![]() ![]() He also created the Ideas Prize, an award for a first trade book by an academic, in association with Aitken Alexander Associates in 2019. ![]() Since joining Profile, Lake has built a list ranging across science, history, politics, philosophy and economics and he has worked with authors including the Baillie Gifford-shortlisted science historian Matthew Cobb and the MacArthur-winning race historian Saidiya Hartman, along with authors such as as investigative journalist Oliver Bullough, technology critic Shoshana Zuboff and Economist editor Tom Standage. In 2011 he became the founding deputy editor of, an online magazine of ideas. He reported from arts events internationally before joining the paper's Review section as a writer and then deputy editor. In 2008, he joined the staff of the newly established National as an arts correspondent. This followed a journalistic career that involved a five-year stint at the Daily Telegraph, where he worked on several different desks and contributed to the books pages. ![]() Lake joined Profile Books in 2016 where he is currently publishing director. He will join the W&N team in February 2022 and will report to Jenny Lord, the imprint’s publisher, who revealed an intention to “strengthen our serious non-fiction list and deepen our intellectual roots”. Ed Lake is moving to Weidenfeld & Nicolson in the newly created role of publishing director for non-fiction after five years at Profile. ![]()
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