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LITERARY AGENT OF THE YEAR NELLE ANDREW
THE SHORTLIST
C&W
RCW
Amanda Harris YMU
Natalie Jerome AEVITAS CREATIVE MANAGEMENT
Carrie Plitt FELICITY BRYAN
THE BRIGHT AGENCY
F
rom Caroline Michel’s assistant to Literary Agent of the Year in barely a decade, Nelle Andrew is one of the industry’s brightest rising stars.
When she moved on from PFD last year—not to
another big agency, but to start-up Rachel Mills Literary—her authors followed in droves. Those clients include Pandora Sykes and Bryony Gordon, who she has steered carefully through publishing, and commercial fiction names including Heidi Perks and Adele Geras. New authors she has nurtured include Louise Hare and Costa-winner Sara Collins, and in 2020 she scored six-figure deals for Lizzie Damilola Blackburn’s début. She also picked up a hatful of screen deals, handling rights personally rather than outsourcing. To these authors and more, Andrew has been
a brilliant editor with an instinct for partnering them with the right publisher; determined to prioritise long-term careers over short-term
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success. “Her belief in me pushes me to achieve things I never thought possible,” said one. To publishers, Andrew is a tough deal-maker
but a superb partner on the editing, positioning and promotion of her clients. “She’s the consum- mate deal-maker and a very skilful negotiator, but scrupulously fair and principled too,” said one c.e.o. She has also been one of publish- ing’s most effective champions of equality. As well as bringing more diverse authors into the mainstream, she has been a calm and compelling voice on industry inclusivity, and an inspiration for other agents of colour. Judges admired Andrew’s unerring eye for
talent and emotional intelligence that gets the most out of every author and book. “What Nelle has done in her short career is extraordinary,” they said. “She’s an incredible advocate for her authors and you feel her passion… anyone in the world would want her as their agent.”
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