About Wendy

Writing a great book is a life-changing, transformative journey. Working with an author coach will enable you to grow in confidence and stature to become the go-to-expert in your field; as well as enabling you, your book and your business to flourish. Writing about your passion and your chosen subject will enable you to maximize the influence of your output. Engaging with an author coach will help you deliver your distinctive author voice, as well as creating a top quality product.

Wendy has worked in major cities across Europe, Asia and Australia. Her business brings together her international life experiences with her executive management and corporate communications skills to help other people. She has more than 25 years experience of nurturing, mentoring, supporting and leading staff teams; writing and editing content, project management, corporate affairs, public relations, print production and publications, community education, strategic communications, community based social marketing and stakeholder engagement across government and commercial business sectors.

Her professional qualifications include: DISC Personality Profiling; Diplomas in Corporate and Executive Coaching and Personal Performance Coaching from The Coaching Academy of London; Graduate Certificate in Management from Curtin University Perth, Western Australia; and a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in Philosophy from the University of Exeter, England. She speaks English and French, travels regularly and maintains professional networks around the globe.  Wendy leads her business from southern France and does not work in July and August.

Wendy’s achievement list includes the following … what are yours …?

• Led a first Sacred Sites; Connect To Your Essence Retreat (week event) in southern France, together with colleague and friend, Roza d’ Arnaud.

• Joined the Scientific and Medical Network. Exploring and expanding the frontiers of science, medicine and spirituality.

• Led four Author Coaching Writers Retreats in the UK and southern France in 2022, including one group (seven-day) and three (three-day) events.
• Speaker at the World Literary Summit Online 2020 Experience.
• Coached, edited and/or helped to publish 20 Amazon bestselling authors since 2017
• Author coached and/or edited three debut award-winning authors in the 2020 and 2019, New York City Big Book Awards, including Anthea Durand; Rosie Tomkins; and Jane McClelland
• Leading the Authors and Writers Lockdown Inspiration Group – an online support community during the Covid 19 pandemic 2020
• Speaker at the World Literacy Summit, April 2020
• Leading Author Coaching Writer Retreats, in the south west of France www.wendyyorke.com/retreat
• Founding and leading the new Aude Writers Group in the south west of France, monthly meetings at Les Marguerites Alet Les Bains www.les-marguerites.fr
• Annual speaker and workshop presenter at the Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature in Dubai
• Member, The Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall London, from January 2017
• Graduate from London’s first Key Person of Influence Threshold Accelerator Course 2016
• Member, The Society of Authors UK, from 2016
• Member, The East Dulwich Writers Group, from 2016
• Member, The Society for Editors and Proofreaders UK, from 2015
• Member, The Bloomsbury Publishing Group’s Writers and Artists UK, from 2014
• Expert Panel Member, Authorcraft – professional network for authors, London from 2014
• Director, the River Thames Society, UK registered charity, from 2014
• Co-winner, the Thames Heritage Trust John Coleman Award 2014, in recognition of an outstanding contribution made to researching and providing public education about the River Thames
• Co-author,The Thames Wilderness – A Guide to the Natural Thames published by Bloomsbury Publishing Group, Adlard Coles, UK, 2013
• Graduate,The London Coaching Academy with two Diplomas, in Corporate Executive and Personal Performance Coaching, 2013
• Graduate, Brian Mayne’s Lift International, effective Goal Setting and Mapping Process
• Leading the Community Engagement Team who developed and launched the award-winning and highly-popular: Dolphin Watch; River Guardians; and Great Gardens Workshops Citizen Science Programs in Perth, Western Australia from 2003 to 2010
• Leading the Community Engagement Team to win the Premier’s Environment Award for The Healthy Rivers Action Plan, in Perth, Western Australia in 2007
• Educating her two children, while sailing around the world with the Blue Water Rally, from 1997 to 2000
• Managing the Marketing Strategy for the A$15 million Swan Premier sponsorship of the America’s Cup Defence Challenge in Fremantle, Western Australia 1986 – 1987
• Working with popular Australian artist, Ken Done in Western Australia, to launch the Black Swan Gallery and promote the Black Swan Collection in the 1980s
• Running her own Public Relations business successfully in Hong Kong for six years
• Qualifying as a PADI Divemaster in Malaysia and leading diving groups underwater