Clive Priddle

Clive Priddle "was until May 2003 publishing director of Fourth Estate, where he oversaw the launch of the British imprint to the American market with the publication of Carol Shields's Unless and Kate Jennings's Moral Hazard. Since joining PublicAffairs, the authors he has edited include Linda Robinson, Natan Sharansky, Kishore Mahbubani, Clare Asquith, David Rothkopf, Hillel Halkin, and Richard Haass. He worked for Fourth Estate in the UK since 1992, first as managing editor then as an commissioning editor. Authors he acquired included Sebastian Junger, Laura Hillenbrand, David Ewing Duncan, James Naughtie, Francis Wheen, Geraldine Brooks, Oliver Morton, Eric Larson, and Michela Wrong. He previously worked for four years at Penguin UK. He won the Tony Godwin award in 2001. Born in London, a graduate of Cambridge University, Clive lives with his wife and two sons in northern Manhattan."