Deborah Rogers
The Lady Berkeley of Knighton | |
|---|---|
| Born | Deborah Jane Coltman Rogers 6 April 1938 London, England |
| Died | 30 April 2014 (aged 76) |
| Occupation | Literary agent |
| Spouse | Michael Berkeley |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Lifetime Achievement Award in International Publishing at the London Book Fair |
Deborah Jane Coltman Rogers, Baroness Berkeley of Knighton (6 April 1938 – 30 April 2014) was a British literary agent, who founded her own agency in 1967.
Biography
Born at her parents' London home in
Her agency, originally Deborah Rogers Ltd, was established in 1967. Pat White soon joined, and the two women were joined by a third partner, Gill Coleridge, two decades later.[3] At the end of her life, Rogers was the chairman of Rogers, Coleridge and White.[4]
Among the authors Rogers represented were
Rogers was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award in International Publishing at the London Book Fair in April 2014.[8] The award was presented by another of her clients, Kazuo Ishiguro,[9] who had been introduced to Rogers by Angela Carter.[10] Ishiguro said of Rogers that "she taught me to be a writer".[11]
Rogers married the composer Michael Berkeley in 1979;[12] the couple had an adopted daughter.[13] Rogers died from a heart attack in 2014, aged 76.[14]
References
- ^ Ion Trewin, "Deborah Rogers obituary", The Guardian, 4 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Deborah Rogers – obituary", Daily Telegraph, 2 May 2014.
- ^ "Legendary literary agent Deborah Rogers dies", The Independent, 1 May 2014.
- ^ Sarah Shaffi, "'Inspirational' agent Deborah Rogers dies", The Bookseller, 1 May 2014.
- ^ Richard Lea, "Deborah Rogers, 'legendary' literary agent, has died", theguardian.com, 1 May 2014.
- ^ Helen Brown, "The inspiring truth behind Salman Rushdie's exile", Daily Telegraph, 19 September 2012.
- ^ Robin Turner, "Sir Salman Rushdie hid out in Mid Wales during fatwa years", Wales Online, 9 September 2012.
- ^ Farrington, Joshua (14 March 2014). "Lifetime achievement award for Rogers". The Bookseller.
- ^ Spanier, Gideon (11 April 2014). "Better read than dead: why books will endure". The Independent.
- ^ Hunnewell, Susannah (Spring 2008). "Kazuo Ishiguro, The Art of Fiction No. 196". The Paris Review. Spring 2008 (184).
- ^ Blasdel, Alex (9 November 2023). "Days of The Jackal: how Andrew Wylie turned serious literature into big business". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 21 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ Lister, David (29 March 1998). "An artist in the Garden: Michael Berkeley - Profile". The Independent on Sunday. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ "Deborah Rogers". The Times. London. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ Horne, Nigel (2 May 2014). "Deborah Rogers was here: death of a literary lioness". The Week.