Little opened a recruiting firm after returning to the United Kingdom following negotiation work abroad.
[1] In 1979, he sold his first novel, Man on Fire, written by his childhood friend Phillip Nicholson under the pseudonym A. J. Quinnell.
[6] According to reports, J. K. Rowling chose Christopher Little's agency due to the perceived suitability of his name for a children's book.
[5] Although Christopher Little initially dismissed the submission, his office manager reportedly encouraged him to reconsider it.
In 1996, Bloomsbury Publishing bought the UK Commonwealth publication rights for one Harry Potter book for £2,500.