Lydia Silver

Lydia is the Head of Children’s and YA Department, joining The Soho Agency in 2025 after over a decade in the industry across both editorial and agenting. Lydia’s clients have been #1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers, been chosen as Waterstones, Blackwells and Indies Books of the Month, and won prizes including the Carnegie Medal Shadowers’ Choice and the Diverse Book Award among others. In 2022, Lydia was chosen as a Bookseller Rising Star.