Making Stories Grow
Read more! Together we can, cordially inviting, open the great gate into
the magical world of stories.
As the start of a life filled
with adventures.
Rike Fuxen, Agent
About Me
Team work makes the dream work - and that's what publishing is about.
Creatives make us spread their work.
And our enthusiasm about it!
Every agent has a story (let's hope so!): Acquiring and selling rights for German publishers since 2012, I love/work to find new ways to spread content. About 15 years ago, I studied Book Science and Philosophy in Mainz and finished with in an M.A. in Publishing at Oxford Brookes University. Working for leading or independent publishing houses made me experience the drive and demand, also the dedication we share for young readers. We love what we do. People over books. Because we share Pippi's open mind:
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Illustration by Tony Ross, Quote by Astrid Lindgren
My focus is on making reading fun! Let's find ways to make Kids, YA or New Readers
fall in love with books and stay with us. Authors and illustrators are the reason
why stories catch (new) readers - we can find ways to not only promote
reading but also to make our highly appreciated
creatives and their stories grow!
We just get started.
Education
2014-2016
Master of Arts (MA), Publishing
Oxford Brookes University
Marketing & Sales - Editorial - Digital Workflow - Children's Literature - International Publishing and Rights Management
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Dissertation on the Rights Potential of the Chinese book market (Case Study)
2013
Trainee
Carlsen Verlag GmbH
Foreign Rights and Contracts Management
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Children's Literature, New Adult and All Age Fiction, Comic, Manga and Humor Range, Mass Market, B2B editions
2010-2013
Bachelor of Arts (BA),
Book Science and Philosophy
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Including internships at Westermann Educational Publishing, Independent Children's Publisher Coppenrath and Goethe-Institut Thailand
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Thesis on Selling Translation Rights as an Exploitation Option,
focused on the potential of 5 Emerging Markets