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.

Sam Edenborough
Sam began his career at A M Heath, then moved to Andrew Nurnberg Associates where he started selling rights. He joined ILA in 2001. Sam is a director of the agency, and handles rights for our clients in Brazil, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden. He served as President of the Association of Authors’ Agents from 2014 to 2016.

Jenny Robson
Jenny began her career at ILA in 2006 and is now a director of the agency. She handles rights in the Arabic-speaking countries, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Thailand and Vietnam. She works with our co-agents selling rights in Bulgaria, China, Korea, Romania, Serbia and Taiwan.

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 Gaisman
Clementine Gaisman joined ILA in 2013, after working in the Rights teams at Puffin and Walker Books. She handles rights for our children’s and young adult titles in Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, 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.

Alice Natali
Alice joined ILA in 2014 as Rights Assistant. In May 2018 she became Children’s and YA Rights Executive, and in February 2021 was promoted to Agent, supporting Clementine Gaisman and handling rights in the Arabic-speaking countries, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Thailand and Vietnam. She works with our co-agents selling rights in Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia.

May Wall
May joined the ILA team as the Translation Rights Assistant in July 2018 after graduating from Durham University with a degree in Modern Languages. During her year abroad, she completed an internship with a French literary agency.
Clients
ASH Literary
ILA represents all translation rights.
Bell Lomax Moreton Agency
ILA represents all translation rights.
Cassava Republic Press
ILA represents all translation rights.
Charlie Campbell Literary Agents
ILA represents all translation rights.
Clare Hulton Literary Agency
ILA represents all translation rights.
Cooke International
ILA represents translation rights in all children's and young adult titles from Cooke International'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.
Jo Unwin Literary Agency
ILA represents all translation rights for JULA's children's and YA titles.
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
Octopus Books
ILA represent translation rights in all Octopus Books narrative non fiction titles in all markets except Asia.
Old Street Publishing
ILA represents all translation rights.
Pickled Ink
Regal Hoffmann & Associates
ILA represents translation rights in the following languages: Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian and Swedish, as well as Greek rights for children's and YA titles.
Robertson Murray Literary Agency
ILA represents all translation rights.
Short Books
ILA represents all translation rights.
Skylark Literary
ILA represents all translation rights.
Stimola Literary Studio
ILA represents all translation rights except German.
The Agency (Hilary Delamere)
ILA represents Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Spanish and Turkish rights on behalf of Hilary's clients.
The Cheney Agency
ILA represents translation rights on behalf of The Cheney Agency in Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden and the Arabic language.
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.
Wade & Co Literary Agency
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
5 New Concordia Wharf
Mill Street
London
SE1 2BB