LAJA appointed scout for HarperCollins Holland and expands team

Louise Allen-Jones Associates (LAJA) has been engaged as UK scout by HarperCollins Holland and is expanding its team with a new appointment, Charlie Mundy (pictured).

HarperCollins Holland, home to authors including Karin Slaughter, Chris Carter, Holly Miller, Heather Morris, Kate Spicer and Tomi Adeyemi, will join the firm's client base of 12 international publishers, TV/film and literary agencies.

Now in its 30th year, LAJA has also appointed Mundy to scout across all adult trade fiction and non-fiction alongside Lucy Bushell, who also heads children’s scouting.

Soraya Bouazzaoui has joined as assistant scout and will work primarily on children’s books and adult fiction across all genres.