Candida Lacey

Candida worked as a commissioning editor at Routledge, Pandora Press, Unwin Hyman, HarperCollins and Jonathan Cape before joining Myriad Editions where she launched a new publishing programme designed to showcase emerging talent.

She has published notable authors including winners and finalists of the Women’s Prize, Desmond Elliott, Authors’ Club Best First Novel, Polari, Jhalak and Diverse Book Awards.

Now as a literary agent, she enjoys working with both emerging and experienced writers, and championing books that highlight marginalized lives and perspectives.

Candida is an executor for the estate of Kay Dick and co-founder of the Margaret Busby New Daughters of Africa Award, which funds an African student to study at SOAS University of London. She volunteers as a mentor and editor for We Are Not Numbers, a platform to support emerging Palestinian writers. She has a PhD from the University of Sussex and serves on the advisory board of New Writing South’s Forthwrite Festival.

Candida is not accepting submissions or taking on new authors at present.