Liz Kemp

Liz Kemp has spent most of her professional life in the publishing industry, most recently for a decade in the role of Operations Co-ordinator for the Children’s and Young Adult Department at Allen & Unwin. Prior to that she worked in a variety of administrative roles here and in the UK in all areas of the publishing industry, and at the State Library Victoria’s Centre for Youth Literature. She now operates a freelance manuscript assessment and editing business.  

Specialises in:  

• Young adult fiction  
• Children’s fiction (picture books, chapter books, and middle grade fiction)  
• Popular adult fiction  
• Genre fiction (fantasy, science fiction, romance, crime)
• Memoir