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Literary Agents
for Biography

As of 9 October 2026, we list 61 UK literary agents representing biography, and 44 are open to submissions. See what each one is looking for and when we last checked.

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Andrew Gordon

David Higham Associates

Andrew joined David Higham Associates in 2007 and is a director of the company and head of the Books department. Before becoming an agent he worked on the publishing side for fifteen years, in publicity at Hodder & Stoughton and as an editor and publisher at Little, Brown and Simon & Schuster. His list is primarily non-fiction and includes leading historians, journalists and commentators. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Cundill History Prize.

Genres:Biography · Business · Current Affairs · Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir +4 more

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Last checked 10 days ago

Andrew Lownie

Andrew Lownie Literary Agency

Andrew runs the Andrew Lownie Literary Agency, which he founded in 1988. He read history at Magdalene College, Cambridge and later gained an MSc and doctorate at Edinburgh University. He began his publishing career at Hodder & Stoughton before becoming an agent at John Farquharson in 1985. He is also an author, having written several biographies including a prize-winning life of the spy Guy Burgess.

Genres:Biography · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction

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Last checked 4 days ago

Angelique Tran Van Sang

Felicity Bryan Associates

Angelique is an agent at Felicity Bryan Associates, building a list of fiction, non-fiction and select poetry. She joined FBA after seven years as an editor at Bloomsbury, where she worked with authors including Reni Eddo-Lodge and Kamila Shamsie. As a former editor, she enjoys helping writers develop their work at both structure and line level before submission to publishers.

Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Current Affairs · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction +3 more

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Last checked 13 days ago

Barbara Levy

Barbara Levy Literary Agency

Barbara runs her own literary agency, looking after a distinguished client list. She provides personal attention to each client at all times.

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction

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Last checked 11 days ago

Catherine Clarke

Felicity Bryan Associates

Catherine has been building a list of adult non-fiction and children's fiction writers since 2001. She particularly loves history, philosophy and biography, especially from authors with academic credentials who also have the writerly skill to make readers see their subjects in a new light, as well as outstanding nature writing with a dash of compelling memoir. In 2017 she was named Literary Agent of the Year in the British Book Awards, and she served as President of the Association of Authors' Agents from 2022 to 2024.

Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +1 more

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Last checked 13 days ago

Clare Hulton

Clare Hulton Literary Agency

Clare founded her own agency in 2012, after senior publishing roles at Bloomsbury, Macmillan, Penguin and Random House. Her list has a particular interest in food writing, cookery, memoir, biography, true crime and commercial fiction. Her authors have featured on bestseller lists in the UK, USA, Australia and Canada, and have won awards and been translated into many languages.

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Memoir +3 more

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Last checked 14 days ago

Connor Brown

Andrew Nurnberg Associates

Connor joined Andrew Nurnberg Associates in 2025 after a career as an editor, primarily at Penguin Random House, most recently as editorial director at Viking, Penguin, and previously at The Bodley Head. He has worked with a wide range of bestselling and prize-winning authors of upmarket non-fiction, and was named a Bookseller Rising Star in 2023.

Genres:Biography · Health & Wellness · Historical Non-Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +1 more

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Last checked 14 days ago

Daisy Parente

Lutyens & Rubinstein

Daisy is an associate agent at Lutyens & Rubinstein. She joined the agency in 2008 and has run her own list since 2012. She is a voracious reader who enjoys thinking about how books work in the world, but she most loves being swept away by a book she cannot put down.

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink +9 more

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Last checked 11 days ago

Dame Caroline Michel

Peters Fraser + Dunlop

Caroline Michel DBE has been chief executive of PFD since 2007, and chairs the Hay Festival, having previously served as its trustee. She was formerly chair of the BFI Trust, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and of the Royal Society of Literature, vice president of the London Library and a trustee of Historic Royal Palaces. She has sat on boards including the BFI and Somerset House, served on the Booker Prize Advisory Committee, and has been a longstanding champion of libraries and librarians.

Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction

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Dorie Simmonds

Dorie Simmonds Agency Ltd

Dorie is a literary agent at the Dorie Simmonds Agency, handling general nonfiction, commercial fiction and children's books. She has worked within publishing houses, is a published author and knows every aspect of the publishing world. Dorie studied at Vassar College and the London School of Economics, and has worked at William Morrow & Company, Dell Publishing, Dorling Kindersley and Reed Children's before opening her own agency.

Genres:Biography · Business · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction +12 more

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Last checked 5 days ago

Elise Dillsworth

Elise Dillsworth Agency

Elise is a literary agent based in London, representing literary and general fiction and non-fiction. She became an agent in 2012, having previously worked as a commissioning editor at Virago Press. She co-founded the Diversity in Publishing Network in 2004 and has judged several literary prizes, including the OCM Bocas Fiction Prize and the SI Leeds Prize.

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +2 more

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Elise Dillsworth

David Higham Associates

Elise became a literary agent in 2012, having previously been a commissioning editor at Virago Press. She co-founded the Diversity in Publishing Network in 2004, which received the New Venture Award from Women in Publishing in 2005. Her authors have won or been nominated for awards including the Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the Caine Prize, the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, the Forward Prize and the Women's Prize for Fiction.

Genres:Biography · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more

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Last checked 10 days ago

Elliot Prior

Curtis Brown Ltd

Joined Curtis Brown in 2022 and is an Associate Agent working alongside Gordon Wise. Previously worked for Albatross Agency in Stockholm and as a scout at Eccles Fisher Associates, and before publishing taught English literature at secondary schools in London.

Genres:Biography · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +2 more

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Last checked 12 days ago

Emily Sweet

Aevitas Creative Management

Emily is a hands-on, creative and energetic literary agent based in London, working with Aevitas Creative Management. She spent ten years as an editor in trade publishing houses before becoming an agent. She takes a personal, collaborative approach with authors, focusing primarily on non-fiction and placing clients with publishers ranging from the major houses to smaller independents. Her broad UK and US client list includes journalists, chefs, academics and health professionals.

Genres:Biography · Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Historical Non-Fiction +4 more

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Last checked 5 days ago

Emma Bal

Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency

Emma is a Literary Agent at Madeleine Milburn specialising in non-fiction, with a list that has secured major deals around the world. She champions leading experts including historians, archaeologists, economists, investigative journalists, philosophers, environmentalists, psychologists and scientists, and particularly enjoys working with academics to build and shape the kernel of a book idea into a proposal for the trade. Before agenting she spent over a decade in publishing at Penguin Press and then Bloomsbury, leading campaigns for non-fiction and launching the careers of Nobel prize-winning economists, Pulitzer prize-winning journalists, historians, scientists, memoirists, activists and poets, among them Peter Frankopan, Rutger Bregman, William Dalrymple, Claudia Rankine, Lisa Taddeo, Owen Jones and Patricia Lockwood.

Genres:Biography · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more

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Last checked 14 days ago

Emma Paterson

Aitken Alexander Associates

Emma is a Director at Aitken Alexander Associates. She joined the agency in 2018 after eight years at other literary agencies. She is a member of the Booker Prize Foundation Advisory Committee and an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She represents writers of fiction, non-fiction and poetry, including a number of bestselling and prize-winning authors.

Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction +9 more

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Last checked 5 days ago

Esme Bright

David Higham Associates

Esme assists Andrew Gordon and Jessica Woollard and is starting to build her own list of literary fiction, narrative non-fiction and poetry. She is actively searching for writers who combine intellect, intention and feeling, and would love to hear from new authors.

Genres:Biography · Food & Drink · Graphic Novels · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction +4 more

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Last checked 10 days ago

Fiona Lindsay

Limelight Management

Fiona is the Managing Director of Limelight Management, a boutique London-based literary and talent agency founded in 1989. With a long background in broker deals for television, lifestyle, and expert-led authors, she oversees a selective authors’ list that bridges publishing, broadcast, and branding.

Genres:Biography · Business · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime +13 more

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Last checked 16 days ago

Georgina Capel

Georgina Capel Associates

Georgina is a literary agent who works with top international authors, negotiating global deals for over twenty-five years. She joined William Heinemann's rights department in 1983 before moving to Secker and Warburg as Rights Director. After five years there, she moved to Jonathan Cape as Rights Director and deputy Managing Director, and later became Group Rights Director of Random House. She is married to the publisher Anthony Cheetham.

Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Historical Non-Fiction · Poetry · Politics +1 more

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Last checked 14 days ago

Gordon Wise

Curtis Brown Ltd

Joined Curtis Brown in 2005 after nearly fifteen years as an editor and later publishing director at companies including Pan Macmillan and John Murray, having begun in the industry as a bookseller in 1989. Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards, past President of the Association of Authors' Agents, and has been joint Managing Director of the Curtis Brown Books Department. Known as a developer of original ideas with an eye for reinvention and brand management. Works closely with Elliot Prior.

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Non-Fiction +5 more

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Last checked 12 days ago

Guy Rose

Futerman, Rose & Associates

Guy is the agency principal at Futerman, Rose & Associates, representing a wide range of non-fiction and fiction writers. He studied English with the novelist Tom Sharpe and co-wrote his obituary for The Times. Guy has built a varied and loyal list of writers, including senior politicians, high court judges, QCs, barristers and well-known faces from stage and screen. He also represents humourists, screenwriters, television dramatists and film producers.

Genres:Biography · Business · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Politics +2 more

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Last checked 11 days ago

Imogen Morrell

Greene & Heaton Ltd

Imogen is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton, representing literary and upmarket fiction and non-fiction. Imogen joined the agency in 2018. Before that, Imogen studied English Literature at King's College London and gained an MSt in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Oxford.

Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs · Fantasy +14 more

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Last checked 19 days ago

Isabel Atherton

Creative Authors Ltd

Isabel is an experienced literary agent with an eye for commercial potential, representing prize-winning authors and illustrators from around the world. She founded Creative Authors in 2008. Isabel holds a BA in English Literature and an MA in Contemporary Approaches to English Studies, both from Goldsmiths College, University of London.

Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness +4 more

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Last checked 17 days ago

Isobel Dixon

Blake Friedmann Literary Agency

Isobel is MD and Head of Books at Blake Friedmann Literary Agency, representing writers from around the world, including bestsellers and international prize winners. Her clients' work spans contemporary, historical and literary fiction, crime and thrillers, memoir, biography and narrative history. Isobel was born and educated in South Africa and in Edinburgh, where she completed master's degrees in English literature and applied linguistics.

Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +4 more

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Last checked 22 days ago

Jane Turnbull

Jane Turnbull’s Literary Agency

Jane runs her own literary agency, specialising in high quality adult non-fiction and fiction and young adult fiction for young teens. She was a publisher before setting up her business in 1987, which she now runs from London and Cornwall. She has a distinguished list of clients and works closely with them on editing, proposals and publicity.

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction +4 more

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Last checked 8 days ago

Jessica Lee

A.M. Heath & Co. Ltd

Jessica is an Associate Agent at A.M. Heath, building a list of literary fiction and non-fiction. Her fiction taste ranges from the highly literary to novels that engage a broader readership. In non-fiction she focuses on writing that balances scholarship with a vivid personal component, such as literary biography, socially-rooted memoir and cultural history.

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +4 more

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Last checked 5 days ago

Jon Curzon

Artellus

Jon represents literary fiction and non-fiction that starts conversations and sparks ideas. His interests span debut fiction, memoir and nature writing to science, history and biography, always favouring writers whose work is intelligent and original. His authors have been published internationally and reviewed in outlets such as the Guardian and the New York Times. Jon also freelance edits for clients including Jericho Writers and Curtis Brown Creative.

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +4 more

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Last checked 12 days ago

Judith Murray

Greene & Heaton Ltd

Judith is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton. She joined the agency in 1995. Before that, she worked as a talent scout for translation publishers and as an editor for various publishers. She studied English literature at Wadham College, Oxford.

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction +8 more

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Last checked 19 days ago

Kate Barker

Kate Barker Literary Agency

Kate is a literary agent based in London with over twenty years of experience in publishing. She has worked as an agent, commissioning editor and ghostwriter. She spent ten years at Penguin, where she was an Editorial Director for Viking, acquiring fiction and non-fiction. She has also worked for Orion, a major UK literary agency, digital publisher Bookouture and a speakers bureau.

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Health & Wellness +11 more

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Last checked 15 days ago

Keshava Guha

Aevitas Creative Management

Keshava is an agent at Aevitas UK, building an international list that is primarily non-fiction with select fiction projects. He joined Aevitas UK in 2025, having previously worked as a senior editor at Juggernaut Books in New Delhi, where he published literary fiction as well as history and current affairs. He is also a novelist and essayist, and holds degrees from Harvard College, the Columbia Publishing Course and a master's from Goldsmiths, University of London. Keshava is not open to fiction submissions at this time.

Genres:Biography · Health & Wellness · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +1 more

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Last checked 5 days ago

Lauren Gardner

Bell Lomax Moreton

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

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Michael Dean

Andrew Nurnberg Associates

Michael is Managing Director of Andrew Nurnberg Associates and an agent working across UK and US rights and film and TV. He began his career in publishing in 2016 as Andrew Nurnberg's assistant and has remained with the agency since, representing New York Times and Sunday Times bestsellers across fiction and non-fiction along with prestigious literary estates, among them winners of the Pulitzer Prize, the Baillie Gifford Prize, the Prix Goncourt, the Strega Prize, the CWA Gold Dagger, the International Prize for Arabic Fiction and the Hugo Award.

Genres:Biography · Current Affairs · Historical Non-Fiction · Politics · Thriller

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Last checked 14 days ago

Monica MacSwan

Aitken Alexander Associates

Monica is an Associate Agent at Aitken Alexander, where she has worked in the books department since 2020. Her authors include Peter Apps, Onyi Nwabineli and Nicola Dinan. She is actively building a list of new writers and also handles speaking engagements at the agency for several clients.

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Current Affairs · Food & Drink +8 more

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Last checked 3 days ago

Natalie Galustian

Greyhound Literary

Natalie represents narrative and commercial non-fiction as well as literary fiction. She spent fifteen years as an antiquarian book dealer before becoming an agent, first with Simon Finch Rare Books and later running her own rare book shop and gallery in Cecil Court. In 2017, she co-edited an anthology of new short stories about poker with the writer Anthony Holden.

Genres:Biography · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction

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Last checked 19 days ago

Natalie Jerome

Originate Literary Agency

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

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Paul Moreton

Bell Lomax Moreton

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

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Rachel Goldblatt

Curtis Brown Ltd

Joined Curtis Brown in 2022 and is now an Associate Agent, assisting Jonathan Lloyd while actively building her own list. Keen to hear from debut novelists, and counts working editorially with authors among her favourite parts of the job.

Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction +3 more

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Last checked 12 days ago

Rachel Mills

Rachel Mills Literary

Rachel is the founder and director of RML, which she established in 2019. She previously worked as a literary agent at Furniss Lawton and as Agent and International Business Director at Peters Fraser and Dunlop, where she sat on the Executive Board. Before that she worked in publishing at Penguin and Random House. Over twenty years in the industry, she has secured major publishing and screen deals for a wide range of authors.

Genres:Biography · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction

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Robert Dudley

Robert Dudley Agency

Robert is the founder and principal of the Robert Dudley Agency, based in Ashford, Kent. He began his career as an independent publisher and book packager under Bowerdean Press before launching his agency in 2000. His firm remains small and highly selective, allowing for personalised editorial feedback and support. 

Genres:Biography · Business · Current Affairs · Historical Non-Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more

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Sally Holloway

Felicity Bryan Associates

Sally represents a broad range of non-fiction authors, from award-winning and bestselling names to those whose careers have only just begun. As a former editor, Sally particularly enjoys working with writers to turn a great idea into a great book. Sally is a trustee of the Jane Grigson Trust and founded the Jane Grigson Trust Award for first-time writers on food and drink.

Genres:Biography · Business · Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction +1 more

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Last checked 13 days ago

Sarah Ballard

C&W Agency

Sarah is a literary agent at C&W Agency, representing fiction and non-fiction. She trained in editorial at Sceptre, Hodder & Stoughton, and was an in-house editor at PFD before becoming a literary agent in her own right in 2008, co-founding United Agents. She joined C&W in 2024, bringing her list of authors with her.

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs +9 more

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Last checked 15 days ago

Teresa Chris

Teresa Chris Literary Agency

Teresa founded Teresa Chris Literary Agency in London in the early nineties, specialising in crime and women's commercial fiction. Over the last ten years the agency has placed more emphasis on fiction, handling both commercial and literary titles. Teresa is known for discovering new talent through the slush pile and recommendations, and for helping authors revive stalled careers.

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +3 more

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Last checked 21 days ago

Tom Cull

Cull & Co. Ltd

Tom leads Cull & Co. Ltd, a UK-based literary agency representing nonfiction and occasional fiction. He works closely with authors, bringing a keen eye for unique voices and compelling stories. The agency specialises in a wide range of nonfiction genres, including memoirs, biographies, history, current affairs, politics, travel, science, nature writing, sport and music.

Genres:Biography · Current Affairs · Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir · Politics +3 more

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Last checked 19 days ago

Trevor Dolby

Aevitas Creative Management

Trevor is an agent at Aevitas Creative Management UK, with thirty-five years' experience in UK non-fiction publishing. He has published many bestselling authors, including Dave Pelzer and James Holland. He was Publisher and Managing Director of HarperCollins Entertainment, where he managed worldwide publishing rights to J.R.R. Tolkien. In 2007 he launched the Preface imprint at Random House.

Genres:Biography · Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction

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Last checked 5 days ago

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Jonathan Lloyd

Curtis Brown Ltd

President of Curtis Brown. Joined the agency in 1994 from HarperCollins, where he was Managing Director of Adult Trade Publishing. Represents a number of best-selling fiction authors and a wide range of non-fiction clients, including well-known autobiographers, politicians and celebrities. President of the Association of Authors' Agents from 1999 to 2002, and Agent of the Year at the British Book Industry Awards in 2009. His associate is Rachel Goldblatt.

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Politics

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Last checked 12 days ago

Clare Alexander

Aitken Alexander Associates

Clare is Chair of Aitken Alexander Associates. Before becoming a literary agent, she spent more than 20 years in publishing, editing books that won the Booker Prize, the Orange Prize (now the Women's Prize) and the Whitbread Award. She represents novelists including Pat Barker, Sebastian Faulks and Mark Haddon. She is a Founding Patron of the Women's Prize and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir

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Harriet Moore

Aitken Alexander Associates

Harriet is an agent at Aitken Alexander Associates, representing literary fiction, non-fiction and poetry. She joined Aitken Alexander Associates in 2024 after a decade at David Higham Associates. She is drawn to literary novelists who play with genre and form, and admires writers who approach subjects and archives in rigorous, intimate ways.

Genres:Biography · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Poetry

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Annette Green

Annette Green Authors’ Agency

Annette handles a wide range of work across both fiction and non-fiction. Annette is particularly interested in literary fiction, general and mass market fiction (including thrillers, comedies and horror), current affairs, history, science, politics, popular culture (film, TV, sport and music), memoir, biography, and older children’s and teenage fiction. Annette does not usually handle science fiction or fantasy, and Annette does not consider poetry or dramatic scripts.

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Current Affairs · Historical Non-Fiction · Horror +7 more

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Caro Clarke

Portobello Literary

Caro Clarke is the founder and literary agent at Portobello Literary. They founded the agency in 2022 after twelve years working in publishing houses, including Transworld (PRH) and Canongate Books, as a Senior Rights Manager. They were named Rights Professional of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2021. In 2019, they co-founded the Nan Shepherd Prize for underrepresented nature writers.

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy +16 more

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Last checked 7 days ago

Carol Heaton

Greene & Heaton Ltd

Carol is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton, representing clients across biography, history, current affairs, travel, gardening, health and fiction. She has been involved with the agency continually since 1968, and took over most of Elaine Greene's clients when Elaine died in 1995. Carol gained her early publishing experience at Penguin, where she worked as Rights Director for twelve years, specialising in the sale of American rights.

Genres:Biography · Current Affairs · Health & Wellness · Historical Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +1 more

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Last checked 19 days ago

Charlotte Howard

Fox & Howard Literary Agency

Charlotte co-founded Fox & Howard Literary Agency in 1992. She previously worked as a publisher at Virgin Books, Pan Macmillan and Methuen Books.

Genres:Biography · Business · Health & Wellness · Historical Non-Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +1 more

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Charlotte Seymour

Johnson & Alcock Ltd

Charlotte is an agent at Johnson & Alcock, building a list across fiction and non-fiction. She studied modern languages and began her career as a literary scout at Eccles Fisher Associates, before becoming an agent at Andrew Nurnberg Associates in 2015. She joined Johnson & Alcock in 2022 and also champions a select number of titles in translation each year.

Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction +8 more

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Chelsey Fox

Fox & Howard Literary Agency

Chelsey co-founded Fox & Howard Literary Agency in 1992. She previously worked as a publisher at Virgin Books, Pan Macmillan and Methuen Books. The agency specialises in commercial non-fiction.

Genres:Biography · Business · Health & Wellness · Historical Non-Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +1 more

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Elly James

HHB Agency Ltd

Elly is director and agent at HHB Agency Ltd. She joined the agency in 2007 to work alongside its founder, Heather Holden-Brown, and became sole director in 2024 after Heather's retirement. Before working as an agent, she worked in television and film development, looking for great storytellers and original voices.

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction +9 more

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Last checked 19 days ago

Eugenie Furniss

42 Management & Production

Eugenie is a literary agent at 42 Management & Production. She spent fifteen years at WME, running their London book division for her final three years there. In 2012 she left to set up Furniss Lawton, a literary division for the James Grant Group, which she ran for seven years before joining 42 in March 2019. She has been shortlisted twice for Literary Agent of the Year at The British Book Awards.

Genres:Biography · Business · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs +6 more

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Gaia Banks

Sheil Land Associates Ltd

Gaia is a primary agent at Sheil Land Associates, representing fiction and non-fiction. She has worked in publishing for over 20 years, joining Sheil Land as an agent in 2004 after working in translation rights at John Murray. For 17 years she handled the agency's translation rights for its authors while also acting as a primary agent, becoming a primary agent full-time in 2022. She takes on one or two new writers a year, looking for projects with wide international appeal.

Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Health & Wellness +8 more

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Jason Bartholomew

The BKS Agency

Jason co-founded The bks Agency after two decades working in-house in UK and US publishing. He spent ten years in New York publishing, primarily at Hachette Book Group USA, before moving to Hachette UK in 2008 as Rights Director across Hodder & Stoughton, Headline Publishing Group, Quercus Books and John Murray Press. In 2015 he also became Publishing Director of Quercus US in New York. Jason is also CEO of the Cultural Communications Agency Midas, which provides PR, social and marketing campaigns for arts and publishing clients.

Genres:Biography · Business · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs +11 more

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Marilia Savvides

The Plot Agency

Marilia founded The Plot Agency in 2024 and represents an eclectic list of writers. She began her career at Peters Fraser and Dunlop, working first as an International Rights Agent and later as a Literary Agent. She then spent four years as a Literary Agent at 42MP, helping to launch the Book Division. She holds a law degree from UCL and is a graduate of the Columbia Publishing Course.

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs +12 more

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Rachel Calder

The Sayle Literary Agency

Rachel has run The Sayle Literary Agency since 1993.

Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more

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Sheila Crowley

Curtis Brown Ltd

Born and bred in Dublin, she started her publishing career at Poolbeg Press before moving to London in 1991, holding senior sales and marketing positions at publishers including HarperCollins and Hodder, and moved to agenting in 2003. Represents a wide range of authors, from award-winning novelists to million-copy-selling non-fiction writers, and is also interested in taking on published writers who want to reinvigorate their career or change direction. Assisted by Helena Maybery.

Genres:Biography · Business · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction +11 more

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Toby Mundy

Aevitas Creative Management

Toby is CEO of ACM UK. He founded Atlantic Books, where he was chief executive and publisher from 2000 to 2014, publishing many bestsellers and prize-winning titles. Since 2014, he has served as director of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction.

Genres:Biography · Current Affairs · Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more

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