Books Are My Business: Sallyanne Sweeney, literary agent

Sallyanne Sweeney, originally from Dublin, is a literary agent with Mulcahy Sweeney Associates, based in London. She studied English at Trinity and has an MPhil in American Literature from Cambridge.

Literary Agent, Sallyanne Sweeney for BAMB

How did you become a literary agent?

I was really, really lucky. I was an intern at Watson Little literary agency, making the tea, running to the post office, and all of that.