Emma Blackburn

Emma has 25 years of experience in publishing illustrated books for children. Having grown successful publishing lists at Simon & Schuster and Bloomsbury, she was most recently Group Pre-school and Picture Book Publisher at Hachette UK. She has published a roster of award-winning talents such as Lauren Child, Rachel Bright, Jim Field, Benji Davies, Tom Percival and Sara Ogilvie. 

A bookshop that I love: Topping and Co in Bath 

A book that I love: A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth 

A fun fact about me: I can sing about colourful goats clambering over rocks in Welsh!