Lorella Belli
Lorella Belli has worked in the publishing industry for 12 years (for publishers as well as literary agencies) and set up her own agency in London's Notting Hill in 2002. Lorella studied literature and languages at the University of Venice and wrote her MA dissertation on the history of the
profession, ''The Literary Agent as Businessman and as Promoter of Literature''. She is particularly interested in first time novelists, journalists, multi-cultural and international writing and books about Italy.
A member of the Association of Authors’ Agents, the Romantic Novelist Association, The Crime Writers’ Association, Women in Publishing, The Society of Young Publishers, etc, Lorella is frequently asked to give talks to creative writing courses students, to writers’ groups, and to be a
speaker at literary festivals.
She teaches a publishing seminar at the Portobello Business Centre and is an Ambassador for the Make Your Mark! campaign which aims to kick-start a more enterprising culture amongst young people in the UK .
The Lorella Belli Literary Agency (LBLA) handles full-length adult fiction (from literary to genre - in particular women's fiction, historical and crime/thrillers) and general non-fiction (humour, popular music, popular science, history, business, personal finance, lifestyle, current affairs, self-help, travel, sport, women's issues, and food & wine) and works in association with a dramatic agency in London and with co-agents abroad; we also represent American, Canadian and Australian agencies in the UK.
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