Whatever Happened To The Last Big Things

In 2015 Paul Baggaley at Picador signed Everyone Is Watching by Megan Bradbury, who was on the UEA creative writing course. "This wasn't a standard deal," Baggaley recalls, "as I had met the author when talking to students at UEA, and was told by everyone there that she was a star in the making. So I saw an early version and asked Megan to make sure she instructed her agent to send the manuscript to me when it was available. I don't know how many others saw it from Sophie Lambert, but I was on it from the start and keen to acquire. Having said that, it was a slow process to get our offer together as we wanted to acquire world rights. This deal was actually made just before LBF and we announced it at the fair."