Rosemary Davidson is a senior Commissioning Editor at Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, UK. At Bloomsbury her achievements include publishing Sue Miller, Alice McDermott, Jon McGregor, Chang Rae Lee, Justin Cartwright and Ben Schott amongst others. She is shortlisted for the 2004 Editor of the Year, British Book (Nibbies) Awards to be announced on March 11.
Currently visiting Australia as part of the Adelaide Festival’s Writers’ Week’s VIP program for 2004, Davidson is part of a program which has seen more than 60 international publishers and literary agents invited to scout for new talent and meet the local publishing industry. And the trick is working because during this time foreign rights in over 70 Australian titles have been sold, generating in excess of $AU 2.5 million. People like Davidson are considered ‘key decision makers’ and the powers that be know that access to the skills and advice and influence of someone like Davidson makes all the difference in the publishing world.
