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Milly Reilly

Colwill & Peddle

Submission status
Closed
When to submit
Submissions are closed for the summer
Submission route
Email
Response time
Assume no reply = no after 12 weeks
Last checked
4 days ago

About

Milly represents a broad range of non-fiction and a select amount of literary fiction at Colwill & Peddle.

She joined the agency in 2023, having previously worked at Jo Unwin Literary Agency for over six years. Authors she has worked with have won or been shortlisted for prizes including the Orwell Prize for Political Writing and the British Academy Book Prize.

Genres

Food & DrinkLiterary FictionMemoirNarrative Non-FictionOther Non-Fiction

Looking for

  • informed, illuminating writing that challenges readers to think and live critically and imaginatively
  • food, art, comedy, the natural world, psychology, health and the social and political
  • memoir and creative non-fiction
  • bold, perceptive writing that interrogates the means of telling a story
  • brutally honest, character-driven stories that delve into inner lives and social dynamics
  • a story that deals with darkness and complexity but is not without hope, and writing that is playful and poetic

Not looking for

  • children's
  • young adult
  • sci-fi
  • fantasy
  • crime

Agency submission guidelines

The agency represents a broad range of writers but does not represent screenplays, scripts or poetry, and does not accept work written or enhanced by AI. Writers not based in the UK are not typically represented (US-based writers are advised to find an American agent first). Only one agent should be submitted to at a time, via email to submissions@colwillandpeddle.com with the subject line FAO [agent] [genre] [title] by [author name]. For fiction and children's submissions: send a cover letter about the writer and their writing background, a synopsis of no more than one page of A4, and the first chapter of the work. Only Charlotte represents children's fiction among the agents. For non-fiction submissions: most non-fiction is sold on proposal so the whole book need not be written, though full manuscripts are accepted, especially for memoir. In the body of the email, include a brief (around 300 word) pitch for the book, and attach a single Word document (.doc/.docx) containing a cover letter and a proposal covering: what the book/project is about and why it is important, original and would make a good book; a brief biography of the writer's professional and personal experience and why they are the person to write this book now, including relevant links to previous writing or academic research/publications; competing titles or similar projects; a chapter or sample of the book of at least 10,000 words; and an outline of the book's chapters. Revised proposals should not be submitted unless requested, and no detailed feedback or correspondence is given on rejected proposals.

Agency AI policy

Does not represent screenplays, scripts or poetry, and does not accept work written or enhanced by AI.

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