MEET THE TEAM
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Clare Conville worked as a publisher at Random House and then joined AP Watt as a literary agent before co-founding the literary agency C&W in 2000. C&W became part of the Curtis Brown Group in 2012. She is, in addition, one of the directors and curators of the CURIOUS ARTS FESTIVAL, and the co-author of DANGEROUS WOMEN: A GUIDE TO MODERN LIFE published in 2012. Between them, her authors have won or been shortlisted for nearly every literary prize in the UK, including the Booker Prize. Along with Harriet Vyner, Clare is joint director of CHEERIO.
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Harriet Vyner’s first book GROOVY BOB, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROBERT FRASER, was republished by Heni publications in 2018. She is the author of AMONG RUINS, the co-author of Jools Holland's autobiography, BARE-FACED LIES AND BOOGIE-WOOGIE BOASTS and co-curator of the exhibition A STRONG SWEET SMELL OF INCENCE; A PORTRAIT OF ROBERT FRASER at PACE LONDON, 2015. She has recently been working on FIRST IMPRESSIONS, a series of filmed interviews, for The Estate of Francis Bacon. Along with Clare Conville, Harriet is joint director of CHEERIO.
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Poppy Ritchie joined CHEERIO in 2025 as an Editorial Assistant, following earlier internships with the company. She studied History of Art at the University of Edinburgh and has gained experience across publishing with Usborne Books and the Sarah Hicks Literary Agency, as well as in film and TV production. Her literary interests span a range of genres, from the mythical retellings of Madeline Miller to children’s literature and the illustrated worlds of Chris Riddell. Among her many favourites are R.J. Palacio’s WONDER, Douglas Stuart’s SHUGGIE BAIN, and Anthony Doerr’s ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE.
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Lizzie started working at CHEERIO as freelance Assistant Poetry Editor in 2024, alongside her work with Clare Conville at C&W, and her role has since expanded to include work on our fiction and non fiction titles. She holds an undergraduate MA in English Literature from the University of St. Andrews and a postgraduate MA in Modernist Literature and Culture from King’s College London, and cut her teeth in publishing first at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, then at Waterstones, before joining C&W. Her favourite writers include Elizabeth Jane Howard, Jonathan Franzen, Denise Riley and Nick Hornby.