Allison is Head of Children’s Translation Rights at David Higham and represents many high-profile and successful children’s authors. She joined David Higham in 2017, having previously worked at Bloomsbury Children’s where she was responsible for translation sales across the pre-school, picture book, non-fiction and fiction imprints. She has a range of experience as a trade rights professional working in different genres and markets around the world.

Allison handles translation rights sales for the Children’s and YA list in France, Germany and Italy.

She also handles rights for the Roald Dahl Estate in mainland China, France, Germany, Italy, and Spanish speaking markets.

Allison’s assistant is Juliette Ball (julietteball@davidhigham.co.uk) who can help with any queries about translation rights for the DHA Children’s and YA lists.