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Peters, Fraser &amp; Dunlop Peters Fraser and Dunlop (PFD) is a talent and literary agency based in London, England. One of the oldest agencies in Britain, and a co-founder of the Association of Authors' Agents, it is home to a distinguished and varied client list, including Jeanette Winterson, Ruby Wax, Steve Peters, Helen Rappaport, Simon Schama, William Hague, Sarah Raven, Twiggy, Sir Max Hastings, Chris Patten, Bear Grylls, Valentine Warner, Philip Norman and such estates as V.S. Pritchett, E.M. Forster, Georges Simenon, Margery Allingham C.S. Forester, Robert Bolt, Edmund Crispin and Storm Jameson.
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Jeanette Winterson Jeanette Winterson, OBE (born 27 August 1959) is an award-winning English writer, who became famous with her first book, "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit", a semi-autobiographical novel about a sensitive teenage girl rebelling against conventional values. Some of her other novels have explored gender polarities and sexual identity. Winterson is also a broadcaster and a professor of creative writing. She is a two-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award, which focuses on LGBT issues.
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James White (1775–1820) James White was an English advertising agent, author and lifelong friend of Charles Lamb.
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Curtis Brown (literary agents) Curtis Brown (Curtis Brown Literary and Talent Agency) is a literary and talent agency based in London, UK. One of the oldest literary agencies in Europe, it was founded by Albert Curtis Brown in 1899.
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Janet Adam Smith Janet Buchanan Adam Smith OBE (9 December 1905 – 11 September 1999) was a writer, editor, literary journalist and champion of Scottish literature. She was active from the 1930s through to the end of the century and noted for her elegant prose, her penetrating judgement, her independence of mind – and her deep love of mountains and mountaineering.
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Norah Lofts Norah Lofts, "née" Norah Ethel Robinson, (27 August 190410 September 1983) was a 20th-century best-selling British author. She wrote more than fifty books specialising in historical fiction, but she also wrote non-fiction and short stories. Many of her novels, including her Suffolk Trilogy, follow the history of specific houses and their residents over several generations.
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Robert Rankin Robert Fleming Rankin (born 27 July 1949) is a prolific British author of comedic fantasy novels. Born in Parsons Green, London, he started writing in the late 1970s, and first entered the bestsellers lists with "Snuff Fiction" in 1999, by which time his previous eighteen books had sold around one million copies. His books are a mix of science fiction, fantasy, the occult, urban legends, running gags, metafiction, steampunk and outrageous characters. According to the (largely fictional) biography printed in some Corgi editions of his books, Rankin refers to his style as 'Far Fetched Fiction' in the hope that bookshops will let him have a section to himself. Many of Rankin's books are bestsellers.
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Michael Whitehall Michael John Whitehall (born 12 April 1940) is an English producer, talent agent and author. He is a former theatrical agent who went on to form two production companies, Havahall Pictures (with Nigel Havers) in 1988, and Whitehall Films in 1998. He has represented Colin Firth and Dame Judi Dench. He is the father of comedian Jack Whitehall.
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Jessica Steele Jessica Steele (born 9 May 1933) is a popular British author of over 85 romance novels. Her novels have been published by Mills & Boon since 1979.
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Bernard Newman (author) Bernard Charles Newman (8 May 1897 – 19 February 1968) was a British author of over 100 books, both fiction and non-fiction. An historian, he was considered an authority on spies, but also wrote travel books and on politics. His fiction included mystery novels, science fiction and children's books.
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United Agents United Agents (UA) is a British talent and literary agency founded in 2007 by Tim Corrie. The agent collective represents hundreds of actors, authors and presenters. Set up by agents who had left Peters, Fraser & Dunlop, it is based in Soho, London and is owned by its employees.
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David Vigliano David Vigliano is an American literary agent. He is the head of AGI Vigliano Literary LLC, which was formed in 2014 when Y Entertainment bought the boutique firm he founded, Vigliano Associates. Vigliano is best known for working with "headline-making" authors and for negotiating record-setting advances. Since 2002, 80 of his projects have appeared on the "New York Times" best seller list, with 15 hitting the #1 position.
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Anne Sebba Anne Sebba is an award-winning British biographer, writer, lecturer and journalist. She is the author of nine non-fiction books for adults, two biographies for children and several introductions to reprinted classics.
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Nancy Mitford Nancy Freeman-Mitford {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (28 November 1904 – 30 June 1973), known as Nancy Mitford, was an English novelist, biographer and journalist. One of the renowned Mitford sisters and one of the "Bright Young People" on the London social scene in the inter-war years, she is best remembered for her novels about upper-class life in England and France and for her sharp and often provocative wit. She also established a reputation for herself as a writer of popular historical biographies.
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Cassell (publisher) Cassell & Co is a British book publishing house, founded in 1848 by John Cassell (1817–1865), which became in the 1890s an international publishing group company.
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Carole Matthews Carole Matthews is a successful and popular British author, famous for her sense of humour and her romantic comedy novels. Her books have sold over 4.8 million books worldwide and have been published in more than 31 countries. In 2011, Matthews was inducted into the Festival of Romance Hall of Fame for her outstanding contribution to romance writing.
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Daisy Waugh Daisy Louisa Dominica Waugh (born 19 February 1967), known as Daisy Waugh, she is a novelist, journalist and tarot reader.
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Nina Bourne Nina Bourne (1916–2010) was a publishing executive for more than 70 years for both Simon & Schuster and Alfred A. Knopf. Nina was known for her marketing and advertising campaigns for many books including "Catch-22" and the "Eloise" series of children's books.
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A. A. Thomson Arthur Alexander Thomson, MBE (7 April 1894 at Harrogate, Yorkshire – 2 June 1968 near Lord's in London) was an English writer best known for his books on cricket, for which he used the byline "AA Thomson". He wrote nearly 60 books in all, including plays, novels, verse, humour and travel books.
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Georges Borchardt Georges Borchardt is a well-respected literary agent in America; he has represented figures ranging from General Charles de Gaulle to Jane Fonda.
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Sheridan Morley Sheridan Morley (5 December 1941, Ascot, Berkshire − 16 February 2007, London) was an English author, biographer, critic and broadcaster. He was the official biographer of Sir John Gielgud and wrote biographies of many other theatrical figures he had known, including Noël Coward. Nicholas Kenyon called him a "cultural omnivore" who was "genuinely popular with people".
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Michael Dobbs Michael Dobbs, Baron Dobbs (born 14 November 1948) is a British Conservative politician and best-selling author, most notably for his "House of Cards" trilogy.