The editor – author relationship
C.J Daugherty first submitted her manuscript, NIGHT SCHOOL, back in January 2011. We worked on it editorially for the first few months before I submitted exclusively to Stephenie Meyer’s UK editor,...
View ArticleNIGHT SCHOOL: The Story of a Bestseller
C.J. Daugherty’s début, NIGHT SCHOOL, was published with great excitement by Oetinger in Germany at the end of July 2012. Rapidly selling 17,000 copies in the first three days of sales, it has...
View ArticlePublication of gripping new psychological suspense book
Congratulations to C.L. Taylor on the publication of her gripping new psychological suspense book, The Accident (HarperCollins/Avon). C.L. Taylor likens publication day to New Year’s Eve on her...
View ArticleC.J. Daugherty is officially the No.2 Spiegel bestseller in Germany!
C.J. Daugherty’s fourth book in the international bestselling Night School series has come in at position * No.2 * on the German Spiegel bestseller list. Night School: Resistance is positioned just...
View ArticleFrankfurt Book Fair Q & A
Madeleine Milburn on the Frankfurt Book Fair 2014 Q Why is the Frankfurt Book Fair so important? Madeleine Milburn After London Book Fair, Frankfurt is the biggest event on the publishing calendar....
View ArticleMM Agency at the London Book Fair 2015
Last week, the MM team spent an intense, but highly fulfilling, three days at the London Book Fair 2015 meeting international publishers and producers from all corners of the globe. With prime...
View ArticleExcellent reception for the French edition of The Tea Planter’s Daughter
The Tea Planter’s Daughter by Janet MacLeod Trotter was published last week in France with the title Les Lumières d’Assam by Presses de la Cité. Copies were sent out to bloggers with packs of Assam...
View ArticleMM Agency Author Summer Post – Janet MacLeod Trotter
In a (seemingly vain) effort to render gloomy and grey London a little more cheerful and summery today, here is a new Q&A with our best-selling author Janet MacLeod Trotter. Janet is the author of...
View ArticlePublication Day for FIRE GIRL by Matt Ralphs
FIRE GIRL by Matt Ralphs is published today by Pan Macmillan A fiery girl. A grumpy dormouse. Prepare for a magical adventure! Twelve-year-old Hazel Hooper has spent her whole life trapped in a magical...
View ArticleCover reveal for THE CRESSWELL PLOT (US edition)
We are very excited to share Disney Hyperion’s cover for THE CRESSWELL PLOT by Eliza Wass! THE CRESSWELL PLOT has been sold in the following foreign language territories so far: Chinese Complex: Star...
View ArticleMadeleine Milburn Literary Agency on the Frankfurt Book Fair
The Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency had a fabulous time at the Frankfurt Book Fair this year selling rights to international publishers worldwide. Thérèse, Sarah and Madeleine all took meetings with...
View ArticleMagic Moments at the Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency in 2015
Amongst many highlights, here are just a few of the magic moments we shared with our authors at the Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency in 2015: C.L. Taylor became the No.5 Sunday Times Bestseller and...
View ArticlePublication day for THE WIDOW
Fiona Barton’s much anticipated debut THE WIDOW is published by Transworld in hardback today. It has already been sold in 28 territories, and is set to be the next THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN. Buy your copy...
View ArticleTHE WIDOW hits 30 languages
The Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency has secured the 30th foreign translation deal for Fiona Barton’s transatlantic bestseller The Widow. Further to being No.2 on The Sunday Times bestseller list in...
View ArticleTHE MISSING is a No. 6 Sunday Times bestseller
We’re absolutely delighted that C. L. Taylor’s dark new thriller THE MISSING is hitting the Sunday Times Bestseller List at number 6 this weekend, with nearly 30,000 copies sold within the first two...
View ArticlePublication Day for IN THE DARK, IN THE WOODS
Today is the publication of Eliza Wass’s haunting debut IN THE DARK, IN THE WOODS, which is being published by Quercus Books. Pre-Publication Praise “it’s a breathtaking, gut-wrenching coming-of-age...
View ArticleTHE MISSING is No. 1 on Kindle Bestsellers
We’re thrilled that C. L. Taylor’s gripping new book The Missing has reached the No. 1 spot on the Kindle Bestsellers chart. The Missing also continues to be a Top 10 Sunday Times paperback bestseller...
View ArticleMadeleine Milburn Agency at the Bologna and London Book Fairs
The Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency had a packed but wonderful time at the Bologna and London Book Fairs this year selling rights to international publishers worldwide. The Children’s Book Fair, held...
View ArticleFirst Foreign Publications of THE WIDOW
After achieving both SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER status in the UK and the US, Fiona Barton’s THE WIDOW has started hitting the foreign shelves in translation. We’ve sold the book in a...
View ArticleItalian and Norwegian THE GIRL WITH NO PAST by Kathryn Croft
This month sees the exciting publication in Italy and Norway of one of our best-selling psychological suspense novels, THE GIRL WITH NO PAST, by Kathryn Croft. A gripping suspense full of unexpected...
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