Ludo is an Agent and the Managing Director at Eve White Literary Agency.
He joined the company in 2017 and began building his client list in 2018. He holds an MA in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway, University of London. He represents fiction, non-fiction and children's authors across genres.
The agency welcomes new clients and accepts fiction and non-fiction for adults, submitted from anywhere in the world as long as the manuscript is written in a form of English. What is not accepted: children's books (as of 1st July 2026), ghostwritten work, and any covering letters, proposals, synopses or manuscripts written using generative AI. Submissions of these will not be read. How to send: submissions are accepted by email only. Postal submissions will not be read, responded to or returned. A submission may be addressed to either the relevant reader (Nicky for fiction, Pippa for non-fiction) or a particular agent, but should be sent to only one of the listed email addresses. Fiction: send a full covering email including the word count. Prepare one attachment in Word format (or PDF if unable), named "[Book Title], [Your Name]", containing the three opening chapters or an equivalent writing sample (double line spaced), plus a synopsis of the whole plot including spoilers, no more than one page, preferably in prose though bullet points are accepted. Send to fiction@evewhite.co.uk. Non-fiction: send a full covering email including the final or projected word count. Prepare attachments in Word format (or PDF if unable): a full book proposal including some sample writing, named "[Book Title], Proposal, [Your Name]", and a CV named "CV, [Your Name]". Send to nonfiction@evewhite.co.uk.
They do not accept covering letters, proposals, synopses or manuscripts written using generative AI, and all submissions are read by experienced professionals without the use of AI.
Eve is the owner, CEO and agent at Eve White Literary Agency, which she founded in 2003. Her company represents everything from prize-winning literary fiction to bestselling picture books worldwide. Eve works closely with each author, both editorially and in shaping their career. She previously worked as an actress for 20 years before setting up the agency.
Genres:Children's Books · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
Steven is an Agent and the Company Manager at Eve White Literary Agency. He grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne and studied French and Italian at Queens' College, Cambridge, before completing an MPhil in Comparative Film and Literature. He then lived in Paris, working as a university language assistant and a freelance scout, before joining Eve White Literary Agency in 2021.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Middle Grade · Mystery +3 more
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
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
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
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
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
