Author Archives: Molly Ker Hawn

We loved this profile of TBA agent Gemma Cooper in the Bookseller, the UK’s publishing trade journal, calling Gemma “one of the hottest children’s agents on both sides of the Atlantic”!

TBA congratulates Sophie Anderson, whose debut THE HOUSE WITH CHICKEN LEGS is among the eight titles shortlisted for this year’s Carnegie Medal. The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by UK children’s librarians for an outstanding book written in English for … Continue reading →

The Bent Agency congratulates our clients whose books are among the twenty longlisted for the 2019 Carnegie Medal: Sophie Anderson for THE HOUSE WITH CHICKEN LEGS (Usborne), Brian Conaghan for THE WEIGHT OF A THOUSAND FEATHERS (Bloomsbury), and Hilary McKay … Continue reading →

TBA is delighted to welcome Zoë Plant to our UK office. Zoë was most recently senior scout at Daniela Schlingmann Literary Scouting and brings with her a wealth of knowledge of English-language and international publishing. We can’t wait to see … Continue reading →

TBA congratulates our client Hilary McKay, whose novel THE SKYLARKS’ WAR has won the 2018 Costa Children’s Book Award. Currently Waterstones’ Children’s Book of the Month, THE SKYLARKS’ WAR (Macmillan Children’s Books) was described by the Costa judges as ‘as … Continue reading →

Congratulations to TBA clients Matt Killeen, author of ORPHAN MONSTER SPY, and Hilary McKay, author of THE SKYLARKS’ WAR (US title: LOVE TO EVERYONE), whose books are two of the four shortlisted for the Costa Book Award in the children’s … Continue reading →