Zoë Watkins

Zoë is FourteenFiftyFour’s Creative Director. She manages the creative development of our projects, working closely with our authors, designers, agents and  publishers.  Zoë also creates our in-house projects.

In her previous working life, Zoë was with Ian Fleming Publications, where she worked with Corinne on the development of the literary James Bond brand, including the bestselling Young Bond novels by Charlie Higson. She has also worked as a bookseller for both adult and children’s titles.

Favourite books: Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons, Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess, These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer, Love in a Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nightbirds on Nantucket by Joan Aiken.