Tasneem Abdur-Rashid

Abi is a senior agent at TGLA. She has incredibly broad experience in the industry, having started in bookselling in 2001. Abi began her agenting career with Georgina Capel Associates, having also worked as a bookseller at Blackwell’s, on the sales team at Faber and Faber and as a literary scout at RR Ltd. Abi has a BA in English Literature from Bristol University and an MA in English Literature from UCL. Abi was shortlisted for Literary Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards (aka the Nibbies) in 2023.
Abi also has experience as a school governor with particular involvement in the schools literacy programmes and their work with children who have special educational needs and are disabled.
Memoir, Literary Fiction, Rom-coms, Commercial Novels, Crime, History, Lifestyle.
Tove Jansson, Olivia Laing, Salena Godden, Bolu Babalola, Carmen Maria Machado, Michael Chabon, Max Porter.
Tasneem Abdur-Rashid
Sofia Akel
Paula Akpan
Karen Arthur
Nafisa Bakkar
Khairani Barokka
Astra Bloom
Nicole Crentsil
Azma Dar
Sharan Dhaliwal
Emily Dinsdale
Preeti Dhillon
Ciara Doran
Deirdre Finnerty
Nicola Garrard
Nadia Gilani
Erica Gillingham
Michael Handrick
Mireille Cassandra Harper
Blaine Harrison
Judy Hepburn
Sophie Jai
Angela Jariwala
Raj Khaira
Eleni Kyriacou
Thomas Leeds
Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin
Natalie Marlow
Saima Mir
Evie Muir
Zeena Moolla
Jade Mutyora
Musa Okwonga
Yen Ooi
Bronwen Parker-Rhodes
Philippa Peall
Penny Pepper
Grace Quantock
Jon Ransom
Juno Roche
Eva Verde
Kandace Siobhan Walker
Clare Weze
Arzu was Publishing Director at Weidenfeld & Nicolson, and has over 25 years of experience in the industry, having previously worked at Bloomsbury, Vintage, Penguin Random House and Virago. She has published many bestselling writers including Khaled Hosseini, Malala Yousafzai, Tea Obreht, Maria Semple. At TGLA Arzu uses her considerable experience and expertise to work with authors on editing and developing their work before submitting to publishers.