Andrew Holgate was literary editor of the London Sunday Times for 14 years until he stepped down in October 2022 and before that, deputy literary editor for nine years. His entire working life has been connected to books, in publishing, bookselling, literary journalism.
He has co-edited two books, judged numerous literary awards (including the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction, which he chaired in 2021), ran two prizes while literary editor (the Sunday Times Short Story Award and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award), and is an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.