The Team

Richard Willis is the MD of Swales & Willis. Originally an archaeologist, he moved into publishing in the 90s and worked as a commissioning editor before founding Swales & Willis with his wife Julie. He is a dedicated football fan both on and off the pitch.

Colin Morgan has been in the book industry for longer than he cares to remember. He became a freelance editor in 1992 and moved to Swales & Willis in 2000. A lover of film and music, he provides daily musical interludes and is never short of an anecdote.

Tamsin Ballard is a qualified translator and studied French, Italian and Chinese at university. Since joining the team in 2007 she has started learning Spanish and German. She is a keen cook, regularly testing new recipes on her colleagues.

Caroline Watson started at Swales & Willis in 2008. She studied International Relations at university and has an interest in gender politics and equality. In her free time she enjoys modern jive and keeping up with the cricket. 

ABOUT US

Founded in 1998, Swales and Willis specialises in academic book production. We pride ourselves on providing high quality work with a fast turnaround. From our office in Exeter, Devon we work with companies and freelancers around the world.

The Swales and Willis team are all experienced project managers who come from backgrounds such as bookselling, editing, archaeology, PR, journalism, teaching, translation, politics and international relations.