Francesca Riccardi

Francesca has over fifteen years of experience in the publishing industry, beginning at RNIB transcribing books into accessible formats for blind and partially sighted readers.

She has worked in sales and marketing roles at Canelo, Atlantic Books, Constable & Robinson and HarperCollins, and reads widely across popular commercial genres with a particular fondness for crime and thrillers, especially stories featuring a dogged detective or an unusual sleuth.

She also enjoys books about unusual family dynamics, toxic friendships and people keeping secrets.

Francesca was born and raised in Peterborough and now lives in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, with her partner and their two rescue dogs.