Roland Philipps has been Managing Director of John Murray since 2002, after being Publishing Director of Hodder and Macmillan London for the previous thirteen years. As well as overseeing the relaunching of the great house of Murray, he publishes across a range of non-fiction (with some fiction), specialising in history (including military), politics and current affairs, biography and memoir and well-written narratives on any subject. Quality of writing, and developing authors’ careers are what matters.