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Deborah Jane Coltman Rogers (6 April 1938 – 30 April 2014) was a British literary agent. Rogers was one of six children,〔Ion Trewin (Obituary: Deborah Rogers ), ''The Guardian'', 4 May 2014〕 her mother Stella Moore was an actress, while her father worked in the City of London. She attended Hatherop Castle School in Gloucestershire, but did not go to university.〔(Obituary: Deborah Rogers ), ''Daily Telegraph'', 2 May 2014〕 Her agency, originally Deborah Rogers Ltd, was established in 1967. Pat White soon joined, and the two women were joined by a third partner, Gill Coleridge, two decades later.〔 ("Legendary literary agent Deborah Rogers dies" ), ''The Independent'', 1 May 2014〕 At the end of her life, Rogers was the chairman of Rogers, Coleridge and White.〔Sarah Shaffi ("'Inspirational' agent Deborah Rogers dies" ), ''The Bookseller'', 1 May 2014〕 Among the authors Rogers represented were A. S. Byatt, Ian McEwan and Peter Carey.〔Richard Lea ("Deborah Rogers, 'legendary' literary agent, has died" ), theguardian.com, 1 May 2014〕 Earlier in her career she had represented Angela Carter, and (before he joined Andrew Wylie's agency) Salman Rushdie.〔 Shortly after the professional breach, Rogers offered Rushdie her second home as a refuge from the fatwā (death sentence) imposed by Ayatollah Khomeini in February 1989.〔Helen Brown ("The inspiring truth behind Salman Rushdie's exile" ), ''Daily Telegraph'', 19 September 2012〕 The remote farm in Powys was used by Rushdie during his decade in hiding.〔Robin Turner ("Sir Salman Rushdie hid out in Mid Wales during fatwa years" ), Wales Online, 9 September 2012〕 Rogers was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award in International Publishing at the London Book Fair in April 2014.〔Joshua Farrington ("Lifetime achievement award for Rogers" ), ''The Bookseller'', 14 March 2014〕 The award was presented by another of her clients, Kazuo Ishiguro,〔Gideon Spanier ("Better read than dead: why books will endure" ), ''The Independent'', 11 April 2014〕 who had been introduced to Rogers by Angela Carter.〔Susannah Hunnewell ("Kazuo Ishiguro, The Art of Fiction No. 196" ), ''The Paris Review'', No. 184, Spring 2008〕 She married the composer Michael Berkeley in 1979; the couple had a daughter.〔David Lister ("An artist in the Garden: Michael Berkeley - Profile" ), ''The Independent on Sunday'', 29 March 1998〕 Rogers died from a heart attack.〔Nigel Horne ("Deborah Rogers was here: death of a literary lioness" ), ''The Week'', 2 May 2014〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Deborah Rogers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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