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Orion makes string of promotions with Witty, Ormsby-Potter, Filose and Paton stepping up
Orion Publishing Group has announced a string of editorial promotions across its imprints, with Tierney Witty, Claire Ormsby-Potter, Florence Filose and Laura Paton all stepping up with immediate effect.
Witty has been promoted to editor at Seven Dials, and has during his time at the publisher acquired books such as Look North! by Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram, States of Play by Miguel Delaney and Manchester Is Red Again by Samuel Luckhurst.
In his new role he will be acquiring across the Seven Dials and Trapeze Non-Fiction lists. He is based in Hachette’s Manchester office and will be commissioning more Northern voices.
Ormsby-Potter has been promoted to editor at Gollancz after joining in 2020 as editorial assistant. Originally covering Gollancz’s classics list Masterworks its digital imprint Gateway, her “exceptional passion and meticulous attention to detail” led to her role expanding to incorporate a commissioning remit.
Filose has been promoted to senior gift editor. She joined the Laurence King Publishing (LKP) gift editorial team in 2022, taking on brands including Agatha Christie and "Bridgerton" alongside the Infinite Maze, the A to Z of Cats, and the World of Virginia Woolf. Filose is based at Hachette’s Bristol office, where she will continue to publish LKP’s gift list as well as establishing strong links with the community with an additional focus on growing LKP’s regional illustrators and authors.
Meanwhile at LKP, Laura Paton has been promoted to commissioning editor, having joined the business as senior editor in February 2022. She project edited Marina Abramovic: A Visual Biography, and commissioned The Women Who Changed Photography and What Art Can Tell Us About Love. The publisher says she is developing “unique and key “acquisitions for LKP’s 2025 list.
Anna Valentine, managing director of Orion, said: “I’m delighted to make these well-deserved promotions which strengthen Orion’s commissioning firepower and our reputation as the home of editorial excellence. Tierney has quickly demonstrated his sharp instincts for the commercial non-fiction market, and has shown tremendous flair in how he acquires and publishes for the Seven Dials list.
“Claire’s passion for and knowledge of the SFF market makes her an instinctive publisher, which she couples with her trademark diligence and sensitivity, and her promotion is an important part of our plans to take Gollancz, one of the most beloved genre imprints in the world, to even greater heights. Florence is a brilliantly creative editor – with a keen eye for gifts and games that both surprise and delight – and she has hit the ground running since joining LKP last year.
“Laura has already delivered one of LKP’s most important titles in Marina Abramovic’s epic visual biography, and her commissioning for the LKP art list follows in those footsteps being truly stunning books that embody the unique LKP design DNA. I’m delighted to have such a talented, experienced and passionate team in place ahead of what promises to be a stellar year for Orion."
