Georgia Frances King

Formerly the ideas editor at Quartz and the editor of Kinfolk magazine, she has fused her background in lifestyle journalism with her passion for emerging science and technology. Georgia brings a quality-of-life focus to the society's most pressing topics and translates dense, academic subjects into engaging content. She has edited New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling books, concepted innovative digital projects, and led award-winning teams of journalists and designers.

Most recently she was a literary agent with Aevitas Creative Management, where she represented nonfiction books about futurism, design, culture, and the arts, and specialized in supporting underrepresented voices. Georgia is also a public speaker, workshop facilitator, and panel moderator who has spoken about blockchain at the UN, MC’d the AI stage at Web Summit, and talked about evolutionary psychology at Creative Mornings.