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Hannah Weatherill has joined Watson, Little where she will handle the agency’s book-to-screen rights representation as well as building her own list of commercial and upmarket fiction and non-fiction.
She was previously literary and book-to-screen agent at Northbank Talent Management before moving to cover parental leave as head of media rights at Penguin Random House (PRH) UK in 2023.
Chosen as a Bookseller Rising Star in 2021, while at Northbank Weatherill represented a wide range of fiction and thrillers, including Pam Williams’ Women’s Prize-longlisted A Trace of Sun and novels by Phoebe Luckhurst, Victoria Scott, Marion Todd, Lisa Rookes and Nina Millns. Her authors have been listed for prizes including the Nibbies, the Jhalak Prize, the Comedy Women in Print Prize and the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction. She also represented book-to-screen rights across fiction and non-fiction both at Northbank and at PRH, striking option deals with producers and studios across the UK, US and internationally.
Weatherill said of her appointment: “I’m really excited to be joining the team at Watson, Little and to handle the film/TV rights for such a varied and quality list of authors, as well as building my own fiction and non-fiction list. I’ve always loved working with authors to develop their ideas and strategically build their careers, both in terms of matching them with the perfect global publishing teams and looking beyond the book to film and TV opportunities, and I can’t wait to get started in this role.”
James Wills, managing director of Watson, Little Ltd, added: “We are thrilled to welcome Hannah to our growing team. Having seen a definite spike in demand for our authors’ dramatic work we are keen to maximise these opportunities, and Hannah has a terrific track record in this area. Hannah is a hugely talented agent and has such excellent taste, so we are doubly delighted that she will be developing her own list of authors alongside handling book-to-screen rights.”