KHLA is a small independent literary agency with a growing list of clients. We offer authors a nurturing environment and a high level of attention in all book markets.
Congratulations to Nicola Chester, whose memoir, ON GALLOWS DOWN: Place, Protest and Belonging was published by Chelsea Green on 7 October.
“An incredible book of exceptional depth, feeling and bravery…wonderful! I couldn’t put it down. A must read” Dara McAnulty
Congratulations to Kathryn Hughes whose most recent novel, THE MEMORY BOX, was published in eBook and Audio by Headline on 5th August. The paperback will be available in November.
“Utterly unputdownable” Jenny Ashcroft
KHLA are delighted to welcome Joy Kluver to the agency. Her debut crime novel LAST SEEN was published in eBook in March 2021 by Bookouture. Her latest, BROKEN GIRLS, like LAST SEEN featuring DI Bernadette Noel, was published in eBook in July 2021.
KHLA are delighted to welcome Lynne McEwan to the agency. Her first novel, set on the Scottish border and featuring DI Shona Oliver, IN DARK WATER was published by Canelo Crime in eBook and paperback on 24 June 2021.
Congratulations to Julie Houston whose SING ME A SECRET, published in paperback in February, won this year’s Romantic Novelists’ Association Sapere Books Popular Romantic Fiction award. A VILLAGE VACANCY, published in October 2020, was in the UK Kindle top 100 bestseller two months. It will be available in paperback in November. Her new novel, A FAMILY AFFAIR, was published in eBook on June 3rd by Aria. The paperback will be published in February 2022.
“Warm, funny and well written, with a page-turning plot, this book has everything! I loved it!” Katie Fforde (of SING ME A SECRET)
Congratulations to Alice Hunter, whose THE SERIAL KILLER’S WIFE, published by Avon in May in paperback and eBook, has sold over 100,000 copies. It has been a bestseller in both formats, reaching the #2 slot in the Bookseller Heatseeker bestseller list and #5 in the Kindle bestseller list in the UK, staying in the Kindle top 10 for over a month. It is still in the Kindle top 100. It also got to #10 in the US Kindle list and was also an iBooks #1 bestseller.
“Striking debut…richly deserves to be a hit” Daily Mail