Helfa Literary Agency is a thief and a cheat

Something disappointing happened to me today:
I learned that my European agent is a thief and a liar.

Iza Garztecka, proprietor of Helfa Literary Agency, sold translation rights to my novel to a Polish publisher.

In October 2005 she took the money on my behalf and lied for over a year that Publisher did not pay.

Then she closed shop, even went so far as sending me information through a third person saying that she died... along with all her debts. It was, of course, a lie.

Iza Garztecka robbed me. She is a thief.

Contact me if you are an author, agent or a publisher and want more information or have been robbed by her too.

Be aware of this cheat.

See the follow up to this story.

Addresses this agency was/is using:

Helfa Literary Agency
Agencja Literacka Helfa
Halina Jablonowska-Garztecka (Iza Garztecka)

www.helfa.pl
helfa@helfa.pl
garztecka@hela.pl

Aleje Jerozolimskie 198f m 5
02-486 Warszawa

Aleje Jerozolimskie 195 m 5
02-486 Warsaw , Poland

Zielna 45/90
01-108 Warszawa, Poland

Grojecka 28/30 m.23
02-308 Warszawa, Poland

Telephone numbers:

+48 (22) 620 55 15

+48 (22) 817 35 50

cell phone: +48 509 464 787