Lawton to create new agency with Furniss

Agent Rowan Lawton is to join Eugenie Furniss in founding a new literary agency at management group James Grant, to be called Furniss & Lawton.

The Bookseller revealed two weeks ago that Furniss was to leave William Morris Endeavor after 16 years. Lawton will take up the role of senior literary agent, reporting to Furniss who is managing director. She moves from Peters, Fraser & Dunlop where she has been an agent since 2010. The pair previously worked together at WME.

Authors moving with Lawton to the new agency will include Alex Scarrow, Emylia Hall and Lindsey Kelk, with Furniss’ clients including Piers Morgan, Tasmina Perry and Neil Oliver.

Lawton said: "The opportunity to work with Eugenie again, and help develop this new agency under James Grant, was too good an opportunity to pass up."