Author Supporters

The following authors stand with ESIS in calling for 50% of all whole, taught, class novels and reading lists in schools to be authored by women, with 50% of the lead protagonists being women and girls.

Helen Czerski

Helen Czerski

Helen Czerski is Professor of the Environment and Society at University College London, and also a broadcaster and writer.

Lucy Atkins

Lucy Atkins

Lucy Atkins has written five novels and five non-fiction books. She teaches Creative Writing at the University of Oxford.

Carol Atherton

Carol Atherton

Carol Atherton has been an English teacher for thirty years and has written widely on issues related to English in the secondary curriculum.

Alice Castle

Alice Castle

Before turning to crime, Alice Castle was a newspaper journalist for The Daily Express, The Times and The Daily Telegraph.