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'''Diana Cheeseman''' is a literary agent based in London, UK. She was one of the founders of the agency Cheeseman, Hollyfoot and Finch in 2004. The absence of any clients for either Hollyfoot or Finch has led to persistent speculation that these were the names of her two cats at the time when she created the agency and were simply added to the name of the company for additional gravitas.
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Since setting up as an agent, Cheeseman has gone from strength to strength, achieving her first seven-figure deal in 2014 for a series of police procedurals by [[Emmett Krill]], whose career she had nurtured since his debut with ''A Bucket Full of Guts''. Her most recent high-profile signing was the debut novelist [[Siobhan Aoife Cholmondeley]], whose devastating psychological thriller ''Dare to Pronounce My Name'' was sold to Simon and Schuster for an undisclosed fee.
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'''Diana Cheeseman''' is a literary agent based in London, UK. She was one of the founders of the agency Cheeseman, Hollyfoot and Finch in 2004, although the absence of any clients for either Hollyfoot or Finch has led to persistent speculation that these were the names of her two cats at the time when she created the agency and were simply added to the name of the company for additional gravitas.
  
{{#spoiler:show=Spoiler for THE TRUTH ABOUT ARCHIE AND PYE|Cheeseman is noted for being one of the few people involved in the debacle surrounding [[George Burgess]] and the [[Vavasor twins|Archimedes and Pythagoras Vavasor]] who didn't end up being murdered by [[Rufus Fairbanks]], possibly because she had taken the precaution of hiring a personal bodyguard for the duration. She is still in possession of the Burgess manuscript that [[Tom Winscombe]] gave her, but is unsure what to do with it, given that [[Hilary van Beek]], the publisher who was lined up for it, is also dead.}}
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Since setting up as an agent, Cheeseman has gone from strength to strength, achieving her first seven-figure deal in 2014 for a series of police procedurals by [[Emmett Krill]], whose career she had nurtured since his controversial debut, ''A Bucket Full of Guts''. Her most recent high-profile signing was the debut novelist [[Siobhan Aoife Cholmondeley]], whose devastating psychological thriller ''Don't Say My Name'' was sold to Simon and Schuster for an undisclosed fee.
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{{#spoiler:show=Spoiler for THE TRUTH ABOUT ARCHIE AND PYE|Cheeseman is noted for being one of the few people involved in the debacle surrounding [[George Burgess]] and [[Archimedes and Pythagoras Vavasor|the Vavasor twins]] who didn't end up being murdered by [[Rufus Fairbanks]], possibly because she had taken the precaution of hiring a personal bodyguard for the duration. She is still in possession of the Burgess manuscript that [[Tom Winscombe]] gave her, but is unsure what to do with it, given that [[Hilary van Beek]], the publisher who was lined up for it, is also dead.}}
  
 
==Notable clients==
 
==Notable clients==
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*[[Siobhan Aoife Cholmondeley]]
 
*[[Siobhan Aoife Cholmondeley]]
 
*[[Martin Amis]]
 
*[[Martin Amis]]
*[[Sir Mumford Oldbreath]]
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*[[Mumford Oldbreath|Sir Mumford Oldbreath]]
 
*[[Sheena MacSween]]
 
*[[Sheena MacSween]]
 
*[[Jonathan Pinnock]]
 
*[[Jonathan Pinnock]]

Latest revision as of 08:16, 19 May 2020


Diana Cheeseman is a literary agent based in London, UK. She was one of the founders of the agency Cheeseman, Hollyfoot and Finch in 2004, although the absence of any clients for either Hollyfoot or Finch has led to persistent speculation that these were the names of her two cats at the time when she created the agency and were simply added to the name of the company for additional gravitas.

Since setting up as an agent, Cheeseman has gone from strength to strength, achieving her first seven-figure deal in 2014 for a series of police procedurals by Emmett Krill, whose career she had nurtured since his controversial debut, A Bucket Full of Guts. Her most recent high-profile signing was the debut novelist Siobhan Aoife Cholmondeley, whose devastating psychological thriller Don't Say My Name was sold to Simon and Schuster for an undisclosed fee.

Notable clients