This book would not exist at all without the steady, guiding hand of my literary agent, Jonathan Conway, who has never failed to provide a desperately needed word of encouragement or suggestion.
Ryan Avent - Economist and author
In The Wealth of Humans: Work and its Absence in the Twenty-first Century
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Allen Lane/PRH UK[UKCexC],
St Martin's Press[North American],
Ariel/Grupo Planeta[Spanish],
Nieuw Amsterdam[Dutch],
Minumsa[Korean],
Toyo Keizai[Japanese],
Volante[Swedish],
Beijing Huazhang[Chinese simplified],
Business Weekly[Taiwanese/Chinese complex]
My agent Jonathan Conway has been a brilliant source of critical friendship over a number of years.
Professor Helen Berry - Head of Department and Professor of History in the Department of History at the University of Exeter
In Orphans of Empire: The Fate of London's Foundlings
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Oxford University Press[World]
I would also like to thank literary agent Jonathan Conway, who was interested enough to reply to a random email from someone completely unknown to him and who had never written a book! Thank you, Jonathan, for your belief in me and the project.
Belinda Black - Registered Mental Health Nurse, and non-executive director of the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
In A Place for Lost Souls: A Nurse's Stories of Hope and Despair from a 1980s Psychiatric Hospital
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Quercus/Hachette UK[UKCexC]
Thank you to my brilliant agent, Jonathan Conway.
Detmar Blow - Author of Blow by Blow: The Story of Isabella Blow
In Blow by Blow: The Story of Isabella Blow
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HarperCollins[World],
HarperCollins US[North American],
HiddenLight Productions[Film & Tv]
Thanks to my agent and friend Jonathan Conway. We’ve been talking about books and book projects since we met at university more than a decade ago. I’m so delighted we can finally share this project, as well as a surname. Thank you for turning this idea into something real; we must do it again sometime.
Ed Conway - Economics and Data Editor, Sky News
In The Summit: The Biggest Battle of the Second World War - fought behind closed doors
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Little, Brown/Hachette UK[World English],
Pegasus[North American]
I am indebted to my agent, Jonathan Conway, for his belief in me and my project and for his inspiring and ongoing support.
Dr Christina Ezrahi - Author and historian
In Dancing for Stalin: A Dancer’s Story of Courage and Survival in Soviet Russia
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Elliott & Thompson[UKCexC],
Jota[Czech],
Athenaeum[Hungarian]
Jonathan Conway, my agent, polished the book pitch to a
shine I did not think possible
shine I did not think possible
In Beyond Happy: How to Rethink Happiness and Find Fulfilment
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Bedford Square Publishers[UKCexC],
W.F. Howes[UK audio]
I could not have got this far without the encouragement of my agent, Jonathan Conway. I trust this will be the start of a long and fruitful relationship.
Dr Suzanne Fagence Cooper - Author, historian and Honorary Visiting Fellow in the Department of the History of Art, University of York
In Effie Gray
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Duckworth[World],
St Martin's Press[North American],
Neri Pozzi[Italian]
Jonathan Conway, you’re a star
Lisa Faulkner - Cookery author, actor and TV presenter
In Recipes From My Mother For My Daughter
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Simon & Schuster UK[World]
A serendipitous conversation with Professor Alastair Beresford at a meeting of the Trust & Technology Initiative introduced me to my agent, Jonathan Conway – without whose dedication and creative input Good Data would not have been possible.
Sam Gilbert - Affiliated researcher at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge
In Good Data: An Optimist’s Guide to Our Digital Future
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Welbeck Publishing/Hachette UK[UKCexC],
Shim[Korean],
Shanghai PP[Chinese simplified]
The book has only come about thanks to my agent, Jonathan Conway […] Thank you for believing in this project. Jonathan’s amazing work raised the book to a much higher standard.
Dr Pedro Gomes - Reader in Economics at Birkbeck, University of London
In Friday is the New Saturday: How a Four-Day Working Week Will Save the Economy
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Flint[UKCexC],
Relogio D'Agua[Portuguese],
Nexus[Korean],
Laterza[Italian]
Literary agent Jonathan Conway played a pivotal role, introducing me to my publishers Penguin Books. Thank you, Jonathan, for your professionalism, excellent advice and guidance throughout the process.
St John Greene - Author of international bestseller Mum's List
In Mum's List
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Michael Joseph/ PRH UK[World],
Dutton/PRH US[North American],
Ullstein[German],
Munhakdogne[Korean],
East Press[Japanese],
Brinque[Brazilian],
Azoth[Taiwanese/Chinese complex],
Hunan Literature and Arts Publishing House[Chinese simplified],
Mizan Publika[Indonesian],
Swiat Ksiazki/Weltbild[Polish],
Ikar[Slovak],
The House of Books[Dutch],
20/20 Editora[Portuguese],
Mlada Fronta A.S.[Czech],
Newton Compton[Italian]
One person I can name with more confidence is Jonathan Conway, my literary agent in the UK, to whom this book is dedicated. He was the first to hear about the idea for this story, and was instrumental in shaping the narrative and adding finesse. It’s not often that you find someone whose literary instinct you trust as just as much as you enjoy spending time with them. I’m extremely lucky to be represented by him.
Henry Hemming - Author
In Four Shots in the Night: A True Story of Espionage, Murder and Justice in Northern Ireland
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Quercus/Hachette UK[UKCexC],
Public Affairs/Hachette US[North American]
As ever I am indebted to my agent, Jonathan Conway, for his support and guidance.
Jon Henderson - Journalist and author
In When Footballers Were Skint: A Journey in Search of the Soul of Football
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Biteback[UKCexC]
Without my literary agent, Jonathan Conway, the book would never have got off the ground.
Rod Judkins - Lecturer at Central St Martin's
In The Art of Creative Thinking
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Sceptre/Hachette UK[World],
Perigee Books/PRH US[North American],
Rocco[Brazilian],
Bertrand[Portuguese],
Wisdomhouse[Korean],
WeLearn[Thai],
Azbooka-Atticus[Russian],
China Renmin UP[Chinese simplified],
Jarir[Arabic],
Teas[Azerbaijani],
Skolska Knjiga[Croat],
Pustaka Pelajar[Indonesian],
Flimart-Sha[Japanese],
Mehta[Marathi],
Vellant[Romanian],
Editorial Gustavo Gili[Spanish],
Pegasus[Turkish]
[the fact that this book has been published] is also thanks to the support, advice and professionalism of my agent, Jonathan Conway, who believed in the idea from the start, and whose stable I am proud to have joined.
Patrick Kingsley - Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times
In The New Odyssey: The Story of Europe's Refugee Crisis
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Faber & Faber[World],
W.W. Norton[North American],
Volante[Swedish],
C. H. Beck[German],
Uitgever Q[Dutch],
Deusto/Planeta[Spanish],
Relogio D'Agua[Portuguese],
Kniha Zlin[Czech],
Profil D.O.O.[Croat],
Diamond Inc.[Japanese],
Audible[UK audio],
Random House Audio[NA audio]
It was a pleasure to work with my agent, Jonathan Conway.
Professor Melissa Lane - Class of 1943 Professor of Politics, Princeton University
In Greek and Roman Political Ideas: A Pelican Introduction
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Pelican/PRH UK[World],
Princeton UP[North American],
Penguin China[Chinese simplified]
Jonathan Conway, my literary agent, has nurtured this book from start to finish. His perceptive views, over many drafts, have helped shape its current form. My thanks go to him for his constant support.
Jonathan Lichtenstein - Professor of Drama in the Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies at the University of Essex
In The Berlin Shadow: Escaping the Ghosts of the Kindertransport
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Scribner/Simon & Schuster UK[UKCexC],
Little, Brown Spark[North American],
Suhrkamp[German],
Mondadori[Italian],
Atlas Contact[Dutch],
JC Lattès[French],
Kristeligt Dagblads Forlag[Danish]
First and foremost, my thanks must go to Jonathan Conway and Richard Beswick, my literary agent and editor, for their enthusiasm and inspiration to bring this book into being.
George Morton-Jack - Historian
In The Indian Empire at War: From Jihad to Victory, The Untold Story of the Indian Army in the First World War
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Little, Brown/ Hachette UK[UKCexC],
Basic Books/Hachette US[North American]
Thank you, Jonathan, for the unbelievably huge amount of time and dedication you have given to this book.
Tiffany Philippou - Writer and podcaster
In Totally Fine (And Other Lies I've Told Myself): What my decade in grief taught me about life
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Bookouture/Hachette UK[World English]
To Jonathan Conway, my literary agent, thank you so much for going above and beyond. Every step of the way you have always been so involved and your belief in me and Natural Born Feeder is both motivating and heart-warming
Roz Purcell - Cook and entrepreneur
In Half Hour Hero: Real Food, Real Fast
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Penguin Ireland[World]
Thank you to all those without whom this book would not have been possible, especially Jonathan Conway, my literary agent extraordinaire
In Hidden Portraits: The Untold Stories of Six Women who Loved Picasso
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Faber & Faber[UKCexC],
W.W. Norton[North American],
Einaudi[Italian]
There comes a point, fairly quickly in my case, when the realities of writing a book and the arcane processes of publishing become apparent. Here it was my great good fortune to have met my agent, Jonathan Conway, one of the kindest, gentlest and wisest people I know, to help give shape and focus to the book, and to believe in my writing when it was at its most raw.
Dr Alastair Santhouse - Consultant Neuropsychiatrist at The Maudsley Hospital, London
In Head First: A Psychiatrist's Stories of Mind and Body
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Atlantic Books[UKCexC],
Avery/PRH US[North American],
Guomai[Chinese simplified],
Lumiere[Taiwanese/Chinese complex],
Pronsoop[Korean]
I would also like to thank my agent, Jonathan Conway, who translated my early drafts into lucid and sparkling proposals, gave extensive notes on the texts, and made sure the book found the right home(s).
Andrew Small - Senior transatlantic fellow with the Asia program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States
In The Rupture: China and the Global Race for the Future
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Hurst Publishers[UKCexC],
Melville House[North American]
Tom Sykes’s agent, Jonathan Conway, became mine, and we have become friends.
John Taylor - Author and musician
In In The Pleasure Groove: Love, Death and Duran Duran
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Little, Brown/ Hachette UK[UKCexC],
Dutton/PRH US[North American],
Hannibal Verlag[German],
Arcana[Italian],
Turbulenz[Danish],
Saraiva[Brazilian],
Anakonda[Polish]
Jonathan Conway, for putting the deal together: you are very clever and a really nice bloke. Thanks.
John Torode - Chef and television presenter
In My Kind of Food: Recipes I Love To Cook At Home
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Headline/Hachette UK[World]
Jonathan Conway […] made me believe that I really could write a book. Turns out he was right.
In The Bad Beekeepers Club: How I stumbled into the Curious World of Bees - and became (perhaps) a Better Person
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Little, Brown/ Hachette UK[UKCexC],
The Experiment[North American]
The process was all new to me and a big shout must go to Jonathan Conway (my literary agent and a lovely bloke) for his sage advice at every juncture.
In Peace and Parsnips: Vegan Cooking For Everyone
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Michael Joseph/ PRH UK[World],
The Experiment[North American],
DK Verlag[German]
My first thanks go to my agent Jonathan Conway, for asking me to write this book and finding it such an excellent home at Penguin. Jonathan’s sound advice has been invaluable in shaping the manuscript.
Dr Selena Wisnom - Lecturer in the Heritage of the Middle East at the University of Leicester
In The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History
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Allen Lane/PRH UK[WR],
University of Chicago Press[NA],
C. H. Beck[German],
Saída de Emergência[Portuguese],
Arab Scientific Publishers[Arabic],
Ginkgo[Chinese simplified],
Proszynski[Polish],
Ireunbi[Korean]