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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Author, Writer and Editor, Freelance
Cambridge
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Biography
I started out in media, working at BBC Radio Four and Five Live before going on to work at LBC. From there I found my spiritual home working with Ben Schott, starting out as researcher on the Sporting, Gaming and Idling Miscellany. I went on to help develop the format for Schott’s Almanac, working as Assistant Editor on the first two books before rising to become UK & Series Editor on the four subsequent UK books, three German and three US editions. Working with Ben I also had the opportunity to assist with various miscellaneous offerings for The Daily Telegraph, The Times, Conde Nast Traveller, New York Times, Vanity Fair and Smythson diaries. After producing a small team of children I decided it was time to set up on my own, so since 2011 I have been busily working as a freelance writer and editor – juggling writing books (such as Penguins, Pineapples and Pangolins, Bodleianalia and How to Skin a Lion), writing articles and listicles for Mental Floss plus editing and indexing a number of non-fiction titles for various trade publishers. I also regularly blog and submit guest blogs on my passions of history, writing, books and libraries. I am happiest perched in the British Library reading rooms surrounded by a pile of obscure and fascinating books researching my next offering.
History , Libraries, Facts , Literature, Books, Trivia
Content
Company Info
Freelance
De Pere, Wisconsin, United States