Kara Hattersley-Smith

Kara Hattersley-Smith serves as the Editorial Director for Student & Professional Books at Quercus Books since January 2021, previously holding a similar role at Laurence King Publishing Ltd from 1997 to 2021, where responsibilities included managing and commissioning titles in fashion, design, art, and architecture. Prior experience includes the position of Managing Editor for Art History at De Agostini Editions and History Editor for Microsoft Encarta at Websters International Publishers. Earlier roles also featured Area Editor for Early Christian and Byzantine art at Macmillan Publishers Ltd. Kara Hattersley-Smith holds a DPhil in Byzantine history and archaeology from Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, and a Hons MA in Medieval History with Archaeology from the University of St Andrews. Early education was completed at Benenden School.