Juliet Mushens and Richard Osman named as two of the most influential people in publishing

Juliet Mushens and Richard Osman have been named as two of the most influential people in publishing. Both were included on the Bookseller 150 list today, an annual list published by industry magazine The Bookseller. First published in 2009, the list is made up of publishers, retailers, authors, members of the media and more. You can see the whole list here.

Juliet’s accompanying paragraph:

It is hard to think of an agent who had a better 2021 than Mushens, with the unstoppable Richard Osman and a string of bestsellers, including Claire Douglas and Abigail Dean. The cascade of six-figure deals included débutantes Susan Stokes-Chapman and Claire Alexander, a first adult fiction title by Amy McCulloch, and moving Louise O’Neill to Transworld. It’s not all Mushens: Silé Edwards and Liza DeBlock have been as busy as their boss, while the agency partnered with Avon to launch a prize for unagented, unpublished writers of colour.

Richard’s paragraph:

Last year may have seen a Christmas Number One, a million-copy-bestselling fiction hardback and a film-rights deal with Steven Spielberg, but Osman has, if anything, had an even better 2021. The Thursday Murder Club hardback only fell from the top of the charts when its paperback was published in May, and sequel The Man Who Died Twice notched up one of the biggest weekly sales for a fiction title since records began. Osman missed out on 2020’s bestselling book of the year crown but this year, it’s his to lose: he’s in first and second place.

Congratulations to both on their continued success, and here’s to an even bigger 2022!