Mandy Suhr

Mandy Suhr joined the agency in 2010 and specializes in picture books. During a long career as an editor and publisher she has worked across the spectrum of UK Publishers including Orchard, Campbell, Macmillan, Walker, Harper Collins and Puffin, where she was Picture Book Publisher for 6 years. She has launched many now familiar names and created best-selling picture books. As a freelance publishing consultant she has created apps, pop-up and novelty formats for global publishing brands. She brings this wealth of editorial experience to each client she represents, working in a very hands-on way to help them shape and develop their work so it’s perfect for publication.

Mandy says: “There is a very particular magic that happens when words and images are mixed together in just the right way. Watching that magic take hold when you share a great picture book with a child is thrilling. I offer an experienced guiding hand to authors and illustrators, new and established, keen to work within this exciting genre. As well as editorial development of a style or story, I’ll also help navigate through the business of publishing and that all important contract, ensuring each of my clients gets the best possible deal.”

“Very occasionally in life you meet someone who changes everything. Since working with Mandy, a world of career possibility has quite literally opened up before me. She has that rare mix of genuine heart, creative vision and a midas touch when it comes to forging commercial opportunities for new ideas. I have never put the phone down from a conversation with Mandy and felt anything other than buoyed up and full of excitement for the next step on my journey.”
Rachel Bright

“As a debut writer I never truly understood the impact an agent can have on your career – one minute I was lost in the slush pile and then WOAH! Mandy reached in, seized my hand, and pulled me into the light. With multiple book deals across major publishers suddenly my stories are being told around the world. I simply wouldn’t be where I am today without her…Editorially brilliant, strategically insightful, endlessly encouraging…and she makes me laugh a lot, too! Mandy is the kind of agent a debut can only dream of.”
Lu Fraser