Christopher John Little was an English literary agent. He was born in York in 1941, and grew up in
Liversedge
Liversedge is a town and former parish of Birstall, in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Liversedge lies between Cleckheaton and Heckmondwike. The Kirklees ward is ...
.Christopher Little, Who Built an Empire Around a Boy Wizard, Dies at 79 ''New York Times'', 27 January 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021. He began a recruitment agency in the 1970s, when looking for work in the United Kingdom after returning from a financial career abroad. He sold his first novel in 1979: the book '' Man on Fire'', written by his friend, Phillip Nicholson, and published under the pseudonym 
A. J. Quinnell
Philip Nicholson (25 June 1940–10 July 2005), known by his pen name A. J. Quinnell, was an English thriller novelist.Christopher Little Literary Agency. Though he considered it only a hobby at first, the recruitment firm grew, and represented 20 authors by the time he sold it in 1992.
Little died from cancer on 7 January 2021, at age 79.