Botterill and Deacon promoted to publishers at Bookouture

Jessie Botterill and Laura Deacon, currently publishing directors at Bookouture, have each been promoted to the role of publisher.

Deacon joined Bookouture as publishing director in 2020, having previously managed the UK editorial team at Amazon Publishing. As well as managing one of Bookouture’s three editorial teams, Deacon also has executive oversight of Bookouture’s print, audio and non-fiction publishing. She will take up her new role from 1st April. 

Botterill joined Bookouture from Janklow & Nesbit as commissioning editor in 2016, and has since been promoted to associate publisher in 2018 and then to publishing director at the start of 2022.

In her time at Bookouture, Botterill has published a number of Bookouture’s biggest-selling authors, manages a team of fiction editors and oversees Bookouture’s submissions and acquisitions process. Currently on parental leave, Botterill will take up her new role on her return to work later in the year.

Botterill and Deacon, alongside Ruth Tross, who was promoted to publisher in 2022, will head up Bookouture’s three publishing teams.