Sophie Gorell Barnes

Agent

Currently focused on Middle Grade Humour and Authentic Characters

Sophie studied theatre and television and worked as a researcher for several years on factual programmes and for the COI. She has written children’s books for Macmillan Education, reviewed theatre and worked on magazines as a sub editor. She joined MBA at the end of 1993 and moved to agenting original and talented children’s writers, working on picture books to YA fiction.  She also agents writers for theatre, adult non fiction and handles audiobook rights for MBA. She is looking, in particular, for slick and humorous middle grade fiction.

Email: sophie@mbalit.co.uk