About Us

 
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Norman Hayden

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Norman Hayden is a journalist, author and communications professional with over 40 years’ experience. Norman has worked on national newspapers, including the Daily Telegraph, The Sun, The Times, Daily Mail, The Independent and The Guardian. Communications clients have included Thames Water, British Airways and Glaxo Smithkline. Publications include a history of Watney Mann brewery group and a revised history of Brown’s Hotel, Mayfair. Since 2007, he has been a major contributor to four books by the Daily Mail’s City Editor Alex Brummer, including The Crunch and Britain for Sale.

Alison Vina

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Alison Vina established bespoke publishing company Book of My Life in 2007. She has been helping people from all walks of life to produce their personal memoirs ever since. Over the last decade she has overseen the writing, editing and production of biographies and memoirs for a wide variety of people, including high flyers from the worlds of business, science, engineering, medicine and the City as well as family histories and the stories of several small businesses. Before specialising in private biographies and memoirs, Alison worked as a writer and editor for over ten years for publishers including Egmont and the BBC.

 
 
The book arrived yesterday, and I love it and am very proud of all we have accomplished
— Jenny Rossiter, Feel Good Leadership