Blake Friedmann are delighted to announce that Juliet Pickering will join them on February 4 as an agent in their book department. She was most recently at A P Watt, and joins Blake Friedmann on 4 February.

She will bring her entire list of clients with her and we look forward to welcoming them: they will complement the present Blake Friedmann list.

Juliet said: "I am delighted to be joining everyone at Blake Friedmann, and very happy to be bringing my wonderful authors to join theirs. I've several exciting projects to send out over the next few weeks, and will be keenly looking out for more over the coming year."

Carole Blake, joint managing director of Blake Friedmann said: "We are thrilled that Juliet will be joining our newly-expanded team. It's especially good timing, with her author, Chioma Okereke, on the Costa Short Story Award shortlist.

"Our staff are all looking forward to having her with us - we've all heard about her baking skills."

From 4 February Juliet can be contacted on: Juliet@blakefriedmann.co.uk

For more information contact Carole Blake on: Carole@blakefriedmann.co.uk