The Factory, 1 Park Hill, London SW4 9NS +44(0)20 7499 7550 www.mmla.co.uk The Factory, 1 Park Hill, London SW4 9NS +44(0)20 7499 7550 www.mmla.co.uk FRANKFURT CATALOGUE 2020 LITERARY/BOOK CLUB/UPMARKET WOMEN’S MOONLIGHT AND THE PEARLER’S DAUGHTER…………...LIZZIE POOK……………………………..5 BLACK CAKE……………………………………………………………….CHARMAINE WILKERSON………….6 WAHALA…………………………………………………………………….NIKKI MAY…………………………….…7 THE LOST & THE LIVING……………………………………………..SOON WILEY………………………...….8 THE ENDS OF THE EARTH…………………………………………...ABBIE GREAVES……………………....9 TEACHING DELPHINE………………………………………………….BETH MORREY…………………………10 LOOKING FOR JANE…………………………………………………..HEATHER MARSHALL……………....11 THE READING LIST……………………………………………………..SARA ADAMS………………………....12 THE REVIVAL………………………………………………………………ROSEMARY HENNIGAN……………13 CRIME/THRILLER/SUSPENSE DO NO HARM…………………………………………………………….JACK JORDAN…………………………14 THE COLOUR OF OUR LIES………………………………………….TERESA DRISCOLL……………………15 HER LAST HOLIDAY…………………………………………………….C.L. TAYLOR…………………………….16 CITY OF SPIES ……………………………………………………………..CATHERINE GLASS………………….17 THE OTHER PARENTS………………………………………………….ROBIN MORGAN-BENTLEY……..18 IT MIGHT HURT………………………………………………………….STEPHANIE WROBEL……………….19 THE PLAYERS……………………………………………………………...DARREN O’SULLIVAN……………..20 THE TEAM THE TEAM Madeleine Milburn, Director — [email protected] Madeleine Milburn, Milburn, Director Director — &[email protected] Agent —[email protected] Giles Milburn, Managing Director & Agent — [email protected] Giles Milburn,Milburn, Managing Managing Director Director & Agent& Agent — [email protected]— [email protected] Liane-Louise Smith, Rights Director — [email protected] AliceHayley Sutherland Steed, Book-Hawes, to Screen Rights Agent Manager & Literary and Agent Agent— [email protected] (Children’s & YA) — [email protected] Hayley Steed, Book to Screen Agent & Literary Agent — [email protected] HayleyCatherine Steed Cho, — Agent Associate & Digital Agent Rights, Film, Manager TV &— Digital [email protected] Coordinator— [email protected] Catherine Cho, Agent & Digital Rights Manager — [email protected] NickyLiane- LouiseGordon Smith, — Rights Rights & Director Media —Assistant [email protected]— [email protected] Georgina Simmonds, Rights Agent — [email protected] Georgina Simmonds, Junior Rights Agent—[email protected] Sophie Pélissier, Rights Assistant — [email protected] The Factory, 1 Park Hill, London SW4 9NS +44(0)20 7499 7550 www.mmla.co.uk FRANKFURT CATALOGUE 2020 CRIME/THRILLER/SUSPENSE THE CAPTIVE……………………………………………………………...DEBORAH O’CONNOR……………21 MARION LANE AND THE MIDNIGHT MURDER…………….T.A. WILLBERG……………………….22 UNDER LYING……………………………………………………………..JANELLE HARRIS…………………….23 ONE MISTAKE……………………………………………………………..RONA HALSALL……………………..24 THE MISSING……………………………………………………………..DAISY PEARCE………………………..25 THE KILLING CHOICE…………………………………………………..WILL SHINDLER………………………26 HISTORICAL SKIN WHISTLE……………………………………………………………REBECCA KELLY…………..…………27 CIRCUS OF WONDERS…..……………………………...…………..ELIZABETH MACNEAL…………...28 THE JEWEL OF NEW YORK………………………………………….ELLA CAREY…………………………..29 CITY OF GHOSTS………………………………………………………..BEN CREED……………………….…...30 THE SKYLARK’S SECRET……………………………………………...FIONA VALPY………………………..31 THE OPHELIA SISTERS………………………………………………..JANE HEALEY………………….……..32 THE LONG, LONG AFTERNOON…………………………………...INGA VESPER………………….…...33 THE REBEL DAUGHTER.……………………………………………..MIRANDA MALINS………….…....34 THE TEAM THE TEAM THE TEAM Madeleine Milburn, Director —[email protected] [email protected] Madeleine Milburn, Director —[email protected] Giles Milburn, Managing Director & Agent — [email protected] MadeleineGiles Milburn, Milburn, Managing Director Director & Agent& Agent — —[email protected] [email protected] HayleyLiane-Louise Steed, Smith, Book toRights Screen Director Agent — & [email protected] Agent— [email protected] GilesHayley Milburn, Steed, Book Managing to Screen Director Agent & LiteraryAgent — Agent [email protected]— [email protected] CatherineHayley Steed, Cho, Book Agent to & Screen Digital Agent Rights & Manager Literary Agent— [email protected] — [email protected] AnnaAliceCatherine SutherlandHogarty, Cho, Agent Agent-Hawes, & and Digital RightsEditor Rights Manager— [email protected] and— [email protected] (Children’s & YA) — [email protected] LianeCatherine-Louise Cho, Smith, Agent Rights & Digital Director Rights— [email protected] — [email protected] AliceHayleyLiane -SutherlandLouise Steed, Smith, Associate-Hawes, Rights AgentDirector Rights, Film,Manager— liane TV- [email protected]& and Digital Agent Coordinator (Children—’s &hay YA)[email protected] — [email protected] Georgina Simmonds, JuniorRights RightsAgent —Agent [email protected]—[email protected] HayleyNickyGeorgina Gordon, Steed Simmonds, — Rights Associate Junior & Media RightsAgent Assistant Agent, Film,— TV—[email protected] & [email protected] Digital Coordinator— [email protected] Sophie Pélissier, Rights Assistant ——[email protected] [email protected] The Factory, 1 Park Hill, London SW4 9NS +44(0)20 7499 7550 www.mmla.co.uk FRANKFURT CATALOGUE 2020 COMMERCIAL WOMEN’S A THING CALLED LOVE……………………………………………….NELL CARTER………………………...35 THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN…………………………………………...SOPHIE ANDERSON……………….36 HIDDEN TREASURES…………………………………………………..MICHELLE ADAMS………………….37 THE WIFE WHO GOT A LIFE………………………………………..TRACY BLOOM……………………….38 THE LOVE WE LEFT BEHIND………………………………………..KATHERINE SLEE…………………….39 THE THINGS THAT MATTER………………………………………..ANDREA MICHAEL……………......40 PERFECT TIMING………………………………………………………..OWEN NICHOLLS……………….....41 THE SISTER SURPRISE………………………………………………...ABIGAIL MANN……………………..42 THE REINVENTION OF IVY EDWARDS……………………..….HANNAH TOVEY…………………....43 NON-FICTION WINTERING………………………………………………………………..KATHERINE MAY…………………...45 IN BLACK & WHITE……………………………………………………..ALEXANDRA WILSON………..…..46 END STATE………………………………………………………………….JAMES PLUNKETT………………....47 SCREEN TIME………………………………………………………………BECCA CADDY……………………....48 THE MOTHERHOOD COMPLEX…………………………………...MELISSA HOGENBOOM……......49 THE JOY OF BEING SELFISH………………………………………...MICHELLE ELMAN……………..…..50 THE TEAM THE TEAM THE TEAM Madeleine Milburn, Director —[email protected] [email protected] Madeleine Milburn, Director —[email protected] Giles Milburn, Managing Director & Agent — [email protected] MadeleineGiles Milburn, Milburn, Managing Director Director & Agent& Agent — —[email protected] [email protected] HayleyLiane-Louise Steed, Smith, Book toRights Screen Director Agent — & [email protected] Agent— [email protected] GilesHayley Milburn, Steed, Book Managing to Screen Director Agent & LiteraryAgent — Agent [email protected]— [email protected] CatherineHayley Steed, Cho, Book Agent to & Screen Digital Agent Rights & Manager Literary Agent— [email protected] — [email protected] AnnaAliceCatherine SutherlandHogarty, Cho, Agent Agent-Hawes, & and Digital RightsEditor Rights Manager— [email protected] and— [email protected] (Children’s & YA) — [email protected] LianeCatherine-Louise Cho, Smith, Agent Rights & Digital Director Rights— [email protected] — [email protected] AliceHayleyLiane -SutherlandLouise Steed, Smith, Associate-Hawes, Rights AgentDirector Rights, Film,Manager— liane TV- [email protected]& and Digital Agent Coordinator (Children—’s &hay YA)[email protected] — [email protected] Georgina Simmonds, JuniorRights RightsAgent —Agent [email protected]—[email protected] HayleyNickyGeorgina Gordon, Steed Simmonds, — Rights Associate Junior & Media RightsAgent Assistant Agent, Film,— TV—[email protected] & [email protected] Digital Coordinator— [email protected] Sophie Pélissier, Rights Assistant ——[email protected] [email protected] Lizzie Pook MOONLIGHT & THE PEARLER’S DAUGHTER Upmarket Historical Fiction Agent: Madeleine Milburn Historical debut set in late 19th century Western Australia against a backdrop of dangerous pearl-diving, crocodiles and storms, it tells a story of 20-year-old Eliza Brightwell, who sets off to uncover the truth about her eccentric father after he goes missing under suspicious circumstances. Western Australia, 1886. Under a steam- Rights Sold slicked sky and after months at sea, a slow boat makes its passage to the shores MOONLIGHT & THE PEARLER’S of Bannin Bay, and Eliza Brightwell and her DAUGHTER (TBA) family eye their strange new home. Here is an unforgiving land where fortune sits UK & Commonwealth: under offer patiently at the bottom of the ocean. A land US: on submission where pearl shells bloom to the size of soup plates. Where men are coaxed into unthinkable places by shining nacre of champagne, silver and cream. Ten years later, when Eliza’s eccentric and entrepreneurial father goes missing under suspicious circumstances, whispers from the townsfolk point to mutiny or murder. But when dead-ends are met and all hope seems lost, it falls to prickly but headstrong Eliza to discover