Vicki Willden-Lebrecht Shortlisted for Literary Agent of the Year
Bright Founder and Director Vicki Willden-Lebrecht has been shortlisted for Literary Agent of the Year in the British Book Awards 2021.
Vicki commented; ‘This felt overwhelmingly wonderful to receive… Thank you to everyone at The Bright Agency for your consistent hard work and talents; this nomination represents us all. Congratulations to all shortlisted, I am humbled to be amongst you!’
Vicki founded Bright 18 years ago, and she is skilled in steering clients to concepts that fill spaces in the market, then maxing media and licensing deals. Bright’s 2021 higlights include; Benji Davies, Yasmeen Ismail and Jacqui Lee won prizes, and Vicki set up the Bright Foundation to donate picture books to locked-down Londoners.
Vicki was one of seven agents to make the shortlist. You can read more about the awards here: https://www.thebookseller.com/british-book-awards/literary-agent-of-the-year