Director and Literary Agent at Darley Anderson @DA_Childrens and @Illustration_DA. Bookseller Rising Star 2022. She/her.
Joined January 2016
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25 Nov 2024
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2 Jan 2025
SO many fantastic books publishing today - but a special shout out to my brilliant clients S. F. Williamson, @RachelMorrisroe, @evawongnava, @kfosterauthor and Laila Ekboir. A book for everyone, whatever you love to read 😊
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4 Nov 2024
HUGE congratulations to all our clients - and big up @theoblue_jpg and @LanishaNicole14 and Hoang Giang for their inclusion on the illustration medal list!
4 Nov 2024
We are so proud to have SIX of our books nominated for the Carnegies! Congratulations to all of our brilliant creators, partners and teams 🎉
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25 Oct 2024
Thrilled to share that @bowie_sarah has been nominated for the An Post Irish Book Awards: Children's Book of the Year Senior Shortlist! #ninapeanut
24 Oct 2024
Here is the shortlist for the 2024 @SpecsaversIE Children’s Book of the Year - Senior...
Discover all the shortlists: anpostirishbookawards.ie/
#APIBA #ReadersWanted
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25 Oct 2024
SO thrilled to see @bowie_sarah's wonderful NINA PEANUT on this shortlist!
24 Oct 2024
Here is the shortlist for the 2024 @SpecsaversIE Children’s Book of the Year - Senior...
Discover all the shortlists: anpostirishbookawards.ie/
#APIBA #ReadersWanted
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16 Oct 2024
Are you ready to enter Grumpfort? Buzzing (and trembling!) for @jamiehammondd’s debut!
16 Oct 2024
Get ready for Grumpfort, in which a timid Warden charged with protecting his village from monsters finds himself on an unexpected quest with a troll, a gnome and a fire-breathing snotwoggle! Preorder @jamiehammondd's charming and hilarious debut now: waterstones.com/book/grumpfo…
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Lydia Silver retweeted
WOWEEE! Doctor Fairytale is one of the Scotsman’s best books this autumn🙏 “This charming book is clever and imaginative… Cosy up to read this together, knowing that there will always be a happily ever after.”
@TheScotsman @BIGPictureBooks @LydiaRSilver
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9 Oct 2024
🚨 COVER REVEAL 🚨
So SO excited to finally share the cover for book 2, the sequel to ATHM - ALL THE LOST SOULS is out May ‘25 and available to pre order now! (Link in bio)
Bare love to @micaelaalcaino for consistently doing the best for my book babies 🖤✨
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7 Oct 2024
Could not be prouder or happier to have spent the day with the Scholastic Graphic Novel Prize WINNER @markbradleyart ! The comics champion - congratulations Mark!
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4 Oct 2024
Quick PSA to querying writers - I am closing my QueryManager form to better manage the flow of my submissions. You can still query me via email! All the details are on our website darleyandersonchildrens.com/
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4 Oct 2024
If you've sent me a QueryManager submission already, don't worry, I will still see it and get back to you. I just won't be taking any more in the future
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3 Oct 2024
Happy publication to this utterly beautiful book! Congratulations @CathJacobNews and Hoang Giang 🥳
Have you had to hobble home wearing one glass shoe, fallen down a chimney or eaten a poison apple? If so… CALL DOCTOR FAIRYTALE! 💛 Our beautiful new book is out TODAY! Delve into Hoang Giang’s stunning illustrations and find out what happens when the doctor herself falls ill!
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3 Oct 2024
ATHM hits French bookshops today! 🇫🇷 👻 🐺 ✨
@chickenhsebooks
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2 Oct 2024
🎉 It's here - the cover for my book, 'Keep Smashing It' co-written with @BeckyGreySport ! I want this non-fiction book to inspire kids to believe in themselves and never give up👊🏼
Out 13 Mar 25, you can preorder it now: waterstones.com/book/keep-sm…
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2 Oct 2024
Get ready to race around the world with @WriteNat and her wonderful crew! All aboard! 🚂 🚢 🛷 🐘
2 Oct 2024
.@piccadillypress has signed The Girl Who Raced the World, a reimagining of Jules Verne’s classic novel Around the World in Eighty Days, by debut author Nat Harrison (@WriteNat)
bookbrunch.co.uk/page/articl… (£)
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26 Sep 2024
Two very different and very brilliant books publishing today! Happy pub day to NINA PEANUT: MEGA MYSTERY SOLVER by @bowie_sarah and THE HAUNTING OF FORTUNE FARM by @KirtleySophie!
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26 Sep 2024
Happy New Nina Peanut day to all who celebrate! 🥳 Mega Mystery Solver stars a ghost stuck in a shoe, Nina’s mission to be class captain, Megan Dunne: arch saboteur, brothers (big and small) being annoying. In stunning full colour, told with wit warmth. Congrats @bowie_sarah ❤️
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24 Sep 2024
Thrilled to see @theoblue_jpg's HOMEBODY and @AleeshaNandhra's artwork for STAND UP SPEAK OUT AGAINST RACISM on this list. Two brilliant, important books 📣
24 Sep 2024
We're so proud to have not one, not two, but THREE clients on the #UKLA25 longlists! Congratulations @NateLessore, @theoblue_jpg and @AleeshaNandhra!
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13 Sep 2024
We are so excited about this one! Jodie is the real deal, with so much to say about resilience, overcoming obstacles and smashing every barrier. Readers, READY! 💥 👊💪
13 Sep 2024
.@MacmillanKidsUK has acquired the rights for a two-book deal with the former England Rugby player, Paralympian Broadcaster and star of BBC show Gladiators, Jodie Ounsley 👇 thebookseller.com/rights/mac…
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6 Sep 2024
Did you miss us? After the summer off... #DATips is back, baby! Some tips below about the things we immediately scan for in a submission - we can't wait to get reading 📚
6 Sep 2024
It's September! School's back and so are our #DATips. Our inboxes are open and we're excited to get reading - so what are three top things we look for in a pitch?
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