Christina Patterson: Deputy Literary Editor, The Independent

A freelance literary journalist with a background in publishing, Christina Patterson has written regularly for the Observer, the Sunday Times and the Independent. Christina was Director of the Poetry Society from 2002 to 2003, and has chaired literary events at festivals around the country. 

Favourite book: Her favourite book of all time is Middlemarch, along with Anna Karenina and Emma, but she rarely gets the chance to read classics these days, since her reading is largely dictated by her work.