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Caroline Knight

Caroline Knight

Caroline Knight began her career in publishing at Penguin Books in 1989, when she joined Editorial 2, the department dedicated to copy-editing. She has been a PTC tutor since 1996 and a freelancer since 2010.

Caroline became managing editor of Allen Lane The Penguin Press in 1995 before moving to Weidenfeld & Nicolson Illustrated in 1997. She lived in Greece, working freelance and tutoring at the PTC, from 2000 to 2003, when she became managing editorial director at William Heinemann, an imprint of the Random House group. Five years later, she moved to Atlantic Books, where she stayed until 2010 when she moved to rural Kent and rejoined the freelance community.

Among others, she has worked with Alastair Campbell, Vince Cable, David Willetts, Margaret Drabble and the late Herman Leonard, as well as a wide variety of others less famous. She enjoys editing both fiction and non-fiction, with a particular leaning towards history and politics.

She lives on the edge of the North Downs with her husband, three children, a dog, six hens and tens of thousands of bees.

A delegate's observation
"Our trainer, Caroline Knight, was EXCELLENT!!!! It was a fantastic 2 days and I would highly recommend her to anyone. She was incredibly informative, approachable, and an excellent ambassador for the PTC".

  • Introduction to Editorial Skills: Copy-Editing and Proofreading