Rose Tomaszewska has worked in publishing for over ten years, helped to set up riverrun, the literary imprint of Quercus, and is now Editorial Director at Virago where she publishes fiction, non-fiction and graphic novels. Her authors have included Kim Sherwood, the winner of the Bath Novel Award, Catrina Davies, longlisted for the Bailie Gifford Prize and Heather O'Neill, shortlisted for the Women's Prize. She runs workshops for creative writers at literary festivals and universities and organises the Virago podcast OurShelves and Virago events at independent bookshops. She grew up in Leicestershire, graduated from UEA and lives in London.