Samantha Haywood is a literary agent at the Transatlantic Agency. After 20 years of literary agenting in international publishing and nearly 10 years of running the Transatlantic Agency as owner and President, Samantha specializes in managing authorÕs careers across the spectrum of Book and Film/TV, with a global mandate. Some of her notable clients include Khaled Hosseini, Iain Reid, Canisia Lubrin, Jesse Thistle, Emma Knight and Marissa Stapley [see further client list highlights below].Samantha Haywood has been the President of the Transatlantic Agency since 2017. She has extensive experience selling authors in North America for publication and TV/film representation. She launched her client list with Transatlantic Agency in 2004 after working in the International Rights departments of Random House of Canada and Westwood Creative Artists. Samantha represents a vibrant client list of novelists, memoirists, investigative journalists, graphic novelists and thought leaders. Samantha represents international rights for the renowned publisher, Drawn & Quarterly. She is also a founding member and former President of PACLA, the Professional Association of Canadian Literary Agents.