Kingston University London

How To Market Yourself as a Writer

Alison Baverstock, a former publisher and now writer, will offer hands-on advice on making yourself sound interesting to agents, publishers and readers.

Biography

A publisher, she began to write about publishing and now, in addition to writing, teaches Creative Writing, Marketing and Publishing at Kingston University. Her particular speciality is writing about how to write and get published; Is there a book in you? and Marketing Your Book, An Author’s Guide have sold very well. She also writes about balancing work life and family, and is the co-author, with educator Gill Hines, of the bestselling Whatever! A Down To Earth Guide To Parenting Teenagers.

She is regularly interviewed in the media about writing, publishing and parenting and has appeared on Richard and Judy, BBC Breakfast, Woman’s Hour and Bookshelf.

She lives in Kingston with her husband and they have four teenage children.

www.alisonbaverstock.com