Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Poetic Obituaries: "She had exceptionally good taste

at all levels of literature," he [Ion Trewin] said [of Pat Kavanagh]. "Most agents are known for one author or style of writing but she represented a phalanx of authors from Ruth Rendell and Joanna Trollope to Andrew Motion. As an editor if she came to you, you took her seriously immediately because she never wasted your time with rubbish."

Kavanagh's authors lined up to pay tribute.

from The Times: Writers mourn their no-nonsense friend Pat Kavanagh, the doyenne of Britain's literary agents

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