HLA Agency

UK talent agency representing broadcasters, writers and presenters

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Naomi Clifford

Naomi Clifford focuses on historical subjects, drawing out long-forgotten true-life stories from the archives. Her latest book, The Murder of Mary Ashford: The Crime That Changed English Legal History (2018), published by Pen and Sword, looks at a notorious case of rape-murder which involved the last legal challenge to hand-to-hand combat and, through a discovery in the archives, finally positively identifies the perpetrator of the crime. The Disappearance of Maria Glenn (2016) relates the rollercoaster fortunes of a teenage heiress stolen from her family in 1817 and explores the world of elopement and abduction and Women and the Gallows 1797-1837 (2017) tells the stories of 131 women who were hanged.

She is currently writing a book about the life of a volunteer ambulance driver working in Chelsea, London during the Blitz.

Naomi has long experience in journalism and online projects but, as she says, her first love is libraries and archives. “I get a buzz out of just being there amongst the original sources – and when I start delving into the archives I feel like a detective on a case.” She has previously written under the name Naomi Lourie Klein.


HLA clients

mark kermode

Mark Kermode

UK’s best-known film critic

william ayot at the seaside

William Ayot

An award-winning poet and author.

simon brew den of geek

Simon Brew

Maverick writer and editor

anna smith

Anna Smith

Film reviewer, journalist and Chair of the Critics’ Circle Film Section

Sir Christopher Frayling

Educationalist and writer, specialising in popular culture

Naomi Clifford

Writer and researcher of real-life historical stories.

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T: +44 (0)7801074181
E: hedda@HLAagency.co.uk

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