Meet Our Team of Clavis Rights Agency

We are the ones responsible for making your favorite books travel all over the world!

Over the past 40 years, Clavis Publishing has built up valuable international expertise. We have a long and trusted reputation with publishers in 71 countries so far and are known for numerous sales of the rights of our picture books and novels. We also specialize in high-quality co-editions of our picture books: in 2022, we did no less than 262 co-editions for our friends worldwide.

The motto of Clavis Publishing is “We make children’s dreams come true” and it’s our goal to extend that motto to include children all over the globe.

Would you like to bring one of our books to your country? Our team will happily tell you all you need to know!

Your direct contact:

Lise Merken
Lise.Merken@clavisbooks.com
Tel: +32 11 26 99 56

Our adventurous sinologist. She lived for a year in China after college graduation and joined the Clavis family to help expand Clavis into the East Asian subcontinent. Now, she utilizes her diverse set of skills to manage markets all over the world.

Jana Versée
Jana.Versee@clavisbooks.com
Tel: +32 11 26 98 72

Our young polyglot. Whether you speak Dutch, English, French, Arabic, Greek, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, or German, Jana can help you out as she speaks all ten languages!  She is also an avid reader so she is really at home at Clavis Rights Agency.

Nele Mathé
Nele.Mathe@clavisbooks.com
Tel: +32 11 26 99 55

Our cultured polyglot. She has worked in our team the longest, so she has a healthy mix of experience and talent. Her childhood dream was to work at a publishing house, so this child's dream has come true because of Clavis!

Jing Wang
Jing.Wang@clavisbooks.com
Tel: +32 11 26 99 67

Our fashionable globetrotter. She was born and raised in China, pursued higher education in Switzerland, has been living in Belgium for 7 years, and travels abroad every chance she gets. With her diverse background in multiple geographies, she is the perfect fit for Clavis Rights Agency.

Jill Stevens
Jill.Stevens@clavisbooks.com

Our go-lucky Pollyanna. She is joining Clavis Rights Agency all the way from Down Under and will stay with us until Nele Mathé returns from maternity leave. Jill has traveled the world and uses all her unique experiences to help all of our amazing clients all around the world!

Don't hesitate to contact us if you have further questions!