Selwa's Career

Selwa's career began in the book section of a large department store in the 1960's. A decade later she was the retail and marketing manager in Sydney for a major book company, where she was the first manager to feature Australian books at the front of the store. During this time she also had her own radio book chat program, syndicated throughout Australia, and reviewed books on the Midday Movie Show with Bill Collins.

In 1984, the Selwa Anthony Author Management Agency was born. Selwa credits best-selling Australian author Colleen McCollough with her becoming an authors agent, after Colleen said this of her:

"Selwa has the best eye for a manuscript of anyone I have known and should become a literary agent."

Since signing up her first popular fiction author – the late Evan Green, Selwa pioneered the first breed of popular Australian fiction writers. Twenty six years later successful authors on her list are plentiful with the likes of Belinda Alexandra, Tara Moss, Kate Morton, Kim Wilkins (aka Kimberley Freeman), Diane Armstrong and the list goes on.