Pope-Hennessy (Estates)
James Pope-Hennessy CVO is one of 20th Century Britain's greatest biographers, writing on Anthony Trollope, Queen Mary, and Monckton Milnes. He was also an accomplished travel writer, particularly famous is his book Aspects of Provence
Rachel Bennett
Rachel Bennett lives on the Isle of Man with her two children and one cat. She works in the criminal courts, and previously in a pathology department. Her debut thriller is The Flood (Avon 2019).
Raffaello Pantucci
Pantucci is a counter-terrorism expert, formerly with CSIS, IISS, and currently in Shanghai. He is a regular media pundit on matters of terrorism. His work on the 7/7 terrorist bombings in London is published by Hurst/Columbia University Press.
Ray Russell
Ray Russell is the publisher of Tartarus Press and authored a collection of short stories, Bloody Baudelaire, published in German. “Backgammon”, a short story from the collection, is currently filming.
Rebecca Wilson
Rebecca Wilson has built up a huge following on her IG account, @whatmummumakes, where she shares recipes along with simple, honest, first-hand advice about weaning her daughter, Nina. DK/Penguin Random House released Rebecca's first family cookbook to huge popular acclaim in July 2020.
Reel Art Press
Tony Nourmand is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of R|A|P. He comes to publishing from a successful career in gallery ownership, art and film. Tony was the consultant for vintage movie posters at Christie’s, London. For twenty years, he co-owned the largest collection of film posters in Europe, and opened the groundbreaking Reel Poster Gallery in London. After publishing art books of film posters, he closed the gallery, and founded Reel Art Press Limited, a publisher of luxury books on films and contemporary music culture.
Reg McKay (Estate)
McKay was a writer of true crime books with Paul Ferris and Tommy Campbell.
Robert Aickman (Estate)
Aickman was a classic Edwardian writer of ghost stories and television productions. He is a World Fantasy Award winner of 1975, and was awarded the British Fantasy Award in 1981. 2014 was the Robert Aickman Centenary, marked by Faber's re-issuing of his most popular collections. The New York Review Of Books published Compulsory Games in 2018 bringing Aickman to the US audience.
Robert Gallo
Gallo is a veteran scientist whose team discovered the AIDS retrovirus. Two time winner of the prestigious Albert Lasker Prize, he was named the most cited author of scientific literature in the world during the 1980s. Virus Hunting, published by Basic Books, tells the story of how he came to be the scientist he his
Robert Hazen
Hazen is an earth scientist based at George Mason University. He is the author of textbooks on science literacy with James Trefil, and mainstream volumes including his latest, Genesis.
Robert O Connor
Robert is a journalist specialising in football in Eastern Europe. His book 'Blood and Circuses' (Biteback, 2020), focuses on the fringes of the former communist world, and investigates how the game has helped heal social fractures in these regions.
Roger Lewis
Lewis is a voluminous and witty writer whose groundbreaking work on Peter Sellers changed perceptions of the comedian and British humour. Likewise, his Seasonal Suicide Notes hit a nerve in UK culture. Upcoming work includes volumes on UK comedians, his Welsh background, and his consuming interest in Richard Burton.
Ronald Lightbown
Lightbown is an art historian and former director of Metal Works at The Victoria and Albert Museum. His latest volume on Crivellli is published by Yale University Press.
Ruth Joseph
Joseph is a cookbook writer, specialising in Jewish food. Warm Bagels and Apple Strudel is published by Kyle Books.
Saira Viola
Viola is an acclaimed poet of global provenance, having lived on both sides of the Atlantic and the Equator. Her first novel Jukebox is published by Fahrenheit Press and looks to put London's Clarkenwell on the map of crime fiction. The legendary Benjamin Zephaniah described her as having 'a beautiful, twisted imagination'.