989, when the last family member retired and the business was sold. Out of this acquisition, Orion also took ownership of the Cassell Military list. Also in 1998, a majority of the share capital of the Orion Publishing Group was sold to Hachette Livre, the publishing arm of the French Lagardère Group. In 2003 Hachette Livre became the sole owner of the group. In 2004, Hachette also acquired the Hodder Headline Group, and Hachette UK was formed, with Orion as its largest single component.