Editing

This was my first anthology and the opportunity for J.G. Ballard, Brian W. Aldiss, Michael Moorcock, Christopher Priest, Keith Roberts, Bob Shaw and many others to be published in France for the first time. This was my debut anthology and, by default, I became a serial anthologist and, for my sins, have now edited around 130.

The Knights Of editorial director contributes to our Q&A series

Robert Gottlieb, the great American editor who died last month at the age of ninety-two, often said that there were two ways of being a publisher: to follow, i.e., give the people what they knew they wanted; or lead: show them what you knew they ought to want. Bob was brilliant at both.  Read more

At 91, Robert Gottlieb is perhaps the most acclaimed book editor of his time. He started out in 1955 and has been working in publishing ever since - serving as editor-in-chief at Simon & Schuster, Alfred A. Knopf and The New Yorker. The list of authors he's edited include Joseph Heller, Toni Morrison, John le Carré, Katharine Graham, Bill Clinton, Nora Ephron and Michael Crichton.

Max Perkins didn't do as much administrative work as editorial assistants do today," said Daniel Vazquez, an editor at Astra House.  Read more