Literary Agent @ RCW. Gorgeous father to 3 proud kids. Award-winning author of no.1 bestselling children's books.
Joined October 2010
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13 Sep 2025
Hilarity &chaos ensues in this new book by @stubbleagent @PuffinBooks Alex vs Axel- The Thief of Time. This is such a funny series with so many quips &witty retorts. Absolutely chuckling through every page. people need to read this series. Review here 👇 tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com…
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Sam Copeland retweeted
5 Nov 2024
When Bel's missing mother shows up just as a true crime documentary about her starts filming, unanswered questions threaten to bring sinister answers in this unputdownable YA thriller shortlisted for the 2024 #BookOfTheYear: waterstones.com/book/the-rea…
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Sam Copeland retweeted
30 Sep 2024
We are delighted that so many of our books have been selected as one of @Waterstones' Paperbacks of the Year!
Congratulations to @stubbleagent, Dotty Sutton, @sharnajackson and @wimpykid 👏
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28 Aug 2024
With an engaging, questing plotline and lots and lots of laughs, our #BookOfTheDay is a fantastic life swap story that we think children will love!
It's #AlexVsAxel: The Impossible Quests from Sam Copeland (@stubbleagent) and Dotty Sutton:
booktrust.org.uk/book/a/alex… @PuffinBooks
ALT The front cover of Alex vs Axel: The Impossible Quests and a quote from our review: 'This book is hilarious, fast-paced and imaginative, with brilliant illustrations'
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Sam Copeland retweeted
18 Aug 2024
Congratulations to Jenny Pearson (and illustrator Nick East) who takes top spot in last week's Waterstones #Wolverhampton Top 10 with Shipwrecked, the perfect summmer kids' read featuring pirates and baby turtles. 1️⃣🏝 @J_C_Pearson
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21 Jul 2024
This is NOT how I remembered it going. Care to comment, @ladybirdbooks @LBFlyawayhome ? 😂
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Sam Copeland retweeted
9 Jul 2024
I appreciate that I am very late to this particular party, but my goodness me - what a party! This book is outstanding! Great characters, full of laughs and an addictive voice that tells it. Bravo @stubbleagent and bravo @sarahhorne9 for the wonderful illustrations 🙌🏻
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Sam Copeland retweeted
5 Jul 2024
Am reading ‘Alex vs Axel’ by @stubbleagent to my daughter and we are LOVING it, howls of laughter every night! A strong recommendation!
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Sam Copeland retweeted
30 Jun 2024
@stubbleagent showing @ed_vere some advanced illustration skills. Can you guess what it is?
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Sam Copeland retweeted
30 Jun 2024
Great to see HUNTED on the list of the best summer reads in the Sunday Times today.
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Sam Copeland retweeted
27 Jun 2024
⭐️Congratulations to the 2024 McIlvanney Prize Longlist👏🏽 @davidbishop; @cbrookmyre; @CharlesCumming; @AndrewJames Gre3; @doug_johnstone; S G Maclean; @valmcdermid; @radiomukhers; C S Robertson; @kimtsherwood; @DougASinclair; @DouglasSkelton1. More info 👉🏾 ow.ly/3SgY50SoczQ
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Sam Copeland retweeted
19 Jun 2024
We’re thrilled to announce the shortlist for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2024! Championed by booksellers across the country, discover the six incredible books from the most exciting new voices in fiction: exyu.short.gy/WDFP #WDFP
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Sam Copeland retweeted
16 Jun 2024
#AlexvsAxel by @stubbleagent made me laugh out loud; threw me into a muse and made me cry. I fell in love with characters & really enjoyed how they embraced the challenges which they were not prepared for. It is beautifully illustrated by Dotty Sutton 👌🏼read for Year 4 and UKS2.
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Sam Copeland retweeted
11 Jun 2024
'It's about how you deal with grief and how you deal with getting on with things when everything seems to be ending anyway'
Breathlessly imaginative and insightful, Julia Armfield's PRIVATE RITES is out now: exyu.short.gy/tg8RSQ
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Sam Copeland retweeted
15 May 2024
I just finished the brilliant ALEX VS AXEL: THE IMPOSSIBLE QUESTS by @stubbleagent from @PuffinBooks. Wonderful, hilarious and heart-wrenching, I adored it!
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Sam Copeland retweeted
11 May 2024
#FirstLineoftheDay
The story had to end.
- Alex vs Axel: The Impossible Quests by Sam Copeland 2 May @PuffinBooks @stubbleagent
(Good to start with what sounds like the finish.)
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Sam Copeland retweeted
Sam is visiting us next week to sign our CBOTM! @stubbleagent @PuffinBooks
Our children's book of the month is Alex Vs Axel by @stubbleagent! An hilarious comedy from the author of Charlie Changes into a Chicken as a studious schoolboy swaps places with a monster-slaying hero... @PuffinBooks
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