Beatrice Deloitte Davis

Beatrice Deloitte Davis AM, MBE (28 January 1909 – 24 May 1992) was Australia's first full-time book editor, appointed by Angus & Robertson in 1937.

She nurtured a generation of writers and "helped shape Australian literature for half a century".

A position as secretary and editorial assistant to the editor of the weekly Australian Medical Journal became her training ground and entrance to editing.

[2] During her long period as editor Angus & Robertson expanded their publishing of serious Australian literature.

She married Dr Frederick Bridges in 1937, superintendent of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, and was widowed in 1945 when her husband died of tuberculosis.