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November 20, 2008

Here's an excerpt from Chapter Forty of Oprah's Dead Son. Don't count on ever seeing it in print 'cause the only books you're ever gonna see in print are silly books written by silly writers, repped by silly agents, published by silly publishers, promoted by silly media boys and girls and made into movies by silly talent agencies. Oh, in case anyone thinks this excerpt sounds "anti-Semitic," keep in mind it's fiction. Nobody in his or her right mind could ever possibly believe or take seriously any of the folderol this wholly unlikable character spouts off about.




OPRAH'S DEAD SON

Chapter Forty (excerpt)



"Those last ones are all in government or politics," Oprah says.

"Government and politics is entertainment, are you kidding? Name me one politician that wasn't hand-picked by Jews or guys who kiss up to Jews. You can't. Same goes for movie stars, rap singers, news anchors and all the rest. Politicians get hyped by the media and entertainment monopoly like any other celebrity. Or not. They're pawns in the big chess game concocted by media and entertainment to keep people blissfully stupid, to keep them slaves, to keep them consuming the crap they consume, but even all those guys are just the tip of the iceberg. Tens of thousands of Nazi Jews run every aspect of media and entertainment, including politics, and that's not even counting all the guys who kiss up to Jews. When you include them, holy Christ, it's everyone—journalism schools, The White House, K Street, publicists, bloggers, critics, social networks, cartoons, video games, think tanks, foundations, book stores, Amazon, English departments, film schools, comedy clubs, music, Broadway, the NFL, baseball, boxing, the Borscht Belt, the Friars Club, PBS, NPR, Sesame Street, talk radio, everything, all sources of information, all forms of communication. Nobody believes anything that's not propounded and promoted by the goons who run media and entertainment companies. Hype is the fountainhead of all viable knowledge and hype is inflated, overblown, lying crap...like, by definition. Lord, what mushrooms we mortals be—they keep us in the dark and feed us bullshit.

"Jews and guys who kiss up to Jews have created the most massive, oppressive, incestuous, unassailable propaganda confabulation ever made by man to enslave other men. Starting with Sponge Bob, it rots the minds of kids before they can talk, teaches teachers to keep the little buggers' clueless when they're old enough to go to school and turns the latest crop of what they call adults over to fear, insecurity, patriotism, greed, self-aggrandizement, banks, mortgage companies and endless advertising, all of which conspire to make sure the ignorant twits spend the rest of their lives as happy little empty-headed slaves raising the next generation of happy little empty-headed slaves, consuming umpteen tons of worthless goods and services, wrecking the planet, making money for their owners hand over fist and starting the whole vicious cycle all over again. Anything that generates any kind of hype at all is run by Jews and guys who kiss up to Jews and the only thing they ever really hype is each other, the sacred State of Israel and the never-ending joy of making more and more money for the Nazi conglomerates that own them.

"All the big movie and TV studios are owned and operated exclusively by Jews and guys who kiss up to Jews, NBC Universal, Disney, Fox, Warner Brothers, Sony, Viacom, MGM. Same goes for all the big literary and talent agencies, CAA, William Morris, ICM, Endeavor, Gersh, IMG, etc.—guys like Norman Brokaw, Jeff Berg, Risa Shapiro, Jim Wiatt, Dave Wirtschafter, John Burnham, Ari Emanuel, Tracey Jacobs, Sam Gores, Mark Steinberg, Harry Abrams and the hundreds of giddy little nitwits who call themselves literary agents: Esther Newberg, Lisa Bankoff, Suzanne Gluck, Mel Berger, Peter Ginsberg, Mort Janklow, Robert Gottlieb, Charlotte Sheedy, Ellen Levine, Steve Wasserman, Al Zuckerman, on and on and on. The only people any of these guys ever sell anything to or buy anything from is other Jews or other guys who kiss up to Jews. It's a fascist, incestuous, criminal cabal and anyone who deigns to say so is obviously completely insane.

"If it weren't for Jews in media and entertainment there wouldn't be any media or entertainment. And I haven't even mentioned management companies, sports agents, record companies, PR guys, entertainment lawyers, Jacob Bloom, Bert Fields, Bruce Ramer, the list goes on and on for ever and ever. Nothing that doesn't have the Jewish Seal of Approval ever makes its way into the consciousness of ordinary consumers, period—in exactly the same way that nothing that didn't have the Nazi Seal of Approval ever made its way into the consciousness of ordinary Germans in the Third Reich. Those last guys are the guys who really call the shots—agents and managers and publicists and lawyers and such. They're the gatekeepers, the ghouls and goblins of capitalist cruelty, the overseers of never-ending excess, the Simon Legrees of greed, the sheepherders of the apocalypse, the Mengeles and Eichmanns of the next Holocaust. They totally stick together and only give a rat's ass about other Jews the way Nazis only gave a rat's ass about other Nazis...and among them they have an absolute stranglehold on all media and all entertainment and all politics. You don't blow your nose in New York or Hollywood unless you give some bunch of Jews a percentage of the snot to sanctify the handkerchief...

Read the whole chapter here and more stuff along the same lines here. Or not.



If you want to listen to some sample chapters from The Audio Book of Ginny Good, click this:

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/ggsyn.html

Here's a three minute introduction:

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/audio/GGch00introm.mp3

Or click this link to hear the single greatest chapter ever made in the history of all literature:

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/audio/GGch19m.mp3

Here's the real book of Ginny Good in its entirety for free (everything I do is free):

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/ggsyn1.html

If you want a copy of the whole huge fifteen-hour audio book extravaganza on .mp3 CDs, give me an address and I'll send you a copy. There's a bunch of other stuff on my little website, too. Click some links and see. Thanks. G.

Gerard Jones
everyone@everyonewhosanyone.com
http://www.everyonewhosanyone.com

"...they'll have me whipped for speaking true, thou'lt
have me whipped for lying; and sometimes I am
whipped for holding my peace. I had rather be any
kind o' thing than a fool: and yet I would not be
thee, nuncle..."




PFD
Drury House
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London WC2B 5HA

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Books

Michael Sissons
msissons@pfd.co.uk

Assistant, Fiona Petheram
fpetheram@pfd.co.uk

Marcella Edwards
medwards@pfd.co.uk

Assistant, Crystal Mahey
cmahey@pfd.co.uk

Assistant, Tom WIlliams
twilliams@pfd.co.uk

Caroline Michel
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Louisa Pritchard, Foreign rights
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Mark Reiter, US Authors
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Suzy Jenvey, Kid Stuff
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Other Stuff

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Michelle Archer
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Jessica Cooper
jcooper@pfd.co.uk

filmtvassistant@pfd.co.uk

George Beard
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Terrence Wong
twong@pfd.co.uk



United Agents
130 Shaftesbury Avenue
London, W1D 5EU
+44 (0) 20 7166 5266

http://www.unitedagents.co.uk

Books

Caroline Dawnay
cdawnay@unitedagents.co.uk

Assistant, Olivia Hunt
ohunt@unitedagents.co.uk

Simon Trewin
strewin@unitedagents.co.uk


Dear Gerard: Many thanks for sending me the links to your Ginny Good website. I'm afraid that I did not quite feel that all-important connection with your work that I know is vital in this industry, but please do not give up. There are as many opinions out there as there are agents, and a full list of them can be found at:

http://www.bloomsbury.com/writersarea/AgentsUK.asp

With best wishes and good luck in your future endeavours, Simon Trewin

Hey, Simon, part of my site is a more comprehensive list of agents than the Bloomsbury site. Here's the page you're on:

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/aguk.html

Here's another chapter of the audio book I just put up, click the link and take a listen. Thanks. G.

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/audio/GGch07m.mp3
Hi Gerard I'm an R&B artist that came across your website looking for contact emails for the top talent agencies. To be honest I have not read/heard the book, I'm busy trying to convince the fat people to promote my art but Ill find time for it. Im passing it to my family. But the more I get in contact with the industry the less I want to become part of it. I dont know if there's a place colder than the entertainment industry. You mean nothing unless they can generate cash from you. I'm not just another myspacer wannabestar. I feel lucky that I was born in Africa, my parents taught some antimaterialistic sense...and I wasn't born in the states so....No, I wont donate my liver to Oprah's niece like 80% of Americans would do. Sometimes I think Im too pesimistic but capitalism is killing eeeverything, I see it close in music cause that's what I'm into...but its the same with everything. We are falling into this big technologie monsters of media helping making a few richer and richer and in the middle most people can't find a meaning to their lives...well they don't even stop to think about it. Even personal relationships are going the way they want, the way we dress..virtualy everything. I had a wonderful time reading your replies to the politically polite standard emails you got from agents. You really kill it. What i hate most in entertianment is that fakeness everywhere, egocentric attitude and...welll you know the rest. There's actually no reason to turn down anything but money. I go out to clubs an d everybody is recreating the fiction and smiling the way MTV told them...SCARY. Thank you for the website. Stay real Gerard, the truth is always the best. Keep spreading the truth there will always be 2 ears/eyes out there. God bless you with love and good health.
ith best wishes and good luck in your future endeavours, Simon Trew


Assistant, Ariella Feiner
afeiner@unitedagents.co.uk

Sarah Ballard
sballard@unitedagents.co.uk

Rosemary Canter
rcanter@unitedagents.co.uk

Assistant, Jodie Marsh
jmarsh@unitedagents.co.uk

James Gill
jgill@unitedagents.co.uk

Robert Kirby
rkirby@unitedagents.co.uk

Assistant, Charlotte Knee
cknee@unitedagents.co.uk

Rosemary Scoular
rscoular@unitedagents.co.uk


Dear Gerard: I have read and thoroughly enjoyed your book. It is well written, original and very entertaining, and I would be really keen to have a go at placing it with a publisher on your behalf. In the meantime, I'd love to learn a bit more about you! Who you are and where you live for a start. Do give me a ring or email me more details. I can also tell you a bit more about me and how I work so you can decide if you would like me to represent you. I look forward to hearing from you soon. All best Rosemary

...The other reservation I have is if you spend all kinds of money on copies and ancilliary services and don't sell the book, am I supposed to pay for all that? Which I'm telling you right now I can't because I don't have any money. Lastly, I didn't see a long list of successful placements of this kind of book below your name in the PFD website but I think this would be new enough to both of us that it might just work out astonishingly well. I hope these questions aren't too unreasonable. I would very much like to trust that I could just sign the thing and let you take care of everything to our eternal mutual satisfaction. Let me know what to do next. Thanks. G.

Dear Gerry Your comments and questions seem eminently reasonable. Yes, I am enthusiastic, and that is (I think) the single most important quality you need in an agent. And although as you rightly say I do not represent a long list of quirky American novelists, there is a lot to be said from your point of view for not being simply one of a big pack. As you can see, I am backed up by the expertise, experience and reputation of the biggest UK agency and we have extremely good relationships with all the UK publishers. I agree that the big question mark is how best to represent you in the States, and I don't think there is an easy answer. All I can really do from here is - either recommend you to one of the NY agents we work with from here - at which point their decision will still be a personal one based on how they feel about your work. Or submit direct from here to US publishers - a time-consuming business with no guarantee of success.

Alternatively, you could continue to work direct in the US - find yourself a New York agent who will champion you there. The final option - and possibly the best - is to sell World English language rights to the UK publisher who will then take a (small) percentage and sell the US rights themselves. Most UK publishers have energetic rights departments who would love to get their hands on a book like this for the American market. On to the commission question. As I said, the 10% UK and 20% US figures are for UK residents (usually). Perhaps you and I could agree a compromise - say 15% on both? As you probably know, most New York agents charge 15% for US rights and 20% for UK so on 15% for both you would be getting a bargain! Let me know what you think.

And finally - if I fail to sell the book you don't have to pay a penny - it is our job to take that risk! Give me a ring if you want to talk about any of this - I can always ring you back! I look forward to hearing from you soon. All best Rosemary


Quirky? Yeah, well, okay. I like the part about a thoroughly, uniquely and truly totally American book slipping into US markets through the UK while all the US houses are scouring the streets of Calcutta to find things to translate from Hindi. What's that quote about a prophet in his own country? Being despised? Ignored? I forget. But wouldn't that be slick? Okay, I say let's do it. Thanks. G.

Charles Walker
cwalker@unitedagents.co.uk

Assistant, Katy Jones
kjones@unitedagents.co.uk

Anna Webber
awebber@unitedagents.co.uk

Chris Cope
ccope@unitedagents.co.uk

Jessica Craig (Adult Foreign Rights)
jcraig@unitedagents.co.uk

Assistant, Lettie Ransley
lransley@unitedagents.co.uk

Jane Willis (Children's Foreign Rights).
jwillis@unitedagents.co.uk

Other Stuff

St John Donald
sdonald@unitedagents.co.uk

Associate Agent, Georgina Lewis
glewis@unitedagents.co.uk

Natasha Galloway
ngalloway@unitedagents.co.uk

Assistant: Lydia Lewis
llewis@unitedagents.co.uk

Duncan Hayes
dhayes@unitedagents.co.uk

Assistant, Ruth Larkin
rlarkin@unitedagents.co.uk

Hannah Begbie
hbegbie@unitedagents.co.uk

Rose Cobbe
rcobbe@unitedagents.co.uk

Assistant, Camille McCurry
cmccurry@unitedagents.co.uk

Ruth Cooper
rcooper@unitedagents.co.uk

Tim Corrie
tcorrie@unitedagents.co.uk

Assistant, Hannah Thornton
hthornton@unitedagents.co.uk

Alice Dunne
adunne@unitedagents.co.uk

Assstant, Julia Malewski
jmalewski@unitedagents.co.uk

Olivia Homan
ohoman@unitedagents.co.uk

Anthony Jones
ajones@unitedagents.co.uk

Associate Agent, Katharine Vile
kvile@unitedagents.co.uk

Assistant, Danielle Walker
dwalker@unitedagents.co.uk

Lindy King
lking@unitedagents.co.uk

Assistant, Lucia Pallaris
lpallaris@unitedagents.co.uk

Silvia Llaguno
sllaguno@unitedagents.co.uk

Lynda Mamy
lmamy@unitedagents.co.uk

Assistant, Madeleine Pudney
mpudney@unitedagents.co.uk

Adam Martin
amartin@unitedagents.co.uk

Duncan Millership
dmillership@unitedagents.co.uk

Assistant, Ross Ferguson
rferguson@unitedagents.co.uk

Andrew Naylor
anaylor@unitedagents.co.uk

Assistant, Renay Richardson
rrichardson@unitedagents.co.uk

Giles Smart
gsmart@unitedagents.co.uk

Dallas Smith
dsmith@unitedagents.co.uk

Lisa Toogood
ltoogood@unitedagents.co.uk

Maureen Vincent
mvincent@unitedagents.co.uk

Assistant, Chris Keen
ckeen@unitedagents.co.uk

Ruth Young
ryoung@unitedagents.co.uk

Assistant, Jess Alford
jalford@unitedagents.co.uk

Kate Horsley
khorsley@unitedagents.co.uk

Nicki Stoddart
nstoddart@unitedagents.co.uk



Rogers, Coleridge & White
20 Powis Mews
London, W11 1JN

http://www.rcwlitagency.co.uk

Peter Straus
peters@rcwlitagency.co.uk

Deborah Rogers
deborahr@rcwlitagency.co.uk

Gill Coleridge
gillc@rcwlitagency.co.uk

Stephen Edwards
stephene@rcwlitagency.co.uk

Laurence Laluyaux
l.laluyaux@rcwlitagency.co.uk

Rowan Routh
rowanr@rcwlitagency.co.uk

Pat White
patw@rcwlitagency.co.uk

Zoë Waldie
zoew@rcwlitagency.co.uk

David Miller
davidm@rcwlitagency.co.uk

Eleanor Simpson
eleanor@rcwlitagency.com



Curtis Brown Group, Ltd.
Haymarket House
28/29 Haymarket
London SW1Y 4SP

http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk

Jonathan Lloyd
Group Managing Director
jlloyd@curtisbrown.co.uk

Books

Jonny Geller
jonny@curtisbrown.co.uk

Gordon Wise
gordon@curtisbrown.co.uk

Jonathan Pegg
jonathan@curtisbrown.co.uk

Vivienne Schuster
vivienne@curtisbrown.co.uk

Elizabeth Sheinkman (see more) (@)
elizabeth@curtisbrown.co.uk
sheinkman@aol.com


I tracked you down! And put a link to the press release. Hey, did anyone ever send you my beautiful book? Did you ever read it? Here's a chapter of the audio book you'd like. It's all girlie:

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/audio/GGch27m.mp3

I've also added about a billion media guys:

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/pv/pv01.html

Thanks. G.

Janice Swanson
janice@curtisbrown.co.uk

Stephanie Thwaites
stephanie@curtisbrown.co.uk

Sub-Rights

Carol Jackson
carol@curtisbrown.co.uk

Kate Cooper
kate@curtisbrown.co.uk

Media

Ben Hall, Director
ben@curtisbrown.co.uk

Nick Marston, Managing Director
nick@curtisbrown.co.uk

Tally Garner
tally@curtisbrown.co.uk

Joe Phillips
joe@curtisbrown.co.uk

Jacquie Drewe
jacquie@curtisbrown.co.uk

Actors, Presenters

Jacquie Drewe
jacquie@curtisbrown.co.uk

Catherine Tapsell- Jenkin
catherine@curtisbrown.co.uk

Maxine Hoffman
maxine@curtisbrown.co.uk

Claire Stannard
claire@curtisbrown.co.uk

Kate Staddon
kate@curtisbrown.co.uk

Frances Williams
frances@curtisbrown.co.uk

Grace Clissold
grace@curtisbrown.co.uk

Tess Viljoen
tess@curtisbrown.co.uk

Felicity Blunt
felicity@curtisbrown.co.uk

Sarah McWhinney
sarahmc@curtisbrown.co.uk

Valentina Martello
valentina@curtisbrown.co.uk



AP Watt Ltd
20 John Street
London WC1N 2DR

http://www.apwatt.co.uk

Caradoc King, Chairman
cking@apwatt.co.uk

Books

Derek Johns
djohns@apwatt.co.uk

Sheila Crowley
scrowley@apwatt.co.uk

Georgia Garrett
ggarrett@apwatt.co.uk

Natasha Fairweather
nfairweather@apwatt.co.uk

Philippa Donovan
pdonovan@apwatt.co.uk

Anjali Pratap
apratap@apwatt.co.uk*


Hi Gerard: As a struggling, not-so-young-anymore agent I get frustrated the way you do. I guess there is a certain amount of closed shop attitude but I don?t think that explains it all. The trouble is I think everyone's fighting against a faceless enemy in a way. For you it's agents and editors. For me it's editors and sometimes their sales colleagues. For editors it's sometimes their sales colleagues or sometimes what they perceive the reading public to be or maybe even me for not sending them what they want. Sales people have to please the booksellers. Booksellers the public. Everyone struggles a bit and most people don't mean any harm. It'll change and it's already changing because of the internet so that the process of selection becomes more democratic and directly linked to the reading public. And we'll all likely be out of a job. So you'll probably be laughing last and longest. Good luck with everything. With best wishes, Anjali

Hey, Anjali, you're absolutely right, of course. From the mud grows the lotus. Here's a chapter you'd like. The last three minutes or so, especially. Thanks. G.

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/audio/GGch17m.mp3

Louise Lamont
llamont@apwatt.co.uk

Yasmin McDonald
ymcdonald@apwatt.co.uk

Elinor Cooper
ecooper@apwatt.co.uk

Film & Television

Rob Kraitt
rkraitt@apwatt.co.uk

Christine Glover
cglover@apwatt.co.uk

Foreign Rights

Linda Shaughnessy, Director
lshaughnessy@apwatt.co.uk

Valentina Zanca (Asst.)
vzanca@apwatt.co.uk

Teresa Nicholls
tnicholls@apwatt.co.uk



A.M.Heath & Co. Ltd.
6 Warwick Court
Holborn
London WC1R 5DJ

http://www.amheath.com

William Hamilton
bill.hamilton@amheath.com

Sara Fisher
sara.fisher@amheath.com

Sarah Molloy
sarah.molloy@amheath.com

Victoria Hobbs
victoria.hobbs@amheath.com

Euan Thorneycroft
euan.thorneycroft@amheath.com



Blake Friedmann Agency Ltd.
122 Arlington Road
London NW1 7HP

http://www.blakefriedmann.co.uk

Carole Blake, Literary
carole@blakefriedmann.co.uk

Oli Munson (Asst.)
oli@blakefriedmann.co.uk

Isobel Dixon, Literary
isobel@blakefriedmann.co.uk

Liv Mantle
liv@blakefriedmann.co.uk

Julian Friedmann
Film and Television
julian@blakefriedmann.co.uk

Film and Television
conrad@blakefriedmann.co.uk



Casarotto, Ramsay & Associates
Casarotto, Marsh, Ltd.
National House, 60-66 Wardour Street
London W1V 4ND

http://www.casarotto.uk.com

agents@casarotto.uk.com

casarottomarsh@casarotto.uk.com

Jenne Casarotto
jenne@casarotto.uk.com

Elinor Burns
elinor@casarotto.uk.com

Chris Cope
chris@casarotto.uk.com

Tom Erhardt
tom@casarotto.uk.com

Tracey Hyde
tracey@casarotto.uk.com

Charlotte Kelly
charlotte@casarotto.uk.com

Mel Kenyon
mel@casarotto.uk.com

Miriam James
miriam@casarotto.uk.com

Jodi Shields
jodi@casarotto.uk.com

Rachel Holroyd
rachel@casarotto.uk.com

Holly Nicholson
holly@casarotto.uk.com

Mark Casarotto
mark@casarotto.uk.com

Ruth Arnaud
ruth@casarotto.uk.com

Sara Pritchard
sara@casarotto.uk.com

Emma Trounson
emma@casarotto.uk.com

Lucie Llewellyn
lucie@casarotto.uk.com

Kate Bloxham
kate@casarotto.uk.com



Christopher Little Literary Agency
10 Eel Brook Studios
125 Moore Park Road
London SW6 4PS

http://www.christopherlittle.net

info@christopherlittle.net

Christopher Little
christopher@christopherlittle.net

Katie McGowan
katie@christopherlittle.net

Emma Schlesinger
emma@christopherlittle.net



Wylie Agency Ltd.
17 Bedford Square
London WC1B 3JA

http://www.wylieagency.co.uk

Client List, Holy Crap

Andrew Wylie
mail@wylieagency.co.uk

Sarah Chalfant
mail@wylieagency.co.uk

Alexandra Gruebler
mail@wylieagency.co.uk

Rose Billington
mail@wylieagency.co.uk

Rose Geate
mail@wylieagency.co.uk

Benita Edzard
mail@wylieagency.co.uk

Helen Allan
mail@wylieagency.co.uk



Ed Victor, Ltd.
6 Bayley Street
Bedford Square
London WC1B 3HB

Ed Victor
Executive Chairman
ed@edvictor.com

Sophie Hicks
sophie@edvictor.com

Charlie Campbell
charlie@edvictor.com



Janklow and Nesbit Ltd.
29 Adam and Eve Mews
London W8 6UG

Tif Loehnis
tifloehnis@janklow.co.uk



David Higham Associates Ltd.
5-8 Lower John Street, Golden Square
London W1F 9HA

http://www.davidhigham.co.uk

David Higham
dha@davidhigham.co.uk

Anthony Goff
Fiction, Non-fiction
anthonygoff@davidhigham.co.uk

Bruce Hunter
Fiction, Non-fiction
brucehunter@davidhigham.co.uk

Ania Corless, Translation
aniacorless@davidhigham.co.uk

Caroline Walsh
Fiction, Children, Illustrators
carolinewalsh@davidhigham.co.uk

Gemma Hirst
Script Writing & Drama
gemmahirst@davidhigham.co.uk

Lizzy Kremer
Fiction, Non-fiction
lizzykremer@davidhigham.co.uk

Nicky Lund
Script Writing & Drama
nickylund@davidhigham.co.uk

Veronique Baxter
Fiction, Non-fiction, Children
veroniquebaxter@davidhigham.co.uk

Georgina Ruffhead
Script Writing & Drama
georginaruffhead@davidhigham.co.uk

Jessica Cooper
Script Writing & Drama
jessicacooper@davidhigham.co.uk

Annabel Hardman
annabelhardman@davidhigham.co.uk

Laura West
laurawest@davidhigham.co.uk

Nann du Sautoy
nanndusautoy@davidhigham.co.uk



Independent Talent Group
76 Oxford Street
London W1D 1BS
+44 20 7636 6565

http://www.independenttalent.com


Partial Client List:

Actors: Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Sam Mendes, Ben Kingsley, Rupert Everett, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Sir Anthony Hopkins

Directors: Mike Newell, Danny Boyle, Guy Ritchie...

Literary

Duncan Heath
duncanheath@independenttalent.com

Greg Hunt
huntgroup@independenttalent.com

Cathy King
cathyking@independenttalent.com

Michael McCoy
michaelmccoy@independenttalent.com

Sue Rodgers
suerodgers@independenttalent.com

Paul Stevens
paulstevens@independenttalent.com

Jessica Sykes
jessicasykes@independenttalent.com

Josh Varney
joshvarney@independenttalent.com

Negeen Yazdi
negeenyazdi@independenttalent.com

Hugo Young
hugoyoung@independenttalent.com

Laura Burn
lauraburn@independenttalent.com

Talent

Jane Brand
janebrand@independenttalent.com

Kate Buckley
katebuckley@independenttalent.com

Sarah Camlett
sarahcamlett@independenttalent.com

Samira Higham
samirahigham@independenttalent.com

Claire Maroussas
clairemaroussas@independenttalent.com

Fiona McLoughlin
fionamcloughlin@independenttalent.com

Tom Weijand
tomweijand@independenttalent.com

Gemma Cox
gemmacox@independenttalent.com

John Howlett
johnhowlett@independenttalent.com

Jack Thomas
jackthomas@independenttalent.com

Jude Millins
judemillins@independenttalent.com

Sue Greenleaves
suegreenleaves@independenttalent.com

Kate Chilcott
katechilcott@independenttalent.com

Vanessa Jones
vanessajones@independenttalent.com

Chris Smith
chrissmith@independenttalent.com

Rachael Taylor
rachaeltaylor@independenttalent.com

Deborah Willey
deborahwilley@independenttalent.com



ICM Books
4-6 Soho Square
London W1D 3PZ

Kate Jones
kjones@icmtalent.com

Margaret Halton
mhalton@icmtalent.com

Karolina Sutton
ksutton@icmtalent.com

Elizabeth Iveson
eiveson@icmtalent.com



Aitken Alexander Associates
18-21 Cavaye Place
London SW10 9PT
020 7373 8672

http://www.aitkenalexander.co.uk

reception@aitkenalexander.co.uk

Gillon Aitken
gillon@aitkenalexander.co.uk

Clare Alexander
clare@aitkenalexander.co.uk

Kate Shaw
kate@aitkenalexander.co.uk

Lesley Thorne
lesley@aitkenalexander.co.uk

Ayesha Karim
ayesha@aitkenalexander.co.uk

Anthony Sheil
anthony@aitkenalexander.co.uk

Mary Pachnos
mary@aitkenalexander.co.uk

Sally Riley, Director
sally@aitkenalexander.co.uk


***Redacted***

Actually I have both an agent and a publisher for Ginny Good, it's been out since April. Now I'm trying to get someone to buy the British rights and make a movie out of it. With my other books, I'm starting from scratch. You should read one or two of them. Maybe you'll want to be my agent. You think? Here's what Nick Clee had to say about GG in his column in the Guardian:

http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1226356,00.html

I write important, carefully crafted books really, really well. That's a hard commodity to sell, I admit. Agents like to represent unimportant, ill-considered, easy to sell schlock and publishers like to buy unimportant, ill-considered, easy to sell schlock. It's a match made in marketing heaven. I see it as a sign of excellence that not many people have paid much attention to my work. Give it fifty years or so. Thanks. G.

Leah Middleton
leah@aitkenalexander.co.uk



The Marsh Agency
11 Dover Street
London, W1S 4LJ

(Peterson-Marsh)

http://www.marsh-agency.co.uk

Paul Marsh, Managing Director
paul@marsh-agency.co.uk

Camilla Ferrier, Rights Director
camilla@marsh-agency.co.uk

Leyla Moghadam, English Agent
leyla@marsh-agency.co.uk

Stephanie Ebdon
steph@marsh-agency.co.uk

Caroline Hardman
caroline@marsh-agency.co.uk

Jessica Woollard
jessica@marsh-agency.co.uk

Geraldine Cooke
geraldine@marsh-agency.co.uk



IMG Literary UK
Pier House
Strand on the Green
London W4 3NN

http://www.imgspeakers.com

Sarah Wooldridge
swooldridge@imgworld.com



William Morris Agency UK Ltd.
52/53 Poland Street
London W1F 7LX

Caroline Michel, Director
cmichel@wma.com

Eugenie Furniss
eif@wma.com


Unsolicited material welcome. Please send or e-mail 3 chapters and a synopsis of your work. Particular interest in fiction, history, politics and biography. Thanks, Eugenie Furniss

Lucinda Prain
lprain@wma.com



Sheil Land Associates, Ltd.
Literary, Thearer & Film Agents
43 Doughty Street
London WC1N 2LF

Sonia Land
sland@sheilland.co.uk

Sam Boyce
sboyce@sheilland.co.uk

Vivien Green
vgreen@sheilland.co.uk

Benjamin Mason
bmason@sheilland.co.uk



Johnson & Alcock, Ltd.
Clerkenwell House
45-47 Clerkenwell Green
London EC1R 0HT

http://www.johnsonandalcock.co.uk

Michael Alcock
michael@johnsonandalcock.co.uk

Anna Power
anna@johnsonandalcock.co.uk

Ed Wilson
ed@johnsonandalcock.co.uk


Hi Gerard, Didn't realise Johnson & Alcock had crept onto your slate, delighted you've got us listed. We're a relatively small agency that likes to punch above its weight, with clients including Dick Francis, Dame Beryl Bainbridge, Clare Francis, DM Thomas, Phil Rickman, Jenny Joseph, James Hamilton-Paterson and Lisa Hilton. My role here is to inject a bit of youth into the list, and I'm particularly looking for quirky non-fiction, postmodern fiction, graphic novelists and anything brimming with zeitgeist.

Big fan of the site and have been for a few years – you serve a vital part in connecting talented authors with the people best equipped to deal with them. Please keep up the good work! Perhaps you should write about the process of keeping a site like EVERYONE WHO'S ANYONE going, and your daily combat with the media machine. Please send through anything to me that might be of interest (hardcopy only, we don't accept e-submissions yet), and very best of luck with your writing in the future. Cheerio, E

It's rare that an agent says anything but bitchy things to me. Thanks! If you want a copy of the audio book of Ginny Good on .mp3 CDs, let me know and I'll send you a copy. Here's the index:

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/ggsyn.html

Here's a sample chapter:

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/audio/GGch35m.mp3

And here's the whole real book for free online. G.

http://everyonewhosanyone.com/ggsyn1.html

Oh, oh, and speaking of "brimming with zeitgeist," here's a little snippet of a conversation between a character in my latest book and Oprah Winfrey:

"All goat herders want cars. It's a well-known fact."

"That's the difference between you and me. It's your job to con some poor goat herder into working himself to death to buy the car people pay you to want him to want. It's my job to get you to leave the poor goat herder alone. Making money is all that matters in America anymore. There's no free speech, no free press, no free anything, just the poor making the rich richer and the rich making the richer richer and so on and so on until the only thing that's gonna be left is Bill Gates and Warren Buffett sticking their thumbs in each other's Christmas pies, pulling out each other's plums and saying, 'What a good boy am I!' over and over 'til doomsday. How fun. There is no God but Money and Oprah Winfrey is His messenger." The old guy raises his right arm like a Nazi salute pointed in the general direction of Mecca.

"Don't be absurd." Spirals of Oprah's still-wet hair seem to tremble some around her animated, un-made-up face. "There's more free everything than there ever was. Have you looked at the Internet lately—the Internet that Bill Gates and Paul Allen and Sergey Brin and a bunch of other rich guys built, by the way? You can stick up any kind of crackpot crap you wanna stick up for next to nothing. If that's not free speech and a free press I don't know what is."

"Oh, it's free, all right, but it ain't speech and it ain't press. It's gibberish, it's glut, it's moronic bloggers kvetching in a vacuum on a million mindless blogs, it's cell phone drivel and text message twaddle, it's trillions of terabytes of turgid tripe that gets totally tuned out unless someone can make some money from it. Nobody notices anything that someone didn't get paid to tell 'em to notice. Hype is all that matters and hype is far from free—you of all people should appreciate that.

"If something doesn't make money you can't pay anyone to hype it, right? Nothing that doesn't get hyped ever gets heard so, obviously, the only speech you hear and the only press you pay any attention to is speech and press that was bought and paid for—which precludes it by definition from being free speech and a free press, which is exactly what I said, there's no free speech and there's no free press. Go ahead and argue all you want, but you're wrong. The only speech that ever gets heard and the only press that ever gets read is expensive speech and expensive press. You only know what people get paid to tell you to know and that means you can only know what's gonna make someone some money. Teachers, preachers, politicians, musicians, magicians and every other kind of media and entertainment dick there is from Walt Disney and Rupert Murdoch to Big Bird and Tom Brokaw, they all get paid to tell you what to know." The old guy cranks the foot rest of the La-Z-Boy down and stands up with Isaac in his arms. "You think what your owners want you to think." He stands over her, keeping the kid balanced, still sleeping, against his chest.

"My owners?"

"The guys who own you, yeah. The guys who bought you fair and square and use you to keep people like them away from people like me."

Merel Reinink
merel@johnsonandalcock.co.uk



Rod Hall Agency Ltd.
6th Floor
Fairgate House
78 New Oxford Street
London WC1A 1HB

http://www.rodhallagency.com

office@rodhallagency.com

Charlotte Mann @
charlotte@rodhallagency.com

Martin Knight
martin@rodhallagency.com

Tanya Tillett
tanya@rodhallagency.com



The Dench Arnold Agency
10 Newburgh Street
London W1F 7RN

http://www.dencharnold.co.uk

Elizabeth Dench
contact@dencharnold.com

Michelle Arnold
contact@dencharnold.com

Matthew Dench
contact@dencharnold.com

Charly Sommers
contact@dencharnold.com

Daniella Brivati
contact@dencharnold.com



Capel & Land, Ltd.
29 Wardour Street
London W1D6PS

http://www.capelland.com

Television and Radio

Anita Land, Director
anita@algrade.demon.co.uk

Yvonne Anderson
yvonne@capelland.co.uk

Literary

Georgina Capel, Director
georgina@capelland.co.uk

Abi Fellows
abi@capelland.co.uk

Philippa Brewster
emma@capelland.co.uk



The McKernan Agency
5 Gayfield Square
Edinburgh EH1 3NW
0131 557 1771

http://www.mckernanagency.co.uk

info@mckernanagency.co.uk

Maggie McKernan (@)
maggie@mckernanagency.co.uk



Robinson Literary Agency
Block A511
The Jam Factory
27 Green Walk
London, SE1 4TT
020 7357 6305

Peter Robinson
peter@rlabooks.co.uk



Rochelle Stevens and Company
2 Terrets Place, Upper Street
London N1 1QZ

http://www.rochellestevens.com

Rochelle Stevens
rochelle@rochellestevens.com

Frances Arnold
frances@rochellestevens.com



Lutyens and Rubinstein
231 Westbourne Park Road
London W11 1EB

http://www.lutyensrubinstein.co.uk

info@lutyensrubinstein.co.uk

Sarah Lutyens
sarah@lutyensrubinstein.co.uk

Felicity Rubinstein
felicity@lutyensrubinstein.co.uk

Olivia Roberts
olivia@lutyensrubinstein.co.uk

Susannah Godman
susannah@lutyensrubinstein.co.uk

David Dunn
david@lutyensrubinstein.co.uk



Abner Stein Agency
10 Roland Gardens
London SW7 3PH

Abner Stein
abner@abnerstein.co.uk

Arabella Stein
arabella@abnerstein.co.uk

Julia Parker
julia@abnerstein.co.uk

Stella Wilkins
stella@abnerstein.co.uk

Anna Doehner
anna@abnerstein.co.uk

Lydia Newhouse
lydia@abnerstein.co.uk

Kate Walker
kate@abnerstein.co.uk



Annette Green Authors' Agency
1 East Cliff Road
Tunbridge Wells
Kent TN4 9AD

http://www.annettegreenagency.co.uk

Annette Green (@)
annettekgreen@aol.com


Gerard, I started this agency in 1998 having worked for one of the larger agencies for ten years. My specific intention was to launch new novelists, and that remains the same. In Spring 2001 David Smith joined the agency and handles most of our non fiction. We are always open to new authors (naturally!) but are always oversubscribed. We promise a speedy turn around nonetheless. Clients include: Andrew Baker, Nick Barlay, Julia Bell, Bill Broady, Meg Cabot (US), Fiona Gibson, Justin Hill, Maria McCann, Ian Marchant and Adam Macqueen. Best wishes, Annette

Dear Annette: Thanks. Your response was perfect. If everyone were so forthcoming and succinct, ah, what a grand world it would be. G.

David Smith
djxsmith@aol.com


Dear Gerard, Still a great site - just a shame we're so near the bottom!. Many congratulations on publication of GINNY GOOD. How are you getting on in the British market? Best wishes, David Smith

I'll move you up a ways, but there's a whole other page of British agents "below" yours. As for the market, pfssh, lots of people loved the book, like that Nick Clee guy who used to be at the Bookseller and Anne Weale who's probably still there, but it doesn't have a British publisher and therefore no British hype so it's not doing as well as it would if it did. Thanks. G.



Judith Chilcote Agency
8 Wentworth Mansions
Keats Grove
London NW3 2RL

Judith Chilcote
judybks@aol.com



Edwards Fuglewicz
49 Great Ormond Street
London WC1N 3HZ

Ros Edwards
efla@ftech.co.uk

Helenka Fuglewicz
efla@ftech.co.uk



Graham Maw Christie Literary Agency
19 Thornhill Crescent
London N1 4LD

http://www.grahammawagency.com

enquiries@grahammawagency.com

Jane Graham Maw
jgm@grahammawagency.com

Jennifer Christie
jc@grahammawagency.com



Laurence Pollinger Ltd.
9 Staple Inn
Holborn
London WC1V 7QH

http://www.pollingerltd.com

Lesley (Hadcroft) Pollinger
lesleypollinger@pollingerltd.com

Leigh Pollinger, Director
info@pollingerltd.com

Joanna Devereux
jdevereux@pollingerltd.com

Tim Bates
timbates@pollingerltd.com

Ruth Needham
ruthneedham@pollingerltd.com

Joan Deitch
jdeitch@pollingerltd.com

Zoë Parsons
rightsmanager@pollingerltd.com



Brie Burkeman
14 Neville Court, Abbey Road
London NW8 9DD

Brie Burkeman
brie.burkeman@mail.com



MBA Literary Agents, Ltd.
62 Grafton Way
London W1T 5DW

http://www.mbalit.co.uk

Diana Tyler, Managing Director
diana@mbalit.co.uk

Laura Longrigg, Director
laura@mbalit.co.uk

John Richard Parker, Director
john@mbalit.co.uk

Meg Davis, Director
meg@mbalit.co.uk


Dear Gerard: MBA is a well-established agency, representing authors in all genres of books as well as scriptwriters for film, TV, radio and stage. Fuller details can be found in The Writers' and Artists' Yearbook (published by A&C Black) or The Writer's Handbook (published by Macmillan) or at the website of the Association of Authors' Agents:

http://agentsassoc.co.uk

Sadly, as I'm very heavily committed at the moment, I'm not able to consider new clients. But best wishes for your every success with your endeavours. Many thanks! Meg


Dear Meg: I'll include the website for the Association of Author' Agents. I'm just saying about people anything he or she may wish to say. Thanks again. G.

David Riding
david@mbalit.co.uk

Sophie Gorell Barnes
sophie@mbalit.co.uk

Jean Kitson
jean@mbalit.co.uk

Susan Smith
susan@mbalit.co.uk

Stella Kane
stella@mbalit.co.uk

Tim Webb
tim@mbalit.co.uk



Lucas Alexander Whitley
14 Vernon Street
London W14 0RJ

http://www.lawagency.co.uk

Mark Lucas
mark@lawagency.co.uk

Julian Alexander
julian@lawagency.co.uk

Araminta Whitley
araminta@lawagency.co.uk

Alice Saunders
alice@lawagency.co.uk

Lucinda Cook
lucinda@lawagency.co.uk

Peta Nightingale
peta@lawagency.co.uk



Marjacq Scripts
34 Devonshire Place
London, W1G 6JW

http://www.marjacq.com

Jacqui Lyons
jacqui@marjacq.com

Luke Speed
luke@marjacq.com

Julie Man, Games
julie@marjacq.com



Conville & Walsh, Ltd.
2 Ganton Street
London, W1F 7QL

Patrick Walsh
patrick@convilleandwalsh.com

Clare Conville
clare@convilleandwalsh.com

Peter Tallack
peter@convilleandwalsh.com



The Susijn Agency
3rd Floor, 64 Great Titchfield Street
London W1W 7QH

http://www.thesusijnagency.com

info@thesusijnagency.com

Laura Susijn
laura@thesusijnagency.com

Nicola Barr
nicola@thesusijnagency.com



Louise Greenberg Literary Agency
The End House, Church Crescent
London N3 1BG

Louise Greenberg
louisegreenberg@msn.com



Greene & Heaton, Ltd.
37 Goldhawk Road
London W12 8QQ

http://www.greeneheaton.co.uk

Carol Heaton
cheaton@greeneheaton.co.uk

Judith Murray
jmurray@greeneheaton.co.uk

Antony Topping
atopping@greeneheaton.co.uk

Charles Elliott
celliott@greeneheaton.co.uk

Ellie Glason
eglason@greeneheaton.co.uk

Will Francis
wfrancis@greeneheaton.co.uk

Nick Harrop
nharrop@greeneheaton.co.uk



Toby Eady Associates Ltd.
9 Orme Court, 3rd Flr.
London W2 4RL

http://www.tobyeadyassociates.co.uk

Toby Eady
Managing Director
toby@tobyeady.demon.co.uk

Jessica Woollard
Director
jessica@tobyeady.demon.co.uk



Wade & Doherty Literary Agency
33 Cormorant Lodge
Thomas More Street
London E1W 1AU

http://www.rwla.com

Broo Doherty
bd@rwla.com

Robin Wade (@)
rw@rwla.com



Felicity Bryan
2A North Parade, Banbury Road
Oxford OX2 6LX

http://www.felicitybryan.com

agency@felicitybryan.com

Felicity Bryan
fb@felicitybryan.com

Catherine Clarke
cc@felicitybryan.com

Sally Holloway
sh@felicitybryan.com

Jackie Head
jh@felicitybryan.com

Caroline Wood
cw@felicitybryan.com



HHB Agency, Ltd.
6 Warwick Court
London WC1R 5DJ

http://www.hhbagency.com

Heather Holden-Brown
heather@hhbagency.com



Valerie Hoskins Associates
20 Charlotte Street
London W1T 2NA

Valerie Hoskins
vha@vhassociates.co.uk

Rebecca Watson
rebecca@vhassociates.co.uk



A & B Personal Management
Ste. 330, Linen Hall
162-168 Regent Street
London, W1B 5TD

R. W. Ellis
billellis@aandb.co.uk



The Standen Literary Agency
41 B Endymion Rd.
London N4 1EQ

http://www.standenliteraryagency.com

Yasmin Standen
yasmin@standenliteraryagency.com



Janet Fillingham Associates
52 Lowther Road
London SW13 9NU

http://www.janetfillingham.com

info@janetfillingham.com

Janet Fillingham
office@jfillassoc.co.uk



Jeffrey Simmons
15 Penn House, Mallory Street
London NW8 8SX

Jeffrey Simmons
jasimmons@btconnect.com



Laura Morris Literary Agency
21 Highshore Road
London, SE15 5AA

Laura Morris
laura.morris@btconnect.com



Luigi Bonomi Associates
91 Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3PS

info@bonomiassociates.co.uk

Luigi Bonomi
luigi@bonomiassociates.co.uk

Amanda Preston
amanda@bonomiassociates.co.uk



Uli Rushby-Smith
72 Plimsoll Road
London N4 2EE

Uli Rushby-Smith
uli_rushby-smith@bloomsbury.com



Watson, Little Ltd
48-56 Bayham Place
London NW1 0EU
020 7388 7529

http://www.watsonlittle.com

office@watsonlittle.com

Mandy Little
al@watsonlittle.com

James Wills
jw@watsonlittle.com




Bryan Drew, Ltd.
Quadrant House
80-82 Regent Street
London W1B 5AU

Bryan Drew
bryan@bryandrewltd.com



Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency
70-75 Cowcross Street
London, EC1M 6EJ

http://www.carolinesheldon.co.uk

Caroline Sheldon
carolinesheldon@carolinesheldon.co.uk

Penny Holroyde
pennyholroyde@carolinesheldon.co.uk



Raft Representation
9-10 Jew Street
Brighton BN1 1UT

http://www.raftpr.com

Adrian Weston
adrian@raftpr.com

Dawn Sackett
dawn@raftpr.com



Elspeth Cochrane Personal Management
16 Old Town
London SW4 0JY

Elspeth Cochrane
elspeth@elspethcochrane.co.uk




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(*) = E-mail bounced. Correct information much appreciated. In fact, anyone who knows anything I don't know, let me know.

(!) = E-mail blocked (just mine, not yours), probably 'cause the intended recipient and/or the company by which he or she is owned and operated is an extra brainwashed, super chicken, corporate fascist goon.

(666) = Asked not to be contacted (by me, not by you), very likely because he or she is a happy little slave boy or a happy little slave girl and doesn't want it any other way, uh-huh, uh-huh.

Gerard Jones
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