Aevitas Creative Management hires Valeria Huerta as senior agent

Valeria Huerta has joined Aevitas Creative Management as a senior agent. She joins from her own eponymous agency, where she focused on health and wellness titles, since 2016. The Bookseller 2015 "Shooting Star" has clients including Sophie Sabbage, author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Cancer Whisperer; Jasmine Hemsley, whose East by West won a Hearst Big Book Award; and Chloe Brotheridge, whose book The Anxiety Solution was also a Sunday Times bestseller.

Huerta started her publishing career in Rome selling foreign rights, and then worked as a commissioning editor, for Fazi Editore. In London, she has worked as a rights manager at Faber then at Hachette for Hodder & Stoughton, Headline, John Murray and Quercus. She is fluent in five languages.

Huerta said: "After many happy years as a fiercely indie agent, I’m thrilled to be joining the dynamic, creative and collaborative team at ACM UK. I have long admired Toby’s work, both as a former publisher and now as an agent, and I’m thrilled to have him as ally and mentor. ACM’s global reach is incredibly exciting. Many of my colleagues at ACM US are leaders in the lifestyle and wellness space and I can’t wait to tag-team with them as I continue to build my list. I’m also delighted to add a cherry-picked translated fiction list to my remit."

Toby Mundy, c.e.o. of ACM UK, said: "Valeria’s excitement is mirrored by me and the team at ACM. Her sharp commercial acumen, deep industry knowledge, global vision, dedication to her authors make her the perfect addition to our growing team. I’m sure she’ll play a big part in driving the agency’s success."