About us
Sarah Davies has more than 25 years’ experience of children’s publishing, moving to the USA from London in 2007. She started her career at Collins (before it was HarperCollins), followed by a spell at Transworld/Random House. In 1994 she joined Macmillan Children’s Books in London as fiction editor, rising through the editorial ranks to Publishing Director, a position she held until 2007 when she left to start the Greenhouse.
Sarah has worked with and published many high-profile authors on both sides of the Atlantic. She also has considerable experience in contract negotiation, marketing and rights, as well as a strong understanding of digital developments. Excellent publishing contacts in both the USA and Britain enable her to represent authors directly to both countries, and to the rest of the English-speaking world. Sarah makes regular trips to New York and London, meeting publishers and keeping in touch with the book scene.
A member of the Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators in the USA, Sarah is an experienced speaker on issues connected with children’s books and creative writing. In 2007 she was a member of the judging panel of SCBWI UK’s anthology of ‘Undiscovered Voices’.
Now in Washington DC, and married to an American, Sarah has twin sons who are
more-or-less grown-up now, and who taught her much of what she knows about children and reading. She attends major international bookfairs and trade events and would be delighted to meet you by appointment.
Rights People is a dedicated children’s rights-selling business that comprises a trio of experts in the field - Alexandra Devlin, Alex Webb and Caroline Hill-Trevor – who, between them, have many years’ experience and a huge network of international contacts. Rights People represents all the Greenhouse’s foreign rights, which gives Greenhouse an exceptionally cohesive presence around the world and a truly global reach.