Maria B Campbell to scout for Rowohlt Verlag

Maria B Campbell Associates has been appointed the UK literary scouts for German publisher Rowohlt Verlag.

The publisher is based in Hamburg, with offices in Reinbek and Berlin, and has been part of the Georg von Holtzbrinck Group since 1982. 

“We are delighted to be working with Nicola Bartels and her excellent team at Rowohlt, and look forward hugely to the partnership,” said Elizabeth Cochrane, director of the scouting agency. “It will be a privilege to introduce new UK writers to a distinguished publisher that I have always admired for its quality and breadth.”

Cochrane was made the director of Maria B Campbell Associates UK last year, heading up the London office of the New York scouting agency. The new partnership will take effect from 1st July.   

Rowohlt publisher Nicola Bartels said: “I am delighted that with Maria B Campbell Associates we have been able to gain an experienced and excellently networked scouting agency for Rowohlt fiction and non-fiction in the UK. I admire Elizabeth’s energy and passion for books, her professionalism and her knowhow in the book as well as the film industry. We look forward very much to working with her and her team.”