Samantha Haywood, President of Transatlantic Agency is pleased to announce that Carolyn Forde, former Literary Agent & Director of International Rights at Westwood Creative Artists has joined Transatlantic Agency as Senior Agent, bringing many of her clients with her. Carolyn’s contact is carolyn@transatlanticagency.com.
Carolyn has represented authors who have won or been nominated for many awards, including but not limited to the following: Governor General’s Award, Scotiabank Giller Prize, RBC Taylor Prize, Writers Trust Hilary Weston Award, Hugo Prix for Best Foreign Thriller (France), LAMDA Awards, as well as many national and international bestsellers. Carolyn is an active member of the literary community, a reguar speaker at conferences and a founding member of the Professional Association of Canadian Literary Agents (PACLA). In 2018 Carolyn participated in a delegation of Canadian publishers and agents to Germany in 2018 in preparation for Canada’s hosting role at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2020. For the last decade Carolyn has traveled to both the London Book Fair and the Frankfurt Book Fair and New York regularly, and she will continue to do so in her new role at Transatlantic Agency.
Says Haywood, “I am thrilled and proud to have Carolyn Forde join us at the Transatlantic. She has a brilliant reputation and her breadth of agenting experience in North America and selling internationally is impressive and well-earned.”
Says Forde, “After 14 great years at Westwood Creative Artists, it was time for a new challenge. I’m delighted to be joining Samantha Haywood and her vibrant and progressive team at Transatlantic. I look forward to championing my authors domestically, and internationally and to finding new and exciting voices to add to my author list.”
Transatlantic Agency is a North American, full-service literary agency specializing in career management for writers and illustrators, covering domestic and international rights, speaking engagements, film/TV and content development, covering the spectrum of commercial to literary fiction and nonfiction of all types and for all ages. Transatlantic is recognized in the industry for integrity, passion and commitment throughout an author’s career. Transatlantic has 16 agents located across North America, with US agents in New York, Boston, and Portland OR, and Canadian agents in Toronto, Vancouver and Nova Scotia. Founded 25 years ago by literary agents David and Lynn Bennett and now headed by Samantha Haywood, the Transatlantic partnership is a vibrant collective of tenacious, independent professionals with diverse backgrounds and specialties. We represent more than 500 clients, who make regular appearances on notable bestseller lists across North America and have won major awards such as the Newbery Medal (US), the Giller Prize (Canada), Michael L. Printz Honor Book (US), and the Governor General’s Award for both adult and children’s literature (Canada).