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Sophie Lambert

C&W Agency

Submission status
Closed
When to submit
Submissions reopen 1st September 2026
Submission route
Email
Response time
Aims to reply within 8 weeks
Last checked
8 days ago

About

Sophie is a Managing Director at Conville & Walsh, representing a wide range of fiction and nonfiction authors.

She began her career as a bookseller and book buyer before working as an assistant at Janklow & Nesbit in New York. She returned to London to start her own list at Tibor Jones & Associates before joining C&W in 2013, where she became a Director and later Managing Director.

Genres

Commercial FictionFood & DrinkHistorical (Non-Fiction)Literary FictionMemoirNarrative Non-FictionOther Non-Fiction

Looking for

  • fiction which is voice driven and introduces readers to different perspectives and singular narrators
  • beautifully written literary fiction which has a strong sense of place
  • commercial crime and thrillers which keep the reader on the edge of their seats and continually surprise and excite them
  • narrative nonfiction which straddles genre
  • nature writing, travel, history, anthropology, art and the environment
  • memoir
  • books by experts in their field and specialists
  • a gorgeous, all-consuming love story
  • a food writer who matches Bill Burford or Anthony Bourdain

Not looking for

  • children's
  • young adult
  • fantasy fiction

Agency submission guidelines

Submissions should be sent by email (in .doc or .docx format) directly to the agent to be considered, with contact details listed under agent profiles. Writers should not write to more than one agent; if a book is promising, it will be passed to the person most likely to want to represent it. Postal submissions are not accepted. For fiction, email the first three chapters (or about 50 pages) and a synopsis. The synopsis should be a simplified explanation of the plot in one or two sides listing the theme, setting and characters, from the first to final chapter, rather than a blurb or cover-style teaser. For children's or young adult projects, send the first three chapters or first fifty pages, and a synopsis of the work. Picture book submissions are not currently being accepted. For non-fiction, most books are sold on proposal so the book need not be already written. A thirty-page proposal should include: what the book is about and why it needs to be written and published now; who the writer is and their credentials for writing the book (in the third person); where the book would sit on the shelves, including similar or competing published books; a chapter of sample text (usually taken from an early part of the book, but not the introduction); and an outline of chapters (a page per chapter, written in full prose). For both fiction and non-fiction, a covering letter should also be included giving an account of the background of the book and details of any writing credentials, noting any referral by a trade or personal contact, any prior correspondence with an agent, and whether the project has been or is being seen by other agents or publishers. Material should be typeset so as to be clearly legible, with the writer's name and a contact number and email address included on the first page of the manuscript. Including the title and the writer's name in the file name of the submission is helpful, as many agents read on kindle or tablet.

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Clients include

  • Amy Abdelnoor
  • Gaar Adams
  • Karen Angelico
  • Lisa Ballantyne
  • Leo Benedictus
  • Michael Bhaskar
  • Mustafa Suleyman and Michael Bhaskar
  • Megan Bradbury
  • Tom Burgis
  • Miranda Carter
  • Catherine Cho
  • Tim Clare
  • Matt Collins
  • Yvette Cooper
  • Jennifer Coolidge

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