Candida Lacey
Candida Lacey, BA (Hons), MA, DPhil, is Publisher and Managing
Director of Myriad Editions. After completing her doctorate in
English and American Literature at the University of Sussex, she
worked as a commissioning editor at Routledge, Pandora Press,
HarperCollins and Jonathan Cape. She joined Myriad to work on the
'State of the World' series of infographic atlases before, in 2004,
launching a new publishing programme designed to showcase emerging
authors. She is co-founder and director of the First Fictions
Festival and organises Myriad's annual First Drafts
competition.
My approach to teaching, editing and publishing is inquisitive,
collaborative and discursive. I work closely with writers, offering
editorial support to help them achieve their creative potential,
navigate the publishing industry and build audiences for their
work.
I am inspired by a belief that independent publishers are crucially
important as seedbeds for developing new talent.
