Meet the team
Meet the One More Chapter team! We are digital publishing experts with extensive experience across the industry. We work together extremely closely to ensure our books are the best they can be.
Charlotte Ledger
PublisherCharlotte is Publisher of One More Chapter. She started in publishing in 2011 at Mills & Boon before moving across to HarperCollins in 2013. Since then, she has worked across commercial fiction from Sunday Times bestseller Evie Woods to Julie Caplin, who has sold over two million copies worldwide. A champion for digital publishing, Charlotte was highly commended at the Futurebook awards and won the Book Marketing Society’s Best Shoestring Campaign for her work on the first online romance festival. She was shortlisted for The Bookseller and SYP’s Trailblazer of the Year award and has won the Romantic Novelist Association’s Publisher of the Year award twice, nominated a third time. Charlotte is looking for strong, unique voices and fresh twists on popular themes.
Jennie Rothwell
Editorial DirectorJennie is Editorial Director at One More Chapter. She started her publishing career at Avon and has since worked at Sphere, Zaffre Books and Century Fiction before joining the team at One More Chapter in 2021. She has worked across all genres of commercial fiction; from crime and thriller, historical and saga to contemporary women’s fiction. She has helped launch the success of many Sunday Times bestselling authors as well as working with established authors including T.M. Logan, Nicholas Sparks, Katie Flynn and E L James. Jennie loves crime fiction with a dark twist and unreliable narrators and is looking for gripping new perspectives to publish into the genre. Alongside this she is also looking for contemporary zeitgeisty romances and stories from underrepresented voices.
Emma Petfield
Head of Marketing StrategyEmma is Head of Marketing Strategy for One More Chapter and Avon. Starting her publishing career in 2016 at Kogan Page, Emma moved to John Murray Press later the same year. While there, she managed the digital marketing strategy and devised campaigns for debuts and brand authors alike, including Susie Dent, Mick Herron, Ruth Hogan, and Miriam Margolyes. She has received three Highly Commended Book Marketing Society awards for her campaigns on The Keeper of Stories, The Pumpkin Spice Café and How to Survive the End of the World (when it’s in your own head). Emma joined the One More Chapter team in September 2021 where she coordinates the marketing and brand strategy and global campaign plans. Emma was shortlisted for the London Book Fair Trailblazers award 2022.
Lucy Bennett
Design ManagerLucy is our Design Manager, and has been designing book covers for 30 years. Design is her passion and she loves all aspects including fashion, architecture and typography. One More Chapter is the perfect opportunity to design covers for all genres and with the best people in the business.
Ajebowale Roberts
EditorAjebowale Roberts is an Editor at One More Chapter. Her first publishing job was at Century and Arrow, Cornerstone, Penguin Random House UK and after that she worked at Quercus Books, a publishing division of Hachette UK. Aje also completed a yearlong secondment at HarperVoyager from 2023-2024. Aje has worked across commercial fiction, genre fiction and science fiction and fantasy. She has worked with authors such as Elizabeth Helen, Amélie Wen Zhao, R. F Kuang and many more! Aje loves all genres, but her favourite is fantasy, romantasy, spicy romance, and webtoons/manhwa/manga. Aje is looking for intersectionally diverse books with great characterisations and a commercial hook. Aje loves books that read like Studio Ghibli films or K-Dramas and the steamier the better!
Helen Williams
EditorHelen Williams is an Editor at One More Chapter, and has been working in the publishing industry for over 20 years. She began her career in non-fiction at Piatkus Books, and then moved to Little, Brown, followed by Harlequin, and has spent the last 12 years freelancing for HarperCollins, working on every genre of fiction. Now her children are teenagers, she is ready to move back to in-house publishing, and is thrilled to be joining the dynamic One More Chapter team, and work with authors right from concept through to publication. She is looking for fiction that captures the zeitgeist, has a wonderful twist or a unique narrative perspective.
Kara Daniel
Managing Editorial AssistantKara has joined One More Chapter as their new managing editorial assistant. She has recently completed a Master’s in Publishing course at Kingston University and is ready to start her first full-time role in the industry. While studying, she gained publishing experience by interning with Académie du Vin Library and RightsZone, and before switching industries, she worked as a bid coordinator for engineering consulting firms. Kara enjoys reading (and watching) romances, including contemporary, historical and fantasy, but will also step out into other genres depending on her mood. You can usually find her listening to an audiobook while exploring London, going paddleboarding or taking her dog, Stark, for long walks in the park.
Chloe Cummings
Senior Marketing ExecutiveChloe is our Senior Marketing Executive at One More Chapter and she loves being able to combine her passions for books and marketing. This is Chloe’s first role in publishing. She received a Book Marketing Society award for her campaign on Laurie Gilmore’s The Pumpkin Spice Cafe. Chloe loves all books especially fiction, her favourite authors are Jessa Hastings, Hannah Grace and Sarah J. Mass. When she’s not obsessing over books, she can be found re-watching Gossip Girl for the 100th time or listening to Taylor Swift.
Grace Edwards
Marketing & Publicity AssistantGrace is our Marketing and Publicity Assistant at One More Chapter and has recently completed internships with Future House Publishing and Linen Press, as well as being a Waterstones bookseller. Since graduating from her English degree, Grace has also volunteered with the Guildford Book Festival and written for The Publishing Post, all while also running her BookTok account, @bookswithgray, that has amassed more than 2 million views and 1,000 followers in just her first week. When she isn’t reading, Grace can be found either gaming, crocheting or listening to music.