Ben Dunn

About

Ben is a literary agent with 30 years' publishing experience.

He spent 25 years as a publisher at HarperCollins, 4th Estate, Hodder, Bonnier Books and Penguin Random House. He has built up a select list of authors, working with them in the UK, internationally and, where relevant, for film and TV, and also helps talent agency clients prepare and sell book projects.

Genres

Looking for

• reading group
• speculative fiction
• narrative-led non-fiction
• nature writing
• media tie-in (TV, Radio, Social Media, Podcast)
• pop-science
• big ideas

Agency submission guidelines

For fiction: a brief bio, synopsis and the first three chapters or 50 pages of the manuscript. For non-fiction: a brief bio, the pitch of the book and one sample chapter. Children's books are not represented. Paper submissions are not accepted; submissions are made via the online submission form on the website.

Links

Clients include

• Jessica Davies
• Kate Bryan
• David Shrigley

Other agents at DunnFogg

• Jack Fogg

  DunnFogg

  Jack co-founded DunnFogg with Ben Dunn in 2021 and represents fiction and non-fiction as a literary agent. He worked as an editor and publisher for seventeen years, starting at Bloomsbury in 2004 before moving to 4th Estate, Hodder, Penguin Random House and HarperCollins. In 2019 he set up the Mudlark imprint at HarperCollins, which focuses on quality non-fiction.

  Genres:Business · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Memoir +4 more

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