Foreign rights
The Sterling Lord Literistic Foreign Rights Department is committed to the global success of agency clients. Foreign Rights Director Szilvia Molnar aggressively markets translation rights, attends major book fairs every year, and oversees the entire foreign publication process from submission to publication.
Sterling Lord Literistic authors enjoy the long-term benefits of working with a dedicated rights team bringing a nuanced and thoughtful approach to the positioning of each title. Authors forge meaningful relationships with their international editors and experience the joy of connecting with readers from around the globe. Many Sterling Lord Literistic titles have become international bestsellers and won prestigious prizes abroad.
If you are a foreign publisher interested in a specific title:
For permission to reprint and translate portions of our clients’ work on a non-exclusive basis in your territory, please fill out the form on the Permissions page. For general foreign rights inquiries, email info@sll.com.
Sterling Lord Literistic collaborates with local agents in most foreign territories to more successfully produce high-quality translated editions. For inquiry into a specific territory, please be in touch with the appropriate co-agent below:
Mainland China, Taiwan, South East Asia
The Grayhawk Agency
Gray Tan grayhawk@grayhawk-agency.com, SEA: Itzel Hsu itzel@grayhawk-agency.com
Hebrew
The Deborah Harris Agency
Geula Geurts geula@thedeborahharrisagency.com
Japan
Tuttle-Mori Agency, Inc.
Ken Mori, Manami Tamaoki, Misa Morikawa, Fumika Ogihara, Asako Kawachi
ken@tuttlemori.com, manami@tuttlemori.com, misa@tuttlemori.com, fumika-ogihara@tuttlemori.com, asako@tuttlemori.com
South Korea
Danny Hong Agency Danny Hong & Avery Kim danny@dannyhong.co.kr, avery@dannyhong.co.kr
Russia
The Van Lear Agency
Liz Van Lear & Julia Demchenko evl@vanlear.co.uk, julia.demchenko@vanlearagency.com
Turkey
AnatoliaLit Agency
Amy Spangler amy@anatolialit.com
Balkans: Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Andrew Nurnberg Associates Sofia
Mira Droumeva mira@anas-bg.com
Czech Republic
Andrew Nurnberg Associates Prague
Marta Soukopová soukopova@nurnberg.cz
France
Agence Eliane Benisti
Eliane Benisti & Noémie Rollet eliane@elianebenisti.com,noemie@elianebenisti.com
Austria, Germany
Paul and Peter Fritz Agency
Christian Dittus & Antonia Fritz cdittus@fritzagency.com, afritz@fritzagency.com
Greece
JLM Literary Agency
John Moukakos
jlm@jlm.gr
Hungary, Croatia
Andrew Nurnberg Associates Budapest
Judith Hermann rights@nurnberg.hu
Italy
The Italian Literary Agency
Claire Sabatiegarat & Mariavittoria Puccetti claire.sabatiegarat@italianliterary.com, mariavittoria.puccetti@italianliterary.com
Baltic: Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Ukraine
Eastern European and Asian rights agency (EEARA)
Tatjana Zoldnere zoldnere@eearagency.com
Poland
BookLab Ltd
Piotr Wawrzeńczyk piotr@literatura.com.pl
Catalan, Latin America, Portugal, Spain
MB Agencia Literaria
Mònica Martín & Txell Torrent monica@mbagencialiteraria.es, txell@mbagencialiteraria.es
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland
Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc. Szilvia Molnar szilvia@sll.com
The Netherlands
Marianne Schönbach Literary Agency
Diana Gvozden d.gvozden@schonbach.nl
United Kingdom
Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc. Szilvia Molnar szilvia@sll.com
Brazil
Agência Riff
João Paulo Riff & Laura Riff joaopaulo@agenciariff.com.br, laura@agenciariff.com.br