Peter Janson-Smith

Peter Janson-Smith was a London based literary agent, with a client list that included Ian Fleming, Gavin Maxwell and Richard Holmes. After Fleming's death in 1964, Janson-Smith ran the James Bond literary franchise. This lasted until Janson-Smith retired in 2001, after 45 years of promoting the works of Ian Fleming. He was on the committee of the Royal Literary Fund (RLF) for 30 years and president from 2003 to 2005. He negotiated the complex sale of the A. A. Milne estate's rights for Winnie the Pooh to the Walt Disney Company for $350 million, to fund the RLF's Fellowship scheme.