Leach promoted to junior agent at Kate Nash Literary Agency

The Kate Nash Literary Agency has expanded its agenting team with the promotion of Saskia Leach to junior agent.

Leach joined Kate Nash Literary Agency as a trainee before becoming an assistant. Having started a client list across adult and YA fiction, she has secured a number of original deals including with Penguin Michael Joseph, Bonnier UK, Allison and Busby, Canelo and Firefly Press. She has also been instrumental in a number of subsidiary rights sales for agency authors.

Kate Nash, director at Kate Nash Literary Agency, said: “With her commercial acumen and creative eye, Saskia has impressed us and her author clients, and we’re delighted to see her move up to junior agent in the team.”

Leach added: "I am thrilled to be stepping into the role of junior agent! I’ve had a wonderful time working at Kate Nash Literary Agency and learning from my brilliant colleagues. I am hugely thankful to Kate and Justin for their continued support and confidence in me as I’ve gone from trainee, to assistant, to junior agent. I am really excited about this next step, as I continue to build my list of authors."

Justin Nash, managing director at Kate Nash, said: “Saskia’s contribution at Kate Nash Literary Agency has been significant, and, from having first interviewed Saskia, it has been a pleasure to see her grow from trainee to agent.”