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 Albania, 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.
Elizabeth Guess
Elizabeth joined the ILA team as the Translation Rights Assistant in June 2021 after completing her Masters in Political Theory at LSE. Prior to joining ILA she participated in the SYP's Into Mentorship Scheme. She also volunteers with The Publishing Post.
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.
Clients
ASH Literary
ASH Literary is a Children's & YA focused agency set up in 2020 by Alice Sutherland-Hawes. Alice has been agenting for six years, most recently at Madeleine Milburn Agency and before that with Hilary Delamere at The Agency (London) Ltd. She has so far launched the careers of Namina Forna, Kereen Getten and Poonam Mistry, to name a few.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
Bell Lomax Moreton Agency
Founded in 2000, Bell Lomax Moreton represents a wide range of distinguished authors and illustrators, writing and illustrating adult fiction, non-fiction and children’s books.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
Cassava Republic Press
Cassava Republic Press was founded in Nigeria in 2006 with the aim of bringing high quality fiction and non-fiction for adults and children alike to a global audience. The press is one of Africa’s leading publishers of contemporary writing with offices in Abuja and London.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
Charlie Campbell Literary Agents
Charlie Campbell Literary Agents represents a wide range of authors focusing on literary and commercial fiction and notable non-fiction. The agency also has a select children’s list that includes recent winners of the Carnegie Medal and the YA Book Prize. Together, their agents have decades of experience in deal-making, publishing and bookselling. All of which they pass on to their authors.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
Clare Hulton Literary Agency
Clare Hulton Literary Agency is a young, creative, commercial and successful London-based agency.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
Cooke International
Founded in September 2009, Cooke International represents foreign rights for Penguin Random House Canada, The Cooke Agency and Tundra Books.
ILA represents translation rights in all children's and young adult titles from Cooke International's catalogue.
ILA represents translation rights in all children's and young adult titles from Cooke International's catalogue.
Harold Matson Co.
Established in 1937, Harold Matson Co. was one of the founding partners of ILA. The New York based agency represents fiction and non-fiction including a number of high profile estates.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
hhb agency
hhb agency ltd was founded in 2005 by Heather Holden-Brown, the agency represents writers of non-fiction and commercial fiction.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
Jane Conway-Gordon Ltd
Founded in 1982, Jane Conway-Gordon Ltd handles mostly adult fiction with a specialism in the crime writing genre.
ILA represents all translation rights except German.
ILA represents all translation rights except German.
Jo Unwin Literary Agency
JULA Ltd is a dynamic literary agency based at Somerset House in London. The agency represents debut and best-selling authors published in the UK, US and internationally. Whilst always looking for the best publishing deals and relationships for their authors, JULA Ltd also works closely with talent agencies in London and LA for book to film deals.
ILA represents all translation rights for JULA's children's and YA titles.
ILA represents all translation rights for JULA's children's and YA titles.
Julia Kingsford Ltd
Julia Kingsford Ltd is a boutique literary agency founded in 2021 by Julia Kingsford following her departure from Kingsford Campbell Ltd, the agency she set up in 2014 with Charlie Campbell. She represents adult fiction and non-fiction as well as a small amount of YA and MG fiction.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
Kate Barker Literary, TV & Film Agency
Kate Barker Literary, TV & Film Agency is a boutique London-based agency representing writers of fiction and non-fiction. It works creatively with its authors and is actively looking for new writers.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
Knights Of
Knights Of is a new inclusive children’s publisher based in London. Focused on ensuring the team behind all their books is as representative as possible, KO publishes the best commercial fiction for all kids. #BooksMadeBetter
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
LaunchBooks Literary Agency
LaunchBooks is based in San Diego, CA. Founder David Fugate represents a wide range of authors writing genre-breaking fiction and trade non-fiction.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
Luigi Bonomi Associates
LBA was established by Luigi Bonomi and Amanda Preston in March 2005. The agency represents a wide variety of best-selling and prize-winning authors, journalists and writers.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
Miles Stott Children’s Literary Agency Ltd
Founded in 2003 by Nancy Miles, MSCLA is a specialist children’s agency handling baby books, picture books, novelty books, fiction and non-fiction for middle grade and young adult readers.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
Octopus Books
Octopus is a leading publisher of non-fiction books, and is a part of Hachette UK. Octopus imprints each have their own identity and all publish highly successful titles of outstanding quality and content.
ILA represent translation rights in all Octopus Books narrative non fiction titles in all markets except Asia.
ILA represent translation rights in all Octopus Books narrative non fiction titles in all markets except Asia.
Old Street Publishing
Founded in 2006, Old Street is an independent British publisher with a small but eclectic list ranging from literary fiction to commercial non-fiction, with the odd – very odd – gift or 'humour' book thrown in.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
Pickled Ink
Pickled Ink is a boutique London-based literary and illustration agency, with a client base across advertising, design and publishing sectors.
ILA represent all translation rights.
ILA represent all translation rights.
Regal Hoffmann & Associates
Based in New York, Regal Hoffmann & Associates was founded in 2002. The agency represents works in a wide range of categories, with an emphasis on literary fiction, outstanding thriller and crime fiction, serious narrative non-fiction, works in translation, and children's books.
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.
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
Robertson Murray is a dynamic and growing literary agency with extensive experience in both book publishing and talent management for TV, film and radio, public speaking and more. The agency was founded by Charlotte Robertson and Hilary Murray.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
Short Books
Founded in 2001 by former journalists Rebecca Nicolson and Aurea Carpenter, Short Books has established itself as an independent publisher of first-class, popular non-fiction.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
Skylark Literary
Skylark Literary is a specialist Children's & YA literary agency and creative consultancy founded in 2014 by Amber Caraveo and Joanna Moult.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
Stimola Literary Studio
Founded in 1997, Rosemary Stimola's agency handles children's books (pre-school through young adult) fiction and non-fiction. The Stimola Literary Studio specialises in picture books, middle/young adult novels.
ILA represents all translation rights except German.
ILA represents all translation rights except German.
The Agency
Hilary Delamere and Jessica Hare at The Agency represent a range of children's authors and illustrators, both new and established, and handle their publishing and related media rights.
ILA represents Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Spanish and Turkish rights on behalf of their clients.
ILA represents Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Spanish and Turkish rights on behalf of their clients.
The Cheney Agency
Founded by Elyse Cheney in 2004, the agency represents a wide range of fiction and non-fiction writers.
ILA represents the following translation rights on behalf of The Cheney Agency: Arabic, Brazilian (Portuguese), Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, italian, Norwegian and Swedish.
ILA represents the following translation rights on behalf of The Cheney Agency: Arabic, Brazilian (Portuguese), Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, italian, Norwegian and Swedish.
The Good Literary Agency
The Good Literary Agency is a social enterprise literary agency, working to increase opportunities especially for writers of colour, disability, working class, LGBTQ+ and anyone who feels their story is not being told in the mainstream.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
The Hamilton Agency
The Hamilton Agency is a literary agency based in Holland Park in London. It was founded March 2019 by Matthew Hamilton, who was an agent with Aitken Alexander Associates for over twelve years. Previously he was a Publishing Director and Board member at Bloomsbury, and Editorial Director at 4th Estate.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
The Hanbury Agency
Founded in 1983, The Hanbury Agency has consistently represented remarkable writers. The agency is dedicated, forward-thinking, delivers a personal service and represents its clients worldwide.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
The Shaw Agency
After eighteen years as a literary agent at Aitken Alexander Associates and The Viney Agency, Kate Shaw founded The Shaw Agency in 2019, a boutique literary agency proudly representing brilliant writers.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
The Soho Agency
The Soho Agency is a successful and creative London-based agency representing a roster of clients which includes internationally best-selling authors, award-winning on-screen talent, high-profile speakers, leading illustrators, IP creators and major brands.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
The Turnbull Agency
The Turnbull Agency was set up by Janet Turnbull Irving to manage John Irving's literary rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
The Viney Agency
The Viney Agency was established by Charlie Viney in 2008 and represents a diverse range of children’s, adult fiction and non-fiction authors writing across a wide range of subjects.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
Wade & Co Literary Agency
Founded by Robin Wade in 2001, Wade & Co Literary Agency handles fiction and non-fiction for adults and young adults.
ILA represents all translation rights.
ILA represents all translation rights.
Please do not send us unsolicited submissions
Because we’re a specialist translation rights team, we cannot offer representation to authors directly. If you are seeking an agent for your book, please visit our clients’ websites, where you can find out more about what they are looking for, and how to submit to them. Also please note: we do not offer rights to any English-language publishers.
Please do not send us submission queries, or any writing samples. We will not acknowledge receipt of any such messages, attachments, or physical materials sent via the post which we will immediately delete or dispose of securely, as a matter of policy.
Co-Agents
ALBANIA, BULGARIA, SERBIA & ROMANIA
Andrew Nurnberg Assoc. (SOFIA)CZECH REPUBLIC, SLOVAKIA & SLOVENIA
Andrew Nurnberg Assoc. (PRAGUE)MAINLAND CHINA & TAIWAN
Big Apple Agency (TAIPEI & SHANGHAI)Grayhawk Agency (TAIPEI & SHANGHAI)
JAPAN
English Agency (TOKYO)Japan Uni Agency (TOKYO)
Tuttle-Mori Agency (TOKYO)
KOREA
Eric Yang Agency (SEOUL)Shinwon Agency (SEOUL)
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