Sam Edenborough

Sam began his career at AM Heath, then moved to Andrew Nurnberg Associates where he started selling translation rights.

From 2001 until 2021 he worked at ILA, a specialist translation rights agency, selling rights for a wide range of English-language authors, including many prize winners and global bestsellers.

He served as President of the Association of Authors’ Agents from 2014 to 2016.

In January 2022 Sam joined Greyhound Literary as a director, to represent translation rights for the agency's clients throughout the world.

Sam was a founding member of the international publishing band Half on Signature, playing tenor and alto sax with them until their last gig in 2017.

He currently plays tenor in the publishing jazz combo The Editörial Standards.