Overview
Years as a literary agent gave me the tools to help first-time authors to get on the path to become best-seller authors. And now I'm doing what I really enjoy, which is working on the text.
Pedantic but flexible, I'm thorough, prompt and communicative. I have the analytical brain of a sleuth and I'll spot continuity errors and discrepancies in the plot to make Poirot proud. I'll protect your voice with everything I have while at the same time smoothing out the bumps in the prose that can snag the reading experience.
I'm Italian by birth and speak the language fluently, so if your book is set in Italy or has italian connections and you want to be confident the natives won't be horrified, then you should definitely get in touch.
Services
Fiction
Languages
Work experience
Martin Leonardis Literary Agency
I represented a diverse roster of clients such as Pernille Hughes, Jeevani Charika aka Rhoda Baxter, Emily Kerr Rachel de Thample and Thom Eagle.
Self-employed
I regularly freelance for big publishers such as Headline, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Canelo and Bonnier, working on commercial fiction titles by authors such as Lynda LaPlante, T.A. Williams, Caroline Bishop and Patricia Wilson.
Rogers, Coleridge and White
I worked with two directors, Peter Robinson and the late David Miller, assisting them with all aspects of representing clients such as Ian Rankin, Victoria Hislop, Denise Mina and others.
Orion Publishing Company
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