Rod Hall (literary agent)
Roderick Thomas Berringer (Rod) Hall (27 April 1951 – 21 May 2004) was a British literary agent who represented several successful writers.
Biography
Hall was born in Sussex, England. His parents ran a fruit farm.[1]
He was educated at Priory Grammar School, Lewes and studied English at the University of Edinburgh graduating with a masters degree in 1974. While at the University he established the first ever gay and lesbian society.[1]
Having worked for London agency AP Watt, he established the Rod Hall Agency Limited in 1997.[1]
Hall was found dead, with multiple stab wounds, chained to a radiator, in his Southwark apartment. In 2005, Usman Durrani, a 20 year old student at the University of Edinburgh was convicted of Hall's murder and sentenced to life in prison.[2]
Following his death, the films Driving Lessons and Imagine Me & You as well as the stage play Mercury Fur were dedicated to him.
Clients
Hall's agency represented more than 60 writers, including:
- Simon Beaufoy (wrote The Full Monty and Slumdog Millionaire)
- Jeremy Brock (wrote Mrs. Brown)
- Lee Hall (wrote Billy Elliot)
- Liz Lochhead (Scottish poet)
- Martin McDonagh (playwright)
- Philip Ridley (playwright, screenwriter, director)
- Richard Smith (wrote Trauma)
- Juliette Towhidi (wrote Calendar Girls)
- Simon Nye (wrote the television show Men Behaving Badly).
References
- Mann, Charlotte; Parkhill, Matthew (27 May 2004). "Rod Hall". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- "Student gets life for murder of UK literary agent". 8 August 2005.