About us

hhb agency ltd was founded in 2005 by Heather Holden-Brown, a publishing editor for 20 years with Waterstone’s, Harrap, BBC Books and Headline. The following year the agency became a member of the Association of Authors’ Agents.

Heather is a member of Kingston University’s Publishers’ Advisory Board and in 2004 assessed the food and cookery books for the André Simon Memorial Fund’s annual awards.

 

Elly James joined hhb agency in 2007 with a background in television and film development. She began in documentaries, working on new ideas as a development researcher, and moved, via drama school and a stint on the acting circuit, to a film development fund that invested in the early stages of British films.