She worked on Virago's Modern Classics series and in 1984 she became their Editorial Director[2] until 1991, when she moved to Hamish Hamilton with the same job title.

At one point, Stephen King told his publishers that his books must only be on paper, to which Pringle commented in The Independent that authors should not tell their readers how they should read.

[4] Her authors at Bloomsbury include Margaret Atwood, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sheila Hancock, Celia Imrie, Jhumpa Lahiri, Colum McCann, Anne Michaels, Ann Patchett, George Saunders, Kamila Shamsie, Patti Smith, Kate Summerscale and Barbara Trapido among others.

[2] In March 2018, Pringle handed over the day-to-day running of Bloomsbury's Adult Trade publishing division to Emma Hopkin, while remaining as Editor-in-Chief.

[8][3] She married secondly Richard Peter Stroud, a writer and film-maker, who is chairman of the Chelsea Arts Club.