Who we are

Nicki Kennedy
Nicki joined ILA in 1989 having previously been a Rights Manager at Hodder & Stoughton and then Hamish Hamilton. She is Managing Director of the agency, and sells rights in France, Germany and Spain, working with our co-agents in Tokyo to negotiate Japanese rights.

Jenny Robson
Jenny began her career at ILA in 2006 and is a Director of the agency. She handles rights in Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Sweden and The Netherlands. She works with our co-agents selling rights in China, Korea and Taiwan. She currently chairs the Foreign Rights Committee of the Association of Authors' Agents.

Katherine West
Katherine started her career at David Bennett Books, and worked at The British Museum Press and the Orion Publishing Group before joining ILA in 2007. She handles rights in Georgia, Greece, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine and works with our co-agents selling rights in The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia.

Clementine Ahearne
Clementine Ahearne joined ILA in 2013, after working in the Rights teams at Puffin and Walker Books. She is a Director of the agency and handles rights for our children’s and young adult titles in Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine. She works with our co-agents selling rights in China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan.

Alix Shaw
Alix started her career in sales at Faber before joining PRH as a Rights Executive. She joined ILA in February 2022 and is now a Translation Rights Agent handling rights in the Arabic speaking territories, Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Romania, Serbia, Thailand and Vietnam.

Elizabeth Guess
Elizabeth joined the ILA team as the Translation Rights Assistant in June 2021. In November 2022 she was promoted to Children's and YA Rights Executive, supporting Clementine Ahearne and handling rights in the Arabic-speaking countries, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Thailand and Vietnam.

Jack Viney
Jack joined ILA in January 2020 as Office Assistant. He supports the team working on tax exemption form and contract processing, as well as a host of other tasks that help ensure the smooth running of the office.

Shemaiah Rose
Shemaiah joined the ILA team as Contracts and Royalties Assistant in July 2023.
Clients
Bell Lomax Moreton Agency
ILA represents all translation rights.
Clare Hulton Literary Agency
ILA represents all translation rights.
CookeMcDermid
ILA represents translation rights in all children's and young adult titles from CookeMcDermid's catalogue.
Harold Matson Co.
ILA represents all translation rights.
hhb agency
ILA represents all translation rights.
Jane Conway-Gordon Ltd
ILA represents all translation rights except German.
Julia Kingsford Ltd
ILA represents all translation rights.
Kate Barker Literary, TV & Film Agency
ILA represents all translation rights.
Knights Of
ILA represents all translation rights.
LaunchBooks Literary Agency
ILA represents all translation rights.
Luigi Bonomi Associates
ILA represents all translation rights.
Miles Stott Children’s Literary Agency Ltd
ILA represents all translation rights.
Old Street Publishing
ILA represents all translation rights.
Pickled Ink
ILA represent all translation rights.
Robertson Murray Literary Agency
ILA represents all translation rights.
Skylark Literary
ILA represents all translation rights.
Stimola Literary Studio
ILA represents all translation rights except German.
The Agency
ILA represents rights on behalf of their clients in all languages except for Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese.
The Good Literary Agency
ILA represents all translation rights.
The Hamilton Agency
ILA represents all translation rights.
The Hanbury Agency
ILA represents all translation rights.
The Shaw Agency
ILA represents all translation rights.
The Soho Agency
ILA represents all translation rights.
The Turnbull Agency
ILA represents all translation rights.
The Viney Agency
ILA represents all translation rights.
Valerie Hoskins Associates
Zibby Books
ILA represents all translation rights.
Please do not send us unsolicited submissions
Co-Agents
Grayhawk Agency (TAIPEI & SHANGHAI)
Japan Uni Agency (TOKYO)
Tuttle-Mori Agency (TOKYO)
Shinwon Agency (SEOUL)
Contact Us
Visiting address:
10 Waterloo Court
Theed Street
London SE1 8ST
Registered in England and Wales. Company registration number: 6929465
Registered office: Kings Parade, Lower Coombe Street, Croydon CR10 1AA.
VAT registration number: 627 8506 18