Nadia Rush
Previously deputy editor of a magazine that folded politely, and a hotel manager for six months in between. Writes on money, exits, and the working week.
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Previously deputy editor of a magazine that folded politely, and a hotel manager for six months in between. Writes on money, exits, and the working week.
Copywriter for a decade, essayist for the last three years. Runs the Sunday letter and the archive. Cannot be persuaded to send a first draft.
Former court translator, current interviewer. Believes silence is a question. Files from a café in Nørrebro that she refuses to name in print.
Product manager for eleven years before writing anything. Runs the Field Guide with a very short pencil and a longer memory than she admits to.
Editor of thirty-one back-cover novels. Ferocious about the serial comma. Believes in one adjective per paragraph and writes to prove it.
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