About us

Helius has been providing services to publishers for over two decades,

Helius is based in Brighton, UK, and was founded by Julie Gorman and Rich Cutler.

Julie Gorman was always fascinated by science and literature. After graduating with a BSc(Hons) degree in chemistry, she gained certificates in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and English for Special Purposes. Her first job in publishing was as a journals production editor for Elsevier. She later joined Harcourt, again as a journals editor.

Rich Cutler has had a life-long interest in the sciences and the visual arts, and has a BSc(Hons) degree in chemistry and an MA (Distinction) in fine-art photography. He is also drawn to language, and helped to write the Bloomsbury English Dictionary and the Collins English Dictionary. He started his publishing career as a journals editor at Pergamon Press, leaving to become a books editor at Harcourt. He is an Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) – and holds its highest qualification of Registered Copyeditor.

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