Author: Annette Crossland

Catherine Balavage Yardley is a freelance writer, author and the editor-in-chief of Frost Magazine. She has been writing since she was in single figures. Her debut novel, Ember, came out in 2022. It was picked for Jules Swains’ Book Club and she was interviewed on Chloe Timm’s Confessions of a Debut Novelist. She has worked… Read more »

Hera Books acquires the sequel to Awais Khan’s In the Company of Strangers A for Authors Agency Ltd is delighted to announce that Hera Books has acquired IN THE SHADOWS OF LOVE, the sequel to Awais Khan’s acclaimed novel In the Company of Strangers. Keshini Naidoo, co-founder and publisher of Hera Books, bought World English… Read more »

A for Authors Agency Ltd are delighted to announce that Sayantan Ghosh, Executive Editor at Simon & Schuster India, has acquired Awais Khan’s Someone Like Her from Annette Crossland at A for Authors Agency Ltd., for publication in India and the sub-continent in Autumn 2023 with a high-profile press and marketing campaign. Sayantan Ghosh said:… Read more »

PRESS RELEASE A for Authors Agency are delighted to announce that Star Survivor, the debut novel by Lisa Brace has been acquired by The Book Guild for publication in March 2024. Star Survivor is an adventure-packed story centred on four celebrities who agree to take part in a world renowned reality show set in the… Read more »

A for Authors Agency Ltd is delighted to announce that one of the biggest stars of South Asia, Mahira Khan, actor/producer at par with the biggest names worldwide in the business, and Nina Kashif, producer/director with dozens of international hits under her belt, have acquired the rights of This House of Clay and Water through… Read more »

N.N. Jehangir is a Pakistani writer. His first novel, Sektor 47, is the first book in a sci-fi series. N.N. Jehangir has an MA in Creative Writing with a High Merit from Birkbeck University London and an LLB from University of London. He is 27 years old and lives in Lahore with his family.

We are delighted to announce that Danielle Ramsay’s haunting and compelling thriller THE PERFECT HUSBAND is out today from Boldwood Books in Ebook, Audio and Paperback format. Available from all good bookshops and online retailers.

We are delighted to announce that A.A. Chaudhuri’s latest novel THE FINAL PARTY is published today by Hera Books. Available now in Ebook and Paperback from all good bookshops and online retailers.

We are delighted to reveal the cover for Awais Khan’s new novel, SOMEONE LIKE HER. It will be published in Ebook, Audio and Paperback by Orenda Books in the UK on August 17th, 2023. The book is now available for pre-order from all good bookshops and online retailers. Here’s a bit about the book: A… Read more »

Danielle Ramsay is the best-selling Scottish author of nine novels, including five Jack Brady crime novels set in a small seaside resort in the North East of England. These were followed by a dark thriller, The Last Cut. She has recently written three standalone psychological thrillers published by Boldwood Books, The Perfect Husband, My Best… Read more »

JJ Thomas recently took early retirement from a long career in the British Civil Service. During the last few years of her career she travelled in Africa and the Caribbean helping the OECD. Having lived in Greece, London, Edinburgh and the East Midlands she has recently returned to her native North-East England. Her two passions… Read more »

A for Authors Agency Ltd is delighted to announce that Archna Sharma, Publisher at Neem Tree Press, together with Dr Sofia Rehman, has acquired World Rights (excluding India/Pakistan) for THE STORYTELLER by Faiqa Mansab, from Annette Crossland at A for Authors Agency. Faiqa Mansab’s debut novel THIS HOUSE OF CLAY AND WATER was published to… Read more »

A for Authors Agency Ltd is delighted to announce that Caroline Ridding, Publisher at Boldwood Books, has acquired World Rights for three psychological thrillers by Danielle Ramsay, from Annette Crossland at A for Authors Agency. The first book, The Missing Husband is due to be published in Spring 2023. Danielle Ramsay is the author of… Read more »

Hera Books has acquired a further three untitled psychological thrillers from A.A. Chaudhuri. Keshini Naidoo, co-founder and publishing director, acquired digital and print World English language rights from Annette Crossland of A for Authors Agency. Naidoo commented: ‘I am delighted that Hera will continue to be the home of A.A. Chaudhuri’s multi-layered, complex and gripping… Read more »

Annette Crossland of A for Authors Agency Ltd. is delighted to announce that The Book Guild Ltd. has acquired publication rights to Shirin Amani Azari’s ONCE UPON A TIME IN UPPSALA. A moving memoir detailing Azari and her family’s transplantation to Sweden from Iran during the Iraq-Iran War in the 1980s, ONCE UPON A TIME… Read more »

Keshini Naidoo at Hera Books has acquired World English Language publication rights (excluding India and the subcontinent) for IN THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS by Awais Khan, for publication in 2022, from Annette Crossland at A for Authors Agency. The agency is also delighted to confirm the sale of Film/TV rights to Pikchur TV. Keshini Naidoo:… Read more »

Annette Crossland at A for Authors Literary Agency Ltd. acting in conjunction with Helen Edwards Rights Agency and Simona Kessler SRL are delighted to announce that Romanian publication rights for Awais Khan’s NO HONOUR have been sold to Bogdan Hrib of S.C. Tritonic Books S.R.L., Romania. All enquiries to Helen Edwards Rights Agency.

Susie lives in a 17th century cottage in an Oxfordshire village with her husband, 2 whippets Annabelle and Albert and a very large British Shorthair cat called Eric. Susie is Mum to 2 boys now both in their 30’s, both married so she has two lovely daughter in laws. Susie is also stepmum to her… Read more »

Lisa Brace is an award-winning writer, who combines penning novels with running her own business in the beautiful surroundings of West Sussex. She has worked as a journalist and copywriter for over twenty years, giving her the chance to be nosy without getting into trouble. When she had two very young children she decided she… Read more »

Jackie lives in Glasgow with her partner Allison and their assortment of animals, including feisty Michelle the tortoise. She has a varied background, including being a government economist, a political lobbyist, and running a pet shop in Glasgow’s Southside (ask her anything about pets).  She currently works with East Ayrshire Council, where until recently her job… Read more »

Originally from the United States, F. Levie Britt has spent his entire adult life as a European ex-patriot, living in London, Paris, Palma de Majorca and Fuengirola, Spain, before finally settling in Sweden, first in the university town of Umea, 250 miles south of the Arctic circle (where he learned to eat, but not like,… Read more »

Ian’s first career as a lawyer in a large suburban law firm was curtailed when he sustained a head injury. Undaunted, he went on to volunteer at Shakespeare’s Globe; spent a year at National Bakery School and took up writing. Ian is married and lives in Essex. He has two grown-up sons. He keenly follows… Read more »

Rob Barrow is a writer, musician and Japanese Cinema fan who travelled extensively before settling in Cyprus with his family. Born and raised in Barnstaple, Rob graduated from the University of Gloucestershire in 2008 with a degree in Film Studies. It wasn’t until a decade had passed that he started to use his degree the… Read more »

Faiqa Mansab is a Pakistani writer.  She holds an MFA in Creative Writing with a high distinction from Kingston University London and an MA in Gender and Cultural Studies from Birkbeck University London. Faiqa was the recepient of the prestigious British Chevening Scholarship 2019-2020. She also has an Mphil in English Literature from Pakistan. She works… Read more »

Annette Crossland of A for Authors Agency is delighted to announce that Keshini Naidoo, Publishing Director at Hera Books, has acquired digital and print World English Language Rights for A.A. Chaudhuri’s thrilling new psychological thriller and a further, untitled thriller. Keshini says: ‘When A.A. Chaudhuri’s submission came in, I lost a day reading this utterly gripping,… Read more »

It should be no surprise that Richard Chesterton has a creative gene as he has a family background in writing being the great, great and more greats nephew of GK Chesterton. The creativity also came from his father, a drummer who played in the bands Love Affair, Cymbaline, and The Flies, all of whom had top ten… Read more »

Annette Crossland of A for Authors Agency Ltd is delighted to announce that Aimee Hogston, Publishing and Marketing Executive at Isis Audio, Oakhill and Soundings, divisions of Ulverscroft Ltd, has acquired audio rights for Isis Audio of Awais Khan’s IN THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS to be published in Spring 2021. Awais Khan commented, “I am… Read more »

Alan Gorevan is an Irish thriller writer and intellectual property attorney. A winner of the Irish Writers’ Centre Novel Fair competition, he is the author of the novels The Kindness of Psychopaths, Better Confess, and Out of Nowhere, the novellas The Forbidden Room, The Hostage, and Hit and Run, and the short story collection Dark Tales. His novels have been reviewed in… Read more »

Heleen Kist is a Dutch businesswoman who lived all over the world while growing up and for her career. Then she fell in love with a Scotsman and his country, and now writes about its (sometimes scary) people from her garden office in Glasgow. She was awarded a Spotlight as ‘up and coming author’ at… Read more »

Linda Stratmann is the author of fourteen non-fiction books mainly about true crime, but her work also includes Chloroform, the Quest for Oblivion, a history of the use and misuse of chloroform, and three biographies, notably her acclaimed The Marquess of Queensberry: Wilde’s Nemesis. Her most recent non-fiction publication The Secret Poisoner chronicles the efforts… Read more »

I am excited to report that my first novel, Endless Turquoise, is available on Amazon, so pack your bags and get ready to take a trip to the Caribbean. You can purchase an e-book of Endless Turquoise by following these links: IN THE USA HERE    IN CANADA HERE    AND IN THE UK HERE… Read more »

Annette Crossland of A for Authors Agency Ltd is delighted to announce that Becky Hobson, Group Publishing Manager at Ulverscroft, has acquired audio rights for Isis Audio of A.A. Chaudhuri’s THE SCRIBE and THE ABDUCTION. These are the first two volumes in the Amazon bestselling Kramer/Carver thriller series. A.A. Chaudhuri commented “I am absolutely thrilled that THE SCRIBE… Read more »

Karen Sullivan, Publisher of Orenda Books, is delighted to announce the acquisition of World English Language rights, ex-USA/Can, including TV and audio, for Awais Khan’s atmospheric, searing No Honour, and a further, untitled novel, from Annette Crossland at A is for Authors, in a Frankfurt pre-empt. Karen says, ‘This beautifully written, utterly compulsive book has… Read more »