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Sheil Land Associates
Literary agents:
Sonia Land
Vivien Green
Ian Drury
Piers Blofeld
Foreign Rights:
Gaia Banks
Melissa Mahi
Film, TV & Theatre:
Lucy Fawcett
Ella Tayler Baron
General enquiries: info@sheilland.co.uk
Tel: + 44 20 7405 9351
Fax: + 44 20 7831 2127
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CONTENTS
Literary Fiction
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Backlist Highlights – Literary Fiction
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Commercial Fiction
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Non-Fiction
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Backlist Highlights – Non-Fiction
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Biteback Publishing & Robson Press
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 Literary Fiction 
Peter Ackroyd
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Melvyn Bragg
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Steven Carroll
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Rachel Elliott
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Susan Hill
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Penelope Mortimer
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Patrick O’ Brian
12
Sarah Rayner
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Jean Rhys
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Diane Setterfield
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Rose Tremain
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PETER ACKROYD
Winner of
South Bank Show Award for Literature
Whitbread Book Award,
Guardian Fiction Prize,
Somerset Maugham Award
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize (Chatterton)
Peter Ackroyd is one of the UK’s most respected and
celebrated writers, whose historical novels such as Dan
Leno and the Limehouse Golem and Chatterton bring to life the sights and smells
of 17th, 18th and 19thc. London with skill and realism. He has also published four
collections of poetry.
‘One of the few English writers of his generation
who will be read in a hundred years’ time’
The Sunday Times
‘Novels of outstanding intelligence…one of the most
inventive and challenging contemporary novelists’
The Literary Review
MILTON IN AMERICA
DAN LENO AND THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM
THE HOUSE OF DOCTOR DEE
CHATTERTON
HAWKSMOOR
THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON
THE LAST TESTAMENT OF OSCAR WILDE
ENGLISH MUSIC
UK: Random House Group
US: Doubleday
FOREIGN PUBLISHERS: Brazil Record, China Yilin Press, Denmark Klim,
Finland Weilin and Goos Oy, France Gallimard, Germany Knaus, Greece
Kastaniotis, Israel Modan, Holland BZZToH, Hungary Nagyvilag, Japan
Hakusisha, Korea Sol Publishing Co / Baekrak, Latvia Mansards, Lithuania
Alma Littera, Norway H.Aschehoug, Poland Zysk, Portugal Teorema, Republic
of Macedonia Magoor Doo, Romania Editura Romanul, Russia Corpus / Kriga,
Serbia Clio izdavgacko, Spain Edhasa, Sweden Norstedt, Turkey Yapi Kredi
Japanese co-agent: Tuttle Mori
(For Peter Ackroyd’s non-fiction titles see page 56)
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MELVYN BRAGG
Winner of
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (Without a City Wall)
WH Smith Literary Award (The Soldier’s Return)
Time/Life Silver Pen Award (The Hired Man)
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize (A Son of War and Crossing the Lines)
Melvyn Bragg is a writer and broadcaster. His novels
include The Hired Man, for which he won the Time/Life
Silver Pen Award,Without a City Wall, winner of the John
Llewellyn Rhys Prize, The Soldier's Return, winner of the
WHSmith Literary Award, A Son of War and Crossing the
Lines, both of which were longlisted for the Man Booker
Prize, A Place in England, which was longlisted for the
Lost Man Booker Prize, and most recently Grace and
Mary. He has also written several works of non-fiction, the
most recent being The Book of Books about the King James
Bible. He lives in London and Cumbria.
‘Quite simply one of the best writers we have’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Truly magnificent, powerful, moving and enlightening - a great work in scope
and impact’ Historical Novels Review
NOW IS THE TIME
At the end of May 1381, the fourteen-year-old King of England had reason to be
fearful: the plague had returned, the royal coffers were empty and a draconian poll
tax was being widely evaded. Yet Richard, bolstered by his powerful, admired
mother, felt secure in his God-given right to reign. Within two weeks, the
unthinkable happened: a vast force of common people who believed that England
had to be saved invaded London demanding freedom, equality and the complete
uprooting of the Church and State.
In this gripping novel, Melvyn Bragg brings an extraordinary episode in English
history to fresh, urgent life on both a grand and intimate scale, vividly portraying
its central figures. It is an archetypal tale of an epic struggle between the powerful
and the apparently powerless.
UK & Commonwealth: Sceptre
Publication: October 2015
Other fiction titles:
CREDO
A SOLDIER’S RETURN
A SON OF WAR
CROSSING THE LINES
REMEMBER ME
GRACE AND MARY
Japanese co-agent: Japan Uni
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STEVEN CARROLL
Winner of
Miles Franklin Award 2008
Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 2008
Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Award 2014 (Joint Winner)
Forever Young #10 bestselling novel in Australia
Steven Carroll works as Theatre Critic for Australia’s The Sunday Age. His novel
The Art of the Engine Driver was shortlisted for the Elle Readers’ Prize and the
Prix Femina Étranger 2005. Steven was again shortlisted for this prize and for the
prestigious Miles Franklin Award with The Gift of Speed. He has gone on to win
this award with the third part of the Glenroy sequence, The Time We Have Taken.
Film rights to The Art of the Engine Driver have been optioned. He lives in
Melbourne.
Praise for Forever Young:
‘Reading [Forever Young] is like gently swinging in a hammock and letting the
words float by … Carroll’s prose is languid, focusing on the inner world of his
characters and the minutiae and movements of nature and time.’
Daily Telegraph
An ‘exquisitely crafted novel … No Australian author has better evoked the sense
of change, the ravages of time, the obligation to self as well as to others.’
The Age
FOREVER YOUNG
Forever Young is set against the tumultuous period of
change and uncertainty that was Australia in 1977.
Whitlam is about to lose the federal election, and things
will never be the same again. Radicals have become
conservatives, idealism is giving way to realism,
relationships are falling apart, and Michael is finally
coming to accept that he will never be a rock and roll
musician. A subtle and graceful exploration of the passage
of time and our yearning for the seeming simplicities of the
past, Forever Young is a powerfully moving work – clear,
beautiful, affecting - by one of our greatest authors.
AUS & NZ: 4th Estate/HarperCollins (PUBLISHED)
OPTION PUBLISHER: France Phébus
PREVIOUS FOREIGN SALES: Germany Liebeskind / Heyne
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A WORLD OF OTHER PEOPLE
Set in 1941 during the Blitz, this novel traces the love affair
of Jim, an Australian pilot in Bomber Command, and Iris, a
forthright young Londoner, finding her voice as a writer.
Haunted by secrets and malign coincidence, the couple
struggles to build a future free of society's thin-lipped
disapproval. Miles Franklin Award-winning author Steven
Carroll has produced a delicate yet unflinching piece of
historical fiction that captures quiet romance in the midst of
great unrest. A World of Other People is a companion novel
to Carroll's earlier novel the Lost Life.
AUS & NZ: 4th Estate/HarperCollins (PUBLISHED)
The Glenroy novels:
1- THE ART OF THE ENGINE DRIVER
2- THE GIFT OF SPEED
3- THE TIME WE HAVE TAKEN
4- THE SPIRIT OF PROGRESS
5- FOREVER YOUNG
The T S Eliot quartet
THE LOST LIFE
A WORLD OF OTHER PEOPLE
DRY SALVAGES (forthcoming)
EAST COKER (forthcoming)
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RACHEL ELLIOTT
Rachel Elliott is a writer and psychotherapist. She has
worked in arts and technology journalism and her writing
has featured in a variety of publications, from digital arts
magazines to the French Literary Review. She was a
finalist in the Dundee International Book Prize and
shortlisted for the Mslexia Novel Competition, the Fish
Short Story Prize and Glimmer Train’s Short Story Award
for New Writers in the US. Rachel was born in Suffolk,
grew up in Norfolk and the Midlands, and now lives in
Bath.
‘In an over-connected world, a crisp, beguiling voice observes chaos – and
conjures miracles. Elliott is an inspired observer - fresh, wry and true.’
Liz Jensen, bestselling author of The Ninth Life of Louis Drax
‘Sharp, realistic dialogue drives this charming … debut.’ Daily Mail
WHISPERS THROUGH A MEGAPHONE
Miriam hasn't left her house in three years, and cannot raise her voice above a
whisper. But today she has had enough, and is finally ready to rejoin the outside
world. Meanwhile, Ralph has made the mistake of opening a closet door, only to
discover with a shock that his wife Sadie doesn't love him, and never has. And so
he decides to run away. Miriam and Ralph's chance meeting in a wood during
stormy weather marks the beginning of an amusing, restorative friendship, while
Sadie takes a break from Twitter to embark on an intriguing adventure of her own.
As their collective story unfolds, each of them seeks to better understand the
objects of their affection, and their own hearts, timidly refusing to stand still and
accept the chaos life throws at them.
Filled with wit and sparkling prose, Whispers Through a Megaphone explores our
attempts to meaningfully connect with ourselves and others, in an often deafening
world - when sometimes all we need is a bit of silence.
UK: ONE (Pushkin Press)
Publication: August 2015
ANZ: Penguin Random House
RIGHTS SOLD: France Payot Rivages, Germany Kein & Aber, Spain Alba
Editorial
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SUSAN HILL
Winner of
Whitbread Award
Somerset Maugham Award
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize
Longlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library Award
Susan Hill’s books have won the Whitbread and John
Llewellyn Prizes, the W. Somerset Maugham Award and
been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Her ghost story, The
Woman in Black, has been running in London's West End
since 1988. Susan Hill is married with two adult daughters
and lives in North Norfolk.
‘Not all great novelists can write crime fiction but when one like Susan Hill does the
result is stunning’ Ruth Rendell
THE SOUL OF DISCRETION
The cathedral town of Lafferton seems idyllic, but in many ways it is just like any
other place. As part of the same rapidly changing world, it shares the same hopes
and fears, and the same kinds of crime, as any number of towns up and down the
land. When one day DC Simon Serrailler is called in by Lafferton’s new Chief
Constable, Kieron Bright, he is asked to take the lead role in a complex,
potentially dangerous undercover operation and must leave town immediately,
without telling anyone – not even his girlfriend Rachel. To complete his special
operation, Simon must inhabit the mind of the worst kind of criminal. As the
operation unfolds, Lafferton is dragged into the sort of case every town dreads.
And Simon faces the fight of his life.
UK: Vintage (PUBLISHED)
US: Overlook Press
OPTION PUBLISHERS: Bulgaria Infodar, Czech Republic Mlada Fronta,
Denmark Cicero, France Laffont, Germany Droemer, Holland Luitingh-Sijthoff,
Italy Kowalski, Japan VillageBooks, Poland Amber, Romania Leda, Spain
Edhasa, Turkey Yapi Kredi
Japanese co-agent: The English Agency
Other titles in the Simon Serrailler series:
1- THE VARIOUS HAUNTS OF MEN
2- THE PURE IN HEART
3- THE RISK OF DARKNESS
4- THE VOWS OF SILENCE
5- THE SHADOWS IN THE STREET
6- THE BETRAYAL OF TRUST
7- A QUESTION OF IDENTITY
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#1 box office hit The Woman in Black starring Daniel Radcliffe is
the most successful British horror film ever made
The Woman in Black translated in 26 languages
THE WOMAN IN BLACK
Proud and solitary, Eel Marsh House surveys the windswept reaches of the salt
marshes beyond Nine Lives Causeway. Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is
summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the house’s sole inhabitant,
unaware of the tragic secrets which lie hidden behind the shuttered windows. It is
not until he glimpses a wasted young woman, dressed all in black, at the funeral,
that a creeping sense of unease begins to take hold, a feeling deepened by the
reluctance of the locals to talk of the woman in black – and her terrible purpose.
UK: Vintage (PUBLISHED)
US: David Godine / Vintage US
RIGHTS SOLD: Azerbaijan TEAS Press, Brazil Record, Bulgaria Pergament,
China Shanghai 99, Croatia Mozaik, Czech Republic Metafofa, Denmark
Loxodonta, Estonia Hea Lugu, France L’Archipel, Germany Droemer, Greece
Eurobooks, Holland Luitingh-Sijthoff, Hungary Partvonal, Indonesia Mizan,
Italy Marco Polillo, Japan Hayakawa, Korea Munhakdongne, Lithuania
Oboulys, Poland Amber, Portugal Objectiva, Romania Leda, Russia AST,
Serbia Okean, Spain EDHASA, Sweden Modernista, Turkey Yapi Kredi
Other ghost stories:
PRINTER’S DEVIL COURT
DOLLY
THE SMALL HAND
THE MAN IN THE PICTURE
THE MIST IN THE MIRROR
Stand- alone novels & short stories:
BLACK SHEEP
A KIND MAN
THE BEACON
GENTLEMAN AND LADIES
A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER
A BIT OF SINGING AND DANCING
I’M THE KING OF THE CASTLE
THE ALBATROSS & OTHER STORIES
STRANGE MEETING
THE BIRD OF NIGHT
IN THE SPRINGTIME OF THE YEAR
AIR AND ANGELS
THE BATTLE FOR GULLYWITH
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PENELOPE MORTIMER
Penelope Mortimer (1918-1999) was a novelist and
freelance writer contributing to the New Yorker. Her
novel The Pumpkin Eater (1962) was made into an
Oscar-nominated and Palme d’Or-winning film
scripted by Harold Pinter and starring Anne Bancroft.
She was married to the writer and barrister John
Mortimer and their tempestuous marriage was the
inspiration for much of her writing.
‘Penelope Mortimer’s novels have an economy and aptness of detail that make them
refreshingly unlike much confessional women’s literature. Her best-known novel The
Pumpkin Eater still reads with remarkable force’ New York Times
‘Beautiful … almost every woman I can think of will want to read this book’
Edna O’Brien on The Pumpkin Eater
‘while the novels of some of her still-celebrated male contemporaries have come to
seem somewhat bombastic and dated, Mortimer’s style, spare and singular, cuts
through the decades like a scalpel.’ The Guardian on The Pumpkin Eater
Novels:
THE PUMPKIN EATER (UK: Penguin Modern Classics,
US: The New York Review Books)
JOHANNA
A VILLA IN SUMMER
THE BRIGHT PRISON
DADDY’S GONE A-HUNTING
THE HOME
LONG DISTANCE
THE HANDY MAN
MY FRIEND SAYS IT’S BULLET PROOF
SATURDAY LUNCH WITH THE BROWNINGS
CAVE OF ICE
WITH LOVE AND LIZARDS
Biography:
QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER
Autobiography:
ABOUT TIME
ABOUT TIME TOO
FOREIGN PUBLISHERS: Holland Lebowski, Italy Minimum Fax, Spain
Impedimenta
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PATRICK O’BRIAN
Dr. Patrick O’Brian C.B.E. (1914 - 2000) is known for his
acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin tales, for his biographies of
Joseph Banks and Picasso, and his English translations of
French writers including Simone de Beauvoir and Papillon.
In 1995, he was awarded the Heywood Hill Prize for a
lifetime’s contribution to literature. A feature film, Master
and Commander: The Far Side of the World, starring
Russell Crowe and directed by Peter Weir, was released in
2003 and won two Oscars.
‘…the best historical novels ever written’ New York Times Book Review
The Aubrey-Maturin series:
MASTER AND COMMANDER
POST CAPTAIN
HMS SURPRISE
THE MAURITIUS COMMAND
DESOLATION ISLAND
THE FORTUNE OF WAR
THE SURGEON’S MATE
THE IONIAN MISSION
TREASON’S HARBOUR
THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
THE REVERSE OF THE MEDAL
THE LETTER OF MARQUE
THE THIRTEEN-GUN SALUTE
THE NUTMEG OF CONSOLATION
CLARISSA OAKES
THE WINE-DARK SEA
THE COMMODORE
THE YELLOW ADMIRAL
THE HUNDRED DAYS
BLUE AT THE MIZZEN
THE FINAL UNFINISHED VOYAGE OF JACK AUBREY
UK: HarperCollins
US: WW Norton
FOREIGN PUBLISHERS: Azerbaijan TEAS Press, Brazil Record, China
Yilin, Croatia Algoritam, Czech Republic Talpress, Denmark Munksgaard
Rosinante, Finland Tammi, France Presses de la Cite, Germany Ullstein,
Greece Psichogios, Holland Atlas, Hungary Magyar Konyvklub, Italy
Longanesi, Japan Hayakawa, Korea Golden Bough, Norway Oktober, Poland
Zysk, Portugal ASA, Romania Litera, Russia Amphora, Serbia Laguna, Spain
Edhasa, Sweden Wahlstrom & Widstrand, Turkey Dogan / TEAS Press
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SARAH RAYNER
Author of One Moment, One Morning,
a bestseller with over 500,000 copies sold
Sarah Rayner has worked as an advertising copywriter for
almost 20 years. She has also written for women’s
magazines and the marketing press. She is the author of five
novels and three works of non-fiction.
Praise for Sarah Rayner:
'In evoking ordinary lives invaded by a deep, primitive yearning,
Rayner's portrayal of her characters' interior landscapes is
carefully crafted and empathetic’ Sunday Times
‘Her strong, sympathetic characters feel drawn from life, and their
real-world feelings and experiences get passed on to the reader.’ Booklist
‘A real page-turner […] You’ll want to inhale it in one breath’ Easy Living
ANOTHER NIGHT, ANOTHER DAY
There’s Karen, a recent widow, who’s about to lose her father too, Abby, whose
autistic son requires 24/7 care, and Michael, a florist and family man dangerously
close to bankruptcy. As each comes close to sinking under the strain, they’re
brought together at Moorlands Clinic, and it is here, behind closed doors, they
struggle to open up their hearts to one another and learn to laugh again. But will
they all manage to come out unscathed?
Another Night, Another day is a moving exploration of what happens when three
very different people hit crisis point.
US: St Martin’s Griffin
UK: Picador (PUBLISHED)
RIGHTS SOLD: France Michel Lafon, Italy Ugo Guanda, Russia Exmo
OPTION PUBLISHERS: Brazil Fundamental, Croatia Mozaik, China Everight
Book, Germany Rowohlt / Bertelsmann Club, Holland The House of Books,
Norway Vega Forlag, Poland Prószyński, Serbia Laguna, Turkey Pegasus
Other titles:
THE TWO WEEK WAIT
ONE MOMENT, ONE MORNING
THE OTHER HALF
GETTING EVEN
(For Sarah Rayner’s non-fiction titles see page 68)
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JEAN RHYS
Jean Rhys (1890–1979) started writing in the 1930s,
encouraged by Ford Madox Ford, who also discovered
D.H. Lawrence. She was spurred on to writing by an
anguish that surfaced when the first of her three
marriages broke down, but when she began, she was
already decades ahead of her time. Now, reading
through the lens of post-war tolerance and
understanding, Rhys’s novels are strikingly and
powerfully modern. She writes in a style that is
inimitably intimate yet hauntingly simple, filled with the
joys and the pains of human existence.
‘She is loved not just for a talent that seems so spontaneous
and individual in its personality as physical beauty,
but for a special kind of courage’ Guardian
Novels:
QUARTET
AFTER LEAVING MR. MACKENZIE
VOYAGE IN THE DARK
GOOD MORNING MIDNIGHT
WIDE SARGASSO SEA
Short stories:
THE LEFT BANK
TIGERS ARE BETTER LOOKING
(Includes stories from THE LEFT BANK AND OTHER
STORIES)
SLEEP IT OFF LADY
LET THEM CALL IT JAZZ
Autobiography:
SMILE PLEASE
UK: Penguin
US: WW Norton
FOREIGN PUBLISHERS: Albania Botime Pegi, Arabic Athat, Brazil Rocco,
Bulgaria Altera, Catalan Ediciones 62 / Ediciones de la Tempestad, China
Literature & Art Publishing House / Prophet, Croatia Naklada, Czech Republic
One Women Press, Finland Otava, France Denoel / Editions Stock, Germany
Berlin Verlag / SchÖffling, Greece Melani, Holland Rainbow Pocketboeken,
Hungary Ulpius Publishing, Israel Keter, Italy Adelphi, Japan Kawade, Korea
Woong Jin / EunHaeng Namu / Hyundae Munhak, Portugal Bertrand, Russia
Gonzo, Spain Lumen
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DIANE SETTERFIELD
New York Times #1 bestselling author
Diane Setterfield is a former academic, specializing in the
twentieth-century French Literature. Having spent time in
France, she now lives in Harrogate. Her debut novel The
Thirteenth Tale has been published in 40 countries, and
was a #1 international bestseller, selling millions of
copies. She is currently writing her third novel.
'The overt creepiness is a long time coming, but this is a
ghost story half hidden inside a fascinating family saga,
where the dark stain spreads slowly… fabulous’
The Times
BELLMAN & BLACK
As a boy, William Bellman kills a rook with his slingshot. The act is soon
forgotten amidst the riot of boyhood games, but has unforeseen and terrible
consequences. By the time he is grown, with a wife and children of his own, he
seems to have put the whole incident behind him. But rooks don’t forget. When a
stranger mysteriously enters his life, William’s fortunes begin to turn. Desperate
to save the one precious thing he has left, he enters into a bargain. A rather strange
bargain, with an even stranger partner, to found a decidedly macabre business.
And Bellman & Black is born.
UK: Orion (PUBLISHED)
Canada: Doubleday
US: Atria
RIGHTS SOLD: Brazil Record, Catalan Grup 62, Chinese (Complex) Cite
Publishing, Chinese (Simplified) People’s Literature Publishing House, Croatia
Algoritam, Czech Republic Euromedia, France Plon, Germany Blessing,
Greece Harlenic Hellas, Italy Mondadori, Poland Amber, Portugal Marcador,
Russian Azbooka, Slovakia Ikar, Spain Lumen, Norway Gyldendal
THE THIRTEENTH TALE
RIGHTS SOLD: Brazil Record, Bulgarian Bard, Chinese (Complex) Ecus
Publishing House, Chinese (Simplified) People’s Literature Publishing House,
Croatia Algoritam, Czech Republic Euromedia, Denmark Aschehoug, Estonia
Varrak, Finland Tammi, Greece Harlenic Hellas, Iceland JPV, Indonesia
Gramedia, Israel Keter, Japan NHK, Korea Viche, Latvian Zvaigzne ABC,
Lithuania Alma Littera, Macedonia Kultura, Norway Gyldendal, Portugal
Presença, Romania Humanitas, Russian Azbooka, Serbia Laguna, Slovakia
Ikar, Slovenia Ucila, Sweden Bonnier, Turkey Altin, Ukrainian Family Leisure
Club
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ROSE TREMAIN
Winner of
Orange Prize 2008 (The Road Home)
Whitbread Novel Award 1999 (Music & Silence)
Prix Femina Etranger 1994 (Sacred Country)
Shortlisted for
BBC National Short Story Award 2014
(‘The American Lover’)
Orange Prize 2004 (The Colour)
Booker Prize 1989 (Restoration)
Rose Tremain’s bestselling novels have won many awards. Restoration was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1989 and made into a film in 1995. In 2007, Rose
was made a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. She lives in Norfolk and
London with the biographer, Richard Holmes.
‘a collection of stylish daring, tonal mastery and smart, tough love.’
The New York Times Book Review
THE AMERICAN LOVER
Rose Tremain awakens the senses in this diverse collection of short stories. In her
precise yet sensuous style she lays bare the soul of her characters – the admirable,
the embarrassing, the unfulfilled, the sexy and the adorable – to uncover a
dazzling range of human emotions and desires.
UK: Chatto & Windus (PUBLISHED)
US: WW Norton
RIGHTS SOLD: France JC Lattes Turkey Kirmizi Kredi
PREVIOUS SALES: Albania Morava, Brazil Rocco, Bulgaria Prozoretz / ICU
Publishing, China Shanghai Widea Culture & Art / Only Cultural Enterprise,
Denmark Forlaget Fremad, Holland De Geus / Contact, Germany Suhrkamp /
Insel / Droemer, Israel Miskal / Simanim, Italy Marco Tropea, Japan Kashiwa
Shobo, Korea Munhakdongne, Portugal Porto Editora, Romania Editura Leda,
Serbia Laguna, Slovenia Ucila, Spain El Aleph/Grup 62, Sweden Eva Bonnier,
Taiwan Cite Publishing, Vietnam Literature Publishing House
Novels:
MERIVEL
TRESPASS
THE ROAD HOME
THE COLOUR
MUSIC AND SILENCE
THE WAY I FOUND HER
SACRED COUNTRY
RESTORATION
THE SWIMMING POOL SEASON
THE CUPBOARD
LETTER TO SISTER BENEDICTA
SADLER’S BIRTHDAY
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 Backlist Highlights – Literary Fiction 
THE SNOW BALL by Brigid Brophy
It is New Year's Eve in London. The occasion is a
costume ball on an eighteenth-century theme in the grand
London residence of Tom and four-times-married Anne.
Anna K attends alone, dressed as Donna Anna from
Mozart's Don Giovanni, unhappily preoccupied by her
age and appearance and a general distaste for the
occasion. But when at midnight she meets a masked Don
who kisses her on the mouth, she wonders if this mystery
man might share her personal obsessions - 'Mozart, sex
and death' - and whether a closer union is not meant to be.
UK Faber & Faber; Japan Chuokoran-sha
Brigid Brophy (1929-1995) was an acclaimed British novelist, essayist, critic and
campaigner. Her fiction included Hackenfeller's Ape (1953), The King of a Rainy
Country (1956), Flesh (1962), The
Finishing
Touch
(1963), The
Snow
Ball (1964), In Transit (1969), The Adventures of God in His Search for the Black
Girl (1971) and Palace without Chairs (1978).
THE MERRY-GO-ROUND IN THE SEA by
Randolph Stow
In 1941, Rob Coram is six. The war feels far removed
from his world of aunties and cousins and the beautiful,
dry landscape of Geraldton in Western Australia. But
when his favourite, older cousin, Rick, leaves to join the
army, the war takes a step closer.
When Rick returns from the war several years later, he
has changed and Rob feels betrayed. The old merry-goround that represents Rob's dream of utopia (the security
of his family and of the land that is his home) begins to
disintegrate before his eyes.
UK Penguin Modern Classics; ANZ Penguin Australia
Acknowledged as one of Australia's finest writers, Randolph Stow was born in
Geraldton, Western Australia, in 1935. His works included novels, plays, poetry
and children's books. Stow was awarded the Miles Franklin Award (To the
Islands), and the Patrick White Award. He died in 2010 at the age of seventy-four.
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 Commercial Fiction 
Milly Adams
Michael Asher
Raffaella Barker
James Barlow
Clifford Beal
Catherine Cookson
Elizabeth Corley
David Crossland
Gordon Doherty
Angus Donald
Chris Ewan
Robert Fabbri
N.J. Fountain
Michelle Frances
Frankie Gaffney
Sam Gasson
Margaret Graham
Graham Hancock
Felicity Hayes-McCoy
Charlie Hodges
Mark Lawrence
Jane Lythell
C.S. Quinn
SK. Quinn
Robert Rigby
Catherine Robertson
David N Robinson
Tom Sharpe
Joanna Taylor
James Thomson
Michael White
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MILLY ADAMS
Milly Adams lives in Buckinghamshire with her husband,
dog and cat. Her children live nearby. Her grandchildren are
fun, and lead her astray. She insists that it is that way round.
Above Us The Sky is her first novel.
A compelling new Second World War novel
perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Ellie Dean.
ABOVE US THE SKY
As the threat of bombing raids intensifies, newly-qualified teacher, Phyllis
Saunders, is evacuated with her school to Dorset.
Here she encounters prejudice and suspicion. But she is determined to make the
best of life, for herself and the children in her care. All the while her fiancé and
submariner, Sammy, is facing danger out at sea.
Then the Blitz hits London and Phyllis, trying to persuade her mother to return to
Dorset with her, gets caught up in it herself. Shaken but alive, she returns to the
relative peace of the countryside. But soon she is nursing a secret she can tell no
one.
Until the news that Sammy's submarine has been sunk reaches her, and she is
forced to make a decision she hopes she will never regret…
UK: Arrow (Random House)
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MICHAEL ASHER
Michael Asher has served in the Parachute Regiment and
the SAS. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of
Literature, and has won the Ness Award of the Royal
Geographical Society and the Mungo Park Medal of the
Royal Scottish Geographical Society for Exploration. He
is one of the world's top desert explorers having covered
almost 20,000 miles on foot and with camels His thirteen
books, including travel works, novels and biographies of T
E Lawrence and Wilfred Thesiger, have been translated into
ten languages.
Praise for Death or Glory quartet:
‘Breathtaking bravery, astonishing feats of endurance, raids and battles
described with terrific immediacy and pace. Compelling and definitive . . . will
surely not be bettered’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Detailed, scathingly honest. Asher has brought the critical eye of the
knowledgeable insider to his in-depth study of SAS
operations and personalities’ Herald
CODE OF COMBAT – Vol.4 of the Death or Glory quartet
Italy, 1943 - SAS Captain, Tom Caine, is being held captive by Nazi forces.
Whilst imprisoned he befriends another member of the SAS - one who has heard a
rumour. The operative knows the location of an ancient codex. A codex he claims
will lead them to the location of the original texts of Tacitus' Germania. Caine is
deployed by the Nazis to find the codex and retrieve the texts on a mission that
will most certainly bring about his death, and refusal is not an option. Caine has
little choice but to begin his most deadly campaign yet.
UK: Penguin (PUBLISHED)
OPTION PUBLISHERS: Czech Republic Reader’s Digest, Poland Reader’s
Digest, Slovakia Reader’s Digest
Other titles in the Death or Glory quartet:
1-THE LAST COMMANDO
2-THE FLAMING SWORD
3-HIGHROAD TO HELL
Sand-alone novels:
THE EYE OF RA
FIREBIRD
RARE EARTH
SANDSTORM
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RAFFAELLA BARKER
Raffaella Barker, daughter of poet George Barker, is the
author of nine novels for adults and one children's book, all
of which have been widely acclaimed. She is a regular
contributor to Country Life and the Sunday Telegraph. She
lives in Norfolk with her three children.
‘Instantly likeable characters… a light, enjoyable novel,
best read by the sea’ Sunday Times
‘beautifully written… perfect for a
hammock on a sunny day’ Daily Mail
FROM A DISTANCE
April, 1946. Michael, a soldier, returns to Southampton on a troop ship. Brutalised
and in shock, he cannot face the life that awaits him at home. Impulsively he
boards a train to the western tip of Cornwall, where his life is shaped by his heart
and the fragmented Britain he has come back to.
More than half a century later, Kit, an enigmatic stranger, arrives in Norfolk to
take up his unwanted inheritance- a decommissioned lighthouse, half hidden in the
shadows of the past, now sweeping its beam forward through time. According to
Kit, his life is complete, and he doesn't wish to see anything the lighthouse's glare
exposes. But the choice is out of his hands.
Luisa, a second-generation Italian, has so far lived through her children and has
reached a point of invisibility. The constant push and pull of family life has turned
like the tide, and she is suspended, without direction. Kit and Luisa meet and
neither can escape the inevitability of Michael's split-second decision at the
Southampton docks.
World All Languages: Bloomsbury (PUBLISHED)
Other titles: (Translation Rights with Sheil Land Associates)
HENS DANCING
SUMMERTIME
A PERFECT LIFE
GREEN GRASS
PHOSPHORESCENCE
THE HOOK
COME AND TELL ME SOME LIES
POPPYLAND
PREVIOUS FOREIGN SALES: Azerbaijan TEAS Press, Germany Droemer,
Holland Nijgh & Van Ditmar, Hungary Bolt Kft, Russia TEAS Press, Turkey
TEAS Press
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JAMES BARLOW
James Barlow (1921-1973) was a regular contributor to
the magazine Punch and in 1956 published his first novel,
The Protagonists, to much critical acclaim in both the UK
and the US. The Patriots, written in 1960, became a
bestseller and in 1972, Barlow won an award from Pan
Publishers for Liner, beating competition such as The Day
of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth.
Barlow’s 1968 novel, The Burden of Proof, was made
into a successful film (retitled Villain) starring Richard
Burton. In 1962, Term of Trial was turned into a film
starring Laurence Olivier (whose performance received a BAFTA nomination),
Simone Signoret, Thora Hird and Terence Stamp. The television adaptation of his
third novel, The Man with Good Intentions, starred Francesca Annis.
The film rights for The Protagonists have just been optioned.
‘James Barlow is one of the most able thriller writers in the business, with an
alarmingly acute eye for the degenerate quirks of society and the knack of
unraveling a plot as complicatedly knit as spaghetti’ Spectator
‘Passion, violence and retribution, suspense
and superb storytelling!’ Los Angeles Times
‘We have to welcome a careful and painstaking talent’ Sunday Times
Novels:
THE PROTAGONISTS
THE HOUR OF MAXIMUM DANGER
BOTH YOUR HOUSES
THE BURDEN OF PROOF
ONE MAN IN THE WORLD
THIS SIDE OF THE SKY
ONE HALF OF THE WORLD
IN ALL GOOD FAITH
THE LOVE CHASE
LINER
TERM OF TRIAL
THE PATRIOTS
THE MAN WITH GOOD INTENTIONS
World English: Peach Publishing (PUBLISHED)
FOREIGN PUBLISHERS: Italy Sellerio Editore
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CLIFFORD BEAL
Clifford Beal is a former journalist and the author of
Gideon's Angel and The Rave's Banquet, from Solaris
Books. He is also the author of Quelch’s Gold (Praeger
Books 2007), the true story of a little-known but
remarkable early 18th century Anglo-American pirate.
Originally from Providence, Rhode Island, he lives in
Surrey.
Praise for Gideon’s Angel:
'...the plot never stops thickening and the galloping pace
keeps it from clotting... What's not to like?' Daily Mail
THE GUNS OF IVREA
Valdur is not a happy kingdom. Five fractious duchies, a royal enclave no bigger
than a market town and a vain and lazy King, whose dukes and high stewards are
free to plot and scheme. Here, landsmen and mer-men coexist in a state of mutual
distrust, meeting only to trade, and even then in secret.
Acquel is a young and unwilling Greyrobe, sent to the cloisterhood to reform his
thieving ways. When an earthquake destroys the sarcophagus of revered prophet
Elded the Lawgiver, Acquel is forced to rely on the wits he sharpened as a thief to
survive. He has seen something that spelled the deaths of the few other witnesses Elded's bones show him to have been a mer-man, a shocking secret that the rulers
of Valdur will stop at nothing to suppress. For this is the secret on which their
kingdom is built and there is more at stake that Acquel could ever have
imagined...
UK: Solaris
Publication: February 2016
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CATHERINE COOKSON
Over 100 million copies sold around the world
Translated into 25 languages
Catherine Cookson (1906 - 1998) was born in the bleak
industrial heartland of Tyneside, England, the illegitimate
daughter of the woman whom she had believed to be her
elder sister. The poverty, exploitation and bigotry she
experienced aroused deep emotions that stayed with her
throughout her life. At the age of forty, she began to write
about the lives of the people around her, and rose to
become one of the most successful novelists of all time.
She received an OBE in 1986 and was created Dame of the
British Empire in 1993. She was appointed an Honorary
Fellow at St. Hilda’s College, Oxford in 1997. She passed
away aged 91.
‘The most celebrated novelist of our time’ The Times
Novels:
KATE HANNIGAN
THE FIFTEEN STREETS
COLOUR BLIND
HANNAH MASSEY
THE GAMBLING MAN
A RUTHLESS NEED
RILEY
THE THURSDAY FRIEND
THE BONNY DAWN
THE LADY ON MY LEFT
A HOUSE DIVIDED
ROSIE OF THE RIVER
THE SAND DANCER
THE MALLEN SECRET
Autobiography:
OUR KATE
CATHERINE COOKSON COUNTRY
LET ME MAKE MYSELF PLAIN
PLAINER STILL
A full list of Dame Catherine’s 106 published works is available
UK: Headline & Corgi
FOREIGN PUBLISHERS: Bulgaria Svetovna Biblioteka, Czech Republic
Euromedia, Denmark Det Bedste a/s, Estonia Varrak, Finland Gummerus,
France Presses de la Cite, Germany Heyne / Weltbild, Greece Oceanida,
Holland De Boekerij, Hungary Magyar Konyvklub, Italy Sperling & Kupfer
Korea Simji Publishing, Latvia Zvaigzne ABC, Lithuania Alma Littera, Norway
Cappelen, Poland Wydawnictwo Bis, Portugal Circulo de Leitores, Romania
Miron / Pygmalion / Mondial / Vivaldi, Russia Mir knigi, Family Leisure Club,
South Africa Rooi Rose Magazine, Slovakia Sloyensky Spisoyatel, Spain
Editorial Planeta, Sweden Bonniers, Turkey Aarion Yayin
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ELIZABETH CORLEY
Sales in Germany exceed 300,000 copies
Elizabeth Corley grew up in West Sussex, England. She
manages to balance her passion for crime-writing with a
successful position as Chief Executive for a global
investment company. She divides her time between
London, Germany and France. She was inspired to write
the first of her novels featuring DCI Andrew Fenwick
during a performance of Verdi’s Requiem, and her first
four books have become bestsellers in Germany.
‘Very tense, superb…sure to appeal
to fans of Tana French and Tess Gerritsen’ Booklist
‘Virtuoso’ Die Welt
‘Described with great subtlety…cleverly done and
genuinely exciting’ Literary Review
DEAD OF WINTER
Chief Superintendent Andrew Fenwick isn't pleased to be assigned a high-profile
celebrity case - the disappearance of teenager Issie Mattias, the privileged
granddaughter of Hollywood royalty. But as his investigation takes shape, and
unsettling hints of an abusive past surface, he grows ever more concerned for the
girl's safety. Meanwhile Inspector Louise Nightingale is searching for a serial
rapist - could the cases be linked? As the country is gripped by a treacherous
winter, Fenwick and Nightingale are running out of time...
A gripping tale of revenge and first love gone bitterly wrong, Dead of Winter marks
the welcome return of Fenwick and Nightingale, and sees Elizabeth Corley at the
peak of her powers.
UK: Allison & Busby (PUBLISHED)
OPTION PUBLISHERS: Germany S. Fischer / Scherz, Holland LuitinghSijthoff, Poland Zysk, Turkey Pegasus.
Japanese co-agent: Owl’s Agency
Other titles:
FATAL LEGACY
REQUIEM MASS
GRAVE DOUBTS
INNOCENT BLOOD
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DAVID CROSSLAND
David Crossland was born in 1967 in Bonn, then the
capital of West Germany, where his father was a foreign
correspondent. David worked for Reuters for ten years
before becoming a freelance journalist. He writes
extensively about the growing threat posed by neo-Nazis
in the former communist east. He is bilingual and
treasures his roots in the Rhineland. He is married with a
son and lives in Berlin.
The Jewish Candidate has triggered huge numbers of reviews, features and
interviews with Reuters, The Chicago Tribune, the Jewish Post, Deutsche Welle,
The Local (Swedish-owned), Spiegal Online and Juedische Allgemiene
(Germany’s largest Jewish newspaper).
Praise for The Jewish Candidate:
‘As the European Union faces a resurgence of the right-wing ultranationalism,
veteran journalist David Crossland paints a chilling scenario of the threats posed
to contemporary German society by the neo-Nazi extremists. A real page-turner’
Efraim Zuroff, the head of The Simon Wiesenthal Center
‘This new novel has shed timely light on the right-wing extremist violence that has
plagued the country since 1990 and was swept under the carpet for years. A fastpaced thriller’ Reuters
TEUTONIA
Long before the Nazis central Europe was shared, uneasily perhaps, between the
Germans and the Russians. Old strategic realities never die…
Bruno Haxelreuter (‘Haxi’) is the poster boy of German industry – blond,
handsome, fun loving and ruthless. He is also Prussian and dreams of reuniting the
old Prussian lands of eastern Poland with the German fatherland once again. But
do his ambitions stop there? Investigative journalists Carver and Renner find
themselves drawn into a terrifying race against time to uncover a plot which
threatens the whole of Europe.
Set against the backdrop of German triumphalism in which long dormant
ambitions find their voice once again in the boardrooms of Germany’s economic
powerhouse, Teutonia is another brilliantly informed political thriller from the
author of The Jewish Candidate.
UK: Peach Publishing
Other titles:
THE JEWISH CANDIDATE
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GORDON DOHERTY
Gordon is a Scottish writer, whose historical fiction has sold
close to 150,000 copies. His Legionary series is set in the
Eastern Roman Empire circa AD 376 and follows the
adventures of the border legions as the empire begins to
waver under the relentless crush of barbarians from the East
and the North.
His Strategos series is set around the build up to the Battle
of Manzikert in AD 1071 and follows the dark and troubled
life of a Byzantine general in a land riven with bloodshed
and doubt.
THE SCOURGE OF THRACIA – Vol.4 of the Legionary series
AD 377: Thracia’s legions are few and broken in the wake of the Battle of Ad
Salices. But the scattered centuries and cohorts rally in an effort to blockade the
Haemus Mountain passes and hold back the relentless attacks of Fritigern’s
swelling Gothic armies. These passes must endure until Eastern Emperor Valens
and Western Emperor Gratian can muster and bring their Praesental Armies in
relief. Numerius Vitellius Pavo and the men of the XI Claudia return to
Constantinople from their brutal Persian sortie to hear widespread tales of
Thracia’s plight and the precarious mountain blockades. Each of them knows what
is at stake should those passes fall: the heartland of the Eastern Empire would face
the wrath of the barbarians and loved ones would be at the mercy of their savage
blades. When the Claudia are despatched to aid the effort at the mountains, Pavo
can think only of two souls wandering in the jaws of the Gothic threat: his beloved
Felicia and his lost half-brother, Dexion. So he and his comrades march at haste,
headlong into the storm that awaits them . . .
UK: Kindle Direct Publishing (PUBLISHED)
OPTION PUBLISHERS: Greece Chryssalis Books, Italy Newton & Compton,
Russia Veche
Other titles in the Legionary series:
1-LEGIONARY (Italy Newton & Compton, Russia Veche)
2-VIPER OF THE NORTH (Italy Newton & Compton)
3-LAND OF THE SACRED FIRE
Strategos series:
1-BORN IN THE BORDERLANDS (Greece Chryssalis Books)
2-RISE OF THE GOLDEN HEART
3-ISLAND IN THE STORM
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ANGUS DONALD
King’s Man & Holy Warrior – top 50 UK bestseller
Outlaw has sold approaching 150,000 copies
Angus Donald was a journalist on the London Times from
2002 to 2008. Previously, he was foreign correspondent for
the Financial Times in India and Pakistan, and covered the
Battle of Tora Bora, Afghanistan for The Independent.
Television rights in the Outlaw Chronicles have just been
optioned.
‘Angus Donald’s gloriously entertaining
reboot of the Robin Hood legend’ The Times
THE IRON CASTLE – Vol.6 of the Outlaw Chronicles
AD 1203: Robin Hood Must Turn The Tide Of War
England and France are locked in a brutal struggle for power. The fate of the
embattled duchy of Normandy is in the hands of the weak and untrustworthy King
John. Facing disaster, he calls for help from a former outlaw - Robin Hood.
King Philip II's army rips through the Norman defences, Robin - the Earl of
Locksley - leads a savage mercenary force into battle under the English banner,
supported by his loyal lieutenant Sir Alan Dale. But defeat is only one castle
away.
The most powerful fortress in Christendom, only Chateau Gaillard can resist the
French advance. Robin and Alan must defend this last bastion against
overwhelming force - for if the Iron Castle falls, Normandy will fall with it.
UK: Little, Brown (PUBLISHED)
OPTION PUBLISHERS: Brazil Record, Germany Droemer, Holland LuitinghSijthoff, Poland Amber, Portugal Objectiva, Russia Exmo, Spain Edhasa
Other titles in the Outlaw Chronicles:
1-OUTLAW
2-HOLY WARRIOR
3-KING’S MAN
4-WARLORD
5-GRAIL KNIGHT
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CHRIS EWAN
Over 500,000 copies sold of Safe House
Chris Ewan is the award-winning author of The Good
Thief's Guide to ... series of mystery novels, which are in
development with 20th Century Fox Television on behalf
of showrunner Hart Hanson (Bones). Safe House, his first
stand-alone thriller, was a number one bestseller in 2012
and was shortlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime
Novel of the Year Award. Chris lives in England with his
wife, Jo, and their daughter. TV rights to Long Time Lost
have just been sold.
‘Proceeding at warp speed with plenty of twists and excellent use of
its setting, Safe House is a terrific holiday read’ The Guardian on Safe House
‘A clever, gripping blend of thriller and
detective-story elements.’ The Sunday Times on Dark Tides
LONG TIME LOST
Nick Miller and his team provide a highly discreet, highly illegal service,
relocating at-risk individuals across Europe with new identities and new lives. But
when Miller prevents the attempted murder of witness-in-hiding Kate Sutherland
in an isolated cliff-top house on the Isle of Man, he sets in motion a chain of
events that threaten the safety of everyone in his network.
To protect the clients Miller has taught to hide in plain sight, he and Kate must
race across Europe, from Hamburg to Rome, and Prague to central Switzerland.
But they’re not alone. They’re being watched. And the enemy they both share –
the man responsible for killing Miller’s wife and daughter – will stop at nothing to
locate the person he’s searching for.
UK: Faber & Faber
Publication: May 2016
OPTION PUBLISHERS: Germany Rowohlt, Greece Mamaya, Italy Fanucci,
Lithuania Jotema, Russia Exmo, Turkey Pegasus
Other stand alone titles:
SAFE HOUSE
DEAD LINE
DARK TIDES
The Good Thief’s Guide to… series
RIGHTS SOLD: UK Simon & Schuster, US St Martin’s Press, Bulgaria Bard,
Croatia Algoritam, Germany Lübbe, Greece Mamaya, Holland De Boekerij,
Poland Amber, Japan Kodansha, Russia 36.6, Slovakia Ikar
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ROBERT FABBRI
Masters of Rome # 9 Times hardback bestseller
Over 250,000 copies sold of the Vespasian series
Robert Fabbri read Drama and Theatre at London
University and has worked in film and TV for 25 years. He
has worked on productions such as Hornblower, Hellraiser,
Patriot Games and Billy Elliot. His life-long passion for
ancient history, especially for that of the Roman Empire,
drew him to write his first novel. He lives in London and
Berlin and is now working on the seventh book in the
series.
VESPASIAN VI: ROME’S LOST SON
Rome, AD 51: Vespasian brings Rome's greatest enemy before the Emperor. After
eight years of resistance, the British warrior Caratacus has been caught. But even
Vespasian's victory cannot remove the newly-made consul from Roman politics:
Agrippina, Emperor Claudius's wife, pardons Caratacus. Claudius is a drunken
fool and Narcissus and Pallas, his freedmen, are battling for control of his throne.
Separately, they decide to send Vespasian East to Armenia to defend Rome's
interests. But there is more at stake than protecting a client kingdom. Rumours
abound that Agrippina is involved in a plot to destabilise the East. Vespasian must
find a way to serve two masters - Narcissus is determined to ruin Agrippina, Pallas
to save her. Meanwhile, the East is in turmoil. A new Jewish cult is flourishing
and its adherents refuse to swear loyalty to the Emperor. In Armenia, Vespasian is
captured. Immured in the oldest city on earth, how can he escape? And is a Rome
ruled by a woman who despises Vespasian any safer than a prison cell?
UK: Corvus (Atlantic Books) (PUBLISHED)
RIGHTS SOLD: Holland Karakter
OPTION PUBLISHERS: Czech Republic Laser, Hungary Alexandra, Italy
Newton Compton, Poland Rebis, Russia Veche, Spain Edhasa
Other titles in the Vespasian series:
I: TRIBUNE OF ROME
II: ROME’S EXECUTIONER
III: FALSE GOD OF ROME
IV: ROME’S FALLEN EAGLE
V: MASTERS OF ROME
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N.J. FOUNTAIN
N.J. (Nev) Fountain is an award winning comedy writer,
for television and radio. He is chiefly known for his work
on the Dead Ringers sketch show and as a staff writer for
Private Eye magazine, but he has also contributed to many
other programmes, including Have I Got News for You
and 2DTV. Painkiller is his first novel.
Her pain is constant. And the danger is real.
PAINKILLER
Monica suffers from chronic neuropathic pain. Every second of her life is spent in
agony, and she is coping with it the best she can. However, there are whole years
of her life which are a blur to her.
Then Monica finds a suicide note, in her handwriting, saying she is going to end it
all. Did she write it? She has no memory of doing so and as she reads the message
again, she begins to suspect that someone tried to kill her once - and now they're
trying to do so again...
A read-in-one-sitting edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller, perfect for fans
of The Girl on the Train, I Let You Go and Before I Go To Sleep.
UK: Sphere (Little, Brown)
Publication: February 2016
RIGHTS SOLD: Germany Goldmann
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MICHELLE FRANCES
Michelle Frances is Development Executive at BBC
Wales working across a number of in house shows and
overseeing book adaptations. She has previously worked
as a Script Editor and Producer at Fremantle Media and
then at Company Pictures, where she was Associate
Producer on Shameless. The Girlfriend is her first novel.
What will she do when push comes to shove?
THE GIRLFRIEND (Previously titled CHERRY)
Laura has it all. A successful career, a long marriage to a rich husband and a kind,
handsome, talented son - Daniel. Then Daniel meets Cherry. Cherry is young,
beautiful and smart. And she wants Laura’s perfect life.
A subtle, almost unnoticeable shift occurs within Laura. She puts it down to her
own over-active imagination. But soon, she is sure that Cherry is manipulating
both her and all around her. And it’s escalating. Then, in the midst of a sudden
tragedy, Laura sees a way to get Cherry out of her life – but at what cost?
The Girlfriend is a psychological thriller about love when it becomes warped, the
unexpected dark places to which people can go, and what happens when they get
comfortable there.
UK: Pan Macmillan
Publication: 2017 (TBC)
Japanese co-agent: Tuttle-Mori
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FRANKIE GAFFNEY
Frankie Gaffney is best placed to offer a faithful literary
treatment of the Irish crime scene having had himself
immersed in Dublin’s underworld whilst growing up in
the inner-city. In his mid-twenties he left all this behind
and went to Trinity College. He studied English
Literature graduating with a first, and has since been
awarded the Ussher Fellowship at Trinity. Dublin Seven
is his debut novel.
DUBLIN SEVEN
Shane gets a grant to go to college, but drops out and uses the money to buy some
cocaine, which he sells. He finds he has a knack for the trade, and is soon enjoying
boom-time Dublin's nightlife with rolls of cash. Shane’s new found confidence
encourages him to pursue a beautiful inner-city girl, Elizabeth Byrne. But
Elizabeth’s own murky past leads him further into the squalor of Dublin’s
underworld and into the path of his biggest rival, the brutal Paddy Lawless. The
police start nosing around and the pressure on Shane builds, giving way to
paranoia, fear and a violent, climactic ending.
Dublin Seven, akin to Trainspotting in its grittiness and raw depiction of life at the
edges, tells the story of a working class teenager’s descent into gangland brutality.
UK & Ireland: Liberties Press
Publication: September 2015
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SAM GASSON
Sam Gasson is a thirty-two year old graduate (with
distinction) of UEA’s MA in Creative Writing. He
spends his days teaching English at a secondary school
and his evenings writing. The Cat Who Saw it All is his
first novel.
‘…a series of red paw prints trails across the floor…’
THE CAT WHO SAW IT ALL (German title: Gone Cat: The
Silent Witness)
Jim Glew is a private detective with a heart condition who has decided to retire.
Bruno, his over imaginative eleven year old son raised on a diet of TV whodunits,
sees crime everywhere; the one thing he loves more than playing detective is his
rescue cat Mildred. Curious to have a cat’s eye view of the world, Bruno fits a
collar camera to Mildred. The camera becomes vitally important when Poppy
Rutter, the Glew's neighbour, is brutally murdered and bloody paw prints are
found at the scene. But where are Mildred and her camera?
Jim and Bruno both set out to investigate: for Jim the investigation is a chance to
return to doing the thing he is good at and to prevent further tragedy. For Bruno it
is a journey into an adult world which is more complex and sinister than anything
he could have imagined.
The Cat who Saw it All plays with the concept of the old fashioned whodunit,
combining humour and a well-executed plot with some darker and more
contemporary themes. The heroine of the piece is of course Mildred, and through
her we have an insight into the secret lives of cats, a source of enduring
fascination.
UK: on submission
RIGHTS SOLD: Germany Egmont LYX
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MARGARET GRAHAM
Bookseller Heatseeker bestselling author
Margaret Graham is a bestselling author and has been
writing for thirty years. Her first novel was published in
1986 and since then she has written a further 13 novels.
Margaret has written two plays, co-researched a television
documentary, which grew out of A Canopy of Silence, and
has written numerous short stories and features.
Praise for Margaret Graham:
‘Moving and memorable’ Daily Mail
‘Emotional, thoughtful… Margaret Graham has a sure,
delicate touch’ Good Housekeeping
EASTERLEIGH HALL AT WAR
The second novel in a compelling new series set in County Durham just before and
during the First World War. Perfect for fans of Longbourn and Downton Abbey.
England is at war and Easterleigh Hall has been turned into a hospital for the
duration of the hostilities. With its army of volunteers and wounded servicemen,
cook Evie Forbes is determined that everyone will be properly provided for,
despite the threat of rationing and dwindling supplies. All the while she waits for
letters from her fiancé and beloved brother, fighting on the Western Front. Then
the worst happens – a telegram arrives with shattering news. And Evie wonders if
she’ll have the strength to carry on…
EASTERLEIGH HALL
When Evie Forbes starts as an assistant cook at Easterleigh Hall, she goes against
her family’s wishes. For ruthless Lord Brampton also owns the mine where Evie’s
father and brothers work and there is animosity between the two families. But
Evie is determined to better herself. Evie works hard and gains a valued place in
the household. And her dream of running a small hotel grows ever closer. Then
War is declared and all their lives are thrown into turmoil.
UK: Arrow (Random House UK) (PUBLISHED)
Other titles:
THE FUTURE IS OURS
A CANOPY OF SILENCE
A BITTER LEGACY
A DISTANT DREAM
BED OF ROSES
LOOK WITHIN YOUR HEART
OUT OF THE NIGHT
PRACTISING WEARING PURPLE
SATURDAY MORNING
THE VISIT
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GRAHAM HANCOCK
Graham Hancock is the author of numerous bestselling
works about historical mysteries. His books have sold more
than nine million copies worldwide and have been translated
into twenty-seven languages. His public lectures and
broadcasts, including two major TV series for Channel 4,
Quest for the Lost Civilisation, and Flooded Kingdoms of
the Ice Age, have further established his reputation as an
unconventional thinker who raises controversial questions
about humanity’s past. His first foray into fantasy fiction
was Entangled, published in 2010 to critical acclaim. His
first historical fiction, War God, begins an epic trilogy.
‘In this fast-moving highly recommended novel, Graham Hancock masterfully
reconstructs the biggest clash of civilizations ever, revealing aspects that only a
genius author could unveil’
Javier Sierra New York Times bestselling author of
The Secret Supper and The Lost Angel
WAR GOD: Return of the Plumed Serpent – Vol.2 of the War
God trilogy
The conquistador Hernán Cortés is hell-bent on conquering Mexico for the
Aztecs’ gold. Having destroyed the Maya at Potonchan, Cortés now marches on
Tenochtitlan, the Golden City of the Aztecs, wrapped in the aura of a returning,
vengeful god. His small force of just five hundred men will have to defeat the
psychotic emperor Moctezuma and the armies of hundreds of thousands he
commands.
WAR GOD: Nights of the Witch – Vol.1 of the War God trilogy
The epic story of a clash of two empires and two gods of war begins in February
1519 when the conquistador, Hernan Cortes, sets sail from Cuba with his fleet
towards Mexico with just five hundred adventurers. Little do they know that they
will pit themselves against the most brutal armies, hundreds of thousands strong,
of the ancient Americas, in their quest for gold and riches.
UK: Hodder & Stoughton (PUBLISHED)
RIGHTS SOLD: Czech Republic Talpress, Italy Newton Compton, Spain
Ediciones B
Other titles:
ENTANGLED
(For Graham Hancock’s Non-Fiction titles see page 61)
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PREVIOUS FOREIGN SALES: Bulgaria Bard, Brazil Aleph/Record, China
Beijing Genuine & Profound/China Light Industry Press/New World Press,
Croatia Stari Grad/Mozaiek, Czech Republic Columbus, Holland Tirion,
Estonia Sinisukk, France Pygmalion/Éditions du Rocher, Germany BasteiVerlag/Hoffmann und Campe, Greece Livani/Enalios, Hungary Pecsi, Italy
Corbaccio/Piemme, Japan Koike Shoin/Shueisha/Shogakukan, Korea Kachi,
Poland Amber, Portugal Presenca, Romania Excalibur/Aldo, Russia Exmo,
Serbia Mono & Manjana, Slovakia Aktuell, Spain Ediciones B/Martinez
Roca/Planeta, Taiwan Taiwan Wisdom Publishing Co., Thailand Ruan
Boon/Infinity, Turkey Kitapcilik
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FELICITY HAYES-MCCOY
Felicity Hayes-McCoy was born in Dublin, Ireland. She is
the author of three works of non-fiction (The House on an
Irish Hillside, Enough is Plenty and A Woven Silence). The
Library at the Edge of the World is her first novel.
Welcome to Lissbeg library. Books. Gossip.
Life on the edge...
THE LIBRARY AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD – Vol.1
of the Finfarran Peninsula series
Hanna Casey is a librarian in the small Irish town of Lissbeg. Once upon a time,
she was the soignée wife of a London barrister, with a life of dinner parties and
country houses. Until she discovered her husband's longstanding affair and moved
back with her daughter to the Finfarran Peninsula, where she was born and grew
up, and her irascible widowed mother's spare room. That was six years ago.
When the library is threatened with closure, Hanna is jolted out of complacency,
and finds herself leading a battle to restore the heart and soul of Finfarran’s
fragmented, neglected community. As her former personality begins to resurface,
and relationships are forged across generations with neighbours she has previously
ignored, Hanna finds she has a new outlook on life - and the men around her.
There is shy Brian Morton the local planner, gruff, infuriating builder 'Fury'
O'Shea and still, at the back of her mind, her manipulative ex-husband Malcolm.
Should Hanna ignore the sparks, or take them seriously? And could her plans to
save the library she has begun to love unravel just when she thinks she's won?
Written with heart, wry humour and charm, The Library at the Edge of the World
is perfect for fans of Alexander McCall Smith, Rebecca Shaw and Fannie Flagg.
Ireland & UK: Hachette Books Ireland
Publication: June 2017
(For Felicity Hayes-McCoy’s Non-Fiction titles see page 63)
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CHARLIE HODGES
Charlie Hodges has been writing and script editing on
many favourite British TV shows for several years and
has over a hundred hours of TV credits to his name. His
previous career encompasses language teaching and
marketing consultancy, ice cream deliveries and double
glazing sales. He has four children, all boys, and relaxes
by hiding where they can’t find him. Charlie is fluent in
German, French and Spanish, and lives in Tunbridge
Wells, England.
A crime novel written with the sensibility
of Jonas Jonasson and Fredrik Backman
A LETHAL INHERITANCE – Vol.1 of the Tom Knight series
Tom Knight is a private investigator well north of 70. After years of solitude
following the death of his wife, he finally returns to the dating scene and meets the
enchanting Fran. When Fran (53) discovers that Tom is not the advertised 59, she
swears she never wants to see him again - but circumstances dictate otherwise.
Fran is on duty when three elderly ladies in her care at a retirement home are
found dead. A syringe with traces of heroin is found in her bag and the police leap
to the obvious conclusion. It falls to Tom to prove Fran is innocent and unmask
the real killer, going undercover at the care home and relying on everyone's
tendency to underestimate the elderly in order to succeed.
A Lethal Inheritance introduces a memorable hero for fans of Jackson Brodie and
Cormoran Strike, and a cast of characters whose own stories will unfold in this
and the second novel to feature Tom Knight.
UK: on submission
RIGHTS SOLD: Germany Heyne
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MARK LAWRENCE
Mark Lawrence is a research scientist working on
artificial intelligence. He is a dual national with both
British and American citizenship and has held secret
level clearance with both governments. Married with
four children, he lives in Bristol. Mark is now working
on the third book in the Red Queen’s War Trilogy.
Praise for Prince of Thorns:
‘This is an absolutely stunning book. Dark and
relentless…A two-in-the-morning page turner.’
Robin Hobb
‘Being hailed by the publisher as the British answer to
The Game of Thrones, this is dark, exciting and fun.’
The Bookseller
COMING SOON: The Wheel of Osheim, Vol. 3 in the Red
Queen’s War trilogy to be published in June 2016
THE LIAR’S KEY – Vol.2 of the Red Queen’s War trilogy
Winter is keeping Prince Jalan Kendeth far from the longed-for luxuries of his
southern palace. And although the North may be home to his companion, the
warrior Snorri ver Snagason, he is just as eager to leave. For the Viking is ready to
challenge all of Hell to bring his wife and children back into the living world. He
has Loki’s key – now all he needs is to find the door. As all wait for the ice to
unlock its jaws, the Dead King plots to claim what was so nearly his – the key to
the underworld -- so that his dead subjects can rise and rule.
PRINCE OF FOOLS – Vol.1 of the Red Queen’s War trilogy
The Red Queen is old but the kings of the Broken Empire dread her like no other.
Her greatest weapon is The Silent Sister—unseen by most and unspoken of by all.
The Red Queen’s grandson, Prince Jalan Kendeth—drinker, gambler, seducer of
women—is one who can see The Silent Sister. Tenth in line for the throne and
content with his role as a minor royal, he pretends that the hideous crone is not
there. But war is coming. Witnesses claim an undead army is on the march, and
the Red Queen has called on her family to defend the realm. Jal thinks it’s all a
rumor—nothing that will affect him. But he is wrong…
UK: Voyager (Harper Collins) (PUBLISHED)
US: Ace (Penguin)
RIGHTS SOLD: Brazil DarkSide, France Bragelonne, Hungary Fumax, Italy
Newton Compton, Latvia Prometejs AB, Poland Ksiezyc, Russia Fantastika
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The Broken Empire Trilogy:
1-PRINCE OF THORNS
2-KING OF THORNS
3-EMPEROR OF THORNS
RIGHTS SOLD: Brazil DarkSide, Bulgaria Bard, Czech Republic Talpress,
France Bragelonne, Germany Heyne, Greece Chryssalis Books, Holland
Luitingh, Hungary Fumax, Indonesia UFUK, Italy Newton Compton, Poland
Ksiezyc, Romania Editura Trei, Russia Fantastika, Thailand Nokhook
Publishing, Turkey Pegasus
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JANE LYTHELL
The Lie of You - Top 10 Kindle bestseller
Jane Lythell worked as a television producer and
commissioning editor before becoming Deputy Director
of the BFI and Chief Executive of BAFTA. She now
writes fiction full time. Her first novel, The Lie of You,
was widely acclaimed. She is currently writing her third
novel, for publication in June 2016.
Praise for The Lie of You:
‘Fascinating…memorable…thrilling’ Daily Mail
‘A very credible portrait of obsession to the point of
madness’ Literary Review
AFTER THE STORM
Rob and Anna can't bear to come home from their holiday in Central America.
They want one final adventure, and they find it: Kim and Owen, a friendly young
couple they met in the harbour, need help crewing their beautiful old boat to a far
off island.
Rob dreams of lazy afternoons spent snorkelling, sunbathing and learning to sail.
Anna looks forward to the silence and solitude of ten days at sea. It will be the
perfect end to a perfect trip.
But why is Owen so secretive about his past? Why does Kim keep a knife zipped
into her bag? Maybe Anna and Rob are too quick to trust in friendly strangers...
World excl. Germany: Head of Zeus (PUBLISHED)
OPTION PUBLISHERS: Germany Piper; Norway Cappelen
Other titles:
THE LIE OF YOU
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C.S. QUINN
The Thief Taker #1 in the Kindle
historical and crime fiction charts
C.S. Quinn is a bestselling author of fiction (under the
nom de plume J S Taylor) and an award-winning
freelance journalist. Among other topics, she writes
about employment, food and travel for The Times,
Guardian, Independent, Telegraph and Mirror.
Praise for The Thief Taker:
'Captivating, vivid writing. Descriptions come straight
off the page and permeate deep into your senses, and a
truly electrifying pace. Quinn is a brilliant new talent!'
Peter James
FIRE CATCHER
The year is 1666 and thief-taker Charlie Tuesday has a new case. He must track an
errant prostitute and return a stolen ring to its rightful owner. But as the smoke
rises from Pudding Lane, a dark plot to burn London is revealed. And whilst
flames savage the city Charlie discovers his old nemesis Blackstone has turned to
alchemy and is firing the city in a systematic deployment of chemical fireballs.
Following an alluring gypsy courtesan who Charlie can’t seem to get the better of,
the Thief Taker has his work cut out. Particularly when he discovers that the
Brotherhood of the Sealed Knot once owned a royal treasure – documented in a
set of papers he let slip in an old Dutch sea-chest. With London exploding around
him, can Charlie unmask Blackstone and find the chest before everything burns?
World English & Germany: Thomson & Mercer (Amazon)
Publication: November 2015
THE THIEF TAKER
The year is 1665. Black Death ravages London. A killer stalks the streets in a
plague doctor’s hood and mask... When a girl is gruesomely murdered, thief taker
Charlie Tuesday reluctantly agrees to take on the case. But the horrific remains tell
him this is no isolated death. The killer’s mad appetites are part of a master plan
that could destroy London – and reveal the dark secrets of Charlie’s own past.
Now the thief taker must find this murderous mastermind before the plague
obliterates the evidence street by street. This terrifying pursuit will take Charlie
deep into the black underbelly of old London, where alchemy,
witchcraft and
blood-spells collide. In a city drowned in darkness, death could be the most
powerful magic of all.
World English & Germany: Thomson & Mercer (Amazon) (PUBLISHED)
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SK. QUINN
Over 150,000 copies of the Ivy series sold in Germany
Over 250,000 books sold worldwide
SK. Quinn is an internationally bestselling romance
author and has sold over a quarter million books
worldwide. Her mystery thrillers Glass Geishas and
Show, Don’t Tell are published by Hodder. Her selfpublished erotica has become a sensation in the UK, US
and Germany, where her novels have reached the
Buchreport top 50 for Goldmann. Su is currently
working on a new series of books.
THE BLACKWELL LESSONS – Vol. 4 of the Ivy Series
If Sophia thought marriage to her handsome, troubled teacher would be easy, she
has a lot to learn …
Marc Blackwell is as controlling as ever, and determined to keep Sophia in line.
Sophia can only hope that her light will soften Marc’s darkness. And that as his
wife she can show him what love truly means.
But one thing is for certain. In marriage, Mr Blackwell is in charge. And Sophia
must learn to obey …
OPTION PUBLISHERS: Brazil Editora Fundamento, France J’ai Lu,
Germany Goldmann, Holland Xander, Italy Newton Compton, Poland Amber
Ivy Series:
1-THE IVY LESSONS
2-WHERE THE IVY GROWS
3-BOUND BY IVY
4-THE BLACKWELL LESSONS
RIGHTS SOLD: Brazil Editora Fundamento, France J’ai Lu, Germany
Goldmann, Holland Xander, Italy Newton Compton, Poland Amber
Devoted Trilogy:
1-THE ICE SEDUCTION
2-BED OF ICE
3-HEART OF ICE
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ROBERT RIGBY
Robert Rigby has worked in television for many years and
was a script writer for well known children’s programmes
such as Byker Grove. He has collaborated with Andy
McNab on the incredibly successful Boy Soldier series, the
first of which has sold over 60,000 copies in the UK alone.
He has also written tie-in novels for the Goal! films (Corgi)
and the official London 2012 teen novels for Carlton Books,
and is currently writing tie-in novels for the Wolfblood series
(Piccadilly Press).
CODENAME EAGLE – Vol.2 of The Eagle Trail series
After his failed escape to England across the Pyrenees, Paul Hansen is living, once
again, in France. While the Germans blitz London and other major cities, Paul is
getting more and more restless. Though he's part of the resistance movement, the
past six months have been quiet. Then one night, like phantoms, they arrive by
parachute: six men from the German Brandenburg Regiment, a special force of
elite soldiers. Do they have information about Paul's father, who was mysteriously
shot in London? Is Paul their target now?
UK: Walker Books (PUBLISHED)
THE EAGLE TRAIL – Vol.1 of The Eagle Trail series
WWII, German-occupied Antwerp, and life continues as usual for 16-year-old
Paul Hansen – until his father is shot. Paul learns that his parents are part of a
group of resistance fighters and he's whisked away by his father's closest friend, to
the home of an elderly couple. There Paul learns he must leave Antwerp as
quickly as possible and travel south through France and across the Pyrenees into
Spain, and from there to England, and freedom. It is a journey to save his life.
Along the way he is aided by a collection of courageous men and women prepared
to risk everything to help him in his desperate fight for survival. Danger is ever
present; who can Paul really trust?
UK: Walker Books (PUBLISHED)
Other titles:
THE ‘GOAL’ TRILOGY (UK & Commonwealth: Corgi)
DEEP WATERS, RUNNING IN HER SHADOW, PARALLEL LINES,
WHEELS OF FIRE (World Rights: Carlton Books)
PREVIOUS FOREIGN SALES: Brazil Record, Czech Republic & Slovakia
Columbus, Germany Ullstein, Greece Ellinika Grammata, Japan East Press, Poland
Zysk, Portugal Text Editores, Romania Corint Junior, Spain Texto Editores, Turkey
Alfa, US Hispanic Vintage Espanol
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CATHERINE ROBERTSON
#1 bestselling New Zealand author
The Hiding Places, a New Zealand bestseller for two
months
Catherine Robertson lives with her husband and two sons
in Wellington, New Zealand. She has travelled widely
and has previously lived in San Francisco and London.
As well as running a successful marketing business with
her husband, Catherine also writes articles and interviews
for several weekend magazines.
THE HIDING PLACES
Rich in myth, mystery, warmth and wit — a touching novel about what it means
to be alive.
When April Turner's small son is killed by a car, she decides she is no longer
entitled to anything but the barest existence. Five years on, she has shed
everything and everyone she loves, and expects to be this way for ever. Then a
letter arrives from an English solicitor, informing April that she is the last
surviving heir to Empyrean, a long-abandoned country house. At first, April
resists. But with the letter comes a map full of tiny mysteries, and she is drawn all
the way from New Zealand to the English countryside, and into a small but
intriguing circle of people: musician Oran, who remains loyal to his faithless wife;
Jack, who lives wild in the woods with a dog; and Sunny, Lady Day, approaching
ninety but more vital than others half her age. Sunny knew Empyrean in its prime,
and her stories bring the past to life. But will April be prepared to give up her
principles and start coming alive again herself?
NZ: Random House (PUBLISHED)
The Imperfect Lives trilogy:
THE SWEET SECOND LIFE OF DARRELL KINCAID
THE NOT-SO-PERFECT-LIFE OF MICHELLE LAWRENCE
THE MISPLACED AFFECTIONS OF CHARLOTTE FFORBES
PREVIOUS FOREIGN SALES: Germany Heyne, Italy Corbaccio
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DAVID N ROBINSON
David N Robinson has flown the equivalent of eight round
trips to the moon during his travels with a large
international professional firm, a private equity business
and latterly with one of the UK’s largest law firms. His
amassed business experiences in Russia, China and the
Middle East have been his sources for his books. David’s
fascination and professional interest in cyber crime and
identity theft led him to write his first thriller, The
Morpheus Network and his second, The Dossier was a Top
Ten Bestseller on Amazon Kindle for several weeks.
THE GAMBIT – Vol.2 of Ben Lewis thrillers
Anger against the West is building amongst Russia’s elite. The Oligarchs are
furious: they see sanctions and frozen bank accounts as an affront against them
personally. London-based Ukrainian, Arkady Nemikov, is earning billions from
deals denied to fellow Russians – in particular a new gas pipeline contract that will
give Europe alternative supply sources other than Russia. Nemikov’s life-long
Russian adversary, Viktor Plushenko, is outraged – he had coveted that deal for
himself. Taking matters into his own hands, Plushenko hires legendary killer, Oleg
Panich, a former Russian agent keen to settle old scores. Ben Lewis is still sorting
his life out but when MI5 presents a short-term assignment, he agrees to babysit
Nemikov and his family who has become a high profile target for the Russians.
But suddenly there is more at stake than just protecting the Nemikov family…
THE DOSSIER – Vol.1 of Ben Lewis thrillers
Former Royal Marine Commando Ben Lewis, manages to get to a journalist who
has just been shot in a London square. With her last breaths, she implores him to
look after her cell phone and keep it safe. Unbeknownst to Lewis, the Russians
and the Chinese are also tracking the journalist and the shooting starts a spiral of
relentless attacks on Lewis as both parties try to retrieve the cell phone.
Set against illicit bartering of nuclear technology and weaponry in exchange for
oil, this is a fast-paced thriller with its explosive action and suspense making it a
great page turner and the reader burning the midnight oil.
World English: Peach Publishing (PUBLISHED)
Other titles:
THE MORPHEUS NETWORK
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TOM SHARPE
Life sales worldwide total over 10 million copies
Wilt in Nowhere Sunday Times Bestseller
with over 300,000 copies sold in the UK alone
Britain’s best-loved satirist and comic writer has had all
his titles re-launched by Arrow, Random House. His
novels, which have never gone out of print, lend
testimony to Sharpe's enduring and wickedly funny
tales. Tom Sharpe passed away on 6th June 2013, aged
85.
‘The Best of British farce-masters’
Mail on Sunday
‘Black humour, comic anarchy at its best’
Sunday Times
Novels:
THE GROPES
RIOTOUS ASSEMBLY
INDECENT EXPOSURE
PORTERHOUSE BLUE
BLOTT ON THE LANDSCAPE
THE GREAT PURSUIT
THE THROWBACK
ANCESTRAL VICES
VINTAGE STUFF
GRANTCHESTER GRIND
THE MIDDEN
The Wilt series:
WILT
THE WILT ALTERNATIVE
WILT ON HIGH
WILT IN NOWHERE
THE WILT INHERITANCE
FOREIGN PUBLISHERS: Brazil Editora Rocco, Catalan Columna, Czech
Republic Aurora, Denmark Thaning & Appel Forlag, Finland Gummerus,
France Belfond, Germany Goldmann, Greece Kanaki, Holland De Harmonie,
Hungary Partvonal, Indonesia Gagas Media, Italy Longanesi, Japanese
Kodansha, Norway Ex Libris, Poland Zysk, Portugal Teorema, Romania
Polirom, Russia Phantom, Slovenia DZS, Spain Anagrama, Sweden Forum
FILM, TV & THEATRE:
Blott on the Landscape – new TV adaptation on development with independent
production company
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JOANNA TAYLOR
Joanna Taylor is a best-selling cross-category author,
with sales totaling over 200,000 books. She teams
fiction writing with a successful and award-winning
journalism career, working for The Times and the
Mirror in
London,
UK.
Her
first
adult
romance, Spotlight, became an Amazon bestseller, and
Joanna ranks in the top ten adult-romance writers on
Amazon. Joanna is currently working on her next
historical romance novel.
A stunning new British voice in historical romance.
If you like Eloisa James, Julia Quinn, Stephanie Laurens
and Georgette Heyer, you'll adore Masquerade!
MASQUERADE
1786: Regency London. Everyone is hiding something. But someone is hiding
everything.
Lizzy Ward never meant to end up working the streets of Piccadilly. So when a
mysterious noble pursues her, it seems her luck is changing. But though Lord
Hays offers to grow Lizzy's fortunes, his price is unexpected. She must
masquerade in the sumptuous gowns and social mask of a true lady.
With the stakes so high, love is out of the question. But as Lizzy navigates the
fashion and faux-pas of the London elite, she finds her tough facade failing her.
Lord Hayes wants to show her that nobility is more than skin deep . . . and as the
connection between them grows, it's no longer certain who's wearing the mask. As
the street-girl and the lord collide, Regency London is poised for scandal . . .
UK: Piatkus (Little, Brown) (PUBLISHED)
RIGHTS SOLD: Portugal ASA
OPTION PUBLISHER: France J’ai Lu
Turkish co-agent: Kalem Agency
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JAMIE THOMSON
Winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2012
Jamie Thomson is a British writer, editor and game
developer. Born in Iran, he grew up in Brighton and
studied politics and government at university. As well as
an author of over 20 books for children, he has written for
television, radio and computer games. He lives in East
Sussex.
Praise for Dark Lord: The Teenage Years:
‘One of the most original children's books of the year.’
Daily Express
‘A parody of fantasy media that will appeal to anyone who likes a laugh.’
(The Sunday Times' 100 Best Children's Books) The Sunday Times
‘This is a wonderfully absurd take on beings from another planet or another world and
like all books with this theme it makes us think about how odd and crazy we are’
Michael Rosen, chair of judges Roald Dahl Funny prize 2012
DARK LORD: THE PRINCIPAL OF EVIL
Dirk’s old headmaster Grousammer has drunk of the Essence of Evil and found
his way to the Darklands. There he takes over the Iron Tower and establishes
himself as the new Dark Lord but with the spirit of a headmaster from a 1950s. He
has renamed himself the Principal of Evil and his new evil empire is run along the
lines of a school... The Principal re-organizes the Orcs and Goblins into houses
and instead of Captains he has Prefects. Punishment is usually 'strokes of the cane'
like lashes. Detention is the primary method, but a new kind of horrible Detention
in the Black Pit of a Thousand Lines. The 'New Curriculum' is what Grousammer
calls his plan for taking over the Darklands and then invading earth - with an army
of the undead, but first of all he wants his revenge on Dirk!
UK: Orchard Books
RIGHTS SOLD: Germany Arena
OPTION PUBLISHERS: Czech Republic Argo, France Seuil, Spain &
Catalan Alfaguara, Italy Salani, Portugal Booksmile, Turkey Epsilon
Dark Lord series:
1-DARK LORD: THE TEENAGE YEARS
2-DARK LORD: A FIEND IN NEED
3-DARK LORD: ETERNAL DETENTION
Galaxy Series:
1-THE WRONG SIDE OF THE GALAXY (Czech Republic Argo)
2-A GALAXY TOO FAR
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MICHAEL WHITE
Michael White is the author of ten novels and 28 nonfiction books. He has appeared in three different Top Ten
Charts: as a novelist, non-fiction writer and a pop star. He
co-wrote Private Down Under with James Patterson
which went to the Top Ten in the Sunday Times Bestseller
chart. Before Michael’s incredible successes in fiction, he
wrote many bestselling and critically acclaimed nonfiction titles including Stephen Hawking – A Life in
Science which has been translated into 15 languages. Film
and TV rights in The Venetian Detective have just been
sold.
THE VENETIAN DETECTIVE
Brief historical setting
It is 1592, and Venetian medic, Francesco Sagredo, who had been exiled from
Venice, has spent almost a decade travelling to the East and learning scientific
skills unimagined by any other European. His old friend, Pasquale Cicogna, who
is now the Doge, entices him back to Venice.
Sagredo arrives back in the Republic which lies under the dark shadow of the
Inquisition and stoked by the impending trial of the arch-heretic Giordano Bruno.
It is only twenty years since the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre when the
Church sanctioned the slaughter of 30,000 Protestants in Paris. The Counter
Reformation instigated by the Vatican still extends tentacles of power to King
Philip’s Spain, Henry IV’s France and The Holy Roman Empire. Venice remains a
Republic, at least for the time being, despite the Vatican’s attempts to bring the
country to heel and under its control.
Seen as an oddball by many, Sagredo is hailed as a celebrity when he returns: he
knows many secrets. Part-Buddhist-philosopher, part-empirical scientist, he uses
science and Eastern knowledge to solve crimes. From China, he has learned about
fingerprinting; from Persia, he has a microscope; from India, he understands the
value of autopsy and forensics. He is a modern man in the Renaissance world, but
many locals think he is some sort of magician, certainly a heretic. Sagredo
practices yoga and meditation, cooks odd-smelling curries, and strangest of all, he
washes. Shunning fashionable alchemy and occultism he has apparatus no one else
in Europe could dream of, including dissecting implements and carrying out
autopsies. During a ten-year pilgrimage in the Far East he has collected great
works of knowledge, volumes of medical procedures, forensics, code-breaking,
science and mathematics.
All these prepare him for his role as the world’s first true detective.
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Synopsis
A young prostitute, Antoinette Perugino is found murdered and mutilated.
Francesco Sagredo, recently returned from exile, is asked by the Doge to look out
for his son Tomasso Cicogna. He is invited to join the powerful Council of Ten.
The mother of the dead girl, Romia Perugino, and Sagredo’s childhood sweetheart
(whom he still loves), Teresa Damas, asks for his help in finding Antoinette’s
killer. Sagredo is drawn into the investigation and in the laboratory in his house he
begins to peel away the layers of the mystery by applying empirical rigour and
scientific deduction. He believes this was no ordinary killing and after examining
the bodies of several other murder victims, is convinced that the killer calling
himself Saviour seeks to cleanse the Republic of those he considers ungodly,
mutilating the dead to symbolise their deviation from Holy Doctrine.
The arch-heretic, Giordano Bruno has been arrested in the city. His Holiness, the
Pope, sends his heretic-hating right-hand man, Cardinal Santora Severina to
convince the Doge to let Bruno go to Rome to face trial. Within this climate of
fear even Sagredo’s science and reason is suspected as heresy. Gradually, a dark
tale of religious obsession, political intrigue, drug money and the occult begins to
unravel, drawing Sagredo, Teresa and his oldest friend, Tomasso, into a nightmare
fight against the forces of evil endangering his own life and that of his friends.
And when someone close to him is set to become the Saviour’s final victim,
Sagredo has to use the full range of his abilities to isolate the killer and bring him
to justice.
In the grand tradition of Sherlock Holmes, Poirot and Inspector Morse, Francesco
Sagredo is a detective you will never forget. Set against the backdrop of
Renaissance and a pantheon of iconic real-life characters, The Venetian Detective
is the natural heir to Rome, The Tudors and The Borgias.
UK: on submission
OPTION PUBLISHERS: Brazil Ediouro, Bulgaria Bard, China Tongren
Books, Czech Republic Brana, Denmark Cicero, Estonia Varrak, Finland
Presses de la Cite, France Pocket, Germany Weltbild, Greece Livani, Holland
Unieboek, Hungary Gabo, Israel Keter, Italy Sonzogno, Japan Hayakawa,
Lithuania Jotema, Macedonia Aea Izdavaci, Norway Schibsted, Poland Rebis,
Portugal Casa das Letras, Romania RAO, Russia AST, Serbia Laguna, Slovakia
Eastone, Spain Roca Editorial, Sweden Bra Bocker, Turkey Dogan
Other titles (as Michael White):
THE ART OF MURDER
THE MEDICI SECRET
THE BORGIA RING
EQUINOX
THE KENNEDY CONSPIRACY
Other titles (as Sam Fisher):
NANO
AFTERSHOCK
STATE OF EMERGENCY
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NEIL WHITE
Longlisted for the CWA 2014 Dagger in the Library Award
Over 500,000 copies of his books sold in the UK
Neil White is a Senior Crown Prosecutor in Lancashire. He
has been the Street Crime Specialist for East Lancashire and
a specialist in racist and homophobic crime. Most of his days
are spent in Court. He also advises police in murder and rape
cases, theft and drug allegations. He is currently writing a
new series of legal thrillers acquired by Bonnier.
Praise for Next to Die:
‘Superb, tense, action-filled tale with lots of human interest and totally
unputdownable’ The Bookseller
'Authenticity reeks from every page...hypnotic, troubling crime writing with a superb
villain and a distinctive atmosphere.' Daily Mail
THE DOMINO KILLER
When a man is found beaten to death in a local Manchester park, Detective
Constable Sam Parker is one of the investigating officers. Sam swiftly identifies
the victim, but what at first looks like an open and shut case quickly starts to
unravel when he realises that the victim’s fingerprints were found on a knife at
another crime scene, a month earlier.
Meanwhile, Sam’s brother, Joe – a criminal defence lawyer in the city – comes
face to face with a man whose very presence sends shockwaves through his life.
Joe must face the demons of his past as he struggles to come to terms with the
darkness that this man represents.
Before long, Joe and Sam are in way over their heads, both sucked into a
terrifying game of cat-and-mouse that threatens to change their lives for ever…
UK: Sphere (Little, Brown) (PUBLISHED)
OPTION PUBLISHERS: Bulgaria Infodar, France Philippe Rey, Germany
Weltbild, Poland Amber, Russia Centrepolygraph
The Sam and Joe Parker series:
1-NEXT TO DIE
2-THE DEATH COLLECTOR
Stand-alone:
BEYOND EVIL
The McGanity/Garrett series:
1-FALLEN IDOLS
2-LOST SOULDS
3-LAST RITES
4-DEAD SILENT
5-COLD KILL
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NON-FICTION
Peter Ackroyd
55
Nate Anderson
56
Karen Bartlett
57
Sally Beare
58
Dr. Claire Guest
59
Graham Hancock
60
62
Louise Hide
63
Richard Holmes
64
Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow
65
The Brothers Mcleod and Fenella Smith
66
Sarah Rayner
67
Ingrid Seward
68
Yvonne Sherratt
69
Boris Volodarsky
70
Martin Windrow
71
James Wyllie and Michael Mckinley
72
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PETER ACKROYD
2015 – 50th anniversary of T.S. Eliot’s death
Praise for T.S. Eliot:
‘Excellent… Ackroyd’s biography is scrupulous in
maintaining the principle that what we are told about life
must increase our understanding of the work. He has an
extraordinary power of entering the mind of his subject’
Stephen Spender, Observer
‘A major biography… the result does justice to the complexity
of Eliot’s genius, and builds up a commanding case for the
unity of life and work. We are unlikely to have a better biography
of Eliot for many years’
John Carey, Sunday Times
T.S. ELIOT
Thomas Stearns Eliot, in his last years, declared that there had been only two
periods of his life when he had been happy – during his childhood, and during his
second marriage. This biography is, in large part, an account of the years between,
the years in which he wrote his poetry. The best of that poetry, he once confessed,
had cost him dearly in experience; the connection between the life and the work is
here explicitly made, and it will be the purpose of this book to attempt to elucidate
the mystery of that connection.
UK: Hamish Hamilton / Sphere Books (PUBLISHED)
US: S&S
RIGHTS SOLD: China Shanghai Translation Publishing Turkey Everest
OPTION PUBLISHERS: Czech Republic Host Brno, Holland Uitgeverij Polis,
Italy Neri Pozza, Poland Zysk, Russia Kriga
Other non-fiction titles:
BLAKE
THE LIFE OF THOMAS MORE
DICKENS
(For Peter Ackroyd’s Fiction titles see page 4)
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NATE ANDERSON
Nate Anderson is a senior editor at Condé Nast’s Ars
Technica where he covers technology law, politics, and
culture. He holds an MA in English literature from the
University of North Carolina.
Praise for The Internet Police:
‘Brisk, eminently readable, and important
… and as you'd expect, it's excellent’
Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing.net
TEMPORARY KINGS
Perhaps no group better sums up the early, wild west phase of internet life than the
leaderless, memberless hacker collective known only as ‘Anonymous’.
Anonymous believed it had grown so strong that government power was irrelevant
and corporate power was toothless. A loose collection of young hackers believed
they could take on the world’s vested interests and win. They were wrong. Indeed,
though they did not know it at the time, they had already lost. The FBI had
actually arrested top hacker “Sabu” in summer 2011 and turned him into an
agency mole for nine months. Anonymous was crushed, it heroes thrown down, its
future direction unclear.
Temporary Kings will tell the extraordinary story of the rise and fall of
Anonymous and promises to do for Anonymous what The Accidental Billionaires
did for the story of Facebook.
World English: WW Norton
Publication: Spring 2016
THE INTERNET POLICE
The Internet: borderless, anonymous, chaotic? Not anymore
Veteran reporter Nate Anderson gives a firsthand look at how the Internet was
patrolled by ‘Carnivore’, the FBI's original Internet wiretap tool; how the
Cleveland man behind the ‘natural male enhancement’ pill Enzyte helped protect
the privacy of your e-mail; and why a twenty-three-year old Russian spam king
ended up in a Milwaukee jail after an ill-advised trip to Las Vegas.
World English: WW Norton (PUBLISHED)
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KAREN BARTLETT
Karen Bartlett is a writer and journalist based in
London. She has written extensively about science,
politics and culture for the Sunday Times, The Times,
The Guardian, WIRED and Newsweek from Africa,
India and the US, and has presented and produced for
BBC Radio. She worked with Eva Schloss, writing
her Sunday Times bestselling autobiography After
Auschwitz: A Story of Heartbreak and Survival by the
Stepsister of Anne Frank (Hodder & Stoughton) and
is the author of Dusty: An Intimate Portrait (Robson
Press).
WIPEOUT: The Prospect of a World Without Endemic Disease
In 2014 scientists overcame a strain of wild polio, bringing total eradication of
polio finally within reach. Then the Ebola outbreak erupted. Although the diseases
are very different, the efforts to halt polio and Ebola are closely linked and rely on
similar delicately balanced social, political and scientific factors for success. As
quickly as Ebola spread, it eroded years of progress made in fighting polio - a
double tragedy.
But at last, what the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation term ‘Neglected
Infectious Diseases’, prevalent in often remote, always poor countries, had sharp
international focus. Drug trials for an Ebola vaccine were expedited with good
results. Nigeria has been polio free for the past year. We are again on the cusp of
a world without polio and with it, a host of other break-throughs in communicable
disease.
Combining the elements of frontier science, geo-politics and human experience by
interviewing the doctors on the ground, the scientists of the WHO and CDC, the
activists, fundraisers and philanthropists, and the victims of disease themselves,
Karen's book will convey the mammoth nature of the task those involved in
disease eradication have set themselves, the excitement they feel about their
endeavour - and what their success would mean for the world.
UK: Oneworld
Publication: TBC
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SALLY BEARE
Sally Beare is a journalist and qualified nutritionist who
trained at the British College of Nutrition and Health. She
has travelled all over the world in her quest to discover
the nutritional and other secrets of staying young, and
now lives in Bristol where she conducts healthy-eating
workshops and coaches people through her ten-week
healthy-eating plan. Her previous books, Live-Longer
Diet and 50 Secrets of the World's Longest-Living People,
have been translated into 8 languages.
‘I am 77 years old and feeling better than ever. This book
has proved to me that longevity has everything to do with
one's state of mind... these 77 years are just a prelude to
my life!’ Yoko Ono on 50 Secrets of the World's LongestLiving People
THE STACKING PLAN
The Stacking Plan is a ten-week healthy-eating plan in which, instead of giving
things up, you take things on. Each week you take up just one new healthy-eating
habit, whilst carrying on with whatever you normally do the rest of the time. As
the weeks go by, you ‘stack’ the good habits on top of each other. By the end you
will have ten good habits, which means you will be incorporating pretty much
everything you need to be eating an optimally-good diet. Any ‘naughty’ habits
should fall by the wayside, but if you do indulge from time to time, that’s ok.
The Stacking Plan is not a fad diet and because it helps you get on the right track
to healthy eating and educates you in having bite-sized pieces, it helps you enjoy
optimum health as well as losing excess weight without having to diet.
The Plan embraces the idea of eating all kinds of different foods, and it includes
wisdom from Palaeolithic eating, traditional diets, raw food diets and other diets
without being too limiting. This means that you are likely to find plenty to eat that
you really enjoy and should not ‘fall off the wagon’ since there is not really a
‘wagon’ to fall off.
UK: Peach Publishing (PUBLISHED)
RIGHTS SOLD: Taiwan Morning Star
PREVIOUS PUBLISHERS: China Beijing Huanyu Acer Cultural Development
Co., Ltd, Taiwan Morning Star, Turkey Pegasus
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DR. CLAIRE GUEST
Claire Guest is the founder of Medical Detection Dogs
and the world pioneer of training dogs to detect illness.
Jean Ritchie is a journalist and author with twenty one
successful books to her credit. Her books range from
ghosted autobiographies to investigative non-fiction,
and include Prescription for Murder, The Secret World
of Cults and Stalkers. Jean has written four authorized
Big Brother books and co-wrote Little Girl Lost, one of
Richard and Judy’s True titles. She has ghost written on
a number of major titles including Wherever You Are:
The Military Wives and The Yorkshire Shepardess.
CLAIRE GUEST: THE WOMAN WHO LISTENS TO DOGS
The best cancer detecting machinery that science has so far created is only about
85% accurate and, obviously, hugely expensive and slow. Amazingly dogs’ sense
of smell is so sensitive that after they have been properly trained, they are more
than 90% accurate. They are also a lot less expensive than the machines, a lot
quicker and a LOT nicer to be around.
Back in the early noughties when Claire Guest began her experiments to work out
how to train dogs to detect illness the scientific establishment scoffed and even
she questioned her own sanity a little as she laid out endless little bowls for her
dogs to pick on her parent’s kitchen floor. But her persistence bore fruit and
surviving her own cancer scare – which she was alerted to by her own dog, Daisy
– Medical Detection Dogs is now at the forefront of one of the most exciting new
developments in medicine of the century and a whole new chapter in the ongoing
story of our relationship with man’s best friend.
UK: Ebury
Publication: TBC
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GRAHAM HANCOCK
Fingerprints of the Gods:
#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
Translated into 23 languages
9 million copies sold worldwide
Graham Hancock is the author of numerous bestselling
works about historical mysteries. His books have sold
more than nine million copies worldwide and have been
translated into 27 languages. His public lectures and
broadcasts, including two major TV series for Channel 4,
Quest for the Lost Civilisation and Flooded Kingdoms of
the Ice Age, have further established his reputation as an
unconventional thinker who raises controversial questions
about humanity’s past. His latest book, Magicians of the
Gods, follows on from Fingerprints of the Gods which
was published 20 years ago and vindicates his much
criticised contentions of the time.
MAGICIANS OF THE GODS
Powerful new evidence has emerged that supports Hancock's disturbing thesis of a
massive global cataclysm in the window between 13,000 and 12,000 years ago,
around the last Ice Age, that wiped out and destroyed almost all traces (except the
'fingerprints') of a great global civilisation of prehistoric antiquity. Hancock
analyses the evidence emerging from popular science for events such as North
America being struck by several pieces of a giant fragmenting comet, and the
discovery in Turkey of an extraordinary 12,000 year-old megalithic site called
Gobekli Tepe, on the scale of Stonehenge, but 7,000 years older than any of the
great stone circles. Mysteries of this calibre drive the quest of Magicians of the
Gods, each leading us to a labyrinth of further possibilities. Magicians of the Gods
transports readers for years to come with realms of mystery, enchantment
and extraordinary possibilities.
US: St Martin’s Press
UK: Hodder & Stoughton
RIGHTS SOLD: China Beijing Genuine & Profound, Czech Republic
Metafora, Italy Corbaccio, Japan Kadokawa, Korea Kachi, Spain under offer
OPTION PUBLISHERS: Brazil Record, Bulgaria Bard, Croatia Stari Grad,
France Editions Pygmalion, Holland Tirion, Poland Amber, Russia Exmo /
Veche, Taiwan Cite Publishing, Turkey Say Yayinlari
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FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS
Travelling first to South and Meso-America, Graham finds evidence of myths of a
white-skinned ‘god’ named Quetzalcoatl or ‘Viracocha’ who came from a
drowned land bringing knowledge of farming and culture after a great flood. Tied
in with these myths Graham begins to crack an ancient code imprinted in these
ancient tales that refer to the ‘great mill’ of the heavens.
From the mysterious sites of Tiahuanaco and Teotihuacan, to the enduring
enigmatic Sphinx and pyramids of Egypt, the grandiose Nazca lines of Peru to the
stark primal beauty of the Osireion at Abydos, this is a journey both around the
globe and into the heart of the true prehistoric origins of man. Part adventure, part
detective story, this book will force you to revaluate your beliefs of the past.
UK: Century (PUBLISHED)
US: Three Rivers Press
RIGHTS SOLD: Brazil Record, Bulgaria Bard, China Beijing Genuine &
Profound, Croatia Stari Grad, France Editions Pygmalion, Greece Livani,
Holland Tirion, Hungary Alexandra, Italy Corbaccio, Japan Shogakukan,
Korea Kachi, Poland Amber, Russia Veche, Serbia Mono & Manjana, Taiwan
Cite Publishing, Turkey Say Yayinlari
OPTION PUBLISHERS: Czech Republic Metafora
Other titles:
HEAVEN’S MIRROR
KEEPER OF GENESIS
TALISMAN
SUPERNATURAL: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind
THE MARS MYSTERY
THE SIGN AND THE SEAL
UNDERWORLD
(For Graham Hancock’s Fiction titles see page 36)
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FELICITY HAYES-MCCOY
Felicity Hayes-McCoy was born in Dublin, Ireland. She
read English and Irish language and literature at
University College Dublin before moving to England in
the 1970s to train at The Drama Studio, London. She is
the author of three works of non-fiction (The House on
an Irish Hillside, Enough is Plenty and A Woven
Silence) and is currently writing her first novel.
Praise for The House on an Irish Hillside:
‘Writing to relish – a beautiful book’
Frank McGuiness
‘Fresh, daring and blazingly beautiful’
Joanna Lumley
A WOVEN SILENCE
How do we know that what we remember is the truth?
Inspired by the story of her relative Marion Stokes, one of three women who
raised the tricolour over Enniscorthy in Easter Week 1916, Felicity Hayes-McCoy
explores the consequences for all of us when memories are manipulated or
obliterated, intentionally or by chance. In the power struggle after the Easter
Rising, which involved Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera among others, the
ideals for which Marion and her companions fought were eroded, resulting in an
Ireland marked by chauvinism, isolationism and secrecy. By mapping her own
family stories onto the history of the state, Felicity examines how Irish life today
has been affected by the censorship and mixed messages of the past. Absorbing,
entertaining and touching, her story moves from Washerwoman's Hill in Dublin to
London and back again, spans two world wars, a revolution, a civil war and the
development of a republic, and culminates in Ireland's 2015 same-sex marriage
referendum.
Ireland & UK: The Collins Press
Other titles:
THE HOUSE ON AN IRISH HILLSIDE (UK: Hodder & Stoughton; Ireland:
Hachette)
ENOUGH IS PLENTY (Ireland & UK: The Collins Press)
(For Felicity Hayes-McCoy’s Fiction titles see page 38)
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LOUISE HIDE
Louise Hide, PhD, is a social and cultural historian
who works on 19th and 20th century psychiatry and
‘madness’, and a former psychiatric nurse. Her first
monograph Gender and Class in English Asylums,
1890-1914 was published by Palgrave Macmillan and
she has written various articles for academic journals
as well as pieces for a more general readership. In The
Case of Dr Margaret Orange, a deeply personal work
of non-fiction, she brings together the many
experiences, interests and skills she has accumulated
as a historian and a writer.
THE CASE OF DR MARGARET ORANGE
In the early 1970s Louise Hide, daughter of a psychiatrist, spent some formative
years living in the grounds of what was an old county asylum. In the course of
researching a PhD thesis on late 19th century lunatic asylums, she came across the
story of Dr Margaret Orange who, in 1897, was one of the first female doctors.
Margaret too was the daughter of a psychiatrist and grew up in the grounds of a
mental hospital, Broadmoor. Louise's curiosity could not fail to be awoken. But
after such a promising, intriguing start Margaret's story went cold. While several
of her female contemporaries went on to do pioneering work in women’s mental
health, traces of Margaret just disappeared...
Part journey of self-discovery through historical detective work, part insight into
the early days of psychiatric medicine, Louise's book takes us through the world of
Victorian asylums familiar from the stories of Sherlock Holmes and into the
history of women's participation in the deeply misogynistic medical field.
World English: Penguin Fig Tree
Publication: April 2017
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RICHARD HOLMES
Richard Holmes (1946-2011) was one of Britain’s most
distinguished and authoritative military historians. His TV
credits include the award-winning The Western Front,
Comrades in Arms, Dunkirk 1940 and The War Within.
Holmes both wrote and presented the War Walks series,
Battlefields and Brothers at War.
Praise for Richard Holmes:
‘One of our foremost military scholars and a skilled writer who knows his
audience well. This is excellent popular history: scholarly, highly
readable and utterly absorbing’ Daily Telegraph
‘Stirring and magnificent . . . covers every aspect of army life you can
think of, and many you wouldn’t have’ Sunday Times
Military history & biography:
SOLDIERS
MARLBOROUGH
WELLINGTON
DUSTY WARRIORS
SAHIB
REDCOAT
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF CHURCHILL
THE MILITARY HISTORY OF INDIA
FIRING LINE
FATAL AVENUE
THE ARMY BATTLEFIELD
TOMMY
RIDING THE RETREAT
FOREIGN PUBLISHERS: Czech NLN, Italy Il Saggiatore, Japan Hara Shobo,
Spain Edhasa
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MAGNUS MACFARLANE-BARROW
Sunday Times Bestseller
One of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people
in the world alongside Malala Yousafzai, Barack
Obama and Pope Francis.
Magnus McFarlane-Barrow founded a charity called
Mary’s Meals. He was named one of 2010’s Top Ten
Heroes by CNN and one of the world’s 100 most
influential people in the world by Time magazine. He
received an OBE in 2011 shortly after which he had a
private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican. He was
named Outstanding Young Person of the World 2005
(Junior Chamber International) and the Unsung Hero of 2006 (Sunday Mail), and
was twice awarded with the Paul Harris Award (Rotary Club).
‘Magnus takes us on an extraordinary personal adventure into some of the most
dangerous and unforgiving parts of the world, all for a single, simple mission: every
child deserves to eat.’ Conor Grennan, bestselling author of Little Princes
‘Magnus writes simply, modestly and movingly. It is a book full of kindness that stirs
you, on every page, to want to be better.’ Independent
THE SHED THAT FED A MILLION CHILDREN:
The Extraordinary Story of Mary’s Meals
In 1992, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow was enjoying a pint with his brother when
he got an idea that would change his life – and radically change the lives of others.
After watching a news bulletin about war-torn Bosnia, the two brothers agreed to
take a week’s hiatus from work to help. What neither of them expected is that
what began as a one-time road trip in a beaten-up Landrover rapidly grew to
become Magnus’s life’s work – leading him to leave his job, sell his house and
direct all his efforts to feeding thousands of the world’s poorest children.
Magnus retells how a series of miraculous circumstances and an overwhelming
display of love from those around him led to the creation of Mary’s Meals; an
organisation that could hold the key to eradicating child hunger altogether. This
humble, heart-warming yet powerful story has never been more relevant in our
society of plenty and privilege. It will open your eyes to the extraordinary impact
that one person can make.
UK, US & Canada: HarperCollins (PUBLISHED)
Japanese co-agent: Japan Uni Agency
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THE BROTHERS MCLEOD
& FENELLA SMITH
The Brothers McLeod are illustrator-animator Greg
and screenwriter Myles. They have developed, written
and directed a series for the BBC and have directed
advertising campaigns brands including Guinness. In
2009, they were nominated for three BAFTAs; in 2011
they won a BAFTA for their work with BBC Learning.
Fenella Smith is a ceramicist based in Henley-onThames. Her highly individual products are available
in Liberty of London and Bloomingdales in the US, as
well as numerous high-end retailers internationally.
‘A new illustrated guide to 100 different kinds of dog,
Breeds is drawn with the eye of a true dog lover’
Guardian
‘Charming illustrations capture the true characters of the dogs we love. ‘
Daily Mail
BREEDS: A Canine Compendium
A charming gift book, filled with humour and wry observation, about Man’s Best
Friend. Featuring 96 different breeds of dog (and one cat), including:
 Corgi: Spirited yet loyal dogs. Unusually large ears, all the better for
hearing with. The queen’s favourite and they know it.
 Dachshund: A long, loving and inquisitive dog. Slightly neurotic, will
spend large parts of the day worrying. Make excellent draft excluders.
 Pug: Affectionate and mischievous dog. However, much like an old man
they are obstinate and wheeze, snort and snore loudly.
 Scottie: Elegant and compact. Trot along like a dressage horse. Deeply
suspicious of other dogs, all of whom are considered lesser beings.
US: Flat Iron (St Martin’s Press)
UK: Square Peg (Ebury) (PUBLISHED)
RIGHTS SOLD: France Univers Poche, Germany Suhrkamp, Italy Corbaccio,
Japan Asuka Sinsha, Romania Baroque Books
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SARAH RAYNER
Bestselling author of One Moment, One
Morning, over 500,000 copies sold
Sarah Rayner has worked as an advertising
copywriter for almost 20 years. She has also
written for women’s magazines and the
marketing press. She is the author of five novels
and two works of non-fiction.
MAKING FRIENDS WITH ANXIETY: A CALMING
COLOURING BOOK (illustrated by Jules Miller)
Zone out from your day-to-day stress with this new colouring book with
beautifully-crafted illustrations by Jules Miller. The illustrations are offset by
warm and humorous words by Sarah Rayner on how to ‘make friends with
anxiety’ and thereby manage stress. She shows why some of us are prone to
anxiety and why colouring, in particular, can be so therapeutic.
RIGHTS SOLD: Romania Lifestyle Publishing
Taiwanese co-agent: Lee’s Literary Agency
MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE MENOPAUSE
Written with Sarah Rayner’s trademark warmth and humour, this book reads like a
chat with a friend. Together with GP Patrick Fitzgerald, she helps explain why
stopping menstruating causes such profound chemical changes in the body,
leading us to react in a myriad of ways physically and mentally. Filled with
practical advice, details of the treatment options as well as tips and insights from
women keen to share their wisdom on a subject many still find hard to talk about,
Making Friends with the Menopause will give you a greater understanding of the
process, so you can enjoy your body and your sexuality as you age.
MAKING FRIENDS WITH ANXIETY
Drawing on her own experience of anxiety disorder and recovery, Sarah shares her
insights into this extremely common and often distressing condition with
compassion and humour. She reveals the seven elements that commonly
contribute to anxiety, including adrenaline, negative thinking and fear of the
future, and explains what causes the worry and panic that is such a problem for
many of us. Packed with tips, exercises and anecdotes from the author's life, it
shows that an understanding of the way our minds and bodies work together can
help restore our sense of confidence and control.
(For Sarah Rayner’s fiction titles see page 13)
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INGRID SEWARD
Ingrid Seward is the editor of Majesty magazine, and one
of the most prominent and respected writers on the
British royal family, with more than ten books on the
subject to her credit. She regularly appears on television
and radio to give her expert insights.
‘[Ingrid Seward] gives a unique insight into her private
personality — and her relationship with her husband.’
Daily Mail
THE QUEEN’S SPEECH: An Intimate Portrait of the Queen
in Her Own Words
On 9 September 2015, Queen Elizabeth II became the longest-serving monarch in
British history. During her 63 years on the throne, few have got to know her well,
but there is one body of work that sheds real light on her thoughts, personality and
the issues that really concern her: the Queen's own speeches. For many years, the
Queen's Christmas address was the most-watched programme on television on
Christmas Day, and millions still tune in to hear what she has to say.
Now, in this wonderful, intimate portrait of Her Majesty, Ingrid Seward uses the
Queen's speeches as a starting point to provide a revealing insight into the
character of the woman who has reigned over us since the days when Churchill
was prime minister. Starting with her first ever broadcast, in December 1940,
when the teenaged Princess Elizabeth addressed a wartorn nation, right through
the annus horribilis, and on to the 21st century, the book picks out the most
important moments in her life.
UK: Simon & Schuster
Publication: August 2015
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YVONNE SHERRATT
Yvonne Sherratt was educated at Cambridge University,
was a fellow of Corpus Christi College and most recently
taught at New College, Oxford. She is author of Adorno's
Positive Dialectic and Continental Philosophy of Social
and Political Science.
Praise for Hitler’s Philosophers:
'A powerful portrait of collaboration, and corruption.’
Financial Times
‘A fascinating, disturbing and necessary book.’
Independent
HITLER’S PHILOSOPHERS
Hitler saw himself as a 'philosopher-leader', and astonishingly gained the support
of many intellectuals of his time. In this compelling book, Yvonne Sherratt
explores Hitler's relationship with philosophers - those who supported his rise to
power and those whose lives were wrecked by his regime. Sherratt illuminates
how Hitler vulgarized noble thinkers of the past, and reveals how leading
philosophers of the 1930s eagerly collaborated to lend the Nazi regime a cloak of
respectability, while opponents and Semitic thinkers - Huber, Benjamin, Adorno
and Arendt - were forced to flee, were hunted down or murdered.
Sherratt not only confronts the past; she also tracks down chilling evidence of
continuing Nazi sympathy in Western universities today.
UK & US: Yale University Press (PUBLISHED)
RIGHTS SOLD: China Wuhan Enlightenment, Italy Bollati Boringhieri, Japan
Hakusui-Sha, Korea Da Vinci, Russia AST, Spain Catedra, Turkey Say
Yayinlari
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BORIS VOLODARSKY
Boris Volodarsky, who has a PhD from the London School
of Economics, is a former captain of the Soviet intelligence
and currently an independent intelligence analyst. He is a
member of the World Association of International Studies
(Hoover Institution, Stanford University) and has written a
number of articles on intelligence for the Wall Street
Journal. He is the author of The KGB’s Poison Factory:
from Lenin to Litvinenko and Nikolai Khokhlov: Selfesteem with a Halo. He lives in London.
STALIN’S AGENT: The Life and Death of Alexander Orlov
This is the history of an unprecedented deception operation - the biggest KGB
deception of all time. It has never been told in full until now. It is the story of
General Alexander Orlov, Stalin's most loyal and trusted henchman during the
Spanish Civil War and the Soviet handler controlling Kim Philby, the British spy.
Escaping Stalin's purges, Orlov fled to America in the late 1930s and lived
underground until Stalin’s death. But there is a twist in the Orlov story beyond the
dreams of even the most ingenious spy novelist: 'General Alexander Orlov' never
actually existed. An intriguing tale of Russian espionage and deception, stretching
from the time of Lenin to the Putin era, it is a story that many people in the world's
intelligence agencies would almost definitely prefer you not to know about.
World English: OUP (PUBLISHED)
RIGHTS SOLD: Romania Litera, Spain Editorial Critica
Japanese co-agent: English Agency Japan
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MARTIN WINDROW
Martin Windrow is a military historian and founding
publisher of Osprey Books. As an author, he is best
known for his history of the French defeat in Vietnam,
published in 2004 for the 50th anniversary by Cassell.
‘Unlikely books are often very endearing – this is one such
book. An utterly charming work, perhaps best read at night
when there are owls about.’
Alexander McCall Smith
‘Nothing less than a small masterpiece in animal literature’
The Wall Street Journal
‘Anyone who thinks the bond between man and dog or cat is the supreme human-house
pet attachment will have to reconsider after reading Martin Windrow’s touching account
of the bird who changed his life’
Liesl Schillinger, The New York Times Book Review
THE OWL WHO LIKED SITTING ON CAESAR
When author Martin Windrow met the tawny owlet that he christened Mumble, it
was love at first sight. Raising her from a fledgling, through adolescence and into
her prime years, Windrow recorded every detail of their time living together
(secretly) in a south London tower block, and later in a Sussex village. This is the
touching, intriguing and eccentric story of their 15-year relationship, complete
with photographs and illustrations of the beautiful Mumble. Along the way, we
are given fascinating insight into the ornithology of owls – from their evolution
and biology to their breeding habits and hunting tactics. The Owl Who Liked
Sitting on Caesar is a witty, quirky and utterly charming account of the
companionship between one man and his owl.
UK: Transworld (PUBLISHED)
US: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
RIGHTS SOLD: Germany Carl Hanser, Japan Kawade Shobo Shinsha
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JAMES WYLLIE &
MICHAEL MCKINLEY
Michael McKinley is an award-winning author,
filmmaker, journalist and screenwriter. He is based in
New York and has written for a range of publications
including The New York Observer, The New York Daily
News and The Chicago Sun-Times. He is the author of a
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the gripping and fast-paced story of spies, codebreakers and saboteurs.
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In the last year of the old millennium, Richard Mabey,
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Richard Mabey is a naturalist and award-winning author and journalist. Among
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Eva was arrested by the Nazis on her fifteenth birthday
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entwined with her friend's for ever more, after her mother
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survived the Holocaust and an exploration of what
happened next. Eva's memories and descriptions are heartbreakingly clear, her
account brings the horror as close as it can possibly be.
UK Hodder & Stoughton; Brazil Universo dos Livros; Denmark People’s Press;
France City Éditions; Italy Newton Compton; Portugal Mercador; Spain Planeta
Eva Schloss was born in Vienna in 1929. She was awarded an MBE at the New
Year Honours 2013 for her work in schools, and she is a co-founder of the Anne
Frank Trust.
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Richard Holbrooke, and 'ambassador extraordinaire'
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Hillary Rodham Clinton was the first First Lady to have her own office in the
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Robin Renwick, who was the British ambassador in Washington when the
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this vivid portrait of one of the most polarising and central figures in recent US
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