Sebes & Bisseling hires four new agents as part of major expansion

Sebes & Bisseling Literary Agency has hired four new agents across its English and Scandanavian offices. Sam Birmingham, William Crona, Elizabeth DeNoma, and Pär Sjölinder join Haico Kaashoek, who was appointed to the London office in 2023.

Birmingham and DeNoma work from New York and Seattle, respectively, while Crona, a Swede who has lived in the UK for most of his life, works from Stockholm, as does Pär Sjölinder. The four new agents report to Paul Sebes and Rik Kleuver.

Birmingham and DeNoma represent Anglophone authors from North America, Australia, and the UK, as well as writers from various European languages. Crona represents Scandinavian authors writing in their native language or in English, as well as UK-based authors. Pär Sjölinder focuses solely on Scandinavian authors. 

Birmingham specialises in a diverse array of non-fiction and select fiction, and his clientele includes cultural critics, academics, journalists, and influencers.

Crona specialises in literary fiction, crime and thriller, and a broad spectrum of non-fiction, and began his career in London publishing at Eccles Fisher Associates and RCW, and later moved to Stockholm to work as a literary agent for Bonnier and Albatros Agency. 

DeNoma has decades of experience as a literary editor, foreign rights manager, leader of design and editorial teams, translator and ghost writer. Her authors include academics, journalists, politicians and other subject matter experts of all kinds.

Sjölinder joined the agency in 2020 as an editor and now has been promoted to literary agent; he will cover the Scandinavian market, and has more than 10 years of experience in Swedish publishing.

Paul Sebes said: "I am very pleased with the arrival of these four fantastic, experienced agents. In this day and age, it is very important for a literary agency to focus on as many international markets as possible and to serve as many different genres as possible in as many languages as possible. Our experienced and knowledgeable team has moved from strength to strength these past few years, and I have every confidence these four new members will play essential roles in our future success."