Meet the dedicated team of writing, editing and marketing experts behind the Ford Street Publishing brand.

• Paul Collins

  Director

  Paul began his publishing career in 1974. He published Australia’s first fantasy novels a decade before the major publishers had fantasy lines. He has written around 140 books and a similar amount of short stories and edited around eighty anthologies. He has received both the A Bertram Chandler and the inaugural Peter McNamara awards for life time achievement in Australian science fiction.
• Robyn Donoghue

  editor

  Robyn was a VCE Maths and English tutor before working in primary schools, where she has spent over twenty years running library and IT departments. She has organised numerous book fairs, literary festivals, seminars and workshops as well as edited a number of Ford Street titles.
• Nan McNab

  Editor

  Nan was Senior Editor at Oxford University Press before she began freelancing. She’s worked for most major publishers and with some of Australia’s finest writers, editing both fiction and non-fiction for adults, young adults and children. Nan has also written and contributed to thirty or so books of fiction and non-fiction. She loves natural history, dogs, birdwatching, walking in the bush and on the beach.
• Abigail Cini

  editorial assistant

  Abigail Cini is an editorial assistant. Her favourite book is The Princess Bride by William Goldman. She has a Bachelor of Science and a Masters in Publishing and Communications. In her free time, Abigail likes to bake, go to the cinemas and explore walking trails.
• Stella Black

  Editorial Dept.

  Stella Black freelances in Ford Street’s editorial department. She enjoys reading young adult books and is currently completing a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in English and Theatre Studies and Creative Writing, at the University of Melbourne.
• Sezer Tamcakir

  Editorial Dept.

  Sezer is in editorial at Ford St and has recently completed his Bachelor of Arts majoring in Creative Writing and Literary Studies at Victoria University. In his time off he enjoys reading, spending time with his dog Ramsay, and reviewing movies on his YouTube channel.