NEW YORK
2015

CRIME & THRILLER
Agent: Adam Gauntlett
A woman staggers into a decrepit fishing shack in the
Louisiana backwoods, with no memory, a gun and a bullet wound. Enter Red, a stranger in a strange place, in time to catch her as she falls. Trapped in the sweltering heat of the swamp – no car, no phone, no one around for miles – the ex-solider offers her refuge and a name;
Margarita.
Night falls and cabin fever sets in, ripe with confession and intense visions. In a locked room, and as the stranger sleeps, Margarita discovers a cache of hidden weapons and a plan for revenge on Red, who, it transpires, is not quite who he seems – but whose plan is it? And who is the real victim in this toxic game of catfish?
With echoes of
, and splashes of Harlan
Coben, Pierre Lemaitre and Elmore Leonard,
is a superb slice of domestic noir, replete with betrayal, doubt and obsession. The novel was inspired by the mysterious, unsolved disappearance of the author’s cousin in 1998.
Grace Hill is a jewellery and clothes designer, and took part in the WoMentoring Scheme, under the aegis of
Tamar Cohen. Grace was also long-listed for the
Bridport Prize and was dubbed ‘One to Watch’ by the
York Festival of Writing. She is now at work on a sequel to
.
, provisionally titled
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CRIME & THRILLER
Agent: Caroline Michel
Publisher: Orion
UK editor: Jon Wood
Publication: June 2015
Rights sold:
Brazilian (Record)
Bulgarian (Bard)
Chinese (simplified) (Jieli)
French (Hugo)
Hungarian (Jaffa)
Italian (Mondadori)
Netherlands (House of Books)
Portuguese (Marcador)
The first in the explosive new Will Jaeger series of action
-adventure thrillers from iconic adventurer and internationally bestselling author, Bear Grylls.
Haunted by his wife and son's brutal abduction and murder, ex-soldier Will Jaeger runs to the ends of the earth to recover and to hide. But even there he is found, and compelled to undertake one last mission, and to confront a savage past he can barely even remember.
Jaeger agrees to lead an expedition into the Mountains of the Gods in the remote Amazon jungle. At the dark heart of this real life Lost World lies a mystery WWII warplane, one that harbours a secret so explosive its very discovery may tear the world asunder. Terrifying forces are hell-bent on keeping the warplane forever hidden. Unwittingly, Will Jaeger is going in against them.
But as Jaeger joins a team of former elite warriors - including ice-cool Russian operator Irina Narov - he senses that the air wreck also harbours the answer he so longs to uncover: the identity of his wife and son's murderers.
Hair-raising adventure, an extreme survival quest and a shocking mystery reaching back into the horrors of Nazi
Germany.
Bear Grylls' TV adventure series reach 1.2 billion viewers in over 200 countries. Bear has authored fourteen books which have been translated into more than 20 languages and have sold 4 million copies worldwide. He continues to lead record-breaking expeditions to the world's extremes, and these missions have raised millions for children's charities.
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CRIME & THRILLER
Agent: Adam Gauntlett
Publisher: Harlequin / Mira
UK editor: Sally Williamson
Publication: June 2015
Rights sold:
Chinese, complex (Springly
Seasons)
Finnish (Bazar)
French (Sonatine/Super 8)
German (Page & Turner/
Goldmann)
Hungarian (Konyvmolykepzo)
Italian (Fanucci)
Norwegian (Bazar)
Swedish (Massolit)
Turkish (Koridor)
TV Rights (NBC Universal)
The truth is a lie.
Maria is in prison.
She says she’s innocent and is fighting to clear her name.
Because deep down she knows the truth better than anyone.
Doesn’t she?
is a gripping, high
-concept psychological conspiracy thriller from a striking new talent, the first in a trilogy, perfect for fans of
Robert Ludlum and S. J. Watson.
Nikki Owen is an award-winning freelance writer and columnist living in Gloucestershire.
is her first novel.
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CRIME & THRILLER
Agent: Annabel Merullo and
Laura Williams
UK Publisher: Michael Joseph/
Penguin Random House
UK editor: Rowland White
Publication: July 2015
Rights sold:
Chinese, complex (Faces)
Previous titles:
Bait (Penguin UK/ Penguin US)
Previous publishers:
Brazilian (Record)
Bulgarian (Bard)
Canadian (Penguin Canada)
Czech (Alpress)
Greek (Harlenic)
US (Plume/Penguin US)
TV rights (Warp Films)
Under option to Warp Films
Praise for J. Kent Messum:
‘Disturbing, pulse-pounding and utterly surprising’
Megan Abbott , Edgar Award-winning author of
LIFE GOES ON
For a select few, consciousness can be uploaded long after their bodies have passed away. But this afterlife is far from paradise…
MAKING A LIVING
Rhodes is a ‘Husk’. It’s an illegal, controversial and highly lucrative job – giving control of his body and mind to the highest bidder – but how else is he going to make ends meet? Sometimes, his users go too far. Sometimes, he wakes up with scars.
MAKING A KILLING
Sometimes, he sees things – terrible visions – which haunt him through his waking life. They could be nothing but dreams, or they could be something far worse – they could be memories…
J. Kent Messum is an author and musician. He lives in
Toronto with his wife, dog and three cats. His first novel
was published by Plume in the US and
Michael Joseph in the UK in Autumn 2013 and won the
Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel.
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CRIME & THRILLER
Agent: Tim Bates (Pollinger)
UK Publisher: HarperCollins
UK editor: Kimberley Young
Publication: March 2015
Previous publishers:
Russian (AST)
Previous/other titles:
The Feud (Random House)
Billie Jo (Random House)
The Betrayer (Random House)
Born Evil (Random House)
The Traitor (Random House)
The Victim (Random House)
The Schemer (HarperCollins)
The Trap (HarperCollins)
Payback (HarperCollins)
The new thriller by number one bestselling author
Kimberley Chambers, whose books have sold over half a million copies.
Praise for Kimberley Chambers:
‘[A] fast-paced tale with gritty authenticity.’
Easily as good as Martina Cole.’
Vinny Butler has used his time in prison well: to plan the downfall of all who have wronged him.
As always with the Butlers, family comes first: Vinny’s brother Michael may think he’s the top dog running the family business, but it won’t last long after Vinny gets out of prison…
Meanwhile, Vinny is incensed when he discovers that
Joanna had a baby in secret while he was in prison – but that’s nothing compared to his anger when he finds out who the father is.
In the background, Little Vinny thinks he’s one step ahead of his dad as always, and playing a dangerous game: he’s still keeping a secret he’ll take to his grave – even if that means that he sends more people to theirs first…
The Butlers are at war, and they’re taking everyone down with them – it’s all going to end in flames…
Kimberley Chambers, one-time DJ and street market trader settled down to write her first novel,
.
quickly followed and both were signed up as part of the Preface fiction first list of acquisitions. She lives in Romford, close to her childhood friends and family.
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CRIME & THRILLER
Agent: Marilia Savvides
In the year 2060, the world collapsed.
Following the development of medical technology, which made immortality a very real possibility, millions perished and cities burned as religious groups joined together to rage against the scientific community and its perceived attempts at playing God.
This War of Separation led to a new world order, consisting of the Nation, an enclosed, impenetrable state where 200 million people embraced atheism and Extension – the possibility of an indefinite lifespan. Outside the border, people live in the ruins of civilisation, in now fractured, warring religious sects, hating the Extended for their hubris.
Almost a century since the War, Corporal Eva Larsen is living out her second life, working as a guard protecting the
Nation’s border zone, preferring a life of solitude since her husband’s untimely and violent death. In a world where no one has to die, Larsen is still struggling to cope with the loss.
When the Nation’s stem cell plants are attacked from within and unknown diseases begin appearing, she is called back to active service and asked to join a mission to retrieve her former associate, Thomas Bracknell, from exile. Bracknell is suspected of masterminding the latest attacks, which threaten to annihilate the very technology keeping the
Extended alive.
As Larsen is drawn deep outside of the border and across the ruins of Europe, she is thrown back into her lost past and forced to confront questions of loyalty, grief and legacy in a world where eternal life is a reality for some, but not all.
Writing under a pseudonym, ER Black is disaster risk specialist for one of the world’s largest organisations and has a strong interest in future science. She has authored and coauthored numerous publications under her professional name in her specialist field of mitigation of the impacts of catastrophic hazards and has consulted for international institutions, advising on government policy relating to disaster risk for countries across Sub-Saharan Africa and South and
East Asia.
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GENERAL FICTION
Agent: Nelle Andrew
UK Publisher: Twenty7 /
Bonnier Publishing
UK editor: Joel Richardson
Publication: Spring 2016
And just as I thought, without warning, the image shifts. I can see her in perfect detail… I don’t… can’t… think of everything that happened. Just the bit where Freya found out what I’d done. Her face. My God.
In 1996, Josephine Grey and Freya Seymour are best friends and on the brink of success. Both are students at the high achieving Wendell Abbey and Josephine, the daughter of the advisor to the PM, is on track for everything she has ever worked for: Head Girl, Oxford, escaping the demons that haunted her mother once and for all. She and Freya are exclusive in their friendship, loyal beyond measure – everything the 600 or so girls in their school long to be…
In 2014 Josephine is hiding, as she has been for eighteen years, since the catastrophic events of her last year at school. Until one day she is found. Freya, whom she has not seen since that fateful last year, insists on meeting to revisit their difficult past and finally lay to rest the events that have haunted their adult lives.
But Josephine can’t bear to. Because it only took one night for their whole lives, friendship and even selves to unravel beyond comprehension. They have done truly terrible things to one another in the name of survival. Josephine most of all.
All she has ever wanted was to forget but Freya is no longer willing to let her and now, at last, Josephine is to meet her reckoning.
Rebecca Thornton is a journalist and runs an online advertising business. Her work has been published in
Prospect Magazine, Daily Mail, The Jewish News and The
Sunday People . She was acting editor of an arts and culture magazine based in Jordan, and she has reported from
Kosovo, London, and the Middle East. Rebecca is an alumna of the Faber Academy writing-a-novel course, where she was tutored by Esther Freud and Tim Lott.
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GENERAL FICTION
Agent: Annabel Merullo
UK Publisher: Michael Joseph /
Penguin Random House
UK editor: Rowland White
Publication: July 2015
Fear. Friendship. Honour. Survival.
Tom Chamberlain was always destined to be a soldier.
From the moment when, as a young boy, he discovered a faded picture of his father patrolling the streets of
Belfast his path was set. With the long war in
Afghanistan at its savage peak, Tom is despatched from home with his men in the dead of an anonymous
September night, a blood tribute leaving the country without fanfare. Full of eagerness, but wracked by selfdoubt, he must discover both who he is and what he is capable of in a nightmarish land of heat, hardship and terrifying enemies seen and unseen.
But as the bonds with his comrades grow and deepen, home – and the loved ones left behind – seem ever more remote and dislocated from the surreal violence and exhilaration of the war that engulfs them.
Drawing on the author's own first-hand experience of combat,
is a searingly powerful novel in the bestselling tradition of
and
.
Barney Campbell lived in many places as a child, due to his father being in the British Army. He was educated at
Eton College and Oxford University. He in turn joined the Army in 2006, and was commissioned into the Blues and Royals. He served in Afghanistan on a tour of
Helmand Province in the winter of 2009-2010. He lives in the Scottish Borders.
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LITERARY FICTION
Agent: Caroline Michel and
Laura Williams
UK Publisher: Corsair / Little,
Brown
UK editor: James Gurbutt
Publication: April 2016
‘ A fearless tour de force. It is a rare achievement - an emotionally rich work of literature, delivered in the form of a gripping, page-turning story.’ Colum McCann
Shruti has lost everything. Her mother has abandoned her to foster care and returned to India, leaving her alone in
England. She only has one friend – the flighty and unreliable
Meena. As the girls grow up, Shruti lives in constant fear that she will be cast adrift from the only person she cares about, while Meena, distracted by boys and other friends, quickly tires of Shruti’s almost obsessive investment in their friendship.
After following Meena to the same university, Shruti feels confused by the fluctuations in Meena’s behaviour, especially after she meets her friend’s controlling and wealthy older boyfriend Steve. But driven by her insecurity, she jumps at an uncharacteristic invitation to join Meena on holiday in India.
Meena says she’s got a surprise in store, and Shruti convinces herself that she must have somehow tracked down the mother who abandoned her.
But when the girls arrive at their destination, a small deserted island off the coast of India, it quickly becomes clear that
Shruti has been manipulated and betrayed again and now she’s trapped. Steve, clearly unbalanced, has persuaded
Meena to form a community based on his version of ‘love’.
Tricked into joining them, Shruti finds herself in terrifying circumstances as their alleged three-person community of equals disintegrates as Steve becomes more demanding and abusive, while Meena passively watches her friend be treated like a slave. Aware that nobody is coming to her rescue,
Shruti must find the courage to stand up for herself, take action and fight for her life.
Gabriel is the Associate Director of the Creative Writing
MFA Programme at Hunter College. His journalism has appeared in over 100 publications. He has a BA in English from Oxford University and an MFA in fiction writing from
Hunter College. He has also worked as a researcher for the novelists E.L. Doctorow, Peter Carey and worked with
Jonathan Franzen on the novel he is currently completing. He lives in New York.
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LITERARY FICTION
Agent: Nelle Andrew
The road to hell is paved with good intentions...
The Camp is a harrowing parable that examines our helplessness as individuals when confronted with tragedy beyond our wildest nightmares, and both the hope, courage and darkness that emerges in the aftermath of such a devastating catastrophe.
Peter Embry considered himself to be a good man, but that was when he was young and still believed in his purpose as a
UN Protection officer. However it is in the trauma of a personal failure, that he flees his current post in Bangkok to manage a refugee camp of 17,000 inmates in the tense political climate of Burma, which has been fraught with ethnic strife for most of its independent years.
At first Peter believes he can make a difference. And then one of the refugee children falls ill with what is suspected to be tuberculosis. At first everybody believes it is treatable; at first when the infection spreads they believe it can be contained; at first when people start to die they believe they will be helped and then at last the true horror of their situation is revealed.
As the epidemic takes hold, things quickly fall apart and soon the novel unravels the tightrope we walk between civilisation and chaos, and examines in terrifying detail the truth that a life does not have worth, simply because it is a life.
David studied English Literature at Reading University and Education at Exeter before his taking his first job as an English and Literature teacher in Hertfordshire. After several years teaching English in the UK and Singapore,
David worked briefly in publishing before joining an
NGO to work with refugees on the Thai-Burmese border. He has also worked in Indonesia and South
Korea either in education or in publishing. In 2011, David returned to the UK to take an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Manchester
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LITERARY FICTION
Agent: Laura Williams
UK Publisher: Orion
UK editor: Jemima Forrester
Publication: April 2016
Winner of the PFD / City University Prize for Fiction.
Ten-year-old Jonah has never spoken. He can't dress himself, feed himself, or do any of the things other boys his age can do. Jonah has severe autism and his parents,
Ben and Emma, are struggling to cope.
In order to get Jonah the professional care he needs,
Ben and Emma fake a separation - a strategic decision to further Jonah's case in an upcoming tribunal. Ben and
Jonah move in with Ben's elderly father, Georg, throwing together three generations of men who've never quite figured out how to communicate.
As the build-up to the tribunal intensifies and Georg's health deteriorates, Ben veers ever closer to breaking point. Jonah, blissful in his innocence, becomes the prism through which all the complicated strands of personal identity, family history and misunderstanding are finally untangled.
Perfect for fans of David Nicholls,
and
Jem Lester is a journalist and teacher of English and
Media Studies. He lives in London and has two children.
is his first novel, which won the 2013 PFD/City
University Prize for Fiction.
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LITERARY FICTION
Agent: Tim Bates (Pollinger)
Previous titles:
Isle of Dogs (Serpent’s Tail)
Previous publishers:
Spanish (Anagrama)
Praise for Isle of Dogs :
'The Isle of Dogs is a cool, dark, sexy nightdrive of a novel.
Daniel Davies writes with the detachment and insight of a new J. G. Ballard' Toby Litt
‘Daniel Davies' debut is a crisp page-turner… a tale of sex in the surveillance society that picks up the challenge of Michel
Houellebecq's novels’ Nicholas Blincoe
A literary novel that borrows from the genres of thriller, gothic and science fiction.
Markus Leer is a reserved, cultivated, unmarried man in his early thirties. He lives in an unnamed city, some time in the near future. While travelling home by train one night,
Markus is robbed and savagely beaten by a gang of teenagers.
The attack leaves Markus traumatised and he becomes increasingly isolated. Unable to resume his normal life, he begins to experience violent fantasies and decides to take matters into his own hands… with devastating consequences.
Completed while Daniel Davies was studying for an MA in
Creative Writing at UEA, Bliss is a tense and powerful literary novel. An exploration of trauma, memory and identity, it dramatizes a simple question: if you suffered a traumatic experience, but then had the chance to erase it, would you do so?
Daniel Davies was born in 1973, to a Welsh father and a
Polish-German mother. He studied English at Cambridge. His previous jobs include curator at the British Museum and subeditor at the Evening Standard . For three years he taught
English in Barcelona, Prague and San Sebastian and he recently completed an MA in Creative Writing at UEA.
Daniel’s debut novel, the brilliant and provocative The Isle of
Dogs , was published by Serpents Tail and was nominated for the Glen Dimplex New Writer of the Year Award.
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LITERARY FICTION
Agent: Silvia Molteni
Winner of the PFD / City University Prize for Literary Fiction,
2014
It is 1982. Twelve-year-old Birdy lives in a town outside
London and is always in trouble. Conflict is rife: at home, in the country, in the world.
A biscuit tin under Birdy's bed is full of childhood treasures: ball bearings from a Chopper bike, plastic soldiers, a beer mat, stolen boxer shorts. But as secrets grow deeper and deeper and Birdy has more and more to lose, the tin becomes a place where words are buried.
Everyone is struggling to get his or her truth out, to be heard and to find home. Birdy is caught in the crossfire, as spring turns to summer harrowing events detonate Birdy’s repressed fears; loyalties become conflicted and power is abused.
But, there are songs to be sung. There are deep vaults of unspoken love. It’s the toughest three months of a young life.
But Birdy fights; to survive, to find the right tribe, and to make the choice between conformity or truly being alive.
A moving, contemporary coming-of-age story. Ultimately, a novel about relationships – the relationships between children and parents, and, the even more complex relationship between one’s heart and one’s body, Birdy Flynn boldly explores the drama of neglected childhood and gender identity through the innocence and warmth of Birdy’s voice.
Helen studied politics and government at the LSE. She recently completed the MA in Creative Writing at City
University, London, winning the PFD Novel Writing Prize where she was mentored by Sarah Waters. She has twenty years experience of representing the powerless and invisible as a campaigner, lobbyist, volunteer, writer and public speaker with frequent appearances on BBC News, SKY
News, ITN and BBC Radio including Women’s Hour . Her written work has ranged from peer-reviewed papers through to blogs for The Huffington Post and New Statesman.
She lives in London with her partner and two young daughters.
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WOMEN’S FICTION
Agent: Caroline Michel
UK Publisher: Pan Macmillan
UK editor: Wayne Brookes
Publication: February 2015
Page extent: 360
Shortlisted for the 2015 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prizefor comic fiction
‘ Desperately funny, desperately engaging, desperately readable and desperately adorable.’ Stephen Fry
‘Funny, witty, quirky… like the woman herself. Treat yourself’
Jo Brand
‘A brilliant creation: scene after scene of blissful agony…
Lederer's dry and merciless observation of women struggling to be fabulous is hugely entertaining’ Joanna Lumley
Millie was at one time quite well known for various TV and radio appearances. However, she now has no money, a best friend with a better sex life than her, a daughter in Papua
New Guinea and too much weight in places she really doesn't want it.
When she's asked to be the front woman for a new diet pill, she naively believes that all her troubles will be solved. She will have money, the weight will be gone, and maybe she'll get more sex.
If only life was really that easy. It doesn't take her long to realize it's going to take more than a diet pill to solve her never-ending woes…
Helen is best known for her role as Catriona in Absolutely
Fabulous , in which she appeared alongside Jennifer Saunders in all six series. A comedy writer with an extensive portfolio that includes writing and performing her own material, Helen has starred in a great number of top TV comedy and radio.
Her TV appearances span such shows as The Young Ones ,
French and Saunders, Happy Families, One Foot in the Grave,
Bottom, Love Soup, Miss Marple, Casualty and Hollyoaks .
Her columns include Woman & Home , the Independent, the
Mail on Sunday and the Daily Telegraph , and she is currently the 'agony aunt' for books include
Woman's Weekly . Helen's comedy
Coping with Helen Lederer and Single Minding .
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WOMEN’S FICTION
Agent: Caroline Michel
UK Publisher: Head of Zeus
UK editor: Laura Palmer
Publication: February 2015
Page extent: 368
Rights sold:
French (Bragelonne)
Previous publishers:
Czech (Host)
Dutch (Aerial)
German (Piper)
Norwegian (Cappelen Damm)
Polish (Wielka Litera)
Turkish (Epsilon)
Previous titles:
A Little Love
Poppy Day
What I Have Done
Clover’s Child
Will You Remember Me?
(all published by Head of Zeus)
'Prowse handles her explosive subject with delicate skill…
Deeply moving and inspiring’ Daily Mail
'Uplifting and positive, but you may still need a box of tissues.' Hello.
I deserve all this because I did the worst thing a woman can do. The very worst.
Jessica's wedding was like a fairytale. She looked radiant in a dress strewn with crystals. Her Dad conquered his nerves and made a tearful speech. And her gorgeous husband Matthew declared himself the luckiest man alive. Together, Jessica and Matthew feel like they can take on the world.
But when their beautiful baby girl is born, Jessica is gripped with panic and fear. She can't tell anyone how she feels. Even when her life starts to spiral out of control…
This is her story. A mother's story.
Amanda has always obsessively crafted short stories and scribbled notes for potential books. Six years ago, she quit her job as a management consultant and began writing full time. Her first book, Poppy Day , originally self-published, became a bestseller. Her next book, What Have I Done? was an eBook sensation and voted a 'Best Book’ of 2013 by Amazon Kindle. Amanda lives in Bristol with with her husband Simeon and their two boys Ben and Josh.
Follow Amanda on Twitter, on @MrsAmandaProwse, or become friends with Amanda on Facebook. For more information on Amanda's books www.amandaprowse.org
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WOMEN’S FICTION
Agent: Tim Bates (Pollinger)
UK Publisher: Harper
UK Editor: Kate Bradley
Publication: July 2015
Previous titles:
Cupcakes at Carrington’s
Christmas at Carrington’s
Ice Creams at Carrington’s
Me and Mr Carrington
The Great Christmas Knit-Off
Previous publishers:
Estonian (Sinisukk)
Italian (Newton Compton)
Indonesian (PT Gramedia)
Praise for Alexandra Brown:
‘Adorable, comical and magical’
‘We love it!’
Witty and warm fiction from the author of
Jenny Colgan.
. Perfect for fans of Trisha Ashley and
Tindledale is in a titter. The Village Show competition is coming around again and after last year’s spectacular failure, the villagers are determined to win. Meg, teacher at the local school, is keen to help and to impose some much-needed order.
After a terse encounter with a newcomer to the village,
Meg discovers that it is celebrity chef and culinary bad boy, Dan Wright. Meg thinks he is arrogant and rude but rumour has it that Dan is opening a new restaurant in the village which could really put Tindledale on the map!
As things come together, villagers old and new all start to come out of the woodwork, including new arrival
Jessie, who seems to have it all. But first impressions can be deceptive and Meg discovers that when it comes to
Tindledale – and Dan – nothing is ever quite as it seems…
Alexandra Brown began her writing career as the City
Girl columnist for
- a satirical diary account of her time working in the corporate world of
London. Alex wrote the weekly column for two years before giving it up to concentrate on writing novels full time. She lives in a real village near the south coast of
England, with her husband, daughter and a very shiny black Labrador.
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GENERAL NON-FICTION
Agent: Caroline Michel
UK Publisher: Simon & Schuster
UK editor: Abigail Bergstrom
Publication: Spring 2016
Rights Sold:
Dutch (Uitgeverij Balans )
is an anecdotal account of Sue
Lloyd Roberts’ personal experiences of the mistreatment of women in countries all over the world.
Based on the author’s three decades of experience as a foreign correspondent for ITN and the BBC, the book recounts the stories of the women who deserve better and of the brave ones who fight back.
From female genital mutilation, to women who are victims of Argentina’s “dirty wars”, to stories of the religious persecution of women in Ireland;
looks at what is happening to women from an international perspective - and it is clear that the problem is a pandemic. Each chapter provides a case study of the suffering of a different woman, or group of women, in a different country, demonstrating that the personal truly is political.
Sue Lloyd-Roberts is a freelance video journalist and TV reporter who works for the BBC. After graduating from
Oxford, she joined ITN and went on to become the UK's first woman video-journalist, reporting as a one person crew from many bleak outposts of the former Soviet Union and
China. She worked for Channel 4 News and started at the
BBC in 1992. She specialises in human rights and the environment and has won praise and awards for her solo undercover reporting in China, Burma and Zimbabwe and, most recently, for being the first video journalist to get to
Damascus and Homs at the start of the Syrian uprising. Sue works for the BBC’s Newsnight and makes films for the BBC
Our World documentary slot. In 2002 she was appointed an
MBE and in 2013 a CBE for services to journalism. She lives in
Spain and London with her husband and has a son and a daughter.
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GENERAL NON-FICTION
Agent: Caroline Michel
UK Publisher: Heinemann
UK editor: Tom Avery
Publication: Autumn 2016
Previous titles:
The Dark Net
Previous publishers:
Germany (Plassen Verlag)
Japan (Hankyu
Communications)
US (Melville House)
There is revolution in the air. Modern capitalist democracies are being challenged by an exciting – and terrifying – group of movements which reject modern society. We live in the age of radicals: from extremists trying to recreate a 7th Century
Islamic Caliphate, to European populists trying to overthrow established political parties, to Californian libertarians hoping to change what it means to be human, to sleepy secluded communities based on self-sustaining communes. All of them are trying to change the world. At least some of them will succeed.
Radicals is a groundbreaking examination of the most interesting, unusual and important of these movements. The way we live now is not the only way of organizing human society, and perhaps it’s not the best way for the future.
Radicals finds the people who think we can do better and believe they have the answer. Based on exclusive access, immersive fieldwork and research, it introduces the reader to the radical people, ideas and subcultures of those living on the fringes.
By combining immersive and compelling journalism with serious social insight Radicals offers an accessible, human-led narrative into understanding the much larger tectonic forces – technological change, cultural integration, globalization, inequality, discontent – currently shaking modern society.
Bartlett argues radicals must not be ignored as social pariahs, but seen as the symptoms of deep unrest with modernity and capitalist democracy: that it’s become staid, dull, unappealing, and unable to respond to the challenges of interconnected, globalised life. Bartlett challenges the reader to reflect on the hardest question of all: what if they right?
Jamie Bartlett is one of the world’s leading experts on social media and radical politics. He runs the Centre for the Analysis of Social
Media at the think-tank Demos, specializing in extremist and terrorist groups. He has worked with and written about Islamist networks, neo-Nazis, conspiracy theorists and democratic revolutionaries and has written on these subjects for the Financial
Times, Foreign Policy, The New York Times, The Sunday Times, the Guardian and Wired . His previous book The Dark Net has been longlisted for The Orwell Prize.
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GENERAL NON-FICTION
Agent: Caroline Michel
UK Publisher: Pelican/Allen
Lane
UK editor: Laura Stickney
Publication: Spring 2016
Previous publishers:
Arabic (The National Council of Culture Arts and Letters)
Chinese (China Machine Press)
Czech (Albatros)
Italian (Giovanni Fioriti Editore)
Japanese (Kadokawa)
Korean (The Business Books)
Turkish (Dogus)
Previous titles:
The Private Life of the Brain
(Penguin/ Allen Lane)
ID: The Quest for Identity in the 21st Century (Hodder /
Sceptre)
Tomorrow’s People: How 21st
Century Technology is
Changing the Way we Think and Feel (Penguin / Allen Lane)
2121 (Head of Zeus)
Mind Change (Rider)
Japanese sub-agent:
The English Agency
‘Greenfield is an accessible and chatty writer and her lucid, humane and stimulating book puts subjective feeling back into the an area from where it should never have been allowed to go missing’
Consciousness is the ultimate miracle and enigma.
Most people take this subjective inner state for granted without ever reflecting on what could possibly be happening in their brain each minute of each day of their waking lives.
follows an average person throughout their day, uncovering truths about consciousness and what is actually happening in the brain in relation to familiar everyday activities.
By the end of this day the reader will gain insights into cutting edge neuroscience, as well as contemplating the future of such research, in the hopes of eventually understanding consciousness…
Susan Greenfield (CBE) is a British scientist, writer, broadcaster and member of the House of Lords. Her speciality is the physiology of the brain and in particular with regards to research in Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease.
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GENERAL NON-FICTION
Agent: Annabel Merullo
Previous titles:
Frontline
Butcher and Bolt
The West is losing its nerve to make war.
Failures in Iraq and Lybia and the ambiguous result in
Afghanistan meant that the bloodbath in Syria was met not with resolve, but with dither. In these situations, at the time of initial intervention, the fighting itself always has an inevitable conclusion. The sheer scale of US military spending gives it and its allies technical superiority in a conventional war. But, in all cases, by the second day following intervention, mistakes are made.
In no country, since 9/11 has the ousting of an unpopular tyrant been combined with a policy of stabilisation that has delivered lasting peace or encouraged progress. The reason is that neither the military force nor the stabilisation and aid programmes that followed were delivered with the competence and understanding necessary to deliver results.
They were delivered in exactly the wrong order.
A functioning policy for interventions would be the opposite of current practice. In recent interventions, particularly in
Afghanistan, the aid juggernaut imposed its own agenda, rather than working as it should have done with the existing local structures to rebuild government institutions, giving aid only when it could be spent. And for its part, the western military sat back and encouraged local warlords and militias rather than commanding the military space.
Loyn questions; once the initial battle is won, what should happen on the second day?
David Loyn has been a foreign correspondent for 30 years, mostly with the BBC. His first book, Frontline , was shortlisted for the
Orwell Prize in 2005. His reporting highlights include the fall of the
Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism in East Germany,
Hungary and Romania. He has spent long periods travelling with guerrilla forces. He was the only foreign correspondent with the
Taliban when they took Kabul in 1996, and returned to spend time behind enemy lines reporting with the Taliban in Helmand in
October 2006. He had several assignments in Iraq, including a twomonth embed with US Marines during the invasion in 2003, and had several embeds with British forces, including the deployment of the Black Watch to Camp Dogwood in October 2004.
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GENERAL NON-FICTION
Agent: Caroline Michel
Previous titles include:
The Shift (William Collins)
The Key (McGraw Hill)
Living Strategy (FT Prentice
Hall)
Hot Spots (FT Prentice Hall)
Glow (FT Prentice Hall)
Previous publishers:
Chinese (simplified) (Phei)
Chinese (complex)
(Commonwealth Publishing)
Dutch (Het Spectrum)
Germany (Hanser)
Italian (Il Saggiatore)
Japanese (President Sha)
Korean (KPI)
Portuguese (Dom Quixote)
Russian (Alpina)
Spanish (Galaxia Gutenberg)
How long do you expect to live?
Current projections suggest that if you live healthily to 60 then chances are you will survive until you are 100. More than a third of the children born in the developed world today can expect to enjoy the same lifespan.
These profound demographic shifts will create a radical redesign of life. This is fast becoming the biggest revolution and topic that we and our children, and indeed corporations and governments, will have to face over the coming decades.
The world we are living in is also changing profoundly in other ways. Certain jobs have disappeared and in their place have come a plethora of high skilled, high value positions that require extended learning and development.
In order to cope and adapt with these changes, the future will need to evolve from the traditional structure and assumptions that underpin so much of our current thinking will need to be reevaluated.
In The 100 Year Life psychologist Lynda Gratton and economist Andrew Scott explore how best to navigate a
100-year productive life.
Lynda Gratton is Professor of Management Practice at
London Business School and is one of the world’s foremost thinkers on human capital. Her books have been translated into over 20 languages and through her research consortium
‘The Future of Work’, and her monthly ‘Hot Spots’ newsletter she has a following of many thousands of people from across the world. Lynda also serves as a Fellow of the
World Economic Forum and attends Davos every year.
Andrew Scott is Professor of Economics and Deputy Dean at
London Business School and a Fellow of All Souls, Oxford
University and the Centre for Economic Policy Research. He has previously taught at Harvard, LSE and Oxford University.
He has advised, amongst others, the UK Government, the
House of Commons, Bank of England and HM Treasury and is regularly asked to brief companies around the world on the economic environment.
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GENERAL NON-FICTION
Agent: Caroline Michel
Part memoir, part portrayal of the final sexual taboo, Dirty
Mind follows Stephanie Theobald as she makes an epic journey from Cornwall to California to re-locate her vanished sex drive.
Writers have traditionally sought self-discovery though drugs, therapy and religion. Stephanie Theobald’s revolutionary mission is to show what happens when a woman takes time out of her life to seek enlightenment through masturbation which, she comes to believe, is where all women’s sexual roots lie.
The journey is geographical (from Cornwall to California), intellectual (the history of masturbation from St Thomas
Aquinas to Shirley Conran via Rousseau with Samuel Pepys woven in) and emotional: Dirty Mind one woman takes into her own body. is the fantastic voyage
Like a modern-day Dorothy following a road she believes will take her to the Emerald City of Masturbation, the author meets a variety of Tin Men, Lions and Scarecrows along the way. These include 85-year-old “Godmother of
Masturbation” Betty Dodson, Dr Joycelyn Elders, the former
US Surgeon General ousted from office for championing the need to teach children about auto-eroticism, as well as a range of neuroscientists, historians, artists, and ordinary females aged 11 to 91 who talk about their own personal
“seven ages of masturbation.”
Stephanie Theobald grew up in Cornwall and studied French and Spanish at Jesus College, Cambridge. She lived in Paris from 1989 until 1993 teaching English and working as a freelance journalist before being offered a job in London as lifestyle editor on The European . Between 2000 and 2004, she published three novels: and Stoughton) and Trix
Biche, Sucking Shrimp (Hodder
(Sceptre). She then joined the staff of Harper’s Bazaar UK for four years where she worked as a senior editor and writer.
She continues to write journalism specialising in sexuality, gender and unconventional people for publications including the Guardian , the Sunday Times, Elle and the Financial Times .
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GENERAL NON-FICTION
Agent: Rachel Mills
HOW CYCLING SAVED ME AND CAN SAVE THE
WORLD
As a severely asthmatic child Peter Walker almost died several times. But since regularly riding a bike – something he started by accident 20 years ago when, on an impulse, he gave up a graduate job to become a cycle courier – he’s remained fit and healthy. Now he shows how mass, everyday cycling doesn’t just improve individual lives, it can transform entire countries.
Urban areas are enslaved by car culture, killing thousands of people a year in the UK alone through smog and crashes, and wrecking countless more lives through ill health and inactivity.
More than that, cars foster an atomised, selfish environment where people are cut off from their communities by busy roads and isolation.
Societies where more people cycle have been shown to be not just more healthy and active, but happier and cohesive.
Cities from New York to Malaga to Dhaka are learning, or relearning, the value of the bike.
Part memoir, part manifesto and part fun, informed practical guide, the book shows how individuals and communities can re-shape themselves on two wheels, and explains why cycling is important.
Peter Walker is a news writer with the Guardian and also runs the paper’s popular Bike Blog. As a journalist he has reported for Agence France-Presse , the BBC and CNN, among others, in countries including China, Iraq and North
Korea. He began cycling in his early 20s when – rather rashly
– he gave up a secure graduate job to become a bike courier.
He later cycled most of the way back to the UK from
Australia. These days he mainly cycles his son to nursery, or himself around London, but still has a drawer full of unsuitable Lycra clothes. His upcoming first book aims to show how mass, everyday (and non-Lycra) cycling can transform the health, happiness and prosperity of a nation.
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GENERAL NON-FICTION
Agent: Caroline Michel
UK Publisher: Profile Books
UK editor: Mark Ellingham
Publication: 2017
Previous titles:
What Nature Does for Britain
What has Nature Ever Done for Britain?
How Many Lightbulbs Does It
Take To Change A Planet?
If you are interested in rights please contact the Profile
Rights department
Of all Earth’s amazing natural systems it is the Rainforests that are most remarkable. Drenched in abundant rains and warmed by intense sunshine they have over millions of years evolved into the richest and most intricate powerhouses of life ever to have occurred on our planet.
But half of the rainforests are already gone and much of what remains is under threat of conversion to farmland, being plundered for timber or cleared to make way for mines.
Justified to promote development and economic growth it has for many years seemed that nothing could stop the tide of destruction.
A new era is dawning with old and destructive mindsets increasingly superseded by the realization that the forests are worth more alive than dead. Intact rainforests sustain food and water security while playing fundamental roles in global climatic stability, with new research revealing value worth trillions of dollars.
Tony Juniper has spent more than 25 years working to keep the forests standing and in Rainforest takes readers to the frontline of the continuing campaign to not only keep what’s left but to restore some of what’s gone.
In an epic tale of planetary proportions Juniper shows why and how we can all be part of the generation that finally saves the rainforests.
Dr. Tony Juniper is a well-known British environmentalist, writer and campaigner who has published several successful and award-winning books on ecological themes. He has worked on efforts to conserve tropical forests for more than
25 years, including with BirdLife International (to avert the extinction of threatened forest birds), leading the Friends of the Earth rainforests campaign (later becoming director of that organization) and working as an Advisor to The Prince’s
Rainforests Project and The Prince of Wales’s International
Sustainability Unit. He also advises companies with impacts on tropical forests, including global household brands via his work as a founder member of Robertsbridge.
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GENERAL NON-FICTION
Agent: Tim Bates (Pollinger)
Previous titles:
Christianophobia
Rowan’s Rule
God’s Advocates
Benedict XVI
Praise for
‘A brilliant book’
‘Very uncomfortable truths in this powerful analysis’
An impassioned, but reasoned, counterblast by one of the leading religious thinkers of today.
Conceived as an accessible response to the anti-religious broadsides of the past decade,
will, clearly and concisely, set out the case for religion.
Rupert Shortt believes that Dawkins, Dennett and
Hitchens are wrong. Drawing on philosophy, science, history and the imagination, he explains why.
Shortt sets out the case for the defence, debunking myths and addressing long-held presumptions along the way. With religion under the spotlight, and at the front of the political agenda across the world (70% of the world’s population profess a religious faith), a trenchant defence of the most widely practised belief system on earth is long overdue.
Rupert Shortt is Religion editor of
and a former Visiting Fellow at Oxford
University. His books include
(Random House, 2012) and
(Hodder, 2008; new edition, 2014).
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TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
Agent: Rachel Mills
We shell out thousands for a ticket, jump on a plane late one night and 24 hours later there we are, on the absolutely opposite side of the globe. Summer traded for winter, our body clocks totally bewildered for at least the next week and all we’ve seen along the way is a bunch of movies and an hour’s worth of duty free shops.
This would seem to be the only way to travel to the other side of the world. There is, however, one very different airline possibility which has popped up in recent times, unheralded and below the radar; do it on cheap airlines, the no-frills operators known in the trade as LCCs - Low Cost
Carriers - in a series of short journeys.
In the spirit of Paul Theroux’s classic of train travel, The
Great Railway Bazaar , Lonely Planet founder Tony Wheeler travels from London to Melbourne entirely by low cost airlines, finding his route along the way. The 20 flights and 20 stopovers take him through some of the world’s most interesting cities – Athens, Istanbul, Kuwait, Kolkata, Bangkok
– to name just a few.
Along the way we meet an entertaining cast of characters from all over the world, learn about the inner workings of airline business and experience some extremely strange bureaucracy, but most of all Tony teachers us how to enjoy the journey, and to celebrate that today so many more of us are able to.
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TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
Agent: Rachel Mills
UK Publisher: Guardian Faber
UK editor: Laura Hassan
Publication: Spring 2016
Cycle couriers are one of the most visible and controversial urban tribes of developed cities around the world, regularly condemned as lawless hooligans, envied as successful fugitives from the deskbound rat race, and idolized by a generation of hipsters. But beyond these well-worn stereotypes is a vibrant and undiscovered world, with its own heroes and villains, tragedies and comedies, suffering and camaraderie.
Emily Chappell became a cycle courier almost by accident, thinking it would be a useful stopgap while she looked for a real job. Five years on, she’s still head-overheels in love.
From the early days of frustration and exhaustion, Emily traces her discovery of the private pain and private pleasures of courier life, and the moments of fear, discomfort, boredom, indignation and occasional transcendent joy of a courier life. Gradually, she gets to know her colleagues, and learns that there is no such thing as a ‘typical’ courier – that the job has room for eccentricity, but also for individuality and ingenuity, and countless larger-than-life characters.
The largest character of all is the city itself – and no one knows it as fluently as the couriers, who cover every inch of it, day in, day out, who navigate (and are part of) the complex interlocking systems that keep it ticking over, and who bear witness to the history that happens in the city’s streets, as well as populating them with their own mythologies.
Emily Chappell studied at Cambridge and SOAS, and since
2008 has worked as a cycle courier in London. In 2011 she set off to cycle round the world, writing about her travels as she went. Emily’s work has featured in The Guardian and The
Ride Journal , and in 2012 she won Travel Blogger of the Year at the British Travel Press Awards.
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TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
Agent: Tim Bates (Pollinger)
Previous titles:
Fiction:
Kissing Alice (Atlantic)
Obedience (Atlantic UK,
Penguin US)
Non-Fiction:
Magpies, Squirrels and Thieves
(Atlantic)
Dreamstreets (Jonathan Cape)
This is a book about the nature of escape. Why do escapes recur with such prominence in our stories and mythologies? What is it actually like to be running for your life in difficult terrain?
Jacqueline Yallop traces some of Europe’s most arduous and beautiful escape routes, walking the paths to freedom through mountain and forest in an attempt to trace journeys from the seventeenth to the late twentieth centuries, exploring them as they exist today, looking at their historical importance, drawing out the individual stories of those who were forced into escape and those who helped them.
From the Camins de Ronda in Spain, which was used in the Civil War, to the WW1 Path of the Cramars in
Carinthia, Italy; and from Napoleon’s march through the
Alps, Norwegian resistance fighters fleeing German occupation in 1940 and Bulgarians citizens crossing to
Greece through the Rhodope mountains during the
Cold War,
draws on contemporary firsthand accounts as well as a range of historical sources to present these daring escapes in historical, political and social context. At a time when debates about immigration and refugees are in the daily news, the book raises fundamental questions about the role of borders, and our response to the stories of those who flee across them.
Jacqueline Yallop read English at Oxford and completed a PhD in nineteenth-century literature. She is the author of two literary novels and two non-fiction titles.
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TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
Agent: Annabel Merullo
The huge, cobblestoned Plaza that surrounds the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in north west Spain, is full of people every day of the year.
The men and women here are from all over the world. It is noisy, but not on account of any traffic, because there are no cars or buses in the 11th century Plaza, rather the chatter of human voices, somehow connecting, despite the myriad of different nationalities and languages being spoken.
All of these people, who can now call themselves pilgrims, have walked days, weeks, and sometimes months, to this ancient Cathedral, and in such increasing numbers over the past few years - now nearly half a million - that the Spanish authorities are fearful that path is being eroded by the tramp of human feet. In fact, Compostela means Field of Stars, and, according to medieval legend, the Milky Way was formed from the dust raised by the hundreds of thousands of pilgrims who have travelled here. In 2016, the Pope will be visiting to bless the Camino and even walk a dozen miles along it.
Why has the Camino become so popular in the second decade of this computer age generation, and what inspires people to walk 500 miles, and sometimes more, along it?
In early summer 2015, bestselling author and journalist,
Danny Danziger, the Reluctant Pilgrim, will be walking the length of the Camino, also known as The Way, on his own, and, through his journey, will be able to shed light on this incredible phenomenon.
Danny Danziger has written 15 books on a range of diverse subjects, including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eton
College, the medical profession, and, in Lost Hearts he wrote about divorce. His book about the Magna Carta, 1215: The
Year of the Magna Carta , went to number two on the bestseller list, and The Year 1000 went to number one, and stayed on the bestseller list for seven months. He also writes for the Sunday Times , and has often appeared on television and radio.
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HISTORY
Agent: Annabel Merullo
UK Publisher: Faber and Faber
UK editor: Julian Loose
Publication: May 2015
Previous titles:
Everybody’s Hacked Off
Were You Still Up for Portillo?,
The Case of Stephen Lawrence
The Fly in the Cathedral
Jill Dando: Her Life and Death
Prev Publishers:
USA (FSG)
THE NEWS FROM WATERLOO
The Race to Tell Britain of Wellington's Victory
Brian Cathcart
‘Brian Cathcart’s vastly entertaining narrative married the skepticism of an investigative journalist with a dramatist’s gift for suspense’ Sir Harold Evans
‘Fascinating’ Tony Robinson
This is the story of the race to bring Britain the most momentous news of the whole of the nineteenth century; the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo.
It took three days and two hours to deliver the great news. It was a race involving at least four men. It is a journey that inspired myth and urban legend. But who really brought the first word of Wellington’s victory back to a desperately anxious Britain?
The history of the news from Waterloo is a tragicomic midsummer’s tale that begins amidst terrible carnage and ends spectacularly at a grand soiree in St James’s Square.
There were feverish journeys by coach and horseback, a
Channel crossing delayed by falling tides and a flat calm, and a final dash by coach and four from the Kent coast to London.
Brian Cathcart, a brilliant storyteller and historian, has visited the battlefield, travelled the messengers’ routes and traced untapped British, French and Belgian records to bring us the story of the news from Waterloo. Fascinating, original and brilliantly entertaining, this is the true story of the arrival of the news that changed Britain.
Brian Cathcart was a journalist for Reuters , the London
Independent and the New Statesman and is now Professor of Journalism at Kingston University London. He is the author
Were You Still Up for Portillo?, of several books, including
The Case of Stephen Lawrence ( winner of the Orwell Prize and the CWA Gold Dagger) and The Fly in the Cathedral .
He blogs and broadcasts on the current crisis in British journalism and was a founder and first director of the campaign group Hacked Off.
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HISTORY
Agent: Caroline Michel
UK Publisher: Simon & Schuster
UK editor: Iain MacGregor
Publication: 2016
Previous titles:
A History of Food in 100
Recipes
Previous publishers:
Brazilian (Publifolha)
Czech (Argo)
Japanese (Shufusha)
Korean (Geulhangari)
Russian (AST)
US (Little, Brown)
Eggs or Anarchy is one of the great un-told stories of World
War Two. Written by award-winning food writer and
Masterchef critic William Sitwell, it reveals the heroic tale of how Lord Woolton, Minister for Food, really fed Britain. As a nation at war, with supply routes under attack and resources scarce, it was Woolton’s job to fulfil his promise to the British people that there would be food on the shelves each week.
Persuading the public to not resort to the black market and to manage on the very limited ration was one thing, but
Woolton had to fulfil his side of the, a fish out of water in
Churchill’s cabinet and the PM himself doubted Woolton would survive.
This is the story of how he battled to save his own career while using every trick in his entrepreneurial book to secure supplies. He battled to outwit unscrupulous dealers on the back streets of cities such as Alexandria in Eygpt and persuaded customs authorities to turn a blind eye to his import schemes.
‘It became a constant battle of wits against the enemy,’
Woolton later recalled, ‘with the harrowing certainty that if we failed, the people would go hungry.’
If Britain had gone hungry the outcome of the war could have been very different. This book, for the first time, finds out the real story of how Lord Woolton provided food for Britain and her colonies and discovers that for him there were days when it was literally a choice of eggs or anarchy.
William Sitwell is the editor of Waitrose Kitchen Magazine .
He makes frequent appearances on Masterchef: The
Professionals (BBC2) and Britain’s Best Dish ( ITV1) and is copresenter of the forthcoming BBC2 series A Question of
Taste . He has also made a number of documentaries including Michelin Stars: The Madness of Perfection (BBC2).
He has been named Editor of the Year in awards from both the British Society of Magazine Editors and the Association of
Publishing Agencies (APA). He lives in Northamptonshire with his two children and his wife Laura.
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MEMOIR & BIOGRAPHY
Agent: Tim Bates
Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards is an international hero, whose lovable antics at the 1988 Winter Olympics endeared him to millions of people around the world, where his geeky looks, his cheeky grin and bottle-top glasses made him a global superstar.
As a working-class boy from Gloucestershire without funding or support from the British team, the story of
Eddie’s journey to the Games is truly extraordinary – involving sleeping rough, lodging in mental hospitals, begging, borrowing and making do. That journey is now being made into a movie directed by Dexter Fletcher and starring Hugh Jackman and Taron Egerton.
The film looks set to be one of the biggest British film of the last few years, a feel-good hit that celebrates the human spirit, Eddie’s wonderful charm and good humour, and his incredibly emotional life story.
Michael Edwards, better known as Eddie "The Eagle"
Edwards, is a British skier who in 1988 became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping. At the time, he was the British ski jumping record holder, the world number nine in amateur speed skiing, and the stunt jumping world record holder (10 cars/6 buses). Finishing last in the 70m and 90m events, he became famous as an example of an underdog or
"heroic failure", and of perseverance and achievement without funding.
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MEMOIR & BIOGRAPHY
Agent: Nelle Andrew
UK Publisher: Headline
UK editor: Sarah Emsley
Publication: June 2014
Page extent: 288
Rights sold:
Dutch (De Bezige Bij)
Slovakian (Ikar)
‘
is brilliantly funny, brilliantly honest, deliciously indiscrete and, at times, incredibly moving. It's the most truthful, evocative and hilarious account of what it is to be a twenty something girl in Britain that I've read in a very long time.’ Polly Vernon
For years, women have been told that their twenties are their golden years, filled with fun, parties, sex and glamour. Countless TV shows and movies tell us the same story: this is your perfect decade - don't waste it!
You'll never be so happy - or thin - again.
Here, in her hilariously honest memoir, Bryony Gordon gives us a fresh perspective. Like Carrie Bradshaw, she may have had a column in a national newspaper, but her twenties weren't one long episode of Sex and the
City, instead they were a decade of hangovers, heartbreak, and hideously awkward mornings-after, all over her overdraft limit.
Told with Bryony's trademark candour, humour and refreshing self-deprecation
is a memoir of a twenty-something
Londoner who lived through her Bridget Jones years and survived. Embracing the messier side of life, it is a mustread for any woman who has survived, or is surviving, her twenties.
In the 13 years that she has worked for
, Bryony Gordon has become one of the paper's best loved writers. Her weekly column in
, ‘How the Other Half Lives’, has won her an army of fans who have followed her journey from single girl about town to settled mum. Bryony is now 32 and lives London with her husband.
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Agent: Tim Bates (Pollinger)
UK Publisher: Sidgwick and
Jackson/ Macmillan
UK editor: Ingrid Connell
Publication: Summer 2015
Previous/other titles:
Sting: A Biography (Omnibus)
Sean Connery (Macmillan)
Sigourney Weaver (Robert
Hale)
Harrison Ford (Robert Hale)
Tom Cruise (Robert Hale)
Sean Connery (Robert Hale)
Very Naughty Boys (Titan)
Cult TV (Plexus)
Battle for Bond (Tomahawk)
Hellraisers (Random House)
Hollywood Hellraisers (Random
House)
Vic Armstrong: Authorized Film
Memoirs (Titan)
What Fresh Lunacy Is That? The
Authorised Biography of Oliver
Reed (Constable)
PETER O’TOOLE – BIOGRAPHY
ROBERT SELLERS
Peter O'Toole first came to international prominence at the age of 30 in David Lean's epic masterpiece
(1962), an unforgettable performance that launched a film career that spanned five decades. His death just before Christmas 2013 made headlines around the world and was seen as the passing of a genuinely legendary figure, the like of which we shall surely not see again.
With the help of exclusive interviews with colleagues and close friends, this book will reveal for the first time a complete picture of this much loved and much remembered man: what drove him to extremes, why he drank to excess and who was the private man behind the very public hellraiser image.
Described by Richard Burton as, 'the most original actor to come out of Britain since the war’ Peter O'Toole was one of the most charismatic, unpredictable and eccentric players of his generation. The book will also explore why this highly talented man seemed regularly to veer close to self-destruction. In obituaries, some commentators argued that, like Burton, O'Toole did not live up to his early promise, that he washed away his talent in bars and with too many gin and tonics.
The counter-argument, which the book will make, is that O'Toole should be ranked among the greatest actors of the 20th Century.
Robert Sellers is the author of fourteen books, including the best-selling
:
(Random House, UK; St Martin’s,
USA), and most recently the authorized biography of
Oliver Reed. He his is currently working on a behindthe-scenes history of Ealing Studios.
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MEMOIR & BIOGRAPHY
Agent: Camilla Shestopal
‘The World’s Fittest Old Age Pensioner’
Retired dentist Charles Eugster is a man who proves that growing old does not mean slowing down. 95 year old
Charles is a bodybuilder, a skilled oarsman and the fastest pensioner on the planet: he can run 200m in just
55.48 seconds. In
secrets to his eternal youth.
Charles reveals the
Part lifestyle guide, part memoir Charles provides invaluable advice on everything from diet and exercise, to maintaining a positive mentality and getting the most out of life- whatever your age.
Born in London in 1919, Dr Charles Eugster, a retired dentist, has been dubbed "The World's Fittest Old Age Pensioner".
Always interested in rowing, in 1939 he competed at Henley and was a member of the Thames Rowing Club. Eugster now lives in Switzerland, where he spends his days working out.
He took up exercise at the age of 85 – “I looked in the mirror one morning,” he says, simply, “and I didn’t like what I saw.” Since then, Eugster has won more than 100 fitness trophies – and not just for triumphing in specialist older categories. Now at 95 years of age he has announced his toughest fitness test to date: competing in three world-class challenges in three disciplines (rowing, athletics and fitness) in just three months. He will be the first person to enter all three competitions – called the Triple Crown – and he’s aiming to win them all. The 95-year-old, who is a competitive oarsman and bodybuilder added another accolade to his already impressive list of achievements in March 2015 when he set a new age group World Record in the indoor 200m sprint.
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MEMOIR & BIOGRAPHY
Agent: Adam Gauntlett
UK Publisher: Ebury
UK editor: Andrew Goodfellow
Publication: tbc
Neil Woods spent fourteen years (1993-2007) infiltrating drug gangs as an undercover cop – befriending and gaining the trust of some of the most violent, unpredictable criminals in Britain. But Neil was never your stereotypical gung-ho, tough-guy copper. This is the story of how a thoughtful, idealistic character learned to use his empathetic nature to master some of the roughest, most dangerous work in law enforcement. There was no training, no manual and no plan for when things went wrong; he was just dropped at a corner and told to make connections. But, inevitably, having swords thrust against his jugular, witnessing beatings, stabbings, and gangsters burning suspected rats with acid took its toll. He developed PTSD (then barely understood), and became the victim of an abusive relationship at the hands of his then-wife.
Gradually Neil’s attitude to drug prohibition evolved. With the insight that can only come from having fought on its front lines, he came to see the true futility of the War on Drugs – that it demonises those who need help, and only empowers the very worst elements in society. Neil is now a board member of LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition), a pro-legalisation advocacy group formed exclusively of ex-law enforcement officials.
Drawing on his experiences – both personal and professional
– Neil considers the problems of prohibition, a topic perennially on the public agenda. Neil’s story is at once a narrative-driven True Crime read, a fascinating story of a character under pressure, and an exploration of domestic drug policy.
Running with the Firm meets Chasing the Scream.
JS Rafaeli is a writer and musician based in London. He is the co-author of the bestselling Live at the Brixton Academy , and a frequent contributor to VICE.
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Agent: Annabel Merullo
Imagine if David Sedaris was 30, grew up in LA, and watched a lot of that.
. Michael Beilinson is something like
is a book about a childhood spent dealing with bloodthirsty poodles and defaced yearbooks, the first unrequited schoolboy crushes and
The Obligatory Coming Out Chapter; Michael Beilinson tells the story of his childhood through a collection of hilarious, witty, self-deprecating, awkward, moving, ridiculous and sublime episodes.
reveals the inner workings of the upwardly mobile Californian family, the spectacular meanness of pre-teen children. It’s also a story about sex
– the kind you imagine your father is having with the neighbour - and the opportunity it gives you to spy on them like a self-styled Jessica Fletcher. As Michael puts it, this book is the ‘before’ photo in the makeover show of his life.
Michael Beilinson was born in LA, and his father once met Julia Roberts in a kitchenware store where they were buying the same ceramic plates. He left for England immediately after university to escape from George W.
Bush or his own family, depending on who asked him. He is a television producer and director, most recently on
, about 20-something sharing houses for Channel 4. In the past eight years he has worked on shock docs about shotgun marriages, rich tweens, masturbation, porn stars, prostitutes, virgins, hoarders, home birthers, mermaids and lesbians. He hopes to stay just as classy as a writer.
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MEMOIR & BIOGRAPHY
Agent: Caroline Michel
UK Publisher: William Collins
UK editor: Martin Redfern
Publication: March 2015
Page extent: 272
The
number 1 bestseller
The inside story of the campaign that rocked the United
Kingdom to its foundations, and the implications of the
Scottish independence movement for the future of
British politics.
Alex Salmond has been a passionate supporter of
Scottish independence his whole life. In September
2014, he came close to realising that dream.
In a riveting daily diary, written with his trademark wit and charm, Salmond takes us into the heart of the YES campaign, revealing what was said and done behind the scenes as the referendum reached its dramatic climax.
He explains how the YES campaign energised the entire
Scottish nation and rewrote the rulebook for grassroots political campaigning, not just in the UK but throughout the world.
He also looks ahead to the critical role of the ‘national question’ in the future of British politics, making clear that the referendum was not the end of a process, but the beginning of one. The dream of Scottish independence is very much alive.
Alex Salmond is a Scottish politician and former First Minister of Scotland. He was Leader of the Scottish National Party from 1990 to 2000 and again from 2004 to 2014. He is currently the Member of the Scottish Parliament for
Aberdeenshire East, having served as a Member of
Parliament from 1987 to 2010. In 2015 he is seeking to return to the House of Commons for the Aberdeenshire constituency of Gordon.
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MEMOIR & BIOGRAPHY
Agent: Caroline Michel
UK Publisher: Simon &
Schuster
UK editor: Ian Marshall
Publication: June 2015
After Max Mosley decided to take the News of the World to court for invading his privacy, a friend of Rupert
Murdoch asked Bernie Ecclestone ‘Does Max know what he’s taking on?’ Ecclestone replied that he thought Mosley probably did, but he wasn’t sure about Murdoch. It was a mark of the respect in which the former president of the
FIA is held by those who know him best. Mosley has now become a formidable campaigner for the right to privacy, and for the press to behave with far greater responsibility when running its stories.
Now, having been in the public eye since he was a few weeks old, when his parents, Diana and Oswald Mosley, were interned during the Second World War because of their political beliefs, he has decided to give his fascinating account of an extraordinary life. After Oxford, a promising career at the Bar was cut short when he took up motor racing, initially as a driver and later as a team owner. This period brought him into contact with some of the sport’s most famous names, but he also saw the reckless disregard for life shown by the organisers.
Mosley went on to form a formidable partnership with
Ecclestone and he reveals in compelling detail how they set about transforming Formula One into the most glamorous, exciting and extravagant form of motorsport. His inside knowledge of what went on is unrivalled, and for any fan of the sport this account is sure to shed much new light. His often unsung work for the FIA not only made Formula
One much safer, it was also to have hugely beneficial consequences to motorists everywhere.
Max Mosley was born in 1940, and after going up to Oxford
University he began a career at the Bar before deciding to take up motor racing, initially as a driver. He then became part-owner of the March Formula One team, and worked with Bernie Ecclestone to transform the fortunes of the sport.
He was president of the FIA, the governing body of all forms of motorsport which also represents the interests of motoring organisations around the world, between 1993 and
2009.
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MEMOIR & BIOGRAPHY
Agent: Annabel Merullo
Press Lord Extraordinary brings to life the astonishing character and meteoric career of Alfred Harmsworth, Lord
Northcliffe, the most influential newspaperman of the early twentieth century.
A controversial genius, he founded the Daily Mail and a Press dynasty, and revolutionised the media world as the twentieth century dawned. Having begun his career by creating a single trivia journal, Northcliffe advanced into the realm of daily newspapers, revolutionising and then dominating it. He was the first to tap into the potential that sensationalism in the news could bring, in terms of circulation sales as well as responding to and shaping public opinion. His masterpiece creation, the Daily Mail , commented stridently on current affairs, in a time when the impartiality of the press had been a long held principle. He went on to capture the top end of the British press, buying both the Observer and The Times , acquiring unparalleled control both of the papers read avidly by the masses and of those respected by influential people worldwide.
Northcliffe was an obsessive workaholic and a ruthless, ambitious businessman with impeccable intuition, whose feeling for what might appeal to the public, together with his mastery of the techniques of journalism, enabled him to transform the newspaper business. However, he was dogged by exhaustion and depression, and towards the end of the life he succumbed to megalomania and finally insanity.
This book charts his pioneering journey through the momentous years when the peace of the Victorian era dissolved into international hostility and domestic upheaval, from the Boer War to the Great War, by which time he had become regarded by many all over the world as the most powerful man in Britain.
Adrian Fort was educated at Oxford where he was a
Clarendon Fellow from 2001-2003. He practised as a barrister and was involved in politics before pursuing a career in finance. He won the
/ Biographers’
Club prize in 2001. He is married with two children and lives in Oxfordshire.
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ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION
Jane Birkin- actress, director, singer and icon- takes us on a journey through her incredible life, written in her own words and brought to life through the intimate photography of Gabrielle Crawford, Jane’s lifelong friend.
Both humorous and touching this scrapbook style book takes us from the heart of London in the swinging sixties, to the heart of one of the world’s most glamorous couples. With an introduction from Olivier Aolin and featuring personal portrayals of Jane, of her husbands
(including, of course, Serge Gainsbourg) and of her children,
provides access to the real woman behind the icon.
Agent: Caroline Michel
Publisher: Editions de la
Martinière
Publication: March 2014
Jane Birkin, OBE is an English actress, director and singer based in France. She is also the namesake of the popular Hermès Birkin bag. In recent years she has written her own album, directed a film and become an outspoken proponent of democracy in Burma.
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ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION
The stories and secrets from
Dr
Patrick Turner. An insight into the life of the local physician on BBC television’s most-loved show.
is a multi-award winning, international television sensation and the most successful new drama series on BBC One in the last fifteen years. For the first time,
takes you into the world of the show’s hugely popular physician.
Agent: Annabel Merullo
UK Publisher: Simon &
Schuster
UK editor: Iain Macgregor
Publication: January 2016
With fascinating insight into the dramatic world of a postwar East-London Doctor; and early-Sixties.
explores medicine, illness and healthcare in the late-Fifties
Immerse yourself in a world that’s been fondly revived to celebrate a glimpse of history that, like today, has childbirth at its heart.
Heidi Thomas is a BAFTA and Emmy nominated TV and
Film screenwriter and a winner of numerous awards. She is producer and writer of the hit BBC TV show
(2012). Her other work includes
(2007
-2009),
(2010-2012),
(2007) and
(2003). Heidi has influenced British TV for over a decade and brought stories, period dramas and historical events into our homes in such a captivating and original way that her work has regularly received record breaking viewings.
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ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION
Agent: Caroline Michel
UK Publisher: Transworld
UK editor: Doug Young
Publication: December 2015
International publishers:
Bulgaria (Vakon)
China (Guangdong
Yongzheng)
Croatia (Veble)
Czech Republic (Jota)
Denmark (EC Forlag)
France (Hachette Pratique)
Germany (Plassen Verlag)
Hungary (Jaffa)
India, Marathi (Manovikas)
Italy (Mondadori)
Japan (Asahi Shimbun)
Korea (Cheombooks)
(Daesung)
Latvia (Zvaigzne ABC)
Lithuania (Baltos Lankos)
Netherlands (Luitingh-Sijthoff)
Norway (AM Larsen)
Russia (Centrepolygraph)
Slovenia (Ucila)
Taiwan (Planter Press)
US (HarperCollins US)
The ultimate guide to nutrition from adventurer, born survivor and bestselling author Bear Grylls.
Following on from his revolutionary fitness program
, in
Bear Grylls introduces his unique guide to nutrition. But if you think nutrition means boring, complicated and tasteless meals, think again. Because this is nutrition, Bear Grylls style!
Food is fuel. When you’re pushing your body to the limit, what you get out of it is only as good as what you put in.
But that isn’t only true in extreme environments when the odds are against you and your life’s on the line. It’s also true in everyday life. Food keeps our heart ticking and our muscles growing. It makes us strong. It should be wholesome, nourishing, delicious and filling. It should keep us going when we’re outdoors, keep us sharp and alert when we’re indoors, and keep us healthy and disease-free into old age.
In
Bear Grylls reveals the nutritional secrets behind his success, and teaches you what to eat to ensure your body is performing at its very best.
Packed full of practical advice, easy to follow diet plans and simple, delicious recipes, Bear’s straightforward advice will help you fuel your body for maximum success and sustained health.
Bear Grylls' prime-time TV adventure series are amongst the most watched shows on the planet, reaching an estimated 1.2 billion viewers in over 200 countries. Bear has authored fourteen books which have been translated into more than 20 languages and, as a former member of the UK Special Forces, was made an honorary Lieutenant Commander in the Royal
Navy. He continues to lead record-breaking expeditions to the world's extremes, and these missions have raised millions of dollars for children's charities. globe. He lives with his wife,
Shara and their three sons, Jesse, Marmaduke and
Huckleberry, on a Dutch barge in London and on a small remote island off the coast of Wales.
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Agent: Caroline Michel
UK Publisher: Transworld
UK editor: Doug Young
Publication: June 2014
Rights sold:
Chinese, simplified (Guangdong)
Chinese, complex (Sun Color)
German (Plassen Verlag)
Hungarian (Jaffa)
Polish (Pascal)
International publishers:
Bulgaria (Vakon)
China (Guangdong Yongzheng)
Croatia (Veble)
Czech Republic (Jota)
Denmark (EC Forlag)
Estonian (Tanipaev)
France (Hachette Pratique)
Germany (Plassen Verlag)
Hungary (Jaffa)
India, Marathi (Manovikas)
Italy (Mondadori)
Japan (Asahi Shimbun)
Korea (Cheombooks) (Daesung)
Latvia (Zvaigzne ABC)
Lithuania (Baltos Lankos)
Netherlands (Luitingh-Sijthoff)
Norway (AM Larsen)
Russia (Centrepolygraph)
Slovenia (Ucila)
Taiwan (Planter Press)
US (HarperCollins US)
Japanese sub-agent:
Japan Uni
ILLUSTRATED NON FICTION
Bear Grylls is possibly one of the fittest people on the planet. His legendary climbing, swimming and running abilities are a major part of his survival armoury.
Now for the first time Bear shows how we can get our bodies in tip top condition… without necessarily traveling to the most inhospitable places of the world to do so.
With a selection of workouts organised by time spent training, readers will be able to use the handbook and find workouts that require a commitment ranging from 3 minutes to 30 minutes, therefore ensuring that everyone can benefit - even those with the busiest schedules.
Bear has launched his first fitness centre in the UK, and more will be rolled out in London and New York this year. Unlike most gyms, Bear’s fitness programme teaches us to be self-sufficient and take responsibility for our own bodies - no fancy equipment needed, just drive to succeed and the knowledge of what will work.
With a holistic programme including advice on eating and lifestyle, with a down-to-earth, inspiring, and fun tone,
is the ultimate fitness handbook.
Bear Grylls' prime-time TV adventure series are amongst the most watched shows on the planet, reaching an estimated 1.2 billion viewers in over 200 countries. Bear has authored fourteen books which have been translated into more than 20 languages and, as a former member of the UK Special Forces, was made an honorary Lieutenant
Commander in the Royal Navy. He continues to lead record-breaking expeditions to the world's extremes, and these missions have raised millions of dollars for children's charities. globe. He lives with his wife, Shara and their three sons, Jesse, Marmaduke and Huckleberry, on a Dutch barge in London and on a small remote island off the coast of Wales.
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ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION
Agent: Rachel Mills
UK Publisher: Michael Joseph/
Penguin
UK editor: Lindsey Evans
Publication: Spring 2016
As a model and actor, Andrew Cooper found that drinking homemade Cold Pressed juices boosted his immune system and supplied him with the energy, stamina and focus he needed to maintain a busy and demanding lifestyle. Thus the company born and now, with
was the book, Andrew demonstrates how Cold Pressed juicing can be fun, easy and, perhaps most importantly, delicious.
Uniquely,
seeks to align a healthy lifestyle with an ethical one. Andrew Cooper is conscious of sustainability and shows us innovative ways in which we can make use of our waste: leftover pulp from juices become dog biscuits and teas, wilting vegetables are transformed into restorative broths and the oft-discarded end of the Cucumber can become cucumber ice-cubes, perfect for gin and tonics.
is a next generation juice book- it outlines clear and straight-forward ways in which juicing can be incorporated into all of our daily lives. Featuring everything from detox programmes, to recipes that would work well as mixers for drinks- this is a juice book that promotes a healthy lifestyle but doesn’t unrealistically insist we eliminate all vices from our diets. More than a fad or trend;
allows for the retox as well as the detox.
Andrew Cooper is a model, actor and businessman. He has been modelling since the age of 16 for brands ranging from Topshop and Zara to Armani and Louis
Vuitton and has starred in several television commercials, including one for Diet Coke and one for L’oreal, alongside Claudia Schiffer. His company, Juiceman, is one of the leading juicing brands in the UK. He lives in
Amersham, Bucks with his wife Jane and their two children Taylor and Jackson.
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ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION
Agent: Annabel Merullo
UK Publisher: Headline
UK Editor: Sarah Emsley
Publication: November 2015
Agent: Annabel Merullo
UK Publisher: Headline
UK Editor: Sarah Emsley
Publication: August 2015
If you are interested in translation rights please contact the Headline
Rights department
DOWNTON ABBEY – A Celebration
The official tie-in to all six series
By Jessica Fellowes
Since the moment we first entered Downton Abbey in 1912, we have been swept away by Julian Fellowes' evocative world of romance, intrigue, drama and tradition. Now, in 1925, as
Downton Abbey prepares to close its doors for the final time,
Jessica Fellowes leads us through the house and estate, reliving the iconic moments of the wonderfully aristocratic Crawley family and their servants as they navigate the emerging modern age. Travelling from great hall to servants' hall, bedroom to boot room, we glimpse as we go all our favourite scenes from the show including Matthew and Isobel Crawley arriving for the first time, the death of Kemal Pamuk, Cora's tragic miscarriage, Lady Sybil's new trousers, Thomas and
O'Brien's scheming, Anna and Bates's troubles with the law,
Edith jilted at the altar and Carson's proposal to Mrs Hughes.
Alongside this will be in-depth interviews with the cast and crew who have worked on the show for six years and know it so well, and a fascinating look at the changing style and fashions of Downton through the years. Packed full of stunning location shots and stills from all six series including exclusive behind-the-scenes photography from the iconic final series, plus gorgeous bespoke illustrations, this celebratory book is the ultimate gift for Downton Abbey fans the world over.
THE WIT AND WISDOM OF DOWNTON ABBEY
By Jessica Fellowes
'Daisy, what's happened to you? I said you could go for a drink of water, not a trip up the Nile.' Mrs Patmore
Have you ever wondered the best way to chastise your impenitent lady's maid, put your judgemental grandmother back in her box, or have your household quaking in their boots with a well-timed stern word? Well the Crawley family and their staff are here to show you how.
Packed full of the best one-liners and words of wisdom from
Carson, the Countess Dowager, Lady Mary, Mrs Patmore and more, this book will take you back to your favourite Downton moments and have your household running smoothly in no time.
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International Rights Director
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Email: rmills@pfd.co.uk
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Tel: +44 20 7344 1000 www.petersfraserdunlop.com
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