Dr Renée Otmar has been a professional editor since 1989. She has worked in-house in academic, education and trade , as a senior editor and managing editor. 

Renée has enjoyed parallel careers in public health research and research ethics, and in coaching and training. She works as a consultant editor, manuscript assessor, life writer, coach, teacher and research ethics.

If you could have dinner with any historical figure, who would it be and why?

It's difficult to choose just one! I've just today arrived in Athens, and so the Ancient Greeks are foremost. I would have dinner with Helen of Troy: She is often depicted as both a victim and a symbol of moral failure, representing the dangers of placing lust above reason, and is bound to have many juicy stories to tell!