Rights People is a full service rights agency based in London, UK. We regularly attend the book fairs in London, Bologna, Frankfurt and make several trips a year to the US. We sell directly to publishers in most territories, and work with trusted subagents in China, Japan and Korea. Our clients include publishers and literary agents in the UK, the US and Europe.
Alexandra Devlin
After attending Centennial College’s post-graduate Book and Magazine Publishing program in Toronto, Canada, Alexandra started her career in publishing at Working Partners Ltd, a British fiction packager, where she developed the rights department. She has worked in the publishing industry in the UK and North America for nine years and is a regular speaker at industry events. Alexandra is a Director of Rights People. We welcome Alexandra back from maternity leave after having her first child, a son named Caleb!
alexandradevlin@rightspeople.com
Alex Webb
Alex Webb started her rights career at Scholastic Children’s Books, and she then went on to become Deputy Rights Director at Orion Children’s Books, where she worked for six years. She has worked in the British publishing industry for over ten years now and has been a Director of Rights People since its inception in January 2006.
alexwebb@rightspeople.com
Allison Heiny
Based in New York City, Allison joined the Rights People team in June 2009. Allison handled all international rights for Alloy Entertainment and was previously a literary scout with Barbara Tolley & Associates. She has worked in publishing for nine years, although her passion for children’s and teen novels started long before that. Allison also volunteers with Girls Write Now, a girls mentoring program in New York City. She lives in Brooklyn with her fiancé and her dog Jonesy.
AllisonH@rightspeople.com
Caroline Hill-Trevor
Caroline started her publishing career as an Editor at Heinemann Young Books, moving into rights at Scholastic Children’s Books in 1991 where she sold rights in a huge range of books ranging from humorous non-fiction to award-winning literary titles. Since leaving Scholastic Caroline has continued her rights career through her own consultancy work, and has been involved with Rights People from the beginning and with Working Partners Ltd before that.Caroline is also a tutor at the Publishers’ Training Centre and works closely with many publishers and agents in the UK and US.
caroline@hill-trevor.co.uk
