Before founding Bergstrom Studio in 2021, Abigail was already an entrepreneurial leader and expert in the world of publishing. She graduated in English from Kings College London, and has worked in publishing for over fifteen years. Starting her career at the international publishing house, Simon & Schuster where she commissioned and edited books, she was then headhunted to set up and launch the literary agency, Gleam Titles, which saw multiple bestselling and record-breaking books before she founded her own company in 2021.<\/p>\n
She has shepherded over thirty-five titles onto NYT and Sunday Times bestseller lists, her authors have been listed for literary prizes such as The Orwell Prize and the Women’s Prize for Fiction and nominated for British Book Awards, the Hay Medal Prize for Non-Fiction and the Waterstones’ ‘Book of the Year’ award. She is recognised across the industry for having built some of today’s biggest book brands. Nominated for Literary Agent of the Year 2020, Abigail marked out her territory as an industry leader in navigating the cross section between digital and print, speaking at international conferences on the subject and getting listed in ‘The Bookseller 150’ which names the book trade’s most influential. She sits on the advisory board for Cheltenham Literary Festival.<\/p>\n
Abigail writes for national magazines and broadsheets, including ELLE, Sunday Times Style, Red magazine, Grazia and she reviews books for Konfekt magazine. She writes the substack newsletter Something to Say, offering publishing guidance, writing advice and cultural commentary to thousands of readers worldwide. Her debut novel, What a Shame, was published by Hodder in 2022 to critical acclaim. The book was optioned by Severn Productions to be developed into a TV show. Her second novel Selfish Girls was published by Hodder in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-936032","agent","type-agent","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n