About

West-Words is a news and features agency specialising in celebrity, crime, medical and lifestyle stories mainly from North, Central and South America. The agency caters for all kinds of publications and broadcasting operations from the British tabloid press and broadsheets through to Australian women's magazines. During the last 25 years the agency is pleased to have served such varied organisations as Associated Newspapers, The Express Group, Trinity Mirror, The South China Morning Post and Pacific Publications among many others.

West-Words consistently aims to provide a full news service from celebrity scoops to the latest trends and breaking news stories. The service is operated by experienced British journalists Ian Markham-Smith and Liz Hodgson. Markham-Smith has worked for numerous publications including The Sunday Telegraph, Daily Mail and Sunday Mirror in Britain . In addition, he has held positions on American magazines the Globe and National Enquirer as well as the prestigious SCMP in Hong Kong . He was also editor of Hong Kong 's leading social magazine The Tatler.

Hodgson has held positions on the Sunday Mirror and Daily Mail in Britain and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong . She has also edited a number of consumer and general interest magazines in the Far East. Together they have written unauthorised biographies on screen beauty Kim Basinger, outrageous talk show host Jerry Springer and Hollywood hunk Nicolas Cage.