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About HS-LA

Hannah Sheppard, founder of HS-LA, sits on a zebra print chair in her officePhoto Credit: Rebecca Brooker Photography

HS-LA is a boutique agency run by Hannah Sheppard. Hannah puts authors at the heart of everything she does; from helping you to develop your ideas for commercial success with expert, collaborative editorial work, to being your number one fan and shouting about your stories as loudly as she can – she is here to build careers that flourish.

Hannah wants publishing to embrace the change that’s needed to open the doors to a wider range of voices and aims for the Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency to be part of driving that change.

Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency is a member of the AAA

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Hannah Sheppard, founder of HS-LA, sits on a zebra print chair in her officePhoto Credit: Rebecca Brooker Photography

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Posted on 6th May, 2026

A WEREWOLF ATE MY HOMEWORK – Cover Reveal!

News just in! We’re thrilled to share the cover of Emily Snape’s debut – A Werewolf Ate My Homework, which will be published by Firefly Press later this year. With its neon green cover and quirky illustrations, middle-grade readers simply cannot miss this book. And given that it’s being widely …

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Posted on 16th April, 2026

Abi Elphinstone signs new multi-book deal with Simon & Schuster Children’s

Brace yourselves – there’s not one, not two, but three new Abi Elphinstone titles coming out… Simon and Schuster Children’s former fiction editorial director Michelle Misra and picture book editorial director Isobel Doster acquired world rights to three new titles from bestselling author, Abi Elphinstone. Readers can expect more of …

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Posted on 14th April, 2026

Little Tiger to publish Felicity Yeoh’s ‘Yum Yum Dim Sum’

Exciting news – Felicity Yeoh’s Yum Yum Dim Sum will be out in bookshops early next year! Perry Emerson, commissioning editor at Little Tiger acquired Yeoh’s “magical and inspiring” picture book centred around family and Chinese culture. Yeoh says: “Dim sum means ’to touch the heart’, and working on this book …

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