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Literary Agents
for Children's Books

As of 9 October 2026, we list 80 UK literary agents representing children's books, and 63 are open to submissions. See what each one is looking for and when we last checked.

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Abi Fellows

DHH Literary Agency

Abi is a literary agent at DHH Literary Agency. She has broad experience across bookselling, publishing and literary scouting, having worked at Blackwell's, Faber and Faber, Georgina Capel Associates and RR Ltd before returning to agenting at The Good Literary Agency in 2019, building a list focused on writers from marginalised backgrounds. She joined DHH Literary Agency in 2023.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Current Affairs · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +9 more

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Last checked 13 days ago

Alice Caprio

Peters Fraser + Dunlop

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

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Alice Sutherland-Hawes

ASH Literary

Alice represents authors and illustrators working from board and picture books through to crossover young adult. She co-founded ASH Literary, which launched in September 2020, alongside Saffron Dodd. She is based in London.

Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Graphic Novels · Literary Fiction +7 more

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Last checked 12 days ago

Alice Williams

Alice Williams Literary

Alice set up her agency in 2018 after representing children's books for over ten years at David Higham Associates. She is a passionate champion of the writers and illustrators she works with. Alice focuses on sensitive editorial and portfolio development, submitting and showcasing clients' work widely, and on considered rights management.

Genres:Children's Books · Fantasy · Mystery · Other Non-Fiction · Romance +2 more

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Last checked 20 days ago

Amber Caravéo

Skylark Literary

Amber is a children's literary agent and co-founder of Skylark Literary. She was previously Editorial Director at Orion Children's Books and Senior Commissioning Editor for Random House Children's Books. She began her career at Working Partners, where she worked on series including the million-copy-selling Rainbow Magic. Amber now uses her editorial experience to support children's authors and build relationships between writers and publishers.

Genres:Children's Books · Middle Grade · Young Adult

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Last checked 17 days ago

Amy Fitzgerald

The Bright Agency

Amy joined Bright in 2020 and represents a diverse list of authors and illustrators working across all genres and age ranges, with a particular passion for non-fiction, an area she has been actively growing. Before Bright she built a varied career in publishing as both an agent and an editor, working with creatives ranging from established franchises to debut talent.

Genres:Children's Books · Middle Grade · Young Adult

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Last checked 25 days ago

Antony Harwood

Antony Harwood Literary Agency

Antony is a literary agent and founder of Antony Harwood Ltd. He began his career at Chatto & Windus, working across production and publicity before becoming a commissioning editor, where he worked with authors including Angela Carter, Hilary Mantel and Iris Murdoch. He became a literary agent in 1985 and was a director at Wylie, Aitken & Stone and Curtis Brown before setting up his own agency in 2000.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Middle Grade · Other Non-Fiction · Young Adult

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Last checked 3 days ago

Becca Langton

Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency

Becca is a Senior Literary Agent at the Darley Anderson Children's Book Agency, with a focus on North American rights. She joined in 2021 after ten years in IP development, editorial consultancy and scouting, and has spent four years building a children's, illustration, young adult and crossover to new adult list with a focus on the North American market. Recent deals include USA Today and New York Times bestsellers and YALSA Award winners, with sales across the Big Five publishers and independent houses. Becca is an editorial agent who likes to work closely with authors and illustrators from concept to finished manuscript, and is particularly interested in creators writing from marginalised perspectives.

Genres:Children's Books · Fantasy · Graphic Novels · Horror · Middle Grade +2 more

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Last checked 14 days ago

Becky Bagnell

Lindsay Literary Agency

Becky founded the Lindsay Literary Agency in 2008, naming it after her maiden name. She has worked in publishing for over 25 years, starting her career at Trinity College Dublin reading manuscripts for the Lilliput Press. She later moved to Macmillan in London as a commissioning editor, working alongside authors such as Max Hastings, Robert Service and John Simpson.

Genres:Children's Books · Fantasy · Middle Grade · Young Adult

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Last checked 8 days ago

Bryony Woods

Bryony Woods Literary Agency

Bryony represents an eclectic mix of writers, with a list spanning quirky children's fiction and young adult through to adult fiction and selected non-fiction. She set up her own literary agency in 2012, after working in specialist bookshops, libraries and at the Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency. She holds an MA in Publishing from University College London. She has mentored aspiring writers, agents and editors through organisations such as the Stationers Company and the WoMentoring Project.

Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Literary Fiction · Memoir +5 more

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Last checked 11 days ago

Callen Martin

Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency

Callen is a Literary Agent at Madeleine Milburn, specialising in accessible middle grade (7 and up), young adult and science fiction and fantasy, with an action and adventure focus. He joined the agency in January 2026 from Bell Lomax Moreton, where he worked as an assistant and then as maternity cover for a senior agent's list before building his own children's, young adult and new adult list. He grew up in foster care and completed Bath Spa University's MA in Writing for Young People in 2019, the first care-experienced person in East Sussex to study at postgraduate level, and began in publishing with placements at Chicken House, Walker Books and Penguin Michael Joseph before working freelance as a submission reader, competition judge, sensitivity reader and manuscript assessor. In 2026 he was named the agent judge for the Times and Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition.

Genres:Children's Books · Fantasy · Middle Grade · Science Fiction · Thriller +1 more

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Last checked 14 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

Catherine Pellegrino

Marjacq Scripts Ltd

Catherine is a literary agent at Marjacq who represents children's and adult fiction. She began agenting at Rogers, Coleridge and White in 2007. She set up her own agency, CPA, when she moved to France in 2011, and is now based in London.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Middle Grade +3 more

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Last checked 10 days ago

Charlotte Colwill

Colwill & Peddle

Charlotte is a literary agent at Colwill & Peddle, representing fiction and children's books. She began her career as a bookseller in independent bookshops in London and Melbourne, later running the children's department at Foyles on Charing Cross Road. She became an agent in 2018, working at Tibor Jones and Jo Unwin Literary Agency before building her own list of authors.

Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction +7 more

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Last checked 8 days ago

Christabel McKinley

David Higham Associates

Christabel came into publishing via teaching English in Korea, where she taught literature to children between six and eleven years of age. She believes children's books should be accessible, inclusive and unpatronising, as well as impactful and a pleasure to read. She represents authors and illustrators across the spectrum of writing and illustrating for children and young adults, spanning fiction to non-fiction and picture books to graphic novels.

Genres:Children's Books · Fantasy · Graphic Novels · Historical Fiction · Middle Grade +3 more

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Last checked 10 days ago

Claire Cartey

Holroyde Cartey

Claire co-founded Holroyde Cartey, a literary agency representing authors and illustrators in children's publishing, licensing, film and television. She has worked in children's publishing for over twenty years, including as Art Director at Hodder Children's Books and in design for Random House.

Genres:Children's Books · Other Non-Fiction

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Last checked 17 days ago

Claire Wilson

Rogers, Coleridge & White (RCW)

Claire is a director at RCW Literary Agency, representing an eclectic list of children's, young adult and adult authors. She joined RCW in 2007, having previously worked in publishing sales and rights, and became a director in 2015. She is currently President of the Association of Authors' Agents. She was awarded Literary Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2023.

Genres:Children's Books · Young Adult

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Last checked 7 days ago

Clare Pearson

Eddison Pearson Ltd

Clare runs Eddison Pearson Ltd, representing a small list of hard-working, acclaimed authors and author-illustrators. She read History at Cambridge University and completed a postgraduate diploma in publishing before spending five years as an editor at Walker Books. Clare founded Eddison Pearson in 1997 and has led the agency ever since. She enjoys nurturing talent and helping to build careers.

Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Middle Grade · Young Adult

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Last checked 13 days ago

Clare Wallace

Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency

Clare has been working with Darley Anderson since 2011 and is Managing Director and a literary agent at the Darley Anderson Children's Book Agency. Her clients have been Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers and Irish Book Award winners, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, picked as Waterstones Children's Book of the Month, shortlisted for the Branford Boase, and nominated, longlisted and shortlisted for the Carnegie, with many titles adapted for or in development for the screen. In 2024 she was shortlisted for Agent of the Year by the British Book Awards. Before joining Darley Anderson she proof-listened to audio books, took a Masters in Creative Writing, coached international students, worked as a research assistant, assisted at a specialist non-fiction agency, waitressed and bartended for years, cherry-picked for months in Gumeracha, and worked one night in a casino emptying ashtrays. Working closely with her clients she is in it for the long term, and she loves creative discussions and developing ideas as much as the satisfying polish of a last line edit. She represents everything from picture books through to young adult, alongside a boutique list of adult fiction, and is always led by standout voices and characters. She is passionate about inclusivity and keen to read submissions from under-represented writers.

Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Graphic Novels · Historical Non-Fiction +7 more

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Last checked 14 days ago

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

Emily Talbot

United Agents

Emily is a literary agent representing children's illustrators and authors of picture books, middle grade, young adult and non-fiction. She started at United Agents in 2013 in the foreign rights department, handling overseas rights for UA's children's authors and illustrators, before moving into primary agenting in 2015. Before that, she worked in a primary school, reading with children every day and learning what they enjoy reading.

Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Graphic Novels · Horror +5 more

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Last checked 11 days ago

Emma Layfield

Children’s Books North Agency

Emma founded Children's Books North Agency in 2024 and represents authors and illustrators of picture books, fiction and non-fiction. She has 25 years of children's publishing experience, including a role at Hachette Children's Group as Group Picture Book Publisher, where she commissioned and launched several successful series. She is co-founder of Children's Books North Network and mentors with the AOI, Children's Books North Network and SYP North.

Genres:Children's Books · Young Adult

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Last checked 14 days ago

Enrichetta Frezzato

Red Kite Literary

Enrichetta founded Red Kite Literary in January 2026. Originally from Italy, she moved to the UK to complete a DPhil in Modern Languages at Oxford University. She spent ten years at Curtis Brown, working in translation rights and as a primary agent, before starting her own list representing UK-based and international writers and illustrators across adult and children's.

Genres:Children's Books · Graphic Novels · Middle Grade · Romance · Thriller +1 more

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Last checked 15 days ago

Eve White

Eve White Literary Agency

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

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Last checked 6 days ago

Gemma Cooper

Gemma Cooper Literary

Gemma is a literary agent and founder of Gemma Cooper Literary. She has worked as a literary agent since 2011, including as a director at The Bent Agency, before setting up her own agency in 2024. Her list is typified by big-concept, commercial series fiction for children and young adults. She has lived and worked in New York, Chicago and London, giving her a global approach to representation.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Cosy Mystery · Crime +8 more

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Last checked 13 days ago

Georgia Garrett

Rogers, Coleridge & White (RCW)

Georgia is deputy managing director at RCW and represents fiction, narrative non-fiction and children's books. She joined RCW as a director in 2011, having previously been joint deputy managing director of AP Watt and an agent at the Wylie Agency. Before that, she was editorial director at Picador and an editor at Victor Gollancz.

Genres:Children's Books · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction

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Last checked 7 days ago

Georgia Tournay-Godfrey

The Bright Agency

Georgia's passion is ideas: finding them, shaping them and connecting them with the right publishing homes. She works across picture books, preschool, non-fiction and graphic novels, helping writers and illustrators develop their storytelling, refine their concepts and build long-term careers. Championing under-represented voices drives her work, particularly creators from working-class and lower socioeconomic backgrounds whose stories and perspectives have been overlooked.

Genres:Children's Books · Middle Grade · Other Non-Fiction

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Last checked 25 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

Gill McLay

Bath Literary Agency

Gill is an agent at Bath Literary Agency, representing authors and illustrators of fiction and non-fiction. She graduated with a Publishing & Marketing degree from Oxford Brookes University and has worked in publishing since 1996. Her career includes sales, marketing and commercial roles at Barefoot Books and Egmont. She co-founded the Bath Festival of Children's Literature and now runs Events of Wonder with her husband, John McLay.

Genres:Children's Books · Middle Grade · Other Non-Fiction · Young Adult

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Last checked 21 days ago

Gyamfia Osei

Andrew Nurnberg Associates

Gyamfia joined ANA in 2023 as a literary agent in the United Kingdom department, having previously been at The Good Literary Agency, where she began building a list of award-winning and bestselling authors writing from middle grade and young adult up to adult fiction. A Bookseller Rising Star, she now focuses on expanding the agency's list of children's authors, particularly in genre fiction and crossover, while representing a select list of adult commercial fiction and narrative non-fiction, and she oversees the English-language representation of ANA's international children's authors.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Fantasy · Food & Drink · Graphic Novels +9 more

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Last checked 14 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 Boston

David Higham Associates

Isobel joined David Higham in 2025 after more than ten years working as an editor in illustrated children's publishing. She began her career at Templar Publishing and Big Picture Press, commissioning across a boutique list of illustrated books, and was later Commissioning Editor at Walker Books. She is building a list of children's book creators and works across all formats.

Genres:Children's Books · Graphic Novels · Middle Grade · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction

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Last checked 10 days ago

Jenny Savill

Andrew Nurnberg Associates

Jenny is from Nottingham, studied medieval history at St Andrews, and joined ANA as assistant to Andrew Nurnberg in 2002, after several years in the theatre. She initiated and built the agency's children's list, added adult fiction to her roster in 2012, and is known for building award-winning writing careers across both children's and adult books. She led ANA as managing director between 2022 and 2025, following the retirement of founder Andrew Nurnberg, and is a longstanding visiting speaker at universities and literary festivals across the United Kingdom.

Genres:Children's Books · Crime · Historical Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction +7 more

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Last checked 14 days ago

Jo Williamson

Antony Harwood Literary Agency

Jo is a literary agent at Antony Harwood Literary Agency. She started working in children's publishing PR in 1995 and later worked at DK, HarperCollins and Orion before becoming a literary agent with Antony Harwood in 2008. She has built up a list of clients and enjoys close working relationships with her authors, focusing on building long-term careers for them.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Middle Grade +6 more

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Joanna Moult

Skylark Literary

Joanna is a children's literary agent and co-founder of Skylark Literary. She began her publishing career at Hodder Children's Books, editing authors such as Cressida Cowell, Alex Shearer and Kes Gray. She went on to run the Children's Editorial Department at Simon & Schuster Children's Books and later became Editorial Director for Children's Fiction at Mulcahy Conway Associates. These editorial roles led her to set up Skylark Literary with Amber.

Genres:Children's Books · Middle Grade · Young Adult

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Last checked 17 days ago

Jodie Hodges

United Agents

Jodie is a children's book agent at United Agents, representing authors and illustrators across picture books, young fiction and graphic novels. She began working with Rosemary Canter in 2006, assisting on her list, and was made an agent in 2010. Her areas of interest have stayed consistent over the years, centred on picture books, classic storytelling for 8-12s and illustrators with a distinctive style.

Genres:Children's Books · Fantasy · Graphic Novels · Historical Fiction · Middle Grade

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Last checked 11 days ago

Julia Churchill

A.M. Heath & Co. Ltd

Julia runs the children's books department at A.M. Heath. She represents writing for children of all ages from three upward, with particular interest in middle grade and young adult fiction. Her own love of reading began with picture books and grew through classic children's novels. She is drawn to the intensity that young readers feel when they lose themselves in a story.

Genres:Children's Books · Middle Grade · Other Non-Fiction · Poetry · Romance +2 more

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Justine Smith

Bell Lomax Moreton

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

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Kat Lenahan

Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency

Kat is a Junior Agent and Agency Assistant at the Darley Anderson Children's Book Agency, building her own list, and she also handles audio rights for the agency. Before joining, she worked in production in visual effects on The Witcher and The Wheel of Time, then completed an MA in Creative and Critical Writing. She is drawn to the editorial side of agenting and keen to work with authors she can help grow and develop.

Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Horror · Middle Grade · Mystery +2 more

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Last checked 14 days ago

Kirsty McLachlan

Morgan Green Creatives

Kirsty founded Morgan Green Creatives in 2020. She represents award-winning writers, including fiction and non-fiction authors, children's book writers, poets, journalists, scriptwriters and illustrators.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Poetry

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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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Lorna Hemingway

Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency

Lorna is a Literary and Illustration Agent at the Darley Anderson Children's Book Agency. She started agenting in 2019 at Bell Lomax Moreton and moved to Darley Anderson in 2025, where she represents award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling authors and illustrators. Her list has won or been shortlisted for awards including the Klaus Flugge Prize, the Inclusive Books for Children Award, the Indie Book Awards, the BookTrust Storytime Prize and the World Illustration Awards, with work featured in The Observer, The Sunday Times, The Guardian and Waterstones best books of 2023 and 2025.

Genres:Children's Books · Graphic Novels · Middle Grade · Other Non-Fiction · Young Adult

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Last checked 14 days ago

Mariam Keen

Whispering Buffalo Literary Agency

Mariam is the founder and managing director of Whispering Buffalo Literary Agency. She is committed to providing a high level of personal representation across all media. Mariam graduated from King's College London and worked with Darley Anderson and Ali Gunn before launching the agency.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Middle Grade +1 more

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Last checked 21 days ago

Marina de Pass

The Soho Agency

Marina joined The Soho Agency in 2016 after working for several years in the editorial departments of Little, Brown and HarperCollins. She works with number one New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling authors, and number one Kindle and Audible bestsellers. Her clients' books have been selected as Waterstones and WHSmith Books of the Month and for the BBC Radio 2 Book Club. In 2023 she was named a Bookseller Rising Star. She is building a list of authors writing upmarket commercial, reading group and accessible literary fiction, alongside a select and eclectic children's, young adult and non-fiction list, and gravitates towards stories told through a female lens.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction +10 more

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Millie Van Grutten

Rogers, Coleridge & White (RCW)

Millie is an agent at RCW with a particular interest in illustrators, picture books and chapter books. She studied Classics and finds inspiration in the narrative qualities of ancient stories such as Virgil and Homer. She looks for suspense, emotion and strong structure in both illustration and text. Millie relishes championing the work of illustrators and authors alike.

Genres:Children's Books · Middle Grade

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Molly Ker Hawn

David Higham Associates

Molly joined David Higham as a director of the company in 2025, after fourteen years running the United Kingdom arm of the Bent Agency. Her primary focus is books for children and young adults, and she has worked in publishing for most of the last thirty years. She sells directly to publishers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and Australia, and about half her clients are American or Canadian. Her authors' books have been New York Times, Sunday Times and international bestsellers, and have won or been shortlisted for the Michael L. Printz Award, the William C. Morris Debut Award, the Barnes & Noble Children's Book Award, the Costa Book Award, the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Carnegie Medal. She served for three years on the governing committee of the Association of Authors' Agents.

Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Graphic Novels · Historical Fiction +5 more

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Last checked 10 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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Nicky Lander

The Bright Agency

Nicky specialises in projects, across all genres and age ranges, that are humorous, quirky, or designed to open up great conversations.

Genres:Children's Books · Middle Grade · Young Adult

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Last checked 25 days ago

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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Penny Holroyde

Holroyde Cartey

Penny is a literary agent at Holroyde Cartey, representing authors and illustrators across fiction and non-fiction. She has worked for publishers Walker Books in the UK and Candlewick Press in the US and later as an agent with Caroline Sheldon. She has a particular love for the picture book.

Genres:Children's Books · Other Non-Fiction

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Last checked 17 days ago

Rachel Petty

The Blair Partnership

Rachel represents children's fiction and non-fiction up to young adult and crossover. Before joining The Blair Partnership, she was editorial director at Macmillan Children's Books. There she worked with authors including Frances Hardinge, Chris Riddell and Tomi Adeyemi.

Genres:Children's Books · Fantasy · Horror · Middle Grade · Other Non-Fiction +3 more

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Ruth Cairns

Featherstone Cairns

Ruth founded Featherstone Cairns in 2015. She was originally a publicist, handling campaigns for books by a range of authors including Elton John and Pope Francis, and Jeffrey Archer to Booker Prize winners. Since 2020 she has represented authors with exceptional stories to tell, and the agency has built a strong track record for Sunday Times bestsellers.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction

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Saffron Dodd

ASH Literary

Saffron joined the ASH Literary team in 2022 as agency assistant and was promoted to Associate Agent in 2023. She has a background in media and communications, and recently completed a Masters in Children's Literature. She has always loved reading books for children and young adults, and is extremely passionate about highlighting and supporting diverse voices in publishing.

Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Graphic Novels · Horror +6 more

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Sam Copeland

Rogers, Coleridge & White (RCW)

Sam is a director at Rogers, Coleridge & White, representing literary and commercial fiction across all genres, as well as children's, young adult and some quality non-fiction. He worked as a bookseller before moving into publishing in 2001, joining RCW in 2006 and becoming a director in 2016. He was shortlisted for Literary Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2020 and 2021, and named in the Bookseller's Most Influential People in Publishing in 2020.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +3 more

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Last checked 7 days ago

Silvia Molteni

Peters Fraser + Dunlop

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

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Sophie Hicks

Sophie Hicks Agency

Sophie founded her own literary agency in 2014 after 25 years at Ed Victor Ltd. She began there in foreign rights before building her own list and becoming Managing Director in 1999. Her authors have topped the New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller lists, won major prizes and sold millions of copies worldwide. She is a member of The Book Society and Women in Publishing.

Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Thriller +2 more

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Susan Penny

The Bright Agency

Susan keeps a close eye on the evolving global children's publishing landscape and specialises in representing whimsical, narrative-led artists who inspire and enchant young readers. Conscientious, flexible and a keen listener, she aims to be a calm and trusted pair of hands on every project, and what she most enjoys is cultivating meaningful, long-term partnerships. Her background in international law gives her a considered insight into the space where the creative and the contractual meet.

Genres:Children's Books · Middle Grade · Young Adult

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Susan Yearwood

Susan Yearwood Agency

Susan runs the Susan Yearwood Agency, representing debut and published writers in adult fiction, non-fiction and children's/young adult fiction. She gained experience at Virago, Museum Quilts Plc and Penguin Books Ltd in the early to mid-nineties. She founded her agency in 2007, launching debut writers' careers and re-establishing previously published authors.

Genres:Business · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink +9 more

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Thérèse Coen

Susanna Lea Associates

Thérèse is a literary agent at Susanna Lea Associates, representing fiction, children's fiction and non-fiction, and handling translation rights. She was born and raised in Belgium before moving to England, where she studied History at University College London. She began her career in the rights department at Bloomsbury Publishing, then moved to Ed Victor's agency, before building her own list of authors from 2016.

Genres:Children's Books · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +7 more

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Veronique Baxter

David Higham Associates

Veronique joined David Higham Associates in 1999 and was made a Director in 2007, and has built an eclectic list of adult fiction, children's books and non-fiction. She represents authors of literary and genre fiction alongside a substantial children's list, and is a keen reader of non-fiction, with recent projects spanning narrative history, travel, memoir and true crime. Her authors have won or been shortlisted for prizes including the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Sunday Times New Writer of the Year, the Costa Prize, the Carnegie Medal, the Greenaway, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, Granta's Best of Young British Novelists, the Desmond Elliott First Novel Prize, the Booker Prize and the Orwell Prize. Her taste in adult fiction and non-fiction is broad, but she is predominantly attracted by quality of prose, strong and distinct voices, nuanced characterisation, ambitious storytelling and compelling, original plots.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs +14 more

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Vicki Willden-Lebrecht

The Bright Agency

Vicki founded The Bright Agency in 2003, one of the fastest-growing and established children’s literary and illustration agencies with a global reach. Thrice Nominated for Literary Agent of the Year, she has spent the last 22 years as principal author/illustrator agent for the company.

Genres:Children's Books · Middle Grade · Young Adult

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Yasmin Kane

Kane Literary Agency

Yasmin runs Kane Literary Agency, which specialises in Fiction, Nonfiction, Young Adult Fiction and Children's Fiction. She originally trained as a lawyer before establishing the agency in 2004. She also ran her own imprint, Three Hares Publishing, from 2014 to 2021.

Genres:Children's Books · Literary Fiction · Middle Grade · Young Adult

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Zoë Plant

The Bent Agency

Zoë is a literary agent at The Bent Agency, representing both children's and adult books. She joined the agency's London office in 2019, after five years working with publishers around the world as a literary scout. Her list includes New York Times and international bestsellers, with titles that have won or been shortlisted for the Nero Book Award, the Barnes & Noble Children's Book Award, and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Horror +5 more

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Ludo Cinelli

Eve White Literary Agency

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.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction

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Anne Clark

Anne Clark Literary Agency

Anne founded the agency in 2012 after many years as a commissioning editor at publishers including Piccadilly Press and Hodder Children's Books, where she was also an editorial director. Her clients' books have been published at home and worldwide, translated into dozens of languages, adapted for the stage, included in national book initiatives, optioned by film and TV companies and have won major book awards. She works closely with her authors, drawing on her editorial experience to get manuscripts into great shape before they go to editors, and works with specialist colleagues on international and film and TV rights. She is keen to hear from writers from all backgrounds, whether debut or already published, and particularly welcomes submissions from groups currently under-represented in publishing.

Genres:Children's Books · Middle Grade · Other Non-Fiction · Young Adult

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Camille Burns

Solas Literary Agency

Camille is the founder of Solas Literary Agency, representing adult, young adult and children's fiction and non-fiction. She has worked in publishing for more than ten years, including as an Editorial Assistant at Routledge and as Rights Executive and Digital Content Editor at Bolinda. She later worked at David Higham Associates before joining Diamond Kahn and Woods Literary Agency as Junior Agent. Camille holds an MSc in Publishing from Edinburgh Napier University and an MA in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh.

Genres:Children's Books · Middle Grade · Other Non-Fiction · Young Adult

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Caroline Sheldon

Rogers, Coleridge & White (RCW)

Caroline is a literary agent at RCW Literary Agency, where she now works as a consultant. She founded the Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency in 1985, which became part of RCW in January 2024. Her reading taste has always been broad and wide-ranging. She has represented two Children's Laureates and her clients have won awards including the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year and the Queen's Medal for Poetry.

Genres:Children's Books · Poetry

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Charlie Viney

Aevitas Creative Management

Charlie is a Senior Agent at ACM UK. He spent twenty-five years in general trade publishing, holding senior executive roles in international sales and marketing and serving as a board director at Little, Brown UK, before becoming an agent in 2002. He joined Aevitas Creative Management UK as a Senior Agent in 2024.

Genres:Children's Books · Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction

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Charlotte Atyeo

Greyhound Literary

Charlotte represents a select number of non-fiction, children's and fiction authors. Before agenting, she spent twenty years as an editor, including ten years at Bloomsbury, where she was Publisher of prize-winning narrative sport titles, general non-fiction titles, The Nightwatchman quarterly, and Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. In the decade before that, she worked across cookery, fiction, gift, humour and business publishing.

Genres:Children's Books · Other Non-Fiction

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Chloe Davis

Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency

Chloe is the agency's Associate Agent, having joined as an assistant in 2019. Following a post-university stint as a bookseller at Waterstones and time in the rights team at Macmillan Children's Books, she decided she wanted a taste of life on the other side of publishing and is now actively building her own list, alongside supporting Clare Wallace and her list of clients. Being of mixed heritage herself, she is keen to hear from authors from under-represented backgrounds.

Genres:Children's Books · Fantasy · Middle Grade · Mystery · Young Adult

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Fiz Osborne

Creative Roots Studio

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

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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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Hannah Sheppard

Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency Ltd

Hannah runs Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency, representing adult and children's fiction as well as a small amount of non-fiction. She spent a decade working in-house in editorial at Pan Macmillan and Headline Publishing Group. She joined DHH Literary Agency in 2013 before launching her own agency in 2023.

Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Graphic Novels +7 more

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Jenny Brown

Jenny Brown Associates

Jenny founded Jenny Brown Associates in 2002 and represents 50 writers, most of whom are based in Scotland. She was previously Head of Literature at the Scottish Arts Council, a presenter of book programmes for Scottish Television, and founder Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. She was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2021 and awarded an OBE in 2024.

Genres:Children's Books · Crime · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Women's Fiction +1 more

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Kate Shaw

The Shaw Agency

Kate founded The Shaw Agency in 2019 after eighteen years as a literary agent at Aitken Alexander Associates and The Viney Agency. During her career she has discovered New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling writers and represented Reese and other Bookclub picks that have won major awards. These books have sold millions of copies worldwide in dozens of languages and been adapted into major film and TV series. Kate aims to inspire her clients to be the finest writers they can be, support them across all aspects of their careers, negotiate the best deals worldwide, and discover and nurture new talent.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Middle Grade · Narrative Non-Fiction +1 more

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Louise Lamont

LBA Books

Louise is a literary agent at LBA Books, representing writers and illustrators for children and teen readers. She studied English Literature and Medieval Studies before a brief spell in film development. She then spent seven years at AP Watt, working with Caradoc King and his clients while building her own list. She moved to LBA Books in 2013.

Genres:Children's Books · Middle Grade · Young Adult

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Lucy Juckes

Jenny Brown Associates

Lucy represents writers and illustrators for children. She is co-founder and currently Chair of Barrington Stoke, the children's publisher specialising in books for reluctant readers. She has also worked as Sales Director of Bloomsbury and co-founded Picture Hooks, a scheme supporting new illustrators through mentoring, conferences and exhibitions.

Genres:Children's Books

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Mandy Suhr

StoryWise

Mandy founded StoryWise, a boutique children's literary agency, after 30 years in children's publishing. She spent 13 years as an agent at Miles Stott and held senior editorial and publisher roles at Orchard Books, Macmillan, Walker, HarperCollins and Puffin. She has launched the careers of authors including Rachel Bright, Lu Fraser and Mark Sperring.

Genres:Children's Books · Middle Grade · Other Non-Fiction

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Rachael Davis-Featherstone

Creative Roots Studio

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.

Genres:Children's Books · Middle Grade · Other Non-Fiction · Young Adult

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Stevie Finegan

Zeno Agency Ltd

Stevie is an agent at Zeno Agency, representing fantasy, science fiction, children's books, graphic novels and non-fiction. They joined Zeno in 2020 after working for Gollancz, Icon and several Waterstones bookshops in London. Their degree specialised in children's literature, including a dissertation on defining Young Adult fiction. This background shapes their interest in stories connected with LGBTQIA+, BAME, disability, mental health and other marginalised experiences.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Current Affairs · Fantasy · Graphic Novels +13 more

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