Jitka Esserová

Jitka Esserová is an editor, author and an enthusiastic cyclist. She graduated in Czech Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, and as an affiliate student joined the School of Slavonic and East European Studies in London. For many years, she worked in marketing and communications for a multinational technology company but eventually returned to her field: she is interested in children’s reading literacy, works as a freelance editor of children’s books, and runs the How to Make a Beautiful Children’s Book programme for school groups at the Czech Children’s Book Centre. She occasionally translates from English. Her book for younger school children, How to Speak to the Queen, was published by Běžíliška.