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About The Good Book Company

Here at The Good Book Company, it is our privilege to create biblical, relevant, and accessible resources that encourage you and your church family to keep going, keep growing, and keep sharing your faith. As an international Christian publisher, our resources are used throughout the English-speaking world and translated into more than 60 languages — over 750 translations in total. Want to know more about who we are and what drives us?

Brothers and Sisters Serving Alongside You

Since our founding in 1991, we’ve grown into an international, employee-owned company with offices in the United Kingdom and the United States, and partnerships in Australia, New Zealand, and around the world. We’re committed to hiring people who share our passion for the gospel and are aligned with our mission: to faithfully support and encourage its spread, and to help Christians grow in their understanding and love of the Lord Jesus Christ with clarity and care.

James Burstow | President and Co-CEO

James joined the company in 2003 as our very first sales and marketing hire—and he’s been helping us grow ever since. He played a key role in launching and expanding our US operation and increasing sales in Australia, and now serves as President and Co-CEO. He was an early adopter of Zoom and is the current record-holder for most meetings attended in a single week! A former English teacher in Chile and Japan, and corporate fundraiser for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, James is also a keen musician and leads the music at his local church.

Carl Laferton | Publisher and Co-CEO

Carl has been at TGBC for 15 years and still can’t quite believe that he gets to spend his working life thinking about the gospel, people and books. He’s had various roles at TGBC and is now Publisher and Co-CEO. Carl has written a few titles, including The Garden, the Curtain and the Cross; Christmas Uncut; and God’s Big Promises Bible Storybook. He’s married to Lizzie, and they and their two kids are part of a wonderful new church plant, Life Church Hackbridge, where he preaches from time to time and coleads the kids' ministry. He enjoys going running (or at least the feeling of having been for a run), watching any sport that isn’t figure skating, and reading anything about history.

Thomas Seidler | EVP Production and Facilities

Tom has enjoyed serving with gifted and experienced individuals in various departments over the last two decades at the company. He is married to Rowina and blessed with three delightful little ones. He serves as an elder at a small south London church. Jesus’ willingness to outrage an evil culture by doing good continues to astound him.

Kathy Thornborough | EVP Finance

Kathy has been keeping track of the finances since the company appeared in her living room 34 years ago. Now that her children don't need her quite so much, she spends time helping with the Sunday school at her local church, as well as sharing God's love by helping non-native speakers gain confidence with the English language.

Tim Thornborough | Rights Marketing and Development Manager, Founder, and Chair of Trustees

Tim started life at a young age and was a lost child until Jesus found him wandering aimlessly as a teenager. Since then, he has studied theology, danced ballet, cared for the homeless, worked as a journalist in the Middle East, and along the way started The Good Book Company. He still loves writing, performing, Bible teaching and visiting battlefields. Tim's wife, Kathy, is less keen on all those things, but they still enjoy a good walk and listening to audiobooks together. They church in Wimbledon but run outreach ministries in their local suburb. Three adult daughters do their best to keep Tim's hair grey and and threaten to bankrupt him by demanding lavish weddings, none of which have been announced yet, but feel free to drift along if one pops up—everyone else will be there.

Peter Anderson | SVP of US Operations and Global Stock Control

Despite the crazy-long job title, Peter's role is pretty straight-forward—it's his job to meddle in everyone else's work and make sure they have the support and equipment needed to keep on creating and distributing biblical, relevant, accessible (and award-winning!) books. In his free time, he enjoys playing the piano, exploring new places (big cities and mountains are his favorite), and chasing ever higher scores on Duolingo. Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, he now lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, and worships at Oakhurst Baptist Church.

Paige Hebda | VP of People, Culture and Governance

Paige is the VP of People, Culture and Governance, where she leads an all-star team and is dedicated to creating a strong and positive workplace culture. At home, she’s navigating life with her husband, three kids and an unshakably optimistic loyalty to NC State—because who needs a winning season when you’ve got commitment? When she’s not tackling spreadsheets, toddlers or cheering on her beloved Wolfpack, she’s capturing life’s moments through photography. She and her family live in Raleigh, NC and are members of Imago Dei Church.

Tom Beard | SVP of IT

Tom enjoys all aspects of the digital and data side of publishing. He is a member of Dundonald Church, Raynes Park and baking things with more sugar in them than is good for him.

Nick Bannister | US Sales Director

Nick loves to read good books and talk with others about them—so he considers being the US Sales Director at TGBC a dream job! Nick grew up in the mountains of Colorado with seven siblings but now calls the vibrant city of Chicago home. He is married to his lovely wife, Katie, and is a member of Edgewater Baptist Church. In his free time, you can find him playing (European) football, drumming or laughing with friends around a meal.

Kevin Utecht | Senior Sales Manager

Kevin is dedicated to equipping ministries, churches and customers with good books that point people to Jesus. He loves a hot cup of coffee and spending quality time with family and friends. Kevin lives in Skokie, IL with his wife and two children and is an active member at Evanston Bible Fellowship.

Calista Doty | US Customer Service Manager

Calista manages our cheerful US Customer Service Team and provides administrative support to the other teams as well, making copies and coffee for her coworkers whenever needed. Between caring for her many houseplants and keeping up with her three energetic kids, Calista also serves alongside her husband on the worship team at Oakhurst Baptist Church in Charlotte NC. If she gets any spare time, she spends it with watercolor paints or walking the local greenway with her boisterous Goldendoodle.

Grace Sullivan | Finance and US Customer Service Associate

Grace enjoys helping others get our good books, while curating a private, highly exclusive library for a very adorable tiny human at home. She resides in Charlotte, NC with her husband and daughter, where they are members of Oakhurst Baptist Church.

Candice Fourie | Customer Service Associate

Candice is part of the US customer service team. Having spent most of her life in sunny South Africa, she now calls Charlotte, NC home with her husband and two children. She attends Providence City Church, where she serves in women's ministry. She is a die-hard Yankees fan, adores her French Bulldog, Bronx and is constantly adding to her TBR pile.

Maggie Combs | Senior Editor of Acquisitions and Development

Maggie started her career as an author and soon discovered that she loved helping others navigate the often confusing process of writing and publishing their books. She lives in Minnesota on the farm she grew up on with her husband, three rapidly growing sons and an assortment of farm animals. She is a member of Berean Baptist Church, where she serves with the youth and in women’s ministry leadership.

Katy Morgan | Lead Editor

Katy works on a wide variety of projects, from rhyming picture books to adult Bible studies. She’s passionate about making big ideas easy to understand and chew over! An author in her own right, Katy is also a long-time children’s and youth ministry volunteer and previously worked in a school chaplaincy team. She lives in Chessington but enjoys escaping the suburbs for long countryside walks.

Catherine Bernard | Development Editor

Catherine loves helping authors to bring their books to life in her role as a senior editor. She and her husband lead the young adults Bible study at their church in London, where they live and enjoy hunting for the best brunch spots in the city. Catherine likes all things arty, especially finding beauty and character in things that are perfectly imperfect (in other words, a bit old or battered).

Alison Mitchell | Production Editor

Since joining TGBC in 2000, Alison has worked on a huge variety of titles including the Christianity Explored range and many of our children's series. She is the author of the award-winning books The One O'Clock Miracle and Jesus and the Lions' Den. Alison is a member of Cornerstone Church, Kingston, where she leads an evangelistic craft group.

Anne Woodcock | Staff Editor

As well as proof-reading around three-quarters of TGBC titles, Anne is also involved in a number of ministries at Cornerstone Church Kingston in south-west London, where her husband, Pete, is one of the pastors.

Caroline Napper | Proofreader

Caroline is part of the proofreading team, focusing on the Explore Bible notes which are beloved by so many people for their daily devotionals. She serves as a women’s worker in her church, Emmanuel Epsom, where it is her joy to teach women the Bible and host many women’s events, mostly revolving around cake! At home she has three tweens and teens and a very supportive husband!

Jackie Moralee | Publishing Coordinator and PA to the CEOs

Jackie uses her superhuman administration skills to keep all our publishing processes on track. She also frequently brings the UK office vital supplies of baked goods to keep energy levels high! She is involved in various ministries at Hope Church in Tolworth and her new favourite pastime is seeing her grandchildren.

Elizabeth Parsons | Head of International Rights

Even though she was born in the UK, Elizabeth is fascinated by other languages and cultures. She studied modern languages and linguistics at university and is delighted to use those skills when working with translation partners around the world and selling language rights for our publications. She particularly enjoys testing her colleagues to see if they can recognize some of the more unusual languages in which these are now published.

Samuel Diaz-Pinto | Rights & Translations Executive

After completing his master's degree in history at Barcelona University, Sam did a variety of things before joining TGBC, including administration, archiving, translation and testing video games! His variety of skills are being put to good use in the rights department. He is passionate about Jesus, cinema and traveling. He is married with two young kids and is part of the media team at his local church.

Lauren Holley | Paid & Earned Media Specialist

After finishing a marathon of reading for a masters degree from Reformed Theological Seminary, Lauren is delighted to help resource churches and individuals with quality books. She lives in Charlotte, NC, attends Oakhurst Baptist Church and holds the utmost appreciation for mountain trails, porch swings and being an auntie.

Jacob Iverson | Head of Marketing

A long-time fan of the Good Book Company (with plenty of dog-eared books to prove it), Jacob loves to help others discover their next great read. Jacob resides in Michigan with his wife, four children, and one very rambunctious labradoodle. He's active in his church and local library, and loves to see people grow in their faith through reading.

Bethany McIlrath | Senior US Marketing Manager

Bethany is essentially a "book matchmaker", making sure that our books find the people they'll serve best through creative and strategic marketing efforts. She loves helping others know Christ and grow in him, by serving in a variety of ministries at her local church and sharing about him as the author of the Abigail series. Bethany lives near Charlotte with her husband, Matt, and their small dog, Indy.

Hannah Irwin | Social Media Coordinator

Having studied photography at university and spent several years as a wedding photographer, Hannah is now using her photographic skills, along with her passion for reading and sharing the gospel, to coordinate all social media at The Good Book Company. She lives in London with her husband, Ian, and their two cats, Whiskey and Luna. She is a member of The Boathouse Church, Putney and coleads the music ministry there.

Alexa Burstow | Senior UK Marketing Manager

Following a degree in archaeology and anthropology, Alexa worked at several London advertising agencies and at the BBC. Now her branding, messaging and project management skills are being put to good use in the marketing team at TGBC. When she's not emailing our customers about our latest releases, Alexa enjoys spending time with friends, walking her beloved Labradoodle and serving alongside her husband, James, and their two teenage children on the music team at her local church.

Emily Robertson | Marketing Projects Specialist

Emily's love of language, great design and all things wordy has served her well in the UK marketing team, where she’s worn many hats—and occasionally juggled them. Emily lives in Chessington with her husband, Dave, their two daughters and Boaz—their lovable, if slightly overdramatic, Labrador. The family attends King's Church, Chessington.

Abigail Talbott | Web Marketing Specialist

Abigail started in the US customer service department, but her curiosity and enthusiasm carried her into marketing. Now she serves customers by creating web content and smoothing out processes. She loves being friends with all her colleagues, but her best friends live at home with her. Her husband, Thomas, serves as a firefighter and EMT, and her two children, Evangeline and Theodore, are full of personality and utterly hilarious. They live in WV and attend Grace Church Martinsburg.

André Parker | Head of Design and Art Direction

André heads up the design department at The Good Book Company, where he especially loves art-directing the kids’ books—mainly because it allows him to sneak in as many fun animals as possible. (Before making books, he actually looked after real animals as a zookeeper!) André lives in London with his wife, Sarah, and their four children. When he’s not doodling ideas for the next book, you might find him in his garden, out camping, or exploring Hyrule. André is a member of Holy Trinity Clapham, where he leads a weekly Connect Group.

Drew McCall | Graphic Designer

Drew is a graphic designer at The Good Book Company, where he works on book covers, web design, and branding that helps connect people with gospel-centered resources. In his spare time, he enjoys reading or working his way through a crossword. Drew and his family live in Brookline, MA, where they are members of City on a Hill Church.

Ben Woodcraft | Graphic Designer

Ben works on various marketing campaigns and catalogues, as well as designing some of our book covers. He is married with three children and a member of King's Church Chessington. Ben loves to give copies of our evangelistic books to friends and neighbors.

Gilly Down | Finance Specialist

Gilly loves numbers and spreadsheets and is never happier than when trying to get to the bottom of a numerical conundrum. Gilly helps in her local church with pastoral care, Biblical counseling and Bible study. She is married to Alan, and they both enjoy dancing and cycling.

Sam Ball | Finance Assistant

Sam works alongside Kathy and Gilly in Accounts, assisting them with their regular accounting tasks and leaving them with time to focus on bigger things like budgets. When she’s not following up on credit-card receipts, she’s either writing romance novels, walking her dog or meeting friends for coffee. She loves her local church and ensures the refreshments team has what they need to hydrate the congregation.

Jordan Wagnon | Financial Controller

Jordan inadvertently ended up in accounting, but she now enjoys the problem-solving and balance it brings to her daily life. Outside of work, she can be found wrangling her lively Labradoodle and enjoying time outdoors. She lives in Charlotte and attends Oakhurst Baptist Church.

Richard Roper | Vice President of Production & International Logistics

Richard is the head of the production department, responsible for printing all of our books and marketing materials and delivering into our warehouses around the world. He run's an evangelistic outreach in his home town of Weybridge and is married to Grace, with whom he has two adult children.

Jake Ayrton | Production Controller

Jake joined the production team of TGBC in 2022 and handles print production and logistics for our extensive backlist and co-editions. He serves on the worship team at Christ Church Mayfair, playing drums and also serves on the student ministry team. He lives with his wife, Meg, in Balham in south-west London. Jake studied French at university and has made it a life goal to teach Meg to speak it fluently. So far, she has mastered "Bonjour."

Brandon Bellanti | Head of Data and Reporting

Brandon joined TGBC in 2021 to dig into data about inventory, sales, marketing and more. When he's not staring at spreadsheets, he loves cooking and traveling. Brandon is married to Katherine and lives in Boston, MA, where they're members at City on a Hill Church.

Nic Hurdle | Software Engineering Team Lead

Nic has been happily coding and tackling tricky tech problems at TGBC since 2015. He's a member of Emmanuel Epsom, where you'll often find him behind the AV desk or with a bass guitar in hand. He lives in Epsom with his wife and their cat, and enjoys board games, running and expanding his eclectic music library.

Mat Schofield | Software Engineer

Mat grew up in north London (pronounced "norf Londun"). He went to university in Birmingham ("Burmingum") before moving back to London for work. He's a member of Christ Church Mayfair and loves serving with the students and youth there. When he's not spending too much time making the perfect coffee, he works on our website, Explore mobile app and all of our other IT bits and bobs.

Martin Teh | Software Engineer

After studying mechanical engineering in London, Martin decided to move to the dark side of computing and software, and now gladly works on building and maintaining TGBC's website and the internal apps. He loves anything Christian (including Frisbee and Spikeball!). He leads a student Bible-study group at Christ Church Mayfair and dabbles in leading worship from time to time.

Mus Yusef | TechOps Generalist

Mus does IT support, among a broad range of other techie things. One of his favorite achievements is automating the dishwasher scheduling. Mus's wife is Rwandan-English, and he is Turkish Cypriot. They have three young boys. Mus and his family serve at a lovely, vibrant and welcoming church fellowship called ChristChurch Banstead. In his spare time he does a bit of exercise, a bit of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, drums and stuff like that.

Jonny Barker | IT Development and Support

Jonny keeps every IT system in TGBC up-to-date and running smoothly. He is able to fix virtually anything and has invented a bicycle-operated disco machine. He lives in Petersfield and attends Trinity Church, Liphook.

Nelly Ortiz | UK Customer Service Manager

Originally from Mexico City (and still undefeated guacamole champion), Nelly looks after our UK and international customers, making sure orders run smoothly and people always enjoy coming back. When not secretly plotting how to get hold of a season ticket to the Royal Ballet, she’s out walking with her family and dog or cooking up feasts for friends at church. At Emmanuel Church Wimbledon, she serves on the Welcome Team—so if you show up, expect a smile and maybe some tasty enchiladas!

Lynn Dudley-Taylor | UK Customer Service Assistant

Born in west London, Lynn now lives on the wrong side of the river Thames with her husband (when he isn't traveling for work) and two uni-attending (human) sons. Baking, anything yarn-related and her favorite son, Bert (a lutino cockatiel), are her downtime obsessions.

Sayuri Kato | UK Customer Service Assistant

Sayuri is originally from Japan and looks after all the fun that comes with stocking and managing third-party titles in the UK. Sayuri attends Sutton Community church, and runs a local ministry, sharing surplus food with people in need, and leads Bible studies or courses. She and her family love guinea pigs and all their squeaks, cuddles and quirky little personalities.

Dean Faulkner | UK & Europe Sales and Events Manager

Dean engages with churches, organizations and individuals to provide them with relevant resources for their varying ministries. He travels extensively across the UK in his second office—aka The Black Zafira! Where most people give directions by pubs or landmarks, Dean does it by church locations! Dean attends St John's Church in Woking, where he lives with his family.

Robin Fairburn | Ministry Development Officer

The Good Book Company tracks Robin’s movements by the numerous coffee ships he visits, where he meets ministers to talk about our resources. Away from The Good Book Company, he pastors a small growing Presbyterian church in the beautiful fishing village of Portavogie in the Ards Pennisula. While some people travel to work by train or car, Robin travels by ferry, making the short crossing from Strangford to Portaferry on a regular basis. He is married to Shirley, and they are grandparents to two lively grandchildren who live near by and bring lots of joy. You will find Robin relaxing in a wooly hat, rubber boots, and a coveralls as he heads to the farm on a Saturday to look after the cows or perhaps walks Buzby, their friendly Golden Labrador.

Felipe Silva | UK Warehouse Manager

Felipe worked in Brazil's space industry before joining The Good Book Company in 2016—an experience which has certainly brought him back to earth. Felipe attends church in Haywards Heath with his wife, Jackie, and their two young children.

Anton Joubert | UK Warehouse Assistant

Anton undertakes a variety of roles in the warehouse operations and also applies his skills to WH maintenance and DIY. Anton and his lovely wife, Ondine, and two wonderful sons live in Surbiton and enjoy being near the river. They attend New Malden Baptist Church.

Martin Conibeer | UK Warehouse Assistant

Martin is a married father of three and a member of Emmanuel, Epsom, where he is involved in the men's ministry. He loves photography and watching rugby.

Working Closely With Others

We love linking arms with other gospel-focused ministries and organizations, including our long-standing partnership with Christianity Explored. We also work alongside a diverse and gifted collection of authors who share our love for Jesus and the Bible.

If you are an author who would like to discuss the possibility of working with us, please see our Guidance for Authors page.