Experience

Susanna Lea Associates

• France
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Oct 2022 - Present



Hardman & Swainson Literary Agency

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

• Rights Director

  • Jan 2017 - Oct 2022

  London, United Kingdom I established and now run the translation rights department at the Hardman & Swainson Literary Agency, selling translation rights to our list of adult fiction and non-fiction, as well as children's fiction to all territories around the world, with the assistance of co-agents in Asia, Russia, Turkey, Hungary and Bulgaria. Alongside this, I represent a boutique list of both children's and adult fiction authors in the English-speaking world as well as in translation.



Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency

• Rights Agent

  • Jul 2015 - Jan 2017



Ed Victor Ltd

• Foreign Rights Executive (maternity cover)

  • Jul 2014 - Jul 2015



Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Rights Executive

  • Jan 2014 - Jun 2014

  London, United Kingdom

• International Rights Assistant

  • Sep 2011 - Jan 2014

  London, United Kingdom I sell translation rights across the Bloomsbury list to Asia, India, Greece, Turkey, Israel, the Arab World, South Africa and Wales. The list includes Children's and Adult fiction and non-fiction, Cookery, Natural History, Sports and Visual Arts titles. I am also responsible for the co-edition fulfillment for all co-edition tendered by the Rights department.



Holland Park Tuition & Education Consultants

• Private Tutor

  • May 2010 - Jan 2012

  London, United Kingdom Tutoring French and History to children aged 6-18, mainly towards GCSEs and A-Levels.



Penguin Random House UK

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

• Rights Intern

  • Apr 2011 - May 2011

  Drawing up and sending submission letters, rights reversions, checking and uploading contracts, using and updating Biblio, checking sales figures.



Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Editorial Intern

  • Sep 2010 - Oct 2010

  London, United Kingdom Reading and critiquing manuscripts, proofreading, summarising submissions, contacting agents and authors, organising sending of gratis copies, attending meetings and writing minutes etc.