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David Higham Associates has acquired The Bent Agency UK Ltd. Molly Ker Hawn joins DHA as a director. Also moving over are rights manager Emma Lagarde, agent Martha Perotto-Wills, and assistant Aminah Amjad are also joining. Ker Hawn launched the UK arm of the Bent Agency in 2012. Children’s agent and director Caroline Walsh is retiring from DHA after nearly 30 years at the agency, and Isobel Boston has also been appointed children’s book agent. Most recently, she was commissioning editor at Walker Books. She will also take on responsibility for some of David Higham’s children’s literary estates. DHA managing

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