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About

Emily is a hands-on, creative and energetic literary agent based in London, working with Aevitas Creative Management.

She spent ten years as an editor in trade publishing houses before becoming an agent. She takes a personal, collaborative approach with authors, focusing primarily on non-fiction and placing clients with publishers ranging from the major houses to smaller independents. Her broad UK and US client list includes journalists, chefs, academics and health professionals.

Looking for

  • cookery
  • health
  • wellness
  • psychology
  • history
  • memoir
  • biography
  • current affairs and topical non-fiction

Clients include

  • Alessio Cortellini
  • Alex Jackson
  • Alex Stacey
  • Amelia Christie-Miller
  • Ana da Costa
  • Anja Dunk
  • Anna Koska
  • Becky Excell
  • Ben Lippett
  • Cherry Casey
  • Danilo Cortellini
  • David Mountain
  • Emily Roz
  • Emma Petersen
  • Fliss Chester

Agency submission guidelines

Submissions are made via an online submission form (Query Manager), not by post or phone. What to do: select an agent from the drop-down menu on the website and follow the instructions on that agent's pop-up submission form. Agents not appearing on the drop-down are currently closed to submissions. What to send: a one-sentence summary of the book or manuscript, the category (fiction, nonfiction subject areas, children's/middle grade/young adult, or poetry), comparable titles, referral information, the book's title, and the first 50 pages of the manuscript. Rules: do not submit to more than one agent at the agency simultaneously; such submissions will be automatically disregarded. Exclusions: original screenplays and screenwriters are not represented. Hardcopy submissions or queries by mail or phone are not accepted and will not receive a response.

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