Founded in Toronto in 1993, the Transatlantic Literary Agency (TLA) is a dynamic group of professional agents with offices in Canada, the United States, and the Netherlands, and more than 20 sub-agents worldwide. The company currently represents 200 adult's and children's authors, and illustrators, across Canada and around the world.

Previous to joining TLA in January 2004, Samantha Haywood was the Assistant Rights Manager for Random House of Canada Limited selling international volume rights in coordination with 23 subagents world-wide, along with subsidiary rights. Prior to that Samantha was the Foreign Rights Manager for Westwood Creative Artists selling their client list for international publication.

Samantha represents professional adult trade writers of literary fiction and upmarket commercial fiction and narrative nonfiction and some graphic novelists but is not taking on any children’s or young adult authors as clients. Samantha also represents world rights (excluding Canada) for several independent North American publishers (select titles) and annually attends the London International Book Fair, the Frankfurt Book Fair, along with regular sales trips to New York.

Martha Baillie, Dave Bidini, Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall, Alex Caine, Michael Cho, Jane Christmas, Kristin den Hartog, Claire Holden Rothman, Marni Jackson, Joshua Knelman, Steve Murray, Ray Robertson, Rebecca Rosenblum, Zoe Whittall

Holding Still for as Long As Possible by Zoe Whittall; Ghosted by Shaughnessy Bishop Stall; Charlie and the Angels by Alex Caine; Bride of New France by Suzanne Desrochers; Tyranny by Lesley Fairfield; The Heart Specialist by Claire Holden Rothman; Home and Away by Dave Bidini; Hot Art by Joshua Knelman; Quiver by Holly Luhning; Tangles by Sarah Leavitt; Mid-Life by Joe Ollmann; The Prairie Bridesmaid by Daria Salamon; One Bird's Choice by Iain Reid, Dragonslippers by Rosalind B. Penfold

Ghosted by Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall (Random House Canada, April 2010)
Bride of New France by Suzanne Desrochers (Penguin Canada, Fall 2010)
Quiver by Holly Luhning (HarperCollins Canada, Spring 2011)
Holding Still For As Long As Possible by Zoe Whittall (House of Anansi,
Fall 2009)
The True North by Steve Murray (McClelland & Stewart, Spring 2011)
Tangles by Sarah Leavitt (Freehand Books, Fall 2010)
Hyenas in Petticoats by Willow Dawson (Penguin Canada, Fall 2011)
Mid-Life by Joe Ollman (Drawn & Quarterly, 2011)
The Tattoo by Pan Bouyoucas (Cormorant Books, 2011)
One Bird's Choice by Iain Reid (House of Anansi, 2011)

UK rights in THE HEART SPECIALIST by Claire Holden Rothman to OneWorld;
Italian rights to NeriPozza
US rights in GHOSTED by Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall to Soft Skull Press; French rights to Actes-Sud
Dutch rights in BEFRIEND AND BETRAY by Alex Caine to De Boekerij
UK rights in WILSON by Dan Clowes to Jonathan Cape; French rights to
Cornelius; Spanish rights to Reservoir Books Mondadori; Dutch rights to
Oog & Blik/De Bezige Bij; German rights to Eichborn; Italian rights to
Coconino; Danish rights to Aben Maler
French rights in MARKET DAY by James Sturm to Outsider, Delacourt
US rights in QUIVER by Holly Luhning to Pegasus Books

THE INCIDENT REPORT by Martha Baillie
HOME AND AWAY by Dave Bidini
FIVE PIECES by Michael Cho
THE NIGHT IS A MOUTH by Lisa Foad
THE GOODTIME GIRL by Tess Fragoulis
BLACK BEAR ON WATER by Dani Couture
AND ME AMONG THEM by Kristin den Hartog
ADVENTURES IN SOLITUDE by Grant Lawrence

see website www.tla1.com

Meggie Macdonald, Associate Agent, meghan@tla1.com
Amy Tompkins, Contracts Manager, amy@tla1.com
Barbara Miller, Office Manager, barbara@tla1.com

Submissions queries via email only to sam@tla1.com. Authors are encouraged to email a cover letter with an attachment of maximum 20-page writing sample/excerpt (Microsoft Word document), along with a publishing history and synopsis and notice of other considering agencies (if any).

Thomas Allen Publishers - for world ex Canada
Drawn & Quarterly - for world ex North America
Orca Book Publishers - for world ex North America