About Us

The Marsh Agency was founded in 1993 by Susie Nicklin and her late husband Paul Marsh.

We represent authors from all over the world, with a specialism in international rights sales. There are authors for whom we sell translation rights only, and those for whom we also sell English language rights. We also sell English and translation rights on behalf of many literary agents in the UK, ROI, US & Canada and Australia.

Today we are a team of expert agents, with more than 50 years’ experience between us, who regularly meet with publishers based in the UK and also attend major book fairs and undertake overseas trips to make deals, pitch books, maintain and develop relationships with customers and acquire relevant market intelligence.

The agents are ably supported by an experienced office-based staff handling diary management, contract, permissions and tax form administration, and client accounts.

The Marsh Agency Team

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  Susie Nicklin

  Susie co-founded foreign rights specialist The Marsh Agency in 1993. She was Director of English PEN from 2002 – 2005, and inaugurated its translation programme (now PEN Translates). She was Director of Literature at the British Council from 2005 – 2013, creating international literary partnerships and events. In 2018 she founded independent publisher The Indigo Press.

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  Camilla Ferrier

  Camilla has been the Managing Director of the Marsh Agency since 2012 and with the company since 2002 having started her publishing career at HarperCollins. She chaired the Foreign Rights committee for the Association of Authors’ Agents for a two-year term and continues to sit on the committee. In 2019 she was shortlisted for Rights Professional of the Year at the British Book Awards.

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  Brittany Poulin

  Brittany joined The Marsh Agency in January 2020 and is now Sales Director. Originally from Canada, and with a background in foreign rights and audience development, she sells translation rights in multiple territories and is a member of the Association of Authors' Agents Bridge Committee. She was a 2016 Bookseller Rising Star.

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  Katie James

  Katie (she/her) joined The Marsh Agency in 2019, as an English Literature and Creative Writing graduate from the University of Warwick. She began her current role as Client Accounts Manager in September 2022 and obtained an AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting in July 2024. She also has poetry and short stories published in various magazines.

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  Mercedes Anaeto

  Mercedes (she/her) joined the The Marsh Agency in November 2022 and is now Client Accounts Executive. Her duties involve handling international tax forms, assisting the rights team in East Asia. She has a degree in English Literature with Philosophy and Japanese and has recently graduated from the University of Hertfordshire doing a Master’s in Literature and Culture.

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  Kaitlyn Chatwood

  Kaitlyn joined The Marsh Agency in January 2024 as Rights Executive. Originally from Canada, she previously worked at The Bookseller and graduated from Royal Holloway, University of London with English and Spanish in 2019. Her responsibilities include contracts, marketing & publicity and she assists the Rights Team with various European territories.

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  Jacobo Prado

  Jacobo joined The Marsh Agency in 2024 and is now Operations Executive. He previously worked at the Spanish agency SalmaiaLit and has a degree in History and Social Anthropology, and more recently completed a Masters in Publishing from UCL. He currently assists with renewals and sublicences, and supports agents in select territories including Spain, Italy, Greece, and Turkey.