Susan Watt is currently Publisher at Heron Books. She has worked at a number of publishers and with authors who include; Vanora Bennett, Tracy Chevalier, Bernard Cornwell, Gavin Esler, Katie Fforde, Amitav Ghosh, Conn Iggulden, Boris Johnson, Adam Nicolson, Jeremy Paxman and Rosie Thomas.
‘I find it fascinating how writers by looking at the past can allow us to understand the present and how often observing the way characters, ordinary people, real or imaginary, have coped with crises in society can make us understand ourselves and our reaction to today’s events.’
