Who's who at Icon Books

Peter Pugh
Managing Director
Peter graduated in History from Cambridge in 1965 and pursued a career in marketing until 1984, when he began writing corporate histories, which he still writes. He formed Icon Books with two fellow directors in 1991. Peter is the author of Introducing Keynesian Economics and the three volumes of a comprehensive history of Rolls-Royce, The Magic of a Name.

Tansy Hiner
Print Buying Manager and Assistant to the Managing Director
Tansy is PA to Peter Pugh. She carries out research on forthcoming publications, monitors the sales and forecasts of all Icon and Wizard titles, and is responsible for print-buying.
tansy.hiner@iconbooks.co.uk

Simon Flynn
Publishing Director
Simon is responsible for developing Icon's children's imprint, Wizard Books. In addition, he is the originating editor of the Revolutions in Science list and co-author of Icon's The Internet from A to Z. Simon also looks after Icon's distributors around the world, outside of North America.
simon.flynn@iconbooks.co.uk

Henry Lord
Editorial Assistant / Research Manager
Henry, a graduate from Edinburgh University, works closely with Simon in the editing and production of Wizard books, liaising with authors, designers, typesetters and proof-readers. All initial enquiries for Wizard Books should be made to Henry.
henry.lord@iconbooks.co.uk

Duncan Heath
Editorial Director
A graduate in English from Oxford, Duncan is in charge of the production of all Icon books, from editing manuscripts to seeing a new book off to the printers. He is also the author of Introducing Romanticism.
duncan.heath@iconbooks.co.uk

Nick Sidwell
Editorial Assistant
Nick works closely with Duncan in the editing and production of Icon books, liaising with authors, typesetters, proof-readers and printers.
nick.sidwell@iconbooks.co.uk

Sarah Higgins
Editor
Sarah, a graduate in Modern Languages from Oxford, works closely with Duncan and Lucy in the editing and production of Icon books, liaising with authors, typesetters, proof-readers and printers. She also looks after the granting and obtaining of permissions to use copyrighted material.
sarah.higgins@iconbooks.co.uk

Andrew Furlow
Marketing Director
Andrew looks after marketing for all Icon titles and, with the Marsh Agency, the selling of rights to Icon books to foreign publishers. He is also editor of the Icon website, and works closely with Icon's sales agents and distributors, Faber & Faber and TBS Distribution.
andrew.furlow@iconbooks.co.uk

Najma Finlay
Head of Publicity
Najma Finlay is in charge of all publicity activity on Icon and Wizard titles. Contact Najma if you are a member of the press interested in any of our books.
najma.finlay@iconbooks.co.uk

Eleanor Crabtree
Marketing and Publicity Assistant
Eleanor assists both Andrew and Najma with all marketing materials and publicity matters, working with Icon's designers on sales and marketing releases and assisting with foreign rights enquiries. Eleanor also looks after general enquiries to our info@iconbooks.co.uk email address
eleanor.crabtree@iconbooks.co.uk

Betty Thompson
Office Manager
Betty manages Icon and Wizard's Thriplow office, and is in charge of customer care and direct sales. All initial enquiries for Icon Books should be made to Betty.
betty.thompson@iconbooks.co.uk

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