Pritchard appointed at Myriad

Myriad has appointed Louisa Pritchard to head up its international rights, taking over from Adrian Weston. Pritchard is the founder of LPA, which sells international rights on behalf of agencies and publishers. She previously worked as head of rights at PFD, foreign rights director at Orion and senior rights manager at Random House. She will begin at Myriad on 1st March. Weston steps down at the end of February. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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