About CTL

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With over ten years of experience, offices in the US and Europe, and clients all over the world,
we are one of the only scouting firms with true global reach.

London

Claire Lundberg

Founder, London

Claire Lundberg founded CTL Scouting in Paris in 2011, after working for 10 years in New York film and theater. Current clients include: Working Title Films (BABY DRIVER, BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY), A24 Studios (LADYBIRD, MOONLIGHT, MIDSOMMAR), Sony Pictures Television (BREAKING BAD, THE GOOD DOCTOR), HBO Drama Series (GAME OF THRONES, SUCCESSION) and several other US and international film and television companies. Previously, Claire worked as a development executive for Scott Rudin, and ran MGM’s New York literary office. She began her career in theater, as a director and producer. She holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama, and a BA in English from Yale College.

SIMON PEPPER

Senior Scout, London

Simon joined the company in 2018, working first in Paris and now in London. Before this, he was a bookseller at Waterstones and interned at Puffin Books, PFD, and the TLS. He holds a degree in English Literature and French from the University of St Andrews and is currently completing a part-time MA in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths. He is senior scout for the UK and international markets.

EMILY FEATHERMAN

Senior Scout, Special Projects, London

Emily Featherman graduated from NYU with a BFA in Acting and is pursuing an M.Phil in Theatre at Trinity College Dublin. She worked as a bookseller and buyer at a large independent bookstore in New York, and was first introduced to the literary scouting world with an internship at Penguin Random House Film Studio and Jean Doumanian Productions. She went on to be a Junior Foreign Scout at Linda Clark & Associates before starting at CTL in July 2021.

SARAH PRASEEDOM

Scout, London

Sarah joined CTL in 2024, having worked in Film & TV development since 2020. Previously she studied English Literature at the University of Warwick and obtained an MA in Film & TV Production from the University of Birmingham, where she wrote and produced short films and a documentary based on her family's experiences in India. She is now based in CTL's London office scouting for the UK market.

Nadja Shannon-Dabek

Coordinator, London

Nadja joined CTL Scouting in 2022, after completing an MA in Children's Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London. Previously, she worked as an elementary school teacher and as an intern with the Wexler Oral History Project at the Yiddish Book Center. She also holds a degree in English Literature and Religion from Wesleyan University. Now based in London, she helps with UK and international scouting as well as assisting Claire Lundberg.

GABRIELLA CHIPOL

Assistant Scout & Assistant to Claire Lundberg, London

After receiving an MA in publishing at UCL, Gabriella joined CTL Scouting in 2023. At the London office, she is considered to be the resident ‘BookTok’ and ‘Romantasy’ expert, and reads for both English and Spanish markets. Born in Gibraltar, outside of scouting Gabriella works closely with the Gibraltar Ministry of Culture representing Gibraltarian authors and publishers internationally. She has participated in several documentaries showcasing her work.

With over ten years of experience, offices in the US and Europe, and clients all over the world,
we are one of the only scouting firms with true global reach.

NEW YORK

LIZ GATELY

Partner, New York

Liz Gately runs our New York office, and also scouts for 14 international publishers, which she's been doing since 2010. She began her scouting career working for Barbara Tolley & Associates. Prior to scouting she worked as an assistant for book agent Kathleen Anderson, for the Gersh Agency's New York office, and for director and producer Lee Daniels. She's from Rhode Island.

CELESTE CRAWFORD

Senior Scout, New York

Prior to joining CTL, Celeste Crawford worked as a film/TV book scout for the production and management company Sugar23. She began her career in literary acquisitions at Apple TV+. She is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and is based in Brooklyn.

EVE GLEICHMAN

Scout, New York

Eve Gleichman began scouting adult fiction and non-fiction with Liz Gately Book Scouting in 2015, shortly after graduating from Brooklyn College's fiction MFA program. They're based in NYC and scout for both film clients and publishers around the world. Their own co-written debut novel, The Very Nice Box, published in July 2021.

CATHRIN WIRTZ

Scout, New York

Born in Germany's Lower Rhine Region, Cathrin was trained as an editor of literary fiction in Berlin after receiving a Master's Degree in German and English Literature and Film/TV/Theatre Studies from the University of Cologne. After internships in literary scouting agencies, she began working with Liz Gately in 2011. She oversees the YA/Children's book department, covers the German language market, and also scouts fiction for both foreign publishers and film clients.

ANDRIANA TARATSAS

Assistant Scout, New York

Andriana assists with film and foreign scouting in the New York office. Born in Virginia, she graduated from Carleton College in balmy Minnesota with a degree in English and cross-cultural studies. She interned with Pegasus Books and attended the Columbia Publishing Course at Oxford before joining CTL in 2024. She is a dual citizen of the US and Greece.

With over ten years of experience, offices in the US and Europe, and clients all over the world,
we are one of the only scouting firms with true global reach.

LOS ANGELES

MONALICE CHOI

Co-Head, US Film/TV Scouting, SEATTLE/Los Angeles

Monalice Choi joined CTL Scouting in 2018, and is currently the Head of US Film/TV scouting based in Seattle, Washington. She works closely with the Los Angeles office, and specializes in scouting graphic novels and comics. She graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in English and Communications.

JORDAN DORNBAUM

Scout, Los Angeles

Jordan Dornbaum joined CTL Scouting in 2024 and is a Scout in the LA office. She previously worked at NBCUniversal as a coordinator for the Creative Acquisitions team, focused on identifying and acquiring IP for the Universal Studios Group, known for DR. DEATH, APPLES NEVER FALL, and THE MAGICIANS. She graduated from NYU with a degree in Film & TV.

ISAAC WRIGHT

Coordinator, Los Angeles

Isaac Wright joined CTL Scouting’s LA Office in 2024 after working as a freelance reader for Amazon Studios and The Blacklist. He curates CTL’s Longform and Podcast reports, and in his free time enjoys rock climbing and building with LEGOs. Isaac graduated from BYU with a degree in Film and Media Studies. His favorite genres are horror and westerns!

With over ten years of experience, offices in the US and Europe, and clients all over the world,
we are one of the only scouting firms with true global reach.

ELSEWHERE

EMMA PIAZZA

Scout, France/Italy/Spain & Latin America, Barcelona

After graduating in London at City University in Publishing, Emma Piazza began her career as a literary scout in 2014, working for Cristina De Stefano for a few years. She joined CTL in 2019, scouting the Italian, Spanish and French markets. Alongside her scouting job, she works as a ghostwriter for some major Italian publishers, and she published her own novel in 2018 with Rizzoli, translated into 3 languages.

HUNTER SIMPSON

Scout, Scandinavia & US books, Copenhagen

Hunter Simpson is from Chapel Hill, North Carolina and now lives in Copenhagen. He studied English Literature at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, and has over ten years experience as a book scout, first at Barbara Tolley and Associates and then at Liz Gately Book Scouting. At CTL he reads English language fiction and nonfiction and also covers Scandinavian markets. Additionally, he has managed an English-language bookshop in Rome and works as a literary translator of Danish to English. His translation of Stine Pilgaard's The Land of Short Sentences was awarded the Leif and Inger Sjöberg Prize by the American-Scandinavian Foundation.