Peter Buckman is an English writer and
literary agent
A literary agent is an agent who represents writers and their written works to publishers, theatrical producers, film producers, and film studios, and assists in sale and deal negotiation. Literary agents most often represent novelists, screenwrit ...
. He has been involved in the publishing industry for many years; he was on the editorial board of
Penguin Books, and a
commissioning editor for the
New American Library in
New York City. He has published novels, non fiction, a biography and short stories, and has also written for television and film, including an episode of ''
Inspector Morse'', three episodes of ''
The House of Elliot
''The House of Eliott'' is a British television series produced and broadcast by the BBC in three series between 1991 and 1994. The series starred Stella Gonet as Beatrice Eliott and Louise Lombard as Evangeline Eliott, two sisters in 1920s Lond ...
'', the television film ''
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* Manner of death (unnatural causes)
*Unnatural Causes (detective novel), 1967 detective novel by P. D. James.
* ''Unnatural Causes'' (1986 film), American television film
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'', and the television movie ''
The Tale of Sweeney Todd'', which was directed by
John Schlesinger. He is currently a literary agent, having started The Ampersand Agency in 2003, notable for having discovered and represented
Vikas Swarup, author of
Q & A, which was filmed as
Slumdog Millionaire, and also being the agent for the estate of prolific historical fiction writer
Georgette Heyer.
Bibliography
Fiction
* Playground: A Game of Fiction (1971)
* The Rothschild Conversion (1979)
Non fiction
* The Limits of Protest (1970)
* Education Without Schools (1973) (as Editor)
* Let's Dance: Social, Ballroom & Folk Dancing (1978)
* All for Love: A Study in Soap Opera (1984)
* A Genial Senior's Companion to Ageing (2018)
Biography
* Lafayette: A Biography (1977)
References
External links
*
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Living people
20th-century English novelists
English television writers
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
English male novelists
20th-century English male writers
British male television writers