Experience

Sheil Land Associates Ltd

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Literary Agent

  • Sep 2007 - Present

  I represent novelists (adventure, fantasy, SF, crime and historical fiction) including and Angus Donald, Robert Fabbri, Mark Lawrence; as well as historians such as Max Adams, Peter Hart, Martin Windrow. Full details of my client list are given at www.publishersmarketplace.com and at www.sheilland.co.uk I represent novelists (adventure, fantasy, SF, crime and historical fiction) including and Angus Donald, Robert Fabbri, Mark Lawrence; as well as historians such as Max Adams, Peter Hart, Martin Windrow. Full details of my client list are given at www.publishersmarketplace.com and at www.sheilland.co.uk



Weidenfeld & Nicholson

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing

• Publishing Director

  • 2002 - 2007

  Running a well established publishing division with a turnover of £10m a year; managing a team of in-house editors and freelancers; liaising with sales, marketing and foreign rights departments; selling selected titles to American publishers; speaking at sales conferences and historical conventions and seeking out new authors to refresh the existing list of distinguished writers and historians. Running a well established publishing division with a turnover of £10m a year; managing a team of in-house editors and freelancers; liaising with sales, marketing and foreign rights departments; selling selected titles to American publishers; speaking at sales conferences and historical conventions and seeking out new authors to refresh the existing list of distinguished writers and historians.



HarperCollins Publishers

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Editorial Director

  • May 1994 - Dec 2000

  I worked for the reference division, primarily publishing books using the Jane's imprimatur e.g. Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide, but also published illustrated books including AIRFIX: Celebrating 50 years of the Best Plastic Kits in the world. I worked for the reference division, primarily publishing books using the Jane's imprimatur e.g. Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide, but also published illustrated books including AIRFIX: Celebrating 50 years of the Best Plastic Kits in the world.