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What Paul is looking for
Paul is the Managing Director of Bell Lomax Moreton. He joined the agency in 2000 from Penguin Books, where he was Head of Children’s Book Sales. He’s interested in children’s books across all age ranges and narrative non-fiction, biography, sport, music and autobiography. He’s also interested in crime fiction and anything a bit weird and wonderful.
Notable sales & clients
- House of Cards by Michael Dobbs
- A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston
- Alpacas Make Terrible Librarians by Kristi Mahoney
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Paul Moreton represents Crime, Narrative Nonfiction.
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