Margaret Hanbury

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The Hanbury Agency·UK

Represents

fiction and non-fiction

Age Categories

Adult

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Represents novelists, historians, popular culture and current affairs writers. Also works with professional ghostwriters and has experience forming successful author-ghostwriter partnerships.

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Margaret Hanbury founded the agency in 1983 at the suggestion of J. G. Ballard, whom she represented until his death in 2009. She was named Literary Agent of the Year at The Bookseller Industry Awards 2013. The agency is a member of the Association of Authors' Agents.

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