Experience

Midas

• United Kingdom
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO

  • Jul 2018 - Present

  I am the CEO of an award winning communications and digital agency. We have been in business for 30 years and work with leading cultural brands including Audible, London Book Fair, Bookseller’s Association, Maggie O’Farrell, Bookshop.org, Yale University, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, and dozens of other cultural institutions. I am the CEO of an award winning communications and digital agency. We have been in business for 30 years and work with leading cultural brands including Audible, London Book Fair, Bookseller’s Association, Maggie O’Farrell, Bookshop.org, Yale University, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, and dozens of other cultural institutions.



The bks Agency (www.thebksagency.com)

• London, United Kingdom

• Literary Agent, Founder

  • Sep 2018 - Present

  We are a literary and talent agency representing over 100 authors. We represent writers of non-fiction, fiction, adult, children’s, and books with international potential. We have multiple authors who have been Top Ten Sunday Times Bestsellers. We are a literary and talent agency representing over 100 authors. We represent writers of non-fiction, fiction, adult, children’s, and books with international potential. We have multiple authors who have been Top Ten Sunday Times Bestsellers.



Quercus Books

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Publishing Director

  • Jan 2015 - May 2018

  I oversaw the Publishing program for an imprint which published 50 titles a year across a variety of genres. I oversaw the Publishing program for an imprint which published 50 titles a year across a variety of genres.



Hachette UK

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Director of Subsidiary Rights

  • May 2008 - May 2018

  I was the Rights Director for Hodder & Stoughton, Headline Publishing Group, Quercus Books, and John Murray Press. I managed a team of eight, and we sold hundreds of titles a year ranging from literary fiction to commercial non-fiction. I was the Rights Director for Hodder & Stoughton, Headline Publishing Group, Quercus Books, and John Murray Press. I managed a team of eight, and we sold hundreds of titles a year ranging from literary fiction to commercial non-fiction.



Hachette Book Group

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

• Associate Director of Subsidiary Rights

  • Mar 1998 - Apr 2008

  I worked within Little, Brown and Grand Central Publishing. I handled domestic and international sales for authors across all genres. I worked within Little, Brown and Grand Central Publishing. I handled domestic and international sales for authors across all genres.