Rachael co-founded Creative Roots Studio, where she works as a literary agent.
She has over ten years of publishing experience as an author, having published more than 25 books spanning picture books, young adult and adult non-fiction, including her debut young adult title which sold at auction to Walker Books and Macmillan US. She also serves as a trustee for English PEN and a non-executive director for ALCS.
Submissions will only be accepted by email to rachael@creativerootsstudio.com. The subject of the email should begin with the word “SUBMISSION” followed by your submission title, your name and relevant hashtags identifying if you are: underrepresented; already published or a debut (currently unpublished). For example: SUBMISSION [TITLE] [Your Name] [#underrepresented] [#debut or #published] - For picture books, please attach up to three texts. - For chapter books, please attach the full manuscript and synopsis. - For longer fiction, please attach up to 10,000 words and a synopsis. - For non-fiction, please attach a proposal and sample writing material. Texts should be in the form of a Word document attachment in a legible font with suitable line spacing. In the body of your email please include a covering note. This should include a concise pitch for your texts, comparative titles, and a bit of information about you and your writing (e.g. previous publications, writing courses, mentorships, competition placings, etc).
Fiz Osborne is an agent, author, editor and former publisher with 20 years of publishing experience. She specialises in children's books, with experience in acquiring bestsellers, list strategy, negotiation and talent development. Fiz worked as picture book Publisher at Scholastic UK, and writes children's books under the pen name Emma Adams.
Genres:Children's Books
Natalie is an agent at Originate Literary Agency, seeking game-changing stories across fiction, non-fiction, young adult and children's books. She represents Sir Lenny Henry's children's publishing. Her taste has been shaped by writers such as Toni Morrison, James Baldwin and Octavia E. Butler, and by a lifelong search for diverse voices and backgrounds in books.
Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +3 more
Rachel represents a broad range of work at CAA, from commercial to literary fiction, with some non-fiction, across adult, young adult and middle-grade markets. She spent ten years editing and commissioning fiction for young people at houses including Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster, and was global publishing director at the Roald Dahl Story Company. She became an agent in 2018 and joined CAA in 2023.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Middle Grade · Narrative Non-Fiction +1 more
Alice is a Literary Agent at Peters Fraser + Dunlop, working primarily on the children's list. After an MA in Publishing from UAL she spent five years as a scout at London Literary Scouting, specialising in children's, young adult and science fiction and fantasy across all ages and working with publishers and media companies around the world. She joined the agency in 2026 from Felicity Bryan Associates, where she was a literary agent. Alongside building her own list she sells foreign rights in the agency's children's and young adult titles across many territories.
Genres:Children's Books · Fantasy · Horror · Middle Grade · Mystery +5 more
John is a genre-fiction Literary Agent at Peters Fraser + Dunlop, specialising in fantasy, science fiction, horror, and commercial crime and thriller for adult and young adult readers. His authors have won the Future Worlds Prize and the Imagined Futures Prize and been shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize, the British Science Fiction Association and British Fantasy awards, the Shirley Jackson Awards and the Bram Stoker Awards, with titles on the Sunday Times and USA Today bestseller charts and work adapted for global cinema by Oscar-winning collaborators.
Genres:Crime · Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller +1 more
Silvia is head of the children's and young adult books department at PFD. She runs her own list of clients and sells foreign and audio rights in the agency's children's and young adult titles. The Bookseller named her its Rising Star in 2019.
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Horror +8 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
