Katie is a literary agent at Bell Lomax Moreton who represents fiction and non-fiction authors.
She spent 25 years at HarperCollins in roles including Group Rights Director and Managing Director of Collins non-fiction. She was Executive Producer on Channel 4's adaptation of The Tiger Who Came To Tea. Her broad experience across publishing and rights management informs how she works with authors across media and markets.
The agency considers most fiction, non-fiction and children's book proposals, and sends submissions to submission@bell-lomax.co.uk. Not represented: poetry, short stories or novellas, educational textbooks, film scripts or stage plays. Fiction, children's and young adult fiction or narrative non-fiction: send a short synopsis including details of the entire plot. Send the first three chapters (no more than 50 pages), double spaced. Include a covering letter with details of any previously published work. Send in word document or PDF format. Illustrated non-fiction: send a detailed outline, sample material if available, and information regarding previously published work. Children's picture books: send the full text of up to 3 manuscripts in one email. Include sample illustrations if available, in pdf, png or jpg format. WeTransfer or Google Drive links are not accepted. Include a covering letter with details of any previously published work. Do not address a submission to more than one agent within the agency. Julie Gourinchas: open to queries only in the first week (days 1-7) of every calendar month, exclusively via QueryManager. Queries sent to her by email are deleted unread. Hard copy submissions should include an email address for correspondence, or an appropriately stamped and addressed envelope for returns, and be sent to Suite C, Victory House, 131 Queensway, Petts Wood, Kent BR5 1DG. No reading fee is charged.
They do not accept AI-generated or AI-assisted content.
Jo is a literary agent at Bell Lomax Moreton. She has over 20 years' experience in the publishing industry, having worked for HarperCollins and Parragon Books as Sales Director. She brings her knowledge, warmth and passion for storytelling to the team, representing both adult fiction and non-fiction authors.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Health & Wellness · Historical Fiction +9 more
Julie is a French-American literary agent who champions an award-winning, selective list of upmarket adult and new adult fiction with commercial drive and appeal, across a wide variety of genres. Authors she represents have won or been nominated for awards including the British Book Awards, the Hugo Awards, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Stoker Awards, the Shirley Jackson Awards, the Saltire National Book Awards and the BSFAs, and she has represented several Sunday Times bestselling titles. She is a member of the Association of Authors' Agents Bridge Committee, which supports junior agent development.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction · Horror +8 more
Justine is the Development Editor at Bell Lomax Moreton, where she also builds a boutique list of her own clients. She joined the agency from Pan Macmillan, where she commissioned and acquired picture books. Justine is an experienced editor and ex-publisher who has worked on picture books, non-fiction, chapter books and middle-grade fiction. She has also worked in animation as a script editor and holds a postgraduate diploma in children's illustration.
Genres:Children's Books · Graphic Novels · Middle Grade
Lauren represents authors and illustrators across children's and young adult fiction, new adult/crossover and commercial women's fiction, and adult non-fiction. She joined Bell Lomax Moreton in 2014 and has built a list of children's and young adult fiction, adult fiction and adult non-fiction authors whose work has won or been shortlisted for prizes including the Waterstones Children's Prize, the Carnegie Medal and the Branford Boase. In 2020 she was selected as one of The Bookseller's Rising Stars.
Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Fantasy · Health & Wellness +9 more
Paul is the Managing Director of Bell Lomax Moreton. He joined the agency in 2000 from Penguin Books, where he was Head of Children's Book Sales. He represents children's books across all age ranges, along with narrative non-fiction, biography, sport, music and autobiography.
Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime +10 more
Laura is an associate literary agent at the Liverpool Literary Agency. She studied Writing at Liverpool John Moores University, gaining a BA and later an MA, after an early career in teaching that included working with young adults with special needs and in further education. She moved into editing after her teaching career and also works as a freelance writer, having written for a video game and several roleplaying games.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Cosy Mystery · Crime · Fantasy +12 more
Clare heads the Liverpool Literary Agency, which she set up in 2020 to address inequality and underrepresentation in publishing. She has more than 20 years' experience of writing and editing professionally, and has published two novels. She has a background in PR and marketing, and has taught on creative writing programmes, giving her experience in pitching and promoting writers.
Genres:Crime · Historical Fiction · Psychological Suspense · Thriller · Women's Fiction
Sarah is a literary agent at CAA who builds a list of commercial to reading-group fiction and commercial non-fiction for the UK market. Sarah joined CAA in 2022, having previously worked at HarperCollins, Hachette, Pan Macmillan, The Curtis Brown Agency, and David Higham Associates. Their background is in translation rights, and they also represent US and translated authors in the UK.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +11 more
Laurie is a Literary Agent at Peters Fraser + Dunlop, representing books and journalism and actively building a list of adult fiction and non-fiction. She completed a BA in English Literature and Creative Writing, worked in the sales team at Dorling Kindersley, and joined the agency in 2017, beginning her own list in 2020. On the fiction side she represents a range of genres alongside a smaller non-fiction list, and represents several Sunday Times bestselling authors whose work has been shortlisted for and won prizes including the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, the Jhalak Prize, the Somerset Maugham Award, the Dublin Literary Award, the Edge Hill Prize, the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, and cookery awards from Fortnum & Mason and the Guild of Food Writers. She also looks after serialisation rights and journalism across the agency.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
Sarah is a literary agent, actively building a list of adult fiction and non-fiction. After graduating from Durham University, she worked at the Orion publishing house and then briefly in script development before becoming an agent in 2015. She has since built an award-winning list that includes Sunday Times bestselling authors, and in 2019 was named a Rising Star by the Bookseller.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Psychological Suspense · Romance +2 more
Hannah is a literary agent at LBA Books, representing commercial and book club fiction, and select non-fiction. She joined LBA in 2018. She previously worked for a literary scout and in translation rights. Hannah grew up in Luxembourg, giving her an international perspective on the publishing market.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +10 more
