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The North was founded in October 2017 by a group of agents with decades of experience in the book world: not only as agents, but as booksellers and publishers – and even a writer. We’re a small agency, but we think our list of best-sellers and award winners shows that we punch above our weight. In a business dominated by large London publishers and agencies, we’re proud to be one of very few literary agencies based in the north; though our reach is global, with writers published in more than 30 territories around the world.
TITLES
Genre:
Fiction Literary & General
THE WAGER AND THE BEAR
Author:
John Ironmonger
Rights avail:
Estonian, French, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Spanish
Rights sold: German
The great new novel by John Ironmonger based on the bestseller »The Whale and the End of the World«.
A small Cornish village, a polar bear and an extraordinary bet on our future.
Genre:
Fantasy & Sci-Fi, Thriller & Noir
THIRTEEN WAYS TO KILL LULABELLE ROCK
Author:
Maud Woolf
Rights avail:
Estonian, French, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Spanish
Rights sold: German
In a world of glitzy glamour and burgeoning technology, washed up movie star Lulabelle Rock employs a clone of herself to kill the other twelve versions of herself. With drama, action, and clones, this fast paced and fun, dark and satirical, sci-fi debut tackles themes of identity, family, ethics, and sense of self.
Genre:
Literary & General, Romance
THE LAST PARTY AT SILVERTON HALL
Author:
Rachel Burton
Rights avail:
Estonian, French, German, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Spanish
A gripping and heartbreaking tale of family, duty and the secrets we keep from those we love most. Perfect for fans of Rachel Hore, Lorna Cook and Kathryn Hughes.
Genre:
Literary & General
A STRANGE AND BRILLIANT LIGHT
Author:
Eli Lee
Rights avail:
Estonian, French, German, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Spanish
WINNER of BEST FIRST NOVEL AT THE 2022 WRITERS' GUILD AWARD
Read more about Eli's prize-winning novel here.
'A Strange and Brilliant Light' is a riveting, thought-provoking speculative literary novel, it explores the impact of the AI revolution through the eyes of three very different young women – Lal, Janetta and Rose.
Genre:
Crime
WHO TOOK EDEN MULLIGAN?
Author:
Sharon Dempsey
Rights avail:
Estonian, French, German, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Spanish
A hugely promising debut, gripping and pacy, this is not so much a murder mystery as an examination of people’s relationships with their individual and their shared pasts.
Their Love was forbidden. But echoed in Eternity.
Genre:
Historical, Chick-Lit
ECHOES OF THE RUNES
Author:
Christina Courtenay
Rights avail:
Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, French, German, Serbian, Spanish
Rights Sold: Czech, Italian, Russian
WINNER of the Fantasy Romantic Novel Award at the 2021 Romantic Novel Awards
Christina Courtenay brings the fascinating Viking era to life in her stunning new dual-time novel of forbidden love, secrets and adventure.
Genre:
Chick-Lit
THE TEAROOM ON THE BAY
Author:
Rachel Burton
Rights avail:
Estonian, French, German, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Spanish
The Tearoom on the Bay follows Ellie, who is returning home to Sanderson Bay to start a new life running an artisan tearoom. Just as her life is getting back to normal, she meets Ben, and discovers a kind man underneath his brooding exterior.
Genre:
Historical Adventure
THE CROWN AGENT
Author:
Stephen O'Rourke
Rights avail:
Estonian, French, German, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Spanish
Shortlisted for the 2020 Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Debut of the Year
Disillusioned young doctor, Mungo Lyon, is recruited by the Crown to investigate a mysterious murder and shipwreck off the coast of Scotland. Doctor Lyon, his reputation tarnished by the Burke & Hare scandal, and forbidden to practise as a surgeon, is the wrong man.
That’s exactly why the Crown chose him.
Genre:
Literary & General
CONFESSION WITH BLUE HORSES
Author:
Sophie Hardach
Rights avail:
Bulgarian, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Romanian, Swedish
Rights sold: Czech, German
Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2019
Fragments of childhood are pieced together in this moving depiction of a family's struggle.
Genre:
Thriller & Noir
THE STRANGER
Author:
Simon Conway
Rights avail:
Estonian, French, German, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Spanish
From the corridors of Westminster to the refugee camps of Jordan, the back streets of East London to the badlands of Iraq, The Stranger is a nerve-shredding journey of suspense as Jude Lyon pieces together the shape of an implacable horror coming towards him - and a conspiracy of lies behind him.
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