Cora Harrison - fifty-five and counting…
Our beloved Cora Harrison recently delivered her fourth Reverend Mother murder mystery, bang on time as usual. Before being represented by…
Pre-Easter news
Some exciting news: Nate Crowley, recently taken on by Jamie Cowen, has been signed by Solaris to write a book based on his hugely popular series…
Sharon Bolton to Trapeze
Internationally acclaimed crime fiction author Sharon Bolton is moving to Orion Publishers for her next three books, in a substantial six-figure…
Gemmell awards and rights news
Some very exciting news landed on Friday last week: Adrian’s Selby’s incredible debut Snakewood (Orbit) has been nominated for the David…
Deal news and LBF
Two exciting deals to announce this morning: Orbit have acquired world rights from Jamie Cowen in two further books by Adrian Selby, to follow up…
Fri 23 Dec 2016
To celebrate the prospect of longer and brighter days, we’d like to congratulate Graham Minett on signing a new two-book contract with Bonnier,…
New client: Nate Crowley
Ampersand are excited to announce the signing of a hugely promising new client, Nate Crowley. Nate is the author of two of the most successful…
Winter news!
It has been a very busy few months here at Ampersand. Fabulous new clients have joined, including Ali Harper and Rachel Lynch, and numerous deals…
Sharon Bolton - Dead Good award winner
Our very own Sharon Bolton was the winner of the Linwood Barclay Dead Good Reader Award for Most Surprising Twist at the Theakstons Old Peculier…
Deals galore!
We at Ampersand pride ourselves on the breadth of publishers with whom we work, and in the last month have done deals which admirably demonstrate…
Spring has sprung!
Some nice news to celebrate the arrival of spring: Endeavour Press will republish Barbara Else’s wonderful historical pastiche Wild Latitudes, a…
Peter Janson-Smith, and LBF 2016
Some sad news: our consultant Peter Janson-Smith died on April 15th aged 93. He was Ian Fleming’s agent, as well as Eric Ambler’s, Gavin…