Francesca Best Moves To Transworld
Francesca Best is to join Transworld as a senior commissioning editor for the women’s fiction team.
Best has been at Hodder & Stoughton for eight years, publishing commercial women’s fiction and working with authors such as Lucy Dillon, Alexandra Potter and Katie Marsh.
Best will start at Transworld on 24th August.
Harriet Bourton, editorial director of the women’s fiction list at Transworld, said: ‘I am thrilled that Francesca is joining the women’s fiction team here at Transworld. She has an infectious enthusiasm for the genre and brings an analytical, strategic approach to her publishing which I know will be a fantastic complement to our plans for the list.’
Best said: ‘While I am sad to say goodbye to Hodder, I am delighted and privileged to be joining Transworld. Not only are they a publisher I have long admired, with a fantastic women’s fiction list, but their recent publishing has been incredibly impressive to watch. I am very excited to become part of their editorial team.’