Bell lomax moreton. Agent: Paul Moreton. Cate Baumer (she/her) is a fantasy writer who lived half her life in Japan but currently resides on an Appalachian mountaintop and is occasionally visited by foxes and bears. In the same year Lara won a prize for her poem ‘The Thames Barrier’ in the Café Writers Poetry Competition, wrote and narrated a major podcast, We are delighted to share the news that Lauren Gardner has sold world all-language rights for Lucy Lewis's debut non-fiction title, Lighting the Fuse, to Ru Merritt, senior editor at Trapeze Books. She loves to write and illustrate fun and slightly absurd comedies for children, which are equally entertaining for adults. He has appeared in shows including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Academy Award Winner Sam Mendes and the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Matilda the Musical, directed by Matthew Warchus. Elle is a Scottish and Neurodivergent writer, happily living in London. And in 2023 Mariajo’s very first picture book, Flooded, won the Klaus Flugge. Bryher can usually be found where picture books are. Ella is an illustrator based in Norway, living in her native city of Trondheim. Submissions. The sparkling sequel to Meet the Planets sends young readers on a fascinating journey through the depths of the ocean as rhyming text describes incredible underwater creatures from beluga whales to manatees. SJ Ford is twenty-eight years old and lives in the Cheshire countryside. MacLean is a fantasy romance author from sunny Southern California. This niche specialism involves the crossroads of offending and severe mental illness. Rory Jeffers is a graphic designer, illustrator, art director and creative director who is proud to be able to draw on over 20 years experience of delivering high-end creative solutions throughout the UK, Ireland and the world. Initially known for his typography and artist’s books he employs a variety of different approaches including drawing, collage and poetry. The Watchers has sold over 75,000 copies so far and has already been translated into several languages Happy publication day to The Not-So-Wicked Witch by Bethan Stevens! On the sleepiest of nights, when the air is still and the moon is full, the conditions are just right for WITCHES TO TAKE FLIGHT! Agent: Jo Bell Jeevani* writes multicultural women’s fiction. Nancy Peach is a writer of commercial women’s fiction, a mother of three, and an owner of various ridiculous-looking pets including a splodgy cat, a rescue dog with wonky legs, and another dog who unexpectedly grew to be the size of a small horse. Bitter Karella is a genderfluid goblin from Maryland, best known as the creator of the Hugo-nominated microfiction comedy account @Midnight_Pals which asks what if all your favourite horror writers were to gather around the campfire and tell scary stories like in the classic Nickelodeon series “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” @Midnight Pals has had three successfully June was instrumental in founding the agency, bringing a sense of calm and organisation to the office. She loves to take real and familiar places and events and add a layer of mystery and hocus-pocus. Blood's thicker than water and they're not afraid to spill it. For me this covers many genres from contemporary romance, women’s Agency: Bell Lomax Moreton. M. Suite C, 131 Queensway, Petts Wood. We are thrilled to announce that Lauren Gardner has sold World English Language rights, including audio, for an ‘imaginative and uplifting’ new MG novel about friendship, self acceptance and unlikely heroes from After attending Woldingham school in Surrey, Katy Birchall went to Manchester University where she received a first-class degree in English Literature and Linguistics and a Masters in Post-1900 Literature, Theories and Cultures. Lucy Griffiths is a passive income strategist and coach for entrepreneurs who swapped reporting in conflict zones for course creation and built a hugely successful business selling digital courses. He is the first port of call for the postman every morning, and enjoys sitting next to our agency reader Sarah, who always has time for an ear scratch whilst she’s making her way through submissions. Habiba Nabisubi is a British Ugandan multimedia artist based in South London. She works in the City and writes children’s book inspired by the natural world and her children. . Beth Corby began life in a small Welsh mining village, and pursued her interest in music through to a PhD. CJ Rivera is an adult dystopian author navigating the realms of high-tech turmoil and stark reality. Mad about fantasy, science-fiction, and crime, he can usually be found re-reading books he’s already read or trying to persuade people to play complex board games with him. Imagine standing over a bomb - you need to make a choice. We aim to offer an exceptional level of service to our clients Denzell Dankwah is a British-born Ghanaian based in Northampton and is a 21 year old illustrator and recent graduate. 7993296. His distinctive oil paintings have been exhibited in multiple cities, including the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn and Gestalten Space, Berlin. 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. After studying politics, he spent time as a police officer, freelance journalist, and director of several companies. Richard has always loved spending time by the sea. Alex is a South African writer and illustrator living in Cape Town. Lorna Hemingway, literary agent at Bell Lomax Moreton, gives her insights and advice about submitting your Picture Book manuscript. However, Ella studied in the UK and graduated from Kent Institute of Art and Design in 2000 and has been working freelance ever since. While at Manchester, Katy won the 2011 24/7 Theatre Festival Award for “Most Promising New Writer” for a comedy she wrote, produced and directed. From a gender-fluid spy who outwitted an army; and a giant who overcame the bullies that body-shamed her; to an Iranian Irish hero-trainer; and a shapeshifting eco-warrior, readers will meet diverse goddesses who have been Ruby Speechley, graduated from Sheffield Hallam University in 2009, with an MA in Creative Writing. Passionate about female empowerment, her work depicts women of colour in their day to day lives. The premise: 'At Clairmont Hall, the corridors are ruled by the Elites - a group made up not only of London's richest but actual royalty - which includes Princess Caroline, rumoured to be promised to the dazzling Alexandra Sheppard was born in North London to a Jamaican mother and English father. All Rights Reserved. Previously, Pat had worked in senior editorial roles at Simon & Schuster, Wiley and Kogan Eddie has vast experience in publishing. Lessons on the mayhem and magnificence of midlife, Much More to Come by Eleanor Mills is published TODAY by HQ Stories! Midlife is a chrysalis, not a crisis. Founded in 2000, Bell Lomax Moreton represents a wide range of distinguished authors and illustrators, writing and illustrating adult fiction, Fiction - Bell Lomax Moreton represents a wide range of distinguished authors and illustrators, writing and illustrating adult fiction, non-fiction and children’s books. Dr Nell Ward is an ecologist, not a detective. She graduated with a first in Creative Writing and has worked as a bookseller, bartender, blogger and babysitter—all while writing stories for her own 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. After her final year thesis on ‘Picture book walkway’ she rediscovered her love for storytelling, being a literature nerd, and picture book illustrations which led her to pursue a career in Children’s books. Head Over Heart was published by Chicken House in 2014. Denzell’s art is heavily influenced by comic books and graphic novels as his love for the medium is what Toby Rampton is a British illustrator based in Cambridge, UK. She earned a degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and dabbled among flowers and trees for a time before she followed a passion for food into the culinary arts. As a child, she could usually be found writing stories or reading children’s classics in her mum’s Volvo Estate. General Enquiries: [email protected] Submissions: [email protected] Telephone. She now lives in south London, working in a studio Katie spent 25 years at HarperCollins in a variety of roles including Group Rights Director, Managing Director of Collins non-fiction and senior positions in William Collins and 4th Estate, Fiction and Children’s. While she works as an international relocation consultant by day, she spends her nights crafting bittersweet stories set in lush and haunted worlds. Jo has also published Messy Molly (Scholastic 2016) and illustrated Petunia Paris’s Parrot (text by Katie Sarah J. She is crafting tales that wrestle with society’s disparities in a future that feels tantalizingly close to our own. As a USA Today Bestselling Author and award-winning designer, Kat has always been a storyteller. Happy publication day to The Stitchwort Curse by Alexandra Dawe! Etta Starling has never set foot outside Stitchwort. Canada) rights for The Tidal Year by wild swimmer and podcaster, Freya Bromley, to Joelle Owusu-Sekyere, Commissioning Editor at Coronet, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton. DI Patel: Cold Sun is Bollywood Noir – The Killing meets The Indian Quintin Jardine is the author of three much-acclaimed and best-selling series of detective novels: Bob Skinner, Oz Blackstone and Primavera Blackstone. Liza Frank grew up watching B-movies and dreaming of being Chrissie Hynde before working backstage in theatre and film for over a decade. Her first work of fiction, a dark comedy called The Twenty-Seven Club is the prequel to Parklife, exploring music fandom, mental Sara Rhys is a mixed media artist and published illustrator of several children’s books, living and working in the Scottish Borders. At Bell Lomax Moreton Justine works with authors and illustrators to help shape their work for submission to publishers. Pooja Puri first tasted publishing success with her short story Chess, and later graduated from King’s Collge London with a First Class degree in English Language and Literature. Julian was an avid doodler during his younger years but never really continued as he got older. She was a staff writer at The Daily Mail and Deputy Features Editor on Woman & Home magazine until 2006 when she turned freelance. We are thrilled to announce that Jo Bell has sold world rights for Monumenta by Lara Haworth – a groundbreaking debut novel charting a diverging family’s reunion at their childhood home, requisitioned to make way for a monument to an unascertained massacre to Ellah Wakatama, Editor at Large at Canongate. Emily Schofield is an illustrator based in Manchester who loves all things nature. Alan O’Rourke. With backgrounds ranging from museum interpretation to web design, and from science communication to ghost tours, they are devoted to storytelling in almost every aspect of their lives and work. Email. Download Portfolio (PDF) / Agent: Paul Moreton Originally from Dartford, Nicola studied for her BA in Illustration and Animation at Kingston University, graduating with her exquisitely drawn and highly inventive degree show project, The Old and the Bold: A Owl! at the Library 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze. This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, hosted by the Mental Health Foundation UK. 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. He has worked in the non-profit sector in the UK for more than two decades, focusing on film, LGBTQ causes, Agent: Jo Bell Sven Hughes has worked at the heart of geostrategic influence for the past twenty years. Before setting up Bell Lomax Moreton, Eddie was Executive Chairman and Publisher at HarperCollins. Theatre school dropout, ex-999 operator and occasional forklift driver, Jenni writes children’s books with a magical twist. They grew up on a small farm in Shropshire which inspired a love of nature and animals as well as intricate machinery. She loves to be out in nature and draws inspiration from the beautiful landscapes, forests, and lakes of her local area. As a child Emma always wanted to be an astronaut or artist. She delights in spinning stories of the sweetest nightmares to delight her readers with her unique twist of fantasy, horror, and romance. Sally Poyton is a neuro diverse writer and illustrator, with dyslexia, dyscalculia (like dyslexia but with numbers) and dyspraxia (like dyslexia but with coordination), she also has issues, EDS We are beyond thrilled to announce that one of our amazing agents, Katie Fulford, is now an Emmy Award Winning Executive Producer for her work on last year’s festive TV adaptation of Judith Kerr’s beloved The Tiger Who Came To Tea!Katie co-produced the animation alongside Ann-Janine Murtagh and Mia Jupp for HarperCollins and in collaboration with Lupus Originally from Spain, Mariajo graduated from the Cambridge MA in Children's Books Illustration in 2021 and hasn’t looked back since - she has published three best-selling picture books which have sold across 28 languages. John also leads the wider Aysha Tengiz was born in Brighton and grew up between an island on the Aegean coast of Turkey and a small market town in the English countryside. Bryher Mackenzie likes books with big feelings. Paul is the Managing Director of Bell Lomax Moreton. In Australian by nationality, Louise currently lives in beautiful Yorkshire, where she is at work on more historical fiction. Sagas is an author of rowdy, adventurous science fiction and fantasy stories full of characters who live hard and fight harder. She studied English Literature and Drama at the University of East Anglia, where she sadly realised she couldn’t act but did rediscover her love of children’s books. Visit the post for more. She enrolled on the MA in Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art and graduated in 2016. She co-edits for Witch Craft Magazine where she is currently working to develop an Lucy Nichol is a writer with a passion for mental health awareness, music, comedy, and nostalgia. She completed a degree in fashion but soon found out she was RUBBISH at sewing. A graduate of the Curtis Brown creative writing school, she loves to write about the personalities hiding behind the masks we wear every day, whether beautiful or ugly. ILA represents all translation rights. Coronet will publish The Tidal Year in hardback, eBook, and audio on 4th May 2023. QJ is a crusty but urbane Scot, in his prime, and done with disclosing his age. Her novel The Queen (New Delhi; Juggernaut, 2017), a historical novel based on real events, has been made into a web series in four languages, its trailers alone reaching 20 million YouTube views. 88 likes. As an LGBTQ+ writer, Robert hopes to help children and adults alike to Charles Spicer is a Suffolk-based historian with an MA from the University of Cambridge and a PhD from the University of London. She graduated with a Masters in Children's Book Illustration from Cambridge School of Art in 2024 with a distinction. Pre-pandemic she spent eighteen months as the female MC for Magic Mike Live at the MK Hardy is the pen name for Morag Hannah and Erin Hardee, two geeky women living and writing together in Scotland. Matthew’s debut middle grade novel, The Sky Over Rebecca, which won the Bath Children’s Novel Award in 2019 was published in April 2022 by Hodder Children’s Books. We are thrilled to share the cover for Alex Kane's The Family Business!. Tamaki is a novelist and screenwriter from Los Angeles, where he grew up climbing trees in the Santa Monica mountains and making short films in his backyard. S. Having turned an extract from Monumenta into a short story, she won a Bridport prize for it in October 2022. Having lived in both Kampala, Uganda as well as the UK she draws huge inspiration when creating new work from both sides of her heritage and lived experience. News; Announcing the dates for Shirley Ballas’ Dance to the Death book tour (the Sequin Mysteries series, book 2) Hot Young Royals at Scholastic; We are delighted to share the news that Lauren Gardner has sold world all-language rights for Lucy Lewis's debut non-fiction title, Lighting the Fuse, to Ru Merritt, senior editor at Trapeze Books. From a gender-fluid spy who outwitted an army; and a giant who overcame the bullies that body-shamed her; to an Iranian Irish hero-trainer; and a shapeshifting eco-warrior, readers will meet diverse goddesses who have been The sun is shining, new books have been published, and we are SMILING! The first book in a magical new series by Tamsin Mori, Gargoyles: Guardians of the Source is out now with UCLan Publishing! We are thrilled to announce that Jo Bell has sold UK and Commonwealth (ex. She writes to give folks a few good laughs (and maybe a few good cries, too). After gaining a BSc in Botany and Zoology, a second BSc in Psychology, a PhD, and conducting post-doctoral research on octopuses in Naples, he became a Professor of Psychology. June has developed her own list of clients as well as supporting the other agents with their work. World rights were acquired by Greg Rees for Head of Zeus from John Baker at Bell Lomax. She is also a reformed ex-commercial litigation solicitor. We are incredibly excited that Apple TV have dropped the new trailer for their adaptation of superstar Oliver Jeffers’ bestselling Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth. Justine Hardy is the author of six books, both fiction and non-fiction, all of which draw on the thirty years that she has spent living and working in India, particularly in the tragic and beautiful Kashmir Valley. Non-Fiction - Bell Lomax Moreton represents a wide range of distinguished authors and illustrators, writing and illustrating adult fiction, non-fiction and children’s books. Alex / A. We are thrilled to announce that Lorna Hemingway has sold world rights for two titles for Bia Melo, including her “beautifully brilliant” début The Dream Book, to Amelia Warren at Templar Books, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK! Rose Grover is a British illustrator based in Brighton, UK. Ellen Ryan is the author of Girls Who Slay Monsters, which offers unsung stories about ancient Irish goddesses, re-imagined for nine to twelve-year olds. Forest Xiao is an image maker, storyteller, treasure finder, and new mother. A conservation scientist and third culture Scot, Lorraine Wilson (she/her) lives by the sea writing stories influenced by folklore and the Anita Sivakumaran holds an MA and a PhD in Creative Writing from the Universities of Lancaster and Leicester. L. Fiction publisher Lauren Fortune bought world rights from Lauren Gardner at Bell Lomax Moreton, and the book is out in May 2025. Robert studied at the Glasgow School of Art before leaping in to a career on the West End stage. Although Mojca now works full-time as a freelance illustrator, she used to work as a waitress and salesperson for some time. A Limited Company No. From a gender-fluid spy who outwitted an army; and a giant who overcame the bullies that body-shamed her; to an Iranian Irish hero-trainer; and a shapeshifting eco-warrior, readers will meet diverse goddesses who have been Sarah J. She is a full-time mum to three daughters and one baby boy, step-mum to Debut author Sumana Seeboruth lives in London with her husband and two young children. She currently works in online marketing and writes part-time – gathering the quirky, emotional, and problematic to feed her imagination and unleash her pen. When she realised the latter didn’t actually involve hanging out with Martians and space food tasted gross, she decided that being an artist sounded like more fun. Salomey Doku is a self-taught author-illustrator from Leeds, England. She grew up around books, her mum always reading the latest crime thriller. Eddie We are beyond thrilled to announce that the bestselling DCI Daley series by Denzil Meyrick will be coming to your TV screen soon! In addition to this GAME OF THRONES and BAFTA Scotland award winning actor RORY McCANN is set to star as DCI Jim Daley in the 8 X 60mins drama adaptation. We are thrilled to announce that Katie Fulford has sold world all language rights for Life in Her Hands, the “inspirational” memoir from Professor Averil Mansfield to Claire Collins, editor at Ebury Spotlight!Publication is scheduled for February 2023. From figurative painting and installation to illustration and picture-book making, Jeffers’ work takes many forms. Matthew grew up in Wiltshire and studied at Balliol College, Oxford and at the Northern Film School. Clare shares her house in Bristol with her family and gaggle of pets. ) family tree on Geni, with over 265 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Shine draws on the horror tradition of authors such as Poe and Lovecraft while giving it an exciting new twist for the twenty-first century. She attended Glasgow’s School of Art and then Kingston University, graduating with her Masters in Chloe Seager grew up in East London with her Mum and much-loved cat, Katie. Represented internationally by the fabulous Paul Moreton of Bell Lomax Moreton in London. She returns in April 2025 and, in her absence, please consider sending your submission to another member of the team that represents the same areas. Rachel Cullen is a writer, blogger, author and runner. Freya is still Genevieve Jagger is a queer writer and witch from Scotland. Bell Lomax Moreton Agency Suite C, Victory House, 131 Queensway Petts Wood, Kent BR5 1DG T. During the course, she created her first picture book Rabbityness which was published the following year, and has been nominated for 8 awards, including Kate Greenaway Medal and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. She has written five novels, including a YA novel, Head Over Heart, which was shortlisted for the Mslexia Children’s Novel Competition, and an adult novel that was one of three finalists for the 2013 Dundee International Book Prize. Claudia Boldt’s work features recognisable bold layouts and a muted colour palette, which is complimented by engaging characters and narratives. Return to Picture Books. He joined the agency in 2000 from Penguin Books, where he was Head of Children’s Book Sales. To date she has written five novels and, while technically they’re her first foray into fiction, her twenty-odd years of writing for government have given her a solid foundation in creative writing. 'Young children will love diving into this vibrant picture book and embarking on a captivating exploration of the world's oceans' BookTrust's Great Beth Corby began life in a small Welsh mining village, and pursued her interest in music through to a PhD. While her use of collage dominates her practice, she loves to explore a range of media to create illustrations filled with whimsy and magic. She likes to keep busy and you may have seen her keeping busy in acting roles in Netflix’s The Crown, Call the Midwife or Silent Witness, among others. After spending sixteen years as an ecologist, crawling through undergrowth and studying nocturnal habits of animals (and people), Dr Sarah Yarwood-Lovett naturally turned her mind to murder. We are thrilled to announce that Lauren Gardner has sold World Rights in a three-book deal for Rachel Faturoti to Polly Lyall-Grant, Commissioning Editor at Hachette Children’s Group. Her second novel, Parklife, delves into addiction, recovery, friendship, and hope, and is set against a backdrop of UK Northern life and 90s Britpop. She has developed, edited or published bestselling and award-winning children’s tv shows, baby and preschool books, picture books, non-fiction, 5 – 8 and middle-grade fiction. She has lived in China, Germany, USA, UK, and Malaysia, which nourished her open heart and free spirit. Agent: Jo Bell Dawn Goodwin’s twenty-year career has spanned PR, advertising and publishing, both in London and Johannesburg. She co-edits for Witch Craft Magazine where she is currently working to develop an We are thrilled to share that Bia Melo has been shortlisted for The Klaus Flugge Prize (2024) for her debut, The Dream Book (published by Templar Publishing, June 2023). He has a degree in English and Philosophy and has written and illustrated for many major brands across the globe. She’s a gal from the big city seeking a new life in a small town. Having grown up in The Netherlands, Iona is a Scottish-born London-based author and illustrator who is greatly inspired by the magic of everyday life. April is a mixed media illustrator and storyteller based in the Lake District, UK. Bell Lomax Moreton Agency Suite C 131 Queensway Petts Wood Kent BR5 1DG. But when she's the prime suspect in a murder, only her unique set of skills could help to clear her name Download Portfolio (PDF) / Agent: Paul Moreton. S. The Klaus Flugge Prize is for the most promising and exciting newcomers in children's book illustration and we are so incredibly proud of Bia for being shortlisted. Sophie Green is a multi-award-winning wildlife & conservation artist and illustrator, who specialises in capturing the photorealistic details of animals and their surroundings. Anuska grew up in Spain where she studied Fine Arts at the University of Salamanca. Faye Bradley . Samantha Baines is an award-winning comedian, actress, author, broadcaster, hearing aid wearer, knitter, divorcee and feminist. Gutscheine zum Selbstausdrucken! Genealogy for Luitgard von Falkenstein (von Arnstein) (1254 - d. Oliver Jeffers makes art. Emily Kenny has loved books for as long as she can remember. Happy publication day to The Not-So-Wicked Witch by Bethan Stevens! On the sleepiest of nights, when the air is still and the moon is full, the conditions are just right for WITCHES TO TAKE FLIGHT! 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. Bell Lomax Moreton Data Protection Statement The General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Acts 1988-2018 apply to the processing of personal data. She was born in the South of England, but spent much of her childhood in Sri Lanka, with short forays to Nigeria and Micronesia, before returning to settle in Yorkshire. 4,842 Followers, 446 Following, 1,380 Posts - Bell Lomax Moreton (@belllomaxmoreton) on Instagram: "London Bell Lomax Moreton. She has written extensively about folklore for The Everyday Lore Project and for a Masters in Folklore Studies from University of Hertfordshire, as well as teaching literacy and creative writing in primary and secondary schools. Paul Moreton. Mojca is a Slovene artist whose pseudonym is Mocculere for her artwork and writing. Finding academic writing too constrictive, she tried writing creatively and fell for comedic storytelling and fiction at the first pen stroke. Bell Lomax Moreton is committed to Ellen Ryan is the author of Girls Who Slay Monsters, which offers unsung stories about ancient Irish goddesses, re-imagined for nine to twelve-year olds. We believe at Bell Lomax Moreton that monitoring your mental health is paramount to your wellbeing every week of the year, however as we all faced the life changing impacts of Covid-19 in the last year it has become more important than ever to shine a light on Gary joined Kent Police at the age of 18 and worked in a variety of uniformed roles before he was diagnosed with a life-limiting and incurable disease of the heart at the age of 29. Pat is one of the founders of Bell Lomax Moreton. Kent BR5 1DG. Agent: Paul Moreton Stephanie Clarkson graduated from the University of Leeds with a degree in French and Italian, before training as a journalist. At the Bell Lomax Moreton Agency we are encouraged to work on passion projects, authors that we enjoy reading, talking about and spending time with. All Jools wanted to do when she was little was to draw and show off on stage. We aim to offer an exceptional level of service to our clients and help them achieve their full potential in all aspects of their writing and illustration career. Daley is a former chef who lives and writes in the Chicago Metropolitan area with her husband, son and very fat cat. Shrouded by a dark curse for over a century the estate is lost and forgotten. Bell Lomax Moreton (@belllomaxmoreton) • Instagram photos and videos. Happy publication day to A Murder of Crows by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett . Em Cosh (they/them) is an illustrator and writer living in Margate, UK. Return to Agents. Money isn’t everything, but Bola shows how you can build your financial knowledge to enhance your wellbeing, open up new possibilities, and achieve your life goals. Now that she’s (mostly) a grown-up, she’s found a way to combine drawing and acting without any of the stage fright that comes from standing in front of an audience: through her exquisitely crafted and beautifully Rachael A Edwards first discovered her love of storytelling at a young age, when she got lost in tales of witches, fairies and magical realms. Good morning, everyone! Julie is an agency assistant at Bell Lomax Moreton who has recently 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. Alex Kane is from a small village just outside Glasgow. Gareth Thomas is a former international rugby star having played rugby union for Bridgend, Celtic Warriors, Toulouse and Cardiff Blues, as well as winning 100 international caps for Wales and captaining the British and Irish Lions. Donnie Black. Authors you represent and recent deals: I’m lucky enough to be able to represent both We've been keen to feature an agent who is focused on Sci-fi and Fanstasy for a while and were delighted when John Baker of Bell Lomax Moreton agreed to answer some Bell Lomax Moreton Agency. Luckily he gets to do all these things as a graphic designer, illustrator and printmaker. She has enjoyed drawing and writing stories for as long as she can remember and her work is driven by a love of storytelling. Originally trained in architecture, in which she worked for over 3 years, she started watercolour painting in 2018, and quickly fell in love with the art of storytelling. Christina has lived several lives. John Baker (he/him) joined the agency in 2019, focusing on building his own cultivated list, shaped around his passion for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. And the fox character, was bored with wishing people a Merry Christmas, he had more interesting tales to tell! As a result, her studio was becoming a very noisy place to work, with everyone talking over each other, trying to get their story told, so you can imagine Charley's relief when she was spotted by Lorna at Bell Lomax Moreton. Baroness Elisabeth of Wangenheim-Winterstein ( German: Elisabeth Freiin von Wangenheim-Winterstein [eˈliːzabɛt ˈfʁaɪ̯ɪn fɔn ˈvaŋənhaɪ̯m ˈvɪntɐʃtaɪ̯n]; 16 January 1912 – 15 March 2010) Old Falkenstein Castle (‹See Tfd› German: Burg Alter Falkenstein or Burg Alt-Falkenstein) in the Harz Mountains of Germany is the castle site or burgstall of a high medieval hill castle. Mariajo was also th e overall winner of the World Illustration awards in 2020. Pava Babic’s house has been requestioned. Navya Raju is Illustrator-Storyteller based in Hyderabad, a multicultural city in India, with an academic background in Architecture. Please note: Lauren Gardner is currently on maternity leave and therefore closed to submissions. She began writing in 2010 and was published by Hera Books in 2019 with an extensive and interesting journey to publication in-between. He graduated with a Masters in Children’s Book Illustration from Cambridge School of Art in 2024 with a distinction, and he was selected as a winner in the 58th Bologna Children’s Book Fair Exhibition. 020 7930 4447. Colette Victor now lives in Belgium after being born in South Africa. Amongst other things, she has abseiled off Table Mountain, jumped out of a plane at 11,000 feet, climbed Mount Fuji, worked on a game reserve in South Africa, qualified as a scuba diver and ridden an ostrich. London based literary agency representing quality fiction & non-fiction, biography, children's, business & sport. He was born in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, and educated there and in Glasgow, where he studied snooker and, in his leisure moments, law, at what was After attending Woldingham school in Surrey, Katy Birchall went to Manchester University where she received a first-class degree in English Literature and Linguistics and a Masters in Post-1900 Literature, Theories and Cultures. 01689 820 061. She is a Faber Academy alumna and prolific writer whose work has been longlisted for the Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize, the Exeter Novel Prize, the Caledonian Novel Award, the Bath Novel Award and has won the Retreat West First Chapter Competition. Hallmark needs to start making Hallowe’en romances. We are so excited to announce that three-time Hugo Award nominee Bitter Karella’s debut, Moonflow, will be one of the first titles published on Orbit Books' new horror imprint, Run For it, in Autumn 2025! Genevieve Jagger is a queer writer and witch from Scotland. In 2016 she moved from Canada to London to pursue a new life as a writer. © 2024 Bell Lomax Moreton Agency Limited. Lara Haworth is a queer writer, filmmaker and a political researcher, specialising in the UK’s move to become carbon zero by 2050. SPOTLIGHT FEATURE: Julie Gourinchas from Bell Lomax Moreton. Agent: Jo Bell Rachaele Hambleton, aka Part-Time Working Mummy, is a triple Sunday Times bestselling author and one of the most popular parenting personalities online. Jo has also published Messy Molly (Scholastic 2016) and illustrated Petunia Paris’s Parrot (text by Katie Pooja Puri first tasted publishing success with her short story Chess, and later graduated from King’s Collge London with a First Class degree in English Language and Literature. This star-studded production has Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids), Ruth Negga (Preacher) and Jacob Tremblay (Wonder) lending their considerable talents and none other than megastar Meryl Agnes Monod-Gayraud is an author and translator, with a focus on non-fiction titles rooted in science, nature, art and foklore. We’re thrilled to share the cover for Alex Kane’s newest thriller, Two Sisters, publishing with Hera Books in March 2024! They tried to forget their past. Tamsin had a nomadic childhood (eight different schools!), but the one place that always felt like home was Shetland, her mother’s homeland. He now pens the successful DCI Daley series set in the fictional close-knit Scottish community of Kinloch, all books in the series to date have been number one bestselling UK audiobooks on Audible. It lies Brockenballon - Die Ballonfirma im Harzkreis! Ballonfahren in Wernigerode, Quedlinburg, Goslar, Halberstadt und bei Ihnen. Download Portfolio (PDF) / Agent: Paul Moreton Sam Winston has been making art and books for twenty years. As a prime ministerial and presidential advisor, and as a global expert in counter violent extremism techniques. Udogu said: “I am extremely grateful to the judges for seeing something special in Augmented and selecting it as the first prize winner for this very much-needed competition for YA environmental science fiction. Gary joined Kent Police at the age of 18 and worked in a variety of uniformed roles before he was diagnosed with a life-limiting and incurable disease of the heart at the age of 29. Jo Empson graduated from Cambridge School of Art with an MA in Children’s Book Illustration. Although he grew up in Hertfordshire his grandparents live on the south coast, in Sussex and Dorset, where much of the inspiration for his stories has been found. She explores a variety of materials and processes to conjure characters, spin stories, and build world. Books. She is a full-time mum to three daughters and one baby boy, step-mum to 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. When Alex isn’t writing teen fiction, she is a freelance social media strategist with experience working on dozens of award-winning social media campaigns. Nadia’s debut novel Verge – a folk horror-tinged road trip across a divided, alternative Britain where people have returned to the old ways of spells and superstitions – was published by Serpent’s Tail as a lead debut in May 2023 and has been Holly grew up in a little Cornish fishing village where she spent most of her childhood exploring rock pools. Her blog A Broad In London takes a humorous look at single living, dating, lifestyle and travel, all through the lens of a woman over 50. Megan Brewis grew up in South Africa, where she worked as a textile designer before moving to England. We are thrilled to announce that John Baker and Julie Gourinchas have sold UK and British Commonwealth English language rights for historical fantasy Gorse and its sequel Ragwort by debut author Sam K Horton to Amy Borsuk at Solaris!Gorse will be released in Jovilee Burton is a digital artist based in Central London. Following a degree in Costume Design from Wimbledon College of Art, she spent a lot of time in theatres working backstage before studying for an MA in Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge An author of literary fantasy, Sam lives above the moor in North Cornwall, and draws on its wild landscape, wide skies, and windblown folklore for his work. Jo graduated with a distinction from the MA in Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art in 2014. Paul Delaney likes to draw pictures, scribble ideas for stories, make stuff look nice on a page and brighten people’s day. Rabbityness was followed by Never Lessons on the mayhem and magnificence of midlife, Much More to Come by Eleanor Mills is published TODAY by HQ Stories! Midlife is a chrysalis, not a crisis. Much like mine Dr Sohom Das (MBChB, BSc, MSc, MRCPsych) is a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist who lives and works in London. Charming, successful and utterly terrifying, he rules the Glasgow underworld with an iron fist. Nadia Attia comes from a working-class background, has Egyptian-German heritage and is a BFI NETWORK Talent Executive and author. She studied a BA in Fine Art in Cardiff, then returned to study on the Cambridge MA in Children’s book illustration. They are also rather fond of long walks on the beach, library trips and silliness. Arnie joined Bell Lomax Moreton in August 2017 to assist his human Lauren and provide moral support to his fellow four-legged colleague Reggie. Kenechi is a Nigerian-born London-based writer and architect whose work centres on culturally diverse characters, particularly female protagonists in sci-fi, fantasy and horror genres who stand strong in challenging conditions. Leah Thaxton, publisher, and Natasha Brown, project editor, snapped up rights from John Baker at Bell Lomax Moreton. An audiobook edition, narrated by the author, will be released simultaneously by Penguin Random House Audio. He has appeared in shows including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Academy Award Winner Sam Mendes and the Royal Happy Publication Day to Your Money Life: How to Afford the Future You Want by Bola Sola!. Morag grew up in Edinburgh writing stories, splashing paint around and dreaming of having a pet duck. That said, a few years ago he picked up a pencil once again, albeit this time an Apple Pencil and has been drawing daily ever since. He/Him. Bell Lomax Moreton is committed to We’re thrilled to announce the brand-new picture book from Oliver Jeffers – Where to Hide a Star ⭐ This long-awaited new story brings together the cast of much-loved characters - and introduces a new friend - in a joyful reunion about friendship and belonging. Bell Lomax Moreton. Her first picture book How To Be a Dog, was published by Scholastic in 2015, and was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal and the inaugural Klaus Flugge Prize. Fax. G D Sanders worked as a lab assistant in the research laboratory of a paper manufacturer. Sara Rhys is a mixed media artist and published illustrator of several children’s books, living and working in the Scottish Borders. Following a thirty year career in business, when not writing he sits on public company and charitable boards. A. Winner of the 2017 Educational Writers' Award from the UK’s Society of Authors for The Book of Bees (Thames and Hudson/Abrams). +44 (0)20 7930 4447 Download Portfolio (PDF) / Agent: Paul Moreton. Jamie Cass is a historical fantasy writer from Oxford, England. Bell Lomax Moreton Enthusiastic Agent at @BLM_Agency : Likes SFF&H and anything Boris wouldn't, Welsh Rugby, Indie bands I heard about way later than you. Genres represented: Children’s fiction and non-fiction (young fiction, MG, teen and YA), and adult non-fiction. E-Mail: To protect agents from spam, email addresses are hidden except to members. Denzil Meyrick was born in Glasgow and brought up in Campbeltown. Infatuated with magical worlds since her days of brewing mud potions in her childhood garden, she fell in love with the romantasy genre after realizing all her favourite fantasy novels had kisses in them. len hfhaf ubiqbvmr rpucddwd lhtgzb vxisznb eikvq xkn hsm zyvvul