The Team
Guenter G. Rodewald
The youngest of the four children of a devoted bookseller, he is a booklover and a Bremer - and very proud of it too. In his school days, he worked as an extra, an actor and a singer in the Bremen theatre. Later on he had a go at studying mathematics and law in the universities of Kiel and Bremen, though with results that fell rather short of brilliant, and so he opted for independence by working as a driver of trucks and buses.
Through his involvement with independent political and ecological groups in the 1970s, he finally achieved emancipation and eventually found himself working as a bookseller and partner in the Bremen bookshop Buchladen im Ostertor. In October 1985 he felt the urge to see a bit more of the world, and so he escaped to Barcelona with his friend Hartmut, without knowing so much as a word of Spanish, with no work, nowhere to live, and no money – but with boundless enthusiasm for starting out afresh beside the Mediterranean.
In the spring of 1986 he came across Ute Körner’s agency and started learning from her the ins and outs of an attractive profession he had never even heard of before: that of the literary agent. And that’s where he has been ever since. He lives on the outskirts of Barcelona with Hartmut, the lively Mia Farrow, an elegant cross between golden retriever and setter, Maggie, a terrier cross quick as a flash (see here), his snow-white cat Condoleezza Rice, and a large garden.
Sandra Rodericks
She was born in Barcelona, the daughter of a Catalan mother and an Indian father. Three languages were spoken in their home, Catalan, Spanish and English, all garnished with touches of Hindi.
When barely turned 18 she set out in search of new experiences and went off to Germany, knowing no German and not much about the Germans. She came back enamoured of the language and the people, and began studying German at Barcelona University, combining her studies with long stays in Germany, working as an au pair in Hamburg, and later as a Spanish teacher in the city of Halle/Saale.
After graduating she worked at first as a technical translator and film translator, but chance very soon brought her to the agency – in February 2000 – and she became the youngest and most native member of the team.
She lives in Barcelona with her partner Albert and their two children, Jana and Teo.
Raquel Riu
Born in Lleida, she studied English philology and German language in Barcelona. She soon discovered the world of books. A postgraduate course in Publishing brought her the opportunity to undertake practicals at Círculo de Lectores, where she was to learn everything amidst a magnificent team of professionals. She worked in the Club department for some years as a publisher of children's books and non-fiction works.
In the company of her German husband Moritz she went to Germany, where she lived for a long period, working at Pestalozzi Verlag, then part of the Egmont Group, in Munich.
On her return to Barcelona she joined Ediciones CEAC (Grupo Planeta) as an editor.
With this accumulated experience in support, her three children Eduard, Anna and Clara and her relentlessly buoyant good humour she joined the agency in 2008 as Senior Agent.
Rosa Cuesta
Born in Barcelona, and spent much of her career in the maritime and port sector, acting as Executive Secretary in a number of international-logistics companies. She studied Business Administration and Tourism, combining those studies with learning foreign languages.
Her experience as an executive secretary, her organisational abilities and her way with people brought her to the agency, where she fills the delicate role of assistant to Guenny, Sandra, Raquel y Lea.
She is a born traveller, and a lover of ethnic music, auteur films and contemporary English literature, as well as a devoted fan of Asian cuisine. Recently she has just been dragged by the art of baking cakes herself, with the valuable help of her daughter Carla.
Íñigo Cebollada
... born in San Sebastián, but spent his entire childhood in Zaragoza. When he finished his schooling at the German School he went on to study German at the Universidad de Barcelona, combining his studies with various kinds of part-time work. Following several trips to Germany and an Erasmus studentship in Cologne he completed his degree course in June 2006.
He entered the agency in 2006 on practicals and rapidly fitted in with the team, taking charge of the royalty department with entire responsibility.
He went to live in Canada, and on his return the agency quickly recruited him. He now forms part of the contracts management department, gradually becoming a thorough expert in copyright.
He devotes some of his free time to travelling and to sports.
Cristina Serra
Born in Barcelona, she followed studies in company administration. She has spent most of her professional career with an American multinational in the textile sector, with four years as a credit collector in the credit department, and another ten years in charge of the finance department.
She is in love with the sea, and when she has free time she enjoys windsurfing and sailboarding in the company of her husband and her son Albert.
In addition to her passion for travel she enjoys reading and, of course, cooking her highly accaimed "black rice" and bacallà a la llauna cod dish.
