Sufiya Ahmed
Author
Sufiya Ahmed was born in India and arrived in the UK as a baby. She …
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
Clients of Sophie Gorell Barnes
Noga Applebaum
Author
After years of reading about rock buns and homemade lemonade, Noga ventured from her native …
Vivienne Bolton
Author
With over a dozen titles to her name, Vivienne Bolton is a prolific writer of …
Sita Brahmachari
Author | Playwright
Sita’s remarkable debut book Artichoke Hearts (Macmillan 2011) won the Waterstone’s Prize 2011 and among …
Johnny Carrington
Playwright
Johnny’s life is all about drama – whether teaching it -Head of Drama at Testbourne …
Alys Clare
Author
Alys Clare is the pseudonym of Elizabeth Harris. She has lived in Kent since childhood, …
Natasha Desborough
Author | Scriptwriter
Not short of ideas or a unique world-view, Natasha brings a highly authentic quirky original …
Mahny Djahanguiri
Author
Mahny Djahanguiri was born in Switzerland to a British mother and Iranian father and spent …
Elizabeth Harris
Author
Elizabeth Harris was born in Cambridge, brought up in Kent, and spends much of her …
Christopher William Hill
Author | Playwright
Christopher William Hill is an award-winning children’s novelist and playwright. His series of children’s novels, Tales …
Carolyn S. Jones
Playwright | Scriptwriter
Born in Crickhowell, Wales, Carolyn has written extensively for television, radio and theatre and has …
Rebecca Promitzer
Author
Rebecca Promitzer trained as a scriptwriter at Goldsmiths. Her film and television credits included THE …
Laurie Slade
Playwright | Scriptwriter
Born in Kenya, theatre has always been a major focus in Laurie’s life. He spent …
Jan Stradling
Author
Jan Stradling spent several years as a primary school teacher before moving into the world …
Danny Sturrock
Playwright
Danny Sturrock works at Oaklands as the Drama Departments Theatre Technician. He has been an …
Sheryl Webster
Author
With a degree in English and Psychology, Sheryl worked as a primary school teacher before …
Mark Wheeller
Playwright
Although Mark’s name is not well-known outside schools and colleges, he is one of the …