Kerry Maxwell has a first degree in computational linguistics and an MA in theoretical linguistics from the University of Manchester, specializing in syntactic theory. She now works as a freelance editor/lexicographer for various publishers such as Macmillan, Cambridge University Press and Harper Collins.
Her main areas of activity include dictionary compilation, corpus research, glossary compilation and presentations. She is the regular author of the Macmillan Dictionary website’s popular BuzzWord column, and MED Magazine’s New Word of the Month series, as well as the author of a book on new words in English, Brave New Words, published by Pan Macmillan.