Dame Beryl Bainbridge
Renowned novelist and best-selling author Dame Beryl Bainbridge is a household name. A brilliant writer, famous for stories of working-class families and, more recently, compact historical novels, Bainbridge consistently receives critical acclaim. During her illustrious career, she has been short-listed for the Booker Prize five times.

Several of her novels have been made into films. Her experiences in the theatre formed the basis of An Awfully Big Adventure, with Hugh Grant starring in the film. Many others followed, including Sweet William and The Dressmaker.
Dame Beryl is a famous personality in the literary world. She is currently working on her latest novel, set in New York.

Paul Blezard
Writer, radio presenter, broadcaster and best-selling author, Paul Blezard was for nine years the key presenter at Oneword Radio, where his unique daily author interview programme Between the Lines clocked up over 1,600 30-minute shows. Blezard was the book reviewer for BBC Radio 2’s The Green Room and had a weekly show on LBC 97.35 FM.

Paul has chaired literary events at prestigious venues such as the Guardian Hay Festival, Edinburgh, Oxford, Cheltentham, Cambridge, Dubai, Deia, Harrogate, Ilkley and Guildford Festivals. He is also a “Reading Champion for the National Literary Trust”. In 2004, he hosted the extraordinary nine-day, nationwide Storyquest event, run by the Hay Festival and Prince Charles’ Arts and Kids organisation.

Blezard was recently appointed literary editor of The Lady, the longest continuously-published magazine for women.

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THE PEOPLE’S BOOK PRIZE

Tatiana Wilson
Tatiana is an independent publisher, Managing Director of Delancey Press, which is now the administrator of The People's Book Prize.

Touched by the plight of first-time authors, Wilson founded Delancey Press with the objective of publishing quality work by new authors. She came up with the idea for The People’s Book Prize as it is her ambition that new authors are given equal opportunity in the marketplace, based purely on their talent and ability.

An ‘entrepreneur’, Tatiana Wilson has been successful in many fields She is currently involved in the production of two feature films and the play "When the lilac blooms, my love" by Jane Huxley. Click here

Julie Hyde Mew
A TV producer who specialised in producing wildlife documentaries for current affairs programmes in South Africa, Julie Hyde Mew also presented television shows and anchored the news on national television. She returned to the UK seven years ago, and works as a freelance TV producer. She is currently working on a docu-drama entitled The Day England Died.

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