Anthea Esther Joseph (née Hodson; 6 March 1924 – 23 January 1981), also known by her second married name Hastings, was a British publisher.
She married the recently widowed publisher Michael Joseph in 1946 who had been her employer.
[1] Joseph started to run the publishing business although her primary interest was not profit.
Wight was not allowed to use his name and chose the name, James Herriot, for his popular books.
[2] Authors that were also popular were Miss Read,[3] James Baldwin, Stan Barstow, H. E. Bates, Dick Francis, Barry Hines, Julian Rathbone and Alun Richards.