OUR WRITERS MEAN BUSINESS
OUR WRITERS MEAN BUSINESS 
Darley
Anderson is the founder and proprietor of the Darley Anderson Literary,
TV and Film Agency. He is an ex-publisher who had almost twenty years experience
in all aspects of general trade publishing. He was also the pioneering creator
of the highly successful Overcoming Common Problems series from Sheldon
Press – a UK brand leader in popular health book publishing.
He started his Agency single-handedly in 1988 beginning with three authors
and a bank overdraft. Over the years Anderson has gained an international
reputation as one of the very best – if not the best – talent spotters in
the book business.
More than thirty of the fifty plus writers represented by the Agency were
completely unknown and unpublished when they sent in their first manuscript
to Anderson. He worked editorially with many of them before successfully
selling their first manuscripts to publishers. In the case of fifteen of
these unpublished new writers Anderson successfully negotiated six figure
UK and US advances ranging from £100,000 to $1,000,000 for their very first
books. These writers include: Martina Cole, Lee Child, John Connolly, Catherine
Barry, Richard Asplin, Kira Cochrane, Kwong Kuen Shan, Rani Manicka, Peter
Sheridan, Liz Allen, Sheila Quigley, Alex Barclay, Constance Briscoe, Cathy
Cassidy, Ahmet Zappa and Tana French.
Scrupulous in all business matters Anderson is one of the best and toughest
dealmakers in the business.
Kasia
joined the Darley Anderson Agency in June 2008. She was formerly a Rights
Assistant at HarperCollins.
At the Agency Kasia handles translation rights in the Baltic States, Brazil, Bulgaria,
Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Indonesia, Israel, Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, the Netherlands, Thailand and Turkey.
Kasia also handles large print and audio rights, and helps with Film &
TV rights.
Since graduating from Aberystwyth, Kasia has worked at the British Council
arranging Literature events around the world, and HarperCollins.
She has completed a Masters in Publishing from Kingston University, where
her dissertation entitled 'THE AUTHOR, THE AGENT AND THE PUBLISHER: Portrait
of a Power Struggle 1989 - 2009' was awarded 3rd place in The Bookseller
Prize 2009; a prize awarded for the best publishing dissertation.
Rosanna
became the Agency’s Financial Controller in 2008.
After graduating in English Literature at the University of Nottingham Rosanna
joined a dynamic new finance house and fell in love with deal making, deadlines
and pressure, finding work more fun than fun.
She won Cosmopolitan Magazine’s Cook of The Year Competition and took
up the prize of the one year Diploma Course at Leith’s School of Food
and Wine which also included the Wine and Spirit Education Trust Intermediate
Course. She then passed the CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting.
She has worked in farming, banking, law, hotels, catering, the
wine trade, import, export, retail, wholesale and fashion.
She takes great delight in all aspects of the Agency and thoroughly enjoys
being, in the words of Lee Child, The Money Lady.
Camilla
joined the Darley Anderson Agency in July 2007.
At the Agency Camilla represents established and début authors and specialises
in commercial crime and thrillers. She is always looking for exciting new
submissions within the genre.
Camilla also runs Pitch An Agent in conjunction with CrimeFest. This annual
event gives new writers the rare opportunity to meet agents and discuss
their work.
Camilla studied English Literature and Psychology at Cardiff University,
specialising in Novel Writing. In 2003 she co-founded a successful business
and worked on this until 2005. After gaining a distinction from the University
of the Arts, Camilla went onto work for a national newspaper before joining
the Darley Anderson Agency.
Madeleine joined the Darley Anderson Agency at the beginning of 2007.
At the Agency Madeleine is the Head of Rights, Deputy MD of the Children’s Literary Agency and an agent for Women’s & General Fiction. She sells rights to publishers in the UK, US, France, Germany, Italy, Asia and Japan. Kasia Behnke, Rights Manager, sells rights in the rest of the world.
As a primary agent, Madeleine handles general fiction, accessible literary, high concept, romantic comedy, chick lit, bonkbusters, exotic sagas, psychological suspense, children’s, YA, cross-over and supernatural for a wide readership. Her clients include J.J. Salem, Carolyn Jess-Cooke, Cally Taylor, Anna-Lou Weatherley, Phil Earle, Tracy Bloom, Sandra Scriven and Emma Chance.
Madeleine also handles Film & TV rights, working closely with Darley and Steve Fisher of the APA Talent & Literary Agency in LA.
Since graduating from St Andrews University with an MA in English Literature and language, Madeleine has worked for the independent publishing company Trojan Books in Berlin, and A P Watt Literary, TV & Film Agency in London.
Peter
Colegrove has been the company accountant since 1992. He is also a director
and company secretary of the Darley Anderson Childrens Book Agency Ltd.
Zoë
joined the agency in June 2005. She is Head of Non Fiction and Contracts
Manager. She handles the literary estates of Denise Robbins and Billy Bunter
and a clutch of fiction authors including Rebecca Shaw, Claire Lorrimer,
Jane Elmor and Gloria Cook.
After graduating in modern languages from Bristol University and La Sorbonne,
she spent time in the worlds of advertising and PR but her zest for books
and business quickly drew her to the agenting world.
She has a ceaseless enthusiasm for finding, developing and selling books
across the genres and rejoices in all things commercial.
Caroline
is Darley Anderson’s Personal Assistant and the first port of call
for anyone wishing to speak to him.
Before joining the Agency in March, Caroline spent six years in Dubai where
she was Cabin Crew for Emirates Airline and The Royal family of Dubai.
Joanna
joined the agency in January 2009 as a freelance reader of general and women's
fiction. She is a graduate of modern languages and has run her own business for ten years providing a range of services to writers, journalists, small businesses and the odd corporation.
She has also designed and is involved in the day to day running of the Darley
Anderson website.