CEO

With over 30 years’ experience in UK publishing, Fiona is considered one of the leading sector publicists in the UK. Fiona has played a strategic role in the conception and launch of many major authors, public figures and literacy organisations worldwide. Fiona has sat on boards and advisory panels for publishers, literary charities and high profile industry initiatives. Amongst numerous awards during her career, Fiona has been a regular name in The Bookseller’s 100 Most Influential since 2014, GQ’s Most Connected Women, and named in Debrett’s People of Today.

Communications Director

Emma is a PR strategist with over 25 years of experience in publishing, events and communications. She is highly networked throughout the industry, adept at crisis management, and leads on strategy and consultancy across our books business.

Emma joined FMcM in 2018 having worked in UK publishing for 20 years across both publicity and editorial. As Publicity Director at Hutchinson, Penguin Random House, she led campaigns for an array of household name authors from politicians and Hollywood actors to debut novelists, poets and bestselling thriller writers.

Communications Director

Annabel is an award-winning communications director with 25 years’ experience in publishing, culture and issues-led PR. Combining commercial acumen with strategic thinking and creative flair, she has a strong reputation for delivering high-profile and impactful campaigns for bestselling authors, literary prizes, events and festivals and is highly networked in the books and arts media.                                            

Annabel rejoined FMcM in September 2024, following publicity director roles at Welbeck and Bloomsbury where, as joint publicity director, she worked on the British Book Award-winning campaign for Gillian Anderson’s Want. Previously at FMCM, she specialised in campaigns for brand authors Marian Keyes and Ruby Wax, and major fiction debuts including PPC winning and shortlisted campaigns for Sally Green’s Half Bad, The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion and Maestra by L.S. Hilton, as well as industry initiatives World Book Day and National Poetry Day. She began her career at award-winning independent publisher, Profile Books.

Director of Media Relations

Kealey is widely connected across the broadcast and journalistic landscape. An exceptional profile manager and crisis communications strategist, she manages many of our key clients, notably our prizes and our highest-profile authors, including Ruby Wax, Hadley Freeman and Marian Keyes, among many others. Ruby’s latest book I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was became an immediate Sunday Times bestseller, following her high-profile campaign.

Kealey joined FMcM after numerous publicity roles at publishing powerhouses Penguin Random House and Bloomsbury. She has been recognised by the PPC for her work on Becoming Beauvoir: A Life.

Twitter: @KealeyRigden

Head of Genre

Sophie delivers perfectly-targeted fiction campaigns. Her primary focus on crime and historical fiction is supplemented by her expertise in French translated fiction. She is well-regarded for her author care and just knows the industry and its players really, really well.

A publicist for over 13 years, Sophie has been a judge on the Crime Writers’ Association Short Story Dagger. Her recent clients include Capital Crime, the British Book Awards, World Book Day, Costa Book Prize winning author Monique Roffey, and Edward Carey, author of the critically acclaimed Little. Her French clients include Antoine Laurain and Muriel Barbery, authors of the most successful French novels in recent translation.

Communications Consultant

A passionate, award-winning publicist, Kate has over 20 years' experience working on literary fiction, non-fiction and poetry for publishers including Bloomsbury, Chatto & Windus and Oneworld Publications. 

Kate prides herself on putting together comprehensive, creative campaigns that showcase and celebrate the best about books. Author care is a must for her and she loves discussing all the ideas that go into crafting a great pitch.

Communications Consultant

Katrina is an accomplished publicist, and with more than 30 years’ experience in the UK and internationally, is superbly connected throughout the publishing industry. She handles media relations, author events and publicity campaigns for fiction, and nonfiction notably science, history, biographies, illustration and business. She oversees publicity for leading global scientific, technical and medical publisher, Springer Nature.

Katrina recently publicised Deborah Meaden‘s Why Money Matters, one of the first three books in the ground-breaking Little Experts series, aimed at children aged 6-9. Deborah’s book became an immediate Sunday Times bestseller.

Communications Manager

Ned delivers key functions for a wide-range of clients. He assists in media relations, stakeholder liaison, campaign delivery, marketing strategies, digital production, design work and video production. He is FMcM's resident poetry expert, and is currently working with Scarlett Sabet, Rishi Dastidar and the prestigious Forward Prizes for Poetry. He was joint-shortlisted for a PPC award in 2023 for his work on the Polari Prizes, the UK and Ireland’s only dedicated prize for LGBTQ+ literature.

Ned joined the FMcM team in 2021, following internships in journalism and arts PR. A Media and Communications graduate from Goldsmiths, University of London, he has worked as a freelance book designer and editor, and runs his own independent publisher, Toothgrinder Press.

Twitter: @toothgrinderpress

Communications Officer

Izzy delivers impactful and creative book campaigns across a wide range of genres, from personal development non-fiction to romantasy debuts, as well as across major FMcM projects, including The British Book Awards, Bradford Literature Festival and Capital Crime.

Izzy joined FMcM in 2023 after two years in communications in the third sector, first as the Social Media Manager at Gurls Talk and then as Communications Officer at SANE. She graduated from Magazine Journalism MA at City, University of London in 2022.

Junior Marketing Executive

Rosie works across marketing campaigns for prize, festival and book projects, handling a diverse range of social media, branding and design tasks. With a strong focus on the digital aspects of FMcM’s services, she utilises her skills in graphic design and video production to craft bespoke assets tailored to each client's objectives.

Rosie joined FMcM in 2025 after two years in the art industry as a marketing assistant. During this time, she wrote exhibition texts and spoke at various arts events, including at the V&A. She holds a BA in Illustration from Brighton University, completed an MA in Writing at the Royal College of Art in 2023, and earned a Digital Marketing Diploma in 2024.

Communications Assistant

Hannah is FMcM’s Communications Assistant, supporting the day-to-day running of the office and a wide range of campaigns. After two years as a bookseller in independent bookshops and an internship at Profile Books, she joined the team with a passion for storytelling in all its forms. She holds an MPhil and BA in English Literature from the University of Cambridge and Durham University respectively, where she focused her research on Contemporary Black American Gothic fiction and film. She now brings that same enthusiasm to campaigns across a variety of imprints where still, the spookier the title, the better.