Artellus Ltd has been operating as an international literary agency since 1986, representing writers in all fields. Our authors include novelists, historians, scientists, economists, investigative journalists and memoirists, writers on culture, fashion and food.
Our writers live in the USA, Europe, and Asia. The common denominator is that we are partial to their work. We are a full service agency, with colleagues based in all parts of the world, unless we handle rights directly in consultation with our writers.
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The team
Leslie Gardner
Leslie Gardner co-founded Artellus Ltd in 1986 after extensive work at American publishing houses, London Management, Columbia Pictures and The National Theatre. She handles writers internationally for fiction, non-fiction, film and periodicals. Leslie set up critically acclaimed TV drama 'Tenko'; after editorial work with Salman Rushdie she landed a deal for Midnight's Children; she worked closely with Anthony Burgess during his career and handles the estate of eminent writer of spooky stories, Robert Aickman. Leslie Gardner holds an MA from the University of Iowa’s International Writers Workshop and a PhD in Rhetoric. She is a fellow at the Dept. of Psycho-social and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex.
Darryl Samaraweera
Darryl studied English Literature at Christ’s College, Cambridge and worked as a freelance copywriter before joining Artellus. His interests include literary fiction, social history, travel and cookery. Darryl had his first novel, 'Vicky Had One Eye Open', published in 2008 and was short-listed for a World Book Day prize.
Jon Curzon
Jon represents literary fiction and non-fiction titles that start conversations and spark ideas. From debut fiction, memoir and nature writing to science, history and biography, his emphasis is always towards writers whose work is intelligent and original. His authors - including Ondaatje and Laurel Prize-winning Pascale Petit, Kyra Wilder, Emily Wells, Alice Maddicott, Adam Sharp, McKitterick Prize-winning Anietie Isong - have been published in the UK, US, Germany, France, India, the Netherlands, South Korea, Spain and elsewhere; they have been reviewed and featured in the Guardian, The New York Times, The Telegraph, The Times, the TLS, The New Yorker, and on Channel 4 News. Jon also freelance edits for clients including Jericho Writers and Curtis Brown Creative.
Gabriele Pantucci
Gabriele has his post-graduate degree from Bocconi, in economics, and LSE. He works for various Italian periodicals as liaison, specializing in literary journalism from all angles while focused primarily on British and American writers. He has a full roster of international authors including 15 years working with Anthony Burgess during the most productive years of the author’s career. He founded Artellus Ltd with Leslie Gardner in 1986.