Hellie Ogden
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Agent at WME London. Side hustle mothering 3 daughters. Send me books! himoquery @wmeagency .com
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@WMEBooksUK
We’re very excited to announce that WME Books now has a website!
To learn more about our amazing team, please visit
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I moved! Send me your books!
"From a distance I have admired her energy, her brilliant authors and the business she has built, so I couldn’t be more excited to partner with her"
@HellieOgden
has joined
@WMEBooks
as co-head of the London literary office with
@MatildaFW
.
Read here:
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She wrote her OWN book for world book day. There were some creative differences with her agent...
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On agenting and
@WMEBooksUK
@WMEBooks
❤️and lovely clients
.
@HellieOgden
: 'I've never lost the hunger to find debut authors'
@timrelf
speaks to the co-head of
@WMEBooks
(£)
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Well proud agent doesn't really cut it.
@Kiran_MH
winner of the Waterstones Children's Book prize 2017. Insane
#WCBP17
@JanklowUK
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International women’s day and a celebration, for me, of all my phenomenal female clients and male clients writing phenomenal female characters. And this girl who has them all to look up to.
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Delighted to be judging The Bath Novel Award 2019, total honour.
@JanklowUK
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Exciting news! I’m teaming up with my colleague across the pond,
@AllisonSHunter
, on a special project. In these anxious times, we’re looking for novels that speak to the power of love and community around the globe. We want warm, emotional escapism.
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Saturday night chats making this week feel slightly more bearable...
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This is a stunning compilation of thoughts from our extraordinary clients. A beautiful thing
We wanted to do something at J&N to bring us all a bit closer together in these strange times, so we asked our amazing authors what storytelling meant to them, and this is the result. A beautiful, inspiring piece of lockdown musings:
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I have amazing new colleagues and they are hungry for subs and the absolute best
@BallSuzannah
@fi_baird
@lucyebalfour
check out our new website for profiles
@WMEBooksUK
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Typing this through tears. 🥲 I’m so proud to announce that
#Puzzlemakers
is an instant Sunday Times Bestseller! Enormous thanks to my SPECTACULAR publishing team + agent, and to readers, booksellers and bloggers who have got behind this book in ways I could never imagine. ✨🧩💛
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Lead story on day one of LBF and what a story it is Carole has written... 🌟
A début novel billed as “Rebecca meets Room” has gone for a significant six-figure sum in the UK:
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These are my other two Irish daughters (
@MollyAitken1
) and the very best thing about my lockdown.
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Thank you for all the wonderful entries to our twitter comp. We loved reading them and we are delighted to announce our winner, and new client,
@Alice_Dunn
writing the most beautiful story of hope, community, love, and friendship
@AllisonSHunter
@JanklowUK
@JanklowNesbit
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I’m even more thrilled
I am absolutely thrilled to share that I won the Blue Pencil Award! And not only that, but I am now represented by the absolutely wonderful
@HellieOgden
at
@JanklowUK
.I could not be more happy-my face hurts from smiling-thank you so much and congratulations to my fellow winners!
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I can’t wait to read
📣 TODAY IS THE DAY. Get some sunshine, listen to your favourite song, and submit to the
#BPAFirstNovelAward
by midnight BST!
Judges:
@HellieOgden
+
@Kiran_MH
Prizes: £1000, manuscript assessment, agent introductions
Deadline: 23:59 TODAY
Submit:
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This book and woman are really quite extraordinary. It blew me away
@WMEBooksUK
Ever since I could read, I’ve dreamt of publishing my own book someday. Now I’m one step closer! I’m thrilled to say I’m represented by the visionary
@HellieOgden
at WME. I’m currently camping near Banff, and the scenery is mirroring my emotions.
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Amazing congrats to my darling friend, client and author extraordinaire
@Kiran_MH
on
@CostaBookAwards
shortlist. Such an achievement
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A piece I did for
@Mslexia
on keeping the writer faith!
@JanklowUK
When you’re reading your fave magazine
@Mslexia
and turn the page to see your lovely agent smiling back at you! 😍
@HellieOgden
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.
@HarvillSecker
has pre-empted an “entrancing” debut novel about thwarted love and buried secrets in a Scottish fishing village from
@juliarkelly2
👇
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This! Come meet us
Want to know how to make your query stand out to agents? Join
@WMEBooks
's London team on 9 November at their central London HQ where they'll discuss & share tips on market trends & strategies to help you perfect your pitch. 7-8.30pm. Book a free place now!
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Amazing, wonderful, unique manuscripts. 🌟
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I have a v clear memory of
#Mirrorland
coming into my inbox and racing home to read it immediately. It’s an astonishing read, written by a simply spectacular woman
@C_L_Johnstone
I can’t wait for the world to get it in their hands TODAY
@CarlaJosephson
@BoroughPress
@JanklowUK
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Can’t wait to read these! Closing date Sunday
Written a brilliant novel for adults/YA?
#BNA2019
submissions close THIS Sunday 2nd June with a £2,500 prize and
@HellieOgden
of
@JanklowUK
judging:
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Happy publication day to one of the strongest, smartest, most inspirational women I have ever had the joy to know
@Kiran_MH
We are in awe of you Kiran and can't wait for everyone to immerse themselves in
#thewaypastwinter
@chickenhsebooks
@JanklowUK
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Send us your one page outlines and max two pages of the book by the 30th April to hogden
@janklow
.co.uk and we’ll select one winner to receive a phone consultation with both of us. We can’t wait to read
@JanklowUK
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This is going to be HUGE. It is unbelievably special and just a total honour to be part of the team.
@JanklowUK
Here it is!
#JuliaAndTheShark
, my new middle grade novel in collaboration with my husband, Tom de Freston. It’s about a mother, a daughter, a light in the darkness - & a Greenland Shark. Designed by Alison Padley, it publishes 2nd Sept in deluxe hardback edition
@HachetteKids
📚
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This amazing man
@ObiomaUgoala
so proud to be a part of this special book
@JanklowUK
"Black masculinity is multi-faceted and complex and messy and beautiful – there is no right or wrong way to be a black man",
@ScribnerBooks
scoops
@ObiomaUgoala
's The Problem with My Normal Penis, his account of race and masculinity:
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Updated website biog and, as always, on the hunt for amazing fiction and narrative or zeitgeisty non-fic
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Utterly proud of
@YasminwithanE
@sharnajackson
@Kiran_MH
@angiecthomas
nominated for Carnegie
@JanklowUK
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Bath Novel Award closes Sunday. Any last minute questions do shout and in the meantime for those starter pages 1. Make sure your voice feels smart, clear and distinct 2. Never resort to cliches! 3. Proof read closely.
#BNA2019
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This is an extraordinary triumph from an extraordinary pair. I’m so proud of them both
@JanklowUK
#JuliaAndTheShark
is out today. Making this together, at a time when the world has felt especially big & uncertain, has been a balm. A chance to explore the wonders of our seas & skies, the difficulty of growing up & into yourself. Plus an ancient shark. We hope you love it 📚
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Talking books with awesome
@treebirds
@cyanturan
and
@panmacmillan
and Orla’s first festival
@WildernessHQ
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Announcing two amazing books today. The FIRST young black detective duo with the awesome
@sharnajackson
and a dark, twisty, generational thriller with
@HQstories
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I’m speaking at my local
@KensalRLibrary
on Thursday 27th Feb on how to get an agent, getting published and general market trends. Do come!
Get info/tickets here: …
@JanklowUK
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Too proud that
@Kiran_MH
is shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. The book that keeps on giving...
@JanklowNesbit
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An intoxicating story of suspicion, witch hunts and a terrifying storm,
@Kiran_MH
's debut adult novel promises to be just as mesmerising as her children's fiction, complete with a stunning cover design. Arriving February 2020. Pre-order here:
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Huge congrats
@Kiran_MH
on
#themercies
I’m so proud of you. Sorry baby Ruby gatecrashed the party
@JanklowUK
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Wonderful flowers from amazing
@Kiran_MH
making leaving the office pre maternity leave starting a little easier!! 🙈
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The wonderful
@AishaWriter
this novel is such a treat
@JanklowUK
So pleased to say I’m represented by the amazing
@HellieOgden
@JanklowUK
! I guess I’d better get back to work 😬
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This book is a triumph. I’m SO proud ❤️❤️❤️
@WMEBooksUK
It’s here. The first book of the Geomancer Trilogy & my tenth published story, In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen, is published today. It owes so much to the books I loved growing up - Sabriel, His Dark Materials, Earthsea, Wind on Fire.
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An absolute triumph of a book. Congrats
@MrFeditor
our own Claire and
@JanklowUK
and of course the astonishing Meg
It’s happening:
#SorrowAndBliss
publication day is TODAY.
And look at the beauty of the
@Waterstones
special edition…
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Oof this is special
@samuelburr
Sometimes finding your place in the world is the greatest puzzle of all...
Feast your eyes on the glorious cover of
@samuelburr
's uplifting, nostalgic and wonderfully puzzling debut novel – coming 9 May 2024! 🧩
Pre-order your copy today:
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So unbelievably proud of
@ela_lee__
this book is EVERYTHING. Dream team with
@KatieVEBrown
@JanklowUK
.
@HarvillSecker
has pre-empted a "blistering" debut novel by
@ela_lee__
for six figures in a two-book deal, with Jaded billed as "a reading group novel about identity, consent, race and power". Find out more about the debut here:
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Epic
@JanklowUK
🌟
Just opened my latest royalty report to discover
#TheGirlOfInkAndStars
has sold over 250,000 copies in the UK.
What an amazing milestone for this story, rejected by twenty publishers, which has been in the world five years next month.
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2 amazingly talented clients of mine shortlisted for the Branford Boase award.
@AmberLeeDodd
@Kiran_MH
v proud of these two
@BranfordBoase
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PROUD
@samuelburr
@JanklowUK
So it wasn’t all a dream…? I’m so incredibly pleased to be able to share this news and thrilled to be joining forces with the mighty
@Orionbooks
and
@VintageAnchor
for my debut novel (1/5)
#writingcommunity
#amwriting
#amediting
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Amazing, amazing news. The Way Past Winter Blackwell's Children's Book of the Year and shortlisted for overall prize. And alongside gorgeous Daisy too
@djdaisyjohnson
Hooray x
@ChrisWellbelove
Can’t believe both
#EverythingUnder
&
#TheWayPastWinter
are shortlisted for
@blackwellbooks
Book of the Year - love it when kids books are considered alongside grown ups’! Thanks to all the booksellers who voted. Heading in to
@blackwelloxford
to buy a book to celebrate 🎉 📚🎉
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Bestseller 👊
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Congrats to amazing, amazing Janklow author
@angiecthomas
on Waterstones children’s book prize 2018
@byobrooks
@JanklowUK
@JanklowNesbit
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What a lovely thing to hear and we are nothing without our wonderful authors x
Can confirm THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
@HellieOgden
& are a partnership - second to my marriage the most important one in my life! - & I trust her implicitly. I cannot imagine wanting anything less from an agent tbqh.
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The stunning
@sharnajackson
@JanklowUK
.
@PuffinBooks
signs
@SharnaJackson
's new series after a 'hotly-contested' multi-publisher auction - the middle-grade adventure The Good Turn is out in May 2022
(£)
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Paperback day! And what a way to launch it…
@Kiran_MH
@JanklowUK
Amazed and delighted that
#TheMercies
is a
@WHSmith
Richard & Judy book club selection! You can pick up your copy complete with an introduction from
@richardm56
and Judy, a Q&A, and an essay from any WH Smith or WH Smith Travel store.
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Well this is exceptionally amazing. Waterstones Gift of the Year for this beauty of a book and person
@Kiran_MH
@JanklowUK
And this year we're delighted to name Julia and The Shark by
@Kiran_MH
and Tom de Freston as our Children's Gift of the Year. This tale of family and hope at a time of crisis is beautiful in so many ways. Take a look inside this gorgeous gift here:
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For what do you hunger? 🩸
Discover the fiercest adult debut of 2025 - a brilliant feminist vampire novel:
#Hungerstone
by
@KatAliceDunn
.
Sign up via the landing page to hear more about this sapphic, gothic must-read:
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We are teaming up with
@StylistMagazine
to announce a very exciting competition this Thursday...
@JanklowUK
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Come chat to us!
✨We're excited to be joining 1 Warwick on 21st Nov. Our agents will shed light on how they discover, shape and propel talent across the diverse landscapes of books, film/tv & beyond.✨
This event is open to everyone. If you'd like to attend please RSVP to: SBall
@WMEagency
.com
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The amazing
@IsaacCarew
smashing it in
@YOUMagSocial
One more great interview (and delicious recipes) with
@IsaacCarew
over the weekend in
@YOUMagSocial
- definitely a sign that you should go and grab yourself a copy of
#TheDirtyDishes
this Thursday
@HellieOgden
@booksbybluebird
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Tonight I am taking part in
@Mslexia
#MaxMonday
event.8.30-9 hit me up with publishing questions.
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WHAT A QUOTE!!!
@StephenKing
on
@C_L_Johnstone
's gorgeously twisty debut, MIRRORLAND, out 1st April 2021!!!
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It’s here!!!!
@_franlittlewood
@JanklowUK
Taking place across a single day in North London,
@_franlittlewood
’s powerful debut weaves an unforgettable story of marriage, catastrophe, redemption and grief, as the titular protagonist sets out to regain her life. Pre-order here:
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⚡️Happy publication day to
@AmberLeeDodd
, the wonderful Lightning Chase Me Home is out today!!⚡️
@scholasticuk
@HellieOgden
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Crying into my pillow finishing THIS MUST BE THE PLACE by Maggie O'Farrell last night. Amazing, special book.
@maryanneharring
@TinderPress
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Exactly
My brothers and I had free school meals all through school. I was ashamed of our poverty, but so grateful we had them.
Food is a basic human need. This is one of the richest countries in the world.
Any cunt who votes against free school meals is no leader, or friend, of mine.
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On
#IWD2022
, we are over the moon to reveal this year’s brilliant longlist!
Congratulations to all of our longlisted authors! Discover the 16 books in the running for the 2022
#WomensPrize
here:
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So enjoying watching this book fly and fly. GIRL OF INK AND STARS shortlisted again:
@JanklowUK
@Kiran_MH
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Look. At. That.
@JanklowUK
They’re here! Finished copies of MIRRORLAND have just landed and look utterly glorious. And check out those quotes!!😍😍 Coming in hardback 15th April — you are all in for SUCH a treat.
#EnterMirrorland
@C_L_Johnstone
@HellieOgden
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Waterstones book of the year shortlist 🌟 naturally, it’s outstanding
@Kiran_MH
@JanklowUK
ARGHHHHHH!!!
In many ways,
#JuliaAndTheShark
was created in the dark - of a pandemic, of pregnancy loss - & to see it brought into the light like this is extraordinary. Thank you
@hachettekids
@Waterstones
& all who sail in you. & thank you TdF, my constant light
#BookOfTheYear
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This star
@IAmSharmaTaylor
an auction of total love for this magnificent debut novel and woman
@JanklowUK
@ViragoBooks
"She is a writer of voices, a ventriloquist who brings us into the real Jamaica, and her energy springs off the page",
@ViragoBooks
scoops
@IAmSharmaTaylor
's debut novel, What a Mother's Love Doesn't Teach You!
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This book is so special and I’m so excited for it 🌟
@JanklowUK
@C_L_Johnstone
THE TIME HAS COME. Trust me, you want to read this book.
#MIRRORLAND
is a tightly-plotted, dark, twisty, entirely escapist debut and I could not be more thrilled it's out in the world!
@C_L_Johnstone
@HellieOgden
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Haunting, smart and so brilliantly pacey THE SECRETS YOU HIDE out today in paperback from the extremely talented
@KateWritesBooks
‘Compelling’ ‘Atmospheric’ ‘Gripping’ ‘Pacey and thrilling’ ‘I loved it!’ The Secrets You Hide from
@KateWritesBooks
is out on February 7th and it’s one you’ll want to pre-order now and prepare yourself for a read you won’t be able to put down!
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This is just such an epic series. And an extremely talented, brave, inspiring woman
@KatAliceDunn
MONSTROUS DESIGN is out today!!
i am a mess. this book was a wild, unexpected challenge in a year i didn't know how i was going to survive.
to everyone who supported me, championed this book, kept going when i wanted to stop: thank you ❤️
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The big day is finally here! Huge congratulations to
@samuelburr
on the release of his extraordinary debut,
#TheFellowshipOfPuzzlemakers
today! What a pleasure & a joy it’s been to help Clayton find his way into the world with the brilliant fellowship at
@orionbooks
… 🧩💛
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I'm up and ready to go! Looking for a brilliant new author to work with!
http://t.co/OvNkzx32iR
@WoMentoringP
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Congrats to
@HarrietWriter
on her deal with
@orionbooks
. With German rights sold at auction.
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And so it begins....
#TheMercies
early print run proofs have landed.
@JanklowUK
#TheMercies
early proofs have landed at the
@picadorbooks
offices, & my heart is full. This is a very early, limited print run of a very simple edition, & the amazing team have brilliant plans for booksellers, bloggers & other readers, to be announced soon. It’s real. My heart.
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Lovely afternoon talking to students on the MA for children's books
@CWritingBSU
Talented bunch. Apologies for the wild hair (!)
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