Ana Sampson

Ana has been editing poetry anthologies since 2009, when I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud and Other Poems you Half-Remember from School was the third bestselling poetry title that year. More recently she has edited two volumes of poetry by women, She is Fierce (an Amazon number one category bestseller) and She Will Soar, a collection of poetry about motherhood, Night Feeds and Morning Songs, Wonder: The Natural History Museum Poetry Book, Gods and Monsters: Mythological Poems and Heroes and Villains: Poems about Legends. She has also compiled collections of poems about birds, cats, dogs and trees. Her longer anthologies include A Midnight Treasury of Macabre and Weird Poems and A Moment of Calm: A Soothing Poem for Every Day of the Year.

Ana has contributed articles to books including Writers' Market UK and The Book Lover's Companion and to newspapers and magazines, and talked about poetry and publishing at literary festivals, bookshop events, at libraries, in schools and online. Ana has also appeared on television and radio talking about books, poetry and teenage diaries.

When not editing anthologies, Ana works as a literary publicist and has masterminded campaigns for books in every genre including many award-winning and bestselling titles. She lives in Surrey with her husband, two daughters, an elderly cat and far too many books.