Tibor Jones & Associates was founded in 2007 by Kevin Conroy Scott and Landa Acevedo-Scott as a literary management company dedicated to building the careers of bestselling authors and creative leaders in their fields.

People

Kevin Conroy Scott

Kevin Conroy Scott

Kevin Conroy Scott co-founded Tibor Jones & Associates with his wife Landa Acevedo-Scott in 2007 after working as a literary agent at AP Watt and Conville & Walsh.

Kevin is an alumnus of the infamous New Line Cinema mailroom and his journalism has appeared in the New Statesman, Variety, the Independent, the Bookseller, LA Weekly and Written By magazine. He is the author of Screenwriters’ Masterclass (Faber & Faber) and the co-founder of Colombiage, London’s first Colombian festival of culture and the arts.

Landa Acevedo-Scott

Landa Acevedo-Scott

Landa is an alumna of the Barbican Centre where she worked on ground-breaking projects like Tropicália and the contemporary music programme. In 2007, she co-founded Tibor Jones with her husband Kevin Conroy Scott while also co-founding Colombiage, the first festival in Europe to showcase writers, filmmakers, musicians and other artists from her native Colombia. 

Landa graduated in European Business Management & French at Lancaster University spending her second and fourth year at leading business schools, ICADE Madrid and École de Management de Lyon respectively. 

JAMES WOODHOUSE

JAMES WOODHOUSE

James began his career as a fiction editor at Picador (UK) before moving to South Africa in 2003 to work at Kwela Books. Following this, he worked as a freelance editor (specialising in new African voices), and was a founding member of the Franschhoek Literary Festival – now the most prestigious book event in southern Africa. In 2009 he was appointed fiction editor at Penguin South Africa and in 2012 he returned to Kwela Books as publisher.

As an agent, James is passionate about stories from Africa, but his interests range from strong commercial crime fiction to high-end literary work.

MARY RODGERS

MARY RODGERS

Mary is book-keeper at Tibor Jones.

Mary developed her administrative, organisational and financial skills through various administrative positions in healthcare, education, the financial and enterprise sector and latterly with Tibor Jones. She studied languages at Galway University, subsequently taking a Post Graduate Certificate in Education.

Reading is one of Mary’s favourite ways to spend time and the team at Tibor Jones provide some wonderful opportunities for her to indulge her habit.

CHARLOTTE COLWILL

CHARLOTTE COLWILL

Charlotte has been an independent bookseller for the last decade, working in buying and management at various bookshops in London and Melbourne. She has been a judge for the Pageturner Prize, the British Book Awards and the Klauss Flugge Prize. She is also a consultant at the Tibor Jones Studio and in 2018 she set up the literary agency Bravo Blue Ltd – an affiliate of Tibor Jones. Charlotte looks forward to applying her years of bookselling experience to the new challenge of finding and supporting new creative talent.

Charlotte earned a BA in English and Philosophy from Manchester University and an MA in Publishing from the London College of Communication. In the rare moments when she’s not reading, Charlotte enjoys going to the theatre, travelling, and using her philosophy degree to win political debates at the pub. 

 

Ana Emdin

Ana Emdin

Ana has joined Tibor Jones to work closely with Kevin on book-to-screen adaptations and IP development. Her career in the film industry started as a production assistant on HETV and Feature Films. She was later involved in developing the film concepts, pitching it to investors, and managing the logistics of filming, leading her to write and produce her own award-winning documentary series.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Film Production Technology from Birmingham City University and is studying for Masters in Communications at King’s College London.

Jaffar Rakhimov

Jaffar Rakhimov

Jaffar graduated from Regents University with a Business Management degree. Since then, he has developed his management and administrative skills in several corporate institutions. Jaffar joined Tibor Jones in 2020 and is currently working on author projects in the digital world, specialising in gaming platforms and video content.

Enquiries

We welcome enquiries. In particular, we are interested in receiving fiction and non-fiction proposals by writers who are looking to publish something different. If you are interested in having Tibor Jones look at your material then we ask you to email the following to enquiries@tiborjones.com:

A cover letter telling us about you and your writing background.

A one page synopsis of the book, and the first five pages of the novel or proposal.

If we are interested in seeing more, we will email you requesting it. If it’s not for us, we’ll endeavour to get back to you as soon as we can.

If you are interested in learning more about what we do, please email any questions to enquiries@tiborjones.com.