Bec Evans is a consultant on innovation and the co-founder of Prolifiko, a digital coaching platform which helps writers to be productive. Formerly Head of Innovation at Emerald Group Publishing, Bec was a judge for the FutureBook Awards 2017 and writes a monthly column for The Bookseller. She was selected as one of Business Cloud's Top Female Founders of Tech in 2017 and is a regular public speaker and facilitator for lectures, workshops and webinars.

Her book How to Have a Happy Hustle: The Complete Guide to Making Your Ideas Happen is published by Icon Books (2019).  In it she shares secrets from innovation experts and successful start-ups that you can use right now to come up with life-changing ideas and get them off the ground. Focusing on building both the right mindset and practical skills, its three-step approach guides you to have, hone and implement your ideas - whether you’re looking to solve problems in your current job or develop a side project.

Alongside her partner, Chris Smith, she is the author of Written: How to Keep Writing and Build a Habit That Lasts (Icon, 2023). Packed full of tried and tested advice, relatable stories and the latest research from psychology and neuroscience, Written gives budding writers the tools to start writing, keep going – and finish.