Information for authors
Commissioning editors
Jessica Kingsley, Chairman and Managing Director
Jessica started JKP on her kitchen table at the beginning of 1987, with an overdraft of £5000, having previously worked for a group of companies distributing American academic and professional books throughout Europe. She has been Chairman of the Independent Publishers Guild, served on the British Council Publishers Advisory Council, and was for many years a member of Council of the Publishers Association. Most recently she was Chairman of the Society of Bookmen, and she now serves on the Advisory Committees of the Publishing MA courses at the London College of Communication, and City University.
Stephen Jones, Senior Commissioning Editor
Stephen Jones is commissioning editor of the social care, pastoral education and counselling lists at Jessica Kingsley Publishers. He has worked in publishing since 1999, and at Jessica Kingsley Publishers since 2004. Prior to this, he worked at Taylor & Francis on their higher education list and Kogan Page on their business and education lists.
Lisa Clark, Commissioning Editor
Lisa Clark is responsible for commissioning in the fields of arts therapies and special education. She joined JKP in 2007 and is an English Literature graduate of the University of Nottingham.
Submit a proposal
We welcome ideas for new books in the areas in which we publish. Please email or write to us enclosing your curriculum vitae/resumé, and a completed copy of our New Book Proposals form (Word document).
If you are unable to download our New Book Proposals form, send your curriculum vitae/resumé, an outline of your proposal and a contents list.
Please email your submission to post@jkp.com
Postal submissions should be made to the following address:
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
116 Pentonville Road
London N1 9JB
United Kingdom
If you are in the US, you can send your proposal to our US office and it will be forwarded on your behalf.
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Inc.
400 Market Street
Suite 400
Philadelphia
PA 19106
USA
