Betty Kirkpatrick Author

Betty Kirkpatrick, an honours graduate of the Universityof Edinburgh, has a long career in reference publishing. Shehas edited Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary, Roget'sThesaurus, the concise edition of Brewer's Phrase and Fable,and was language consultant to the Encarta World EnglishDictionary. She has compiled various other reference books,including the Oxford Paperback Thesaurus and the BloomsburyDictionary of Cliches. Betty is the author of an extensive list ofpublications on various aspects of the English language, for alllearners of English, and acts as a consultant to the BloomsburyGood Word Guide.