Robert Kelsey

Best-selling author and publisher at John Wilkes Publishing, Robert Kelsey, is judging the Writing Award in the hope of finding non-fiction writers to publish

Best-selling author and publisher at John Wilkes Publishing, Robert Kelsey, is judging the Writing Award in the hope of finding non-fiction writers to publish.

Robert is a former journalist and banker who developed and sold a financial PR agency. He is also the bestselling author of a series of self-help books.

His latest venture is John Wilkes Publishing was set up with serial entrepreneur Luke Johnson to develop fearless new non-fiction writers in politics, culture, society, history, economics and work.


I would like to see fearless writing in non-fiction - writers willing to challenge orthodoxies across all disciplines.

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