Rose Tomaszewska has worked in publishing for over eight years, helped to set up riverrun, the literary imprint of Quercus, and is now Senior Commissioning Editor at Virago where she publishes fiction, non-fiction, thrillers 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 launched the Virago Speakeasy at Pages Cheshire St in 2019. She grew up in Leicestershire, graduated from UEA and lives in London.