"VéroK.Agency is a dream come true - as much as it was one, when I arrived in London in 2001, to get my first
job in publishing. I've been very lucky to work in the Foreign Rights Departments of two top UK publishing houses
(Kingfisher Publications and Walker Books Ltd) for six years and have decided to use this experience to launch
my own Rights Agency in August 2008.
French native, I have lived in the US and Germany before settling down in London. The thought of working in children’s
books struck me one cold snowy day of January 1996 in Kansas City, US, when I entered a marvellous children’s
bookshop called “The Giant Reptile” with the kids I was Au Pair for and sat down with them for the first of many story
times there. From that moment on, I knew this was the world I wanted to work in. Although it took another couple of
years before it actually happened!
I am passionate about books and languages and I believe selling rights is all about knowing which illustrations/genre of
books suit which markets and finding the right publisher for the right book.I have met wonderful publishers, authors and
illustrators throughout the years and I am hoping to help many more books to be translated internationally.
Because there are lots of little gems out there waiting to be discovered and translated!"
Véronique Kirchhoff, Founder.
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