The editor OLIVIA McCREA-HEDLEY

ELLE’s deputy chief sub-editor has subscribed to ELLE since she was 14. Magazines ignited a love of storytelling and led to her studying journalism after her English degree. Olivia still reads ELLE obsessively, but now she’s paid to do it. FIRST BOOK THAT HAD AN IMPACT?

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