Rhian Parry

The Blair Partnership

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https://www.thebookseller.com/obituaries/brilliant-author-and-literary-agent-rhian-thomas-parry-dies-aged-30

Author and literary agent Rhian Thomas-Parry died peacefully aged 30 on 25th April 2026 following a stage-four cancer diagnosis, with her husband and family at her side.

Thomas-Parry was an associate literary agent at the Blair Partnership, where she also managed film, TV and audio rights and permissions, as well as an author.

She wrote her first novel aged just 12 and has written many since, including a Watty Award winner and a Cheshire Novel Prize longlistee. She was working on her adult romantasy novel A Mortal Drowning at the time of her death.

Rory Scarfe, managing director of client management at the Blair Partnership, said: “We have lost a great friend and a brilliant colleague, and our industry has lost one of its most promising young people. Our agency would not be what it is without Rhian. She was woven into the fabric of all that we do and all that we have achieved and we will forever be in her debt for that. Our thoughts are with Rhian’s family, her husband, Hugh, and all the many people who loved her. We are dedicated to honouring Rhian’s legacy and inspired by her life, her love of books and her boundless generosity.”