Richard Roper
Richard Roper is a novelist and non-fiction editor based in London. He is published by Orion in the UK, Penguin in the US, and around the world in 20 languages. His debut novel Something to Live For was optioned for TV and was a Barnes & Noble fiction book of the month in the US. His second novel When We were Young was published in 2021, followed by The Disaster Loves You in 2024. As a senior commissioning editor for non-fiction at Hachette UK, he has commissioned and edited numerous Sunday Times bestsellers and award-winning titles across memoir, travel writing, comedy, sport, music and gift & humour.