Helen Francis is a freelance editor and book consultant who has worked in publishing for over twenty years, primarily as an editor and book scout. She was a project editor at Faber and Faber for eight years, and a commissioning editor at Head of Zeus for two, mostly focused on building a literary fiction list. She also ran the classics list at Vintage, Penguin Random House, and was a commissioning editor for Arcadia Books. She’s worked at literary agencies Abner Stein Associates and MMB Creative. She’s been an international book scout, based in both Barcelona and London, and has taught writing and editing at Bath Spa University, the Faber Academy, and on a residential Arvon course. She is also currently one of the tutors on Jericho Writer’s Ultimate Novel Writing Course.