caroline davidson

CAROLINE DAVIDSON set up her literary agency in West London in 1988. Because she has lived in several different parts of the world, Caroline Davidson tries to apply her international perspective so that each author's work stands the best possible chance of being sold abroad and translated into different languages.

Born in 1953, Caroline read history at King's College, Cambridge and worked as a journalist with Reuters News Agency in London.

On moving to Washington DC, she worked for BBC Television and edited publications for both the National Academy of Sciences and the Library of Congress.

Among the many books Caroline edited, the most complicated was a survey of science in China written by 32 authors, organised by the US National Academy of Sciences and published by Stanford University Press.

Back in Britain, Caroline organised exhibitions for the Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Museum and Galleries on Merseyside. She also acted as a commissioning editor for John Murray and is a founding director of Prospect Books, specialist publishers of historical and ethnic books on food and cookery.

She is the author of five books, including A Woman’s Work is Never Done: A History of Housework in the British Isles, 1650-1950 and The World of Mary Ellen Best (Chatto & Windus, 1982 and 1986).

She is married, with two children at university.