Literary Agents
for Contemporary Fiction
There are currently 107 UK-based literary agents accepting submissions for contemporary fiction. See who represents it, who's open right now, and when we last checked.
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Alice Lutyens
Alice represents an eclectic list, from commercial women's fiction to lyrical literary fiction, and works across a wide range of genres including love stories, books about magic and witches, crime and thrillers, and historical fiction. She is motivated by nurturing and growing each of her authors, whether debut or established, and values a hands-on editorial relationship alongside the reach of a large agency in the United States and internationally. She has taken several authors from debut through to the Sunday Times bestseller list, Richard & Judy book club picks and prize lists, and represents a number of Curtis Brown Creative alumni. She was the first to discover Jane Harper through Curtis Brown Creative, representing her first four books in the United Kingdom.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction · Psychological Suspense +2 more
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Alice Saunders
Alice loves storytelling in all its forms, whether fiction or narrative non-fiction, and works across literary, audio, live audience, film and television representation. She is actively looking for new talent in crime, thrillers, epic family sagas, book club literary fiction and memoir, in fact everything apart from science fiction and fantasy. As head of the agency's speaker business, she also matches talent to corporate, industry and public sector events.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Literary Fiction · Memoir +2 more
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Amanda Preston
Amanda is a literary agent at LBA Books, representing a wide range of best-selling and award-winning authors across fiction and non-fiction. She has worked as an agent for over 25 years and co-founded LBA in 2005, working with a network of publishers around the world. In 2018 she won the RNA Literary Agent of the Year award.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +4 more
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Amandeep Singh
Amandeep is an agent at Graham Maw Christie. She joined the agency in 2025, having spent ten years working as an editor, bookseller and agent, most recently at Penguin Random House and The Good Literary Agency. As a commissioning editor she published only debut authors, and as an agent she continues to champion new voices and works in-depth on concept and editorial development. She is a judge for the Future Worlds Prize for science fiction and fantasy Writers of Colour.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Current Affairs · Fantasy · Memoir · Other Non-Fiction +4 more
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Angelique Tran Van Sang
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 · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
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Anna Boyce
Anna is a junior agent at Lutyens & Rubinstein. She joined the agency in 2019, working in the bookshop before moving to the agency full-time in 2022. She works closely with Sarah and Felicity, assisting them with their clients, and has recently begun to build her own list of authors.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +1 more
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Anna Webber
Anna represents a wide range of fiction and non-fiction and a bit of poetry. She reads English, German and French. She has worked with authors such as Samantha Harvey, Sarah Moss and David Szalay since the beginning of their careers. Her authors have won or been nominated for all major prizes.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Bryony Woods
Bryony represents an eclectic mix of writers, with a list spanning children's fiction and young adult through to adult fiction and selected non-fiction. She set up her own agency in 2012, after working in specialist bookshops and libraries and at the Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency. She has an MA in Publishing from University College London.
Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Literary Fiction · Memoir +5 more
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Cara Lee Simpson
Cara is a literary agent at Susanna Lea Associates. Cara represents literary, book club and general fiction, along with some narrative non-fiction. Cara grew up in Wales and studied English Literature at King's College London, then completed a Master's at the London School of Economics. Cara joined SLA's London office in 2024, having previously worked as an agent at PFD, where they launched the Queer Fiction Prize.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +2 more
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Caro Clarke
Caro is the founder and literary agent at Portobello Literary. They founded the agency in 2022 after twelve years working in publishing houses, including Transworld and Canongate Books, where they were 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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Carrie Plitt
Carrie represents award-winning and bestselling authors in fiction and non-fiction at Felicity Bryan Associates. Her clients include Reni Eddo-Lodge, Natasha Lunn and Catherine Belton, among others. For ten years, she co-hosted an award-winning podcast and radio show called Literary Friction with her friend Octavia Bright.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +4 more
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Catherine Pellegrino
Catherine is a literary agent at Marjacq Scripts, representing children's and adult fiction. She began agenting at Rogers, Coleridge and White in 2007, before setting up her own agency, CPA, in France in 2011. She joined Marjacq in 2015 and is now based in London.
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Middle Grade +3 more
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Cathryn Summerhayes
Cathryn Summerhayes is a literary agent at Curtis Brown, representing a wide-ranging and high-profile list of authors across fiction and non-fiction. She previously spent several years at WME, where she built an acclaimed and eclectic client list that includes bestselling authors such as Chris Whitaker, Lucy Foley, and Dr Adam Kay, as well as public figures and creatives including Anita Rani, Shappi Khorsandi, Grace Dent, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, and Johanna Basford. Cathryn also represents a number of United States-based authors through partnerships with UTA and CAA, including Lisa Taddeo, Jennifer Coolidge, and Ashley Flowers. She was named Literary Agent of the Year at The British Book Awards in 2019 and remains actively involved in the wider literary community, serving on the Committee of The Book Society and working with organisations such as Literature Wales and The Hay Festival. Earlier in her career, she worked in PR and events, including on campaigns for the Booker Prize and with high-profile clients such as Nigella Lawson and JK Rowling.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
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Chloe Seager
Chloe is a Director and Literary Agent at Madeleine Milburn, specialising in science fiction and fantasy, horror, young adult and middle grade, and shortlisted for Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2024 and 2026. She joined the agency in 2019 from Northbank Talent, having begun her career in publicity at Titan Books, where she worked on the campaign for Vicious by V.E. Schwab. She is also an author, with several young adult and middle grade books for publishers including HQ and Scholastic, an adult debut, Open Minded, in 2024, and P.S. You're The Worst in November 2025.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Middle Grade · Romance +4 more
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Chris Wellbelove
Chris represents writers of fiction and nonfiction from across the literary spectrum, as well as a handful of poets. He works with bestselling and prize-winning authors, and with writers ranging from journalists and memoirists to thought leaders, academics and cultural figures. Across fiction and nonfiction, he is drawn to originality, imagination and personality.
Genres:Business · Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction · Memoir +2 more
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Christine Green
Christine runs Christine Green Authors' Agent, a boutique literary agency representing writers in Britain and around the world. She began her career at Faber & Faber before joining the John Johnson Agency. She founded Christine Green Authors' Agent in 1984 with a small list of clients, allowing her to work closely with each author on every draft.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Young Adult
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Ciara Finan
Ciara Finan has broad and ever-evolving reading tastes, but is consistently drawn to bold voices, unforgettable characters, unexpected narratives, and fresh takes on themes like love, friendship, family, loss and coming-of-age. She’s passionate about championing stories from underrepresented voices and is particularly interested in commercial fiction across a range of genres, as well as select non-fiction with wide appeal.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Health & Wellness · Historical Fiction +6 more
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Claire Paterson Conrad
Claire is a Literary Agent and Director at Janklow & Nesbit, working across fiction and non-fiction. She began her career at Chatto & Windus, before working at Granta and Canongate Books. She then moved to New York, where she became Publisher of the NYRB Classics series. Claire joined Janklow & Nesbit to help establish their London office.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction +5 more
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Clare Pearson
Clare Pearson founded Eddison Pearson and represents a small list of authors and author-illustrators. She read History at Cambridge before training in publishing and working as an editor at Walker Books for five years. She enjoys nurturing talent and helping authors build their careers.
Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Middle Grade · Young Adult
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Clare Wallace
Clare joined the Darley Anderson Agency in January 2011 and is Managing Director of Children's and Young Adult as well as an agent. She is building both the Darley Anderson Children's Agency and the Darley Anderson Illustration Agency lists, and also represents a boutique list of commercial adult fiction in both the United Kingdom and United States. In 2024 she was shortlisted for Agent of the Year by the British Book Awards. Her clients have featured on the New York Times bestseller list, been USA Today and ebook bestsellers, and been selected for the Good Morning America Book Club, with many titles adapted for or in development for the screen. She loves working editorially with her authors, and represents several clients developing careers in both adult and children's fiction. Before joining Darley Anderson she assisted at a specialist non-fiction agency. She graduated with a first in Creative Writing and Cultural Studies from Bath Spa University and went on to gain a distinction on the Masters in Creative Writing, and she has proof-listened to hundreds of adult and children's audio books and worked for Cardiff University as a research assistant and coach to international students.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Graphic Novels · Historical Fiction +2 more
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Clare Wallace
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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Daisy Chandley
Daisy is an agent in the books department at PFD, and works with Tim Bates as the United Kingdom sub-agent for New Directions Publishing in the United States. She joined the company in 2019 after graduating from the University of Oxford with a degree in politics, philosophy and economics.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Food & Drink · Horror · Literary Fiction +8 more
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Daisy Parente
Daisy joined Lutyens & Rubinstein in 2008 and she has run her own list since 2012. She is always open to submissions and loves to think about how books work in the world, delighting in being swept away and unable to put a book down. Daisy’s list includes award-winning writers in food writing, young adult and middle-grade books, narrative non-fiction and memoir, contemporary and historical fiction, travel and nature writing, crime, music books including biographies and autobiographies, and poetry.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction +7 more
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Dame Caroline Michel
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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David Godwin
David is a literary agent at David Godwin Associates. He has been an agent for thirty years. He previously worked as a publisher at Heinemann, Secker and Warburg, and then Cape.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction
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Diana Beaumont
Diana is a literary agent at DHH Literary Agency, representing smart commercial fiction and non-fiction. She joined DHH in 2024, having previously agented at Rupert Heath Literary Agency, TAG and Marjacq Scripts. Before that, she was a senior commissioning editor at Transworld.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction +6 more
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Dorie Simmonds
Dorie is a literary agent who represents general nonfiction, commercial fiction and children's books. She has worked in the publishing industry on both sides of the Atlantic, including within publishing houses, and is herself a published author. Dorie studied at Vassar College and The London School of Economics, and worked at William Morrow & Company and Dell Publishing in the US, as well as Dorling Kindersley and Reed Children's in the UK, before opening her own agency.
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Middle Grade +3 more
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Doug Young
Doug is an associate agent at PEW Literary. He has worked in the book industry for over three decades, latterly as a publishing director at Penguin Random House, where he worked for 17 years. He joined PEW in 2019.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Memoir +3 more
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Elise Dillsworth
Elise is a London-based literary agent who represents 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.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +2 more
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Emily Glenister
Emily is a Director and literary agent at DHH Literary Agency. She trained as an actress at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School before working as a theatrical agent and assistant, representing performers such as Charlotte Rampling and Sir Roger Moore. She joined DHH as an agent in 2020, after assisting David Headley for four years, and became a Director in 2022. Her clients include Heather Darwent, Suzie Edge and Becca Day.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy +10 more
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Emma Paterson
Emma represents writers of fiction, non-fiction and poetry, among them a number of bestselling and prize-winning authors. She joined Aitken Alexander Associates in 2018, having previously spent five years at Rogers, Coleridge & White and worked before that at The Wylie Agency. She is a Director of the agency and, since 2020, a member of the Booker Prize Foundation Advisory Committee, and in 2023 she was elected an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical (Non-Fiction) +7 more
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Fiona Lindsay
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 · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink +8 more
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Florence Rees
Florence loves the feeling of having to read one more chapter, whether in fiction or non-fiction. She has spent memorable hours weeping over heart-wrenching memoirs such as When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanthi and The Last Act of Love by Cathy Rentzenbrink. Florence also adores contemporary novels that blend humour with meaty themes, like Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes and We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman. Florence is drawn to clever, gripping page-turners such as An Anatomy of a Scandal and Such a Fun Age, and consistently delights in relationship-centred stories, from In Memoriam and Greta & Valdin to Just For The Summer and Yours Truly. Florence has long been a fan of young adult and NA fantasy, inhaling series from Garth Nix, Robin Hobb and Mary Hoffman, as well as works by Carissa Broadbent and Sarah J. Maas.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Memoir · Thriller · Young Adult
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Gaia Banks
Gaia is a primary agent at Sheil Land Associates. She has worked in publishing for over twenty years, beginning in translation rights at John Murray before joining Sheil Land as an agent in 2004. For seventeen years she looked after the agency's translation rights alongside her own list, becoming a full-time primary agent at the start of 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 +6 more
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Gemma Cooper
Gemma is the founder of Gemma Cooper Literary, representing children's books, young adult books and certain adult genres. She has been a literary agent since 2011, including as a director at The Bent Agency. Her list is typified by big-concept, commercial series fiction. She has lived and worked in New York, Chicago and London, giving her a global approach to representation.
Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Cosy Mystery · Crime · Fantasy +7 more
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Gordon Wise
Gordon Wise joined Curtis Brown in 2005, bringing with him over a decade of experience as an editor and publishing director at Pan Macmillan and John Murray/Hachette. He began his career in the book world as a student bookseller in 1989 and has since become a prominent figure in the industry. He has served as President of the Association of Authors' Agents, co-Managing Director of the Curtis Brown Books Department, and was named Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards. He has also featured in The Bookseller's list of the 100 most influential people in publishing. Known for his collaborative, strategic approach, Gordon has a strong reputation for brand development, editorial matchmaking, and guiding writers through reinvention. He works closely with Elliot Prior and takes on a highly selective list of clients across both fiction and non-fiction.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical (Non-Fiction) +5 more
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Hannah Schofield
Hannah is a literary agent at LBA Books, representing commercial and book club fiction, and select non-fiction. She joined LBA in 2018. She previously worked for a literary scout and in translation rights. Hannah grew up in Luxembourg, giving her an international perspective on the publishing market.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction +6 more
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Hattie Grünewald
Hattie represents commercial and upmarket fiction, including book club fiction, crime and thriller, historical and contemporary fiction, and some non-fiction in the areas of lifestyle and personal development. She is currently open to commercial and upmarket fiction submissions with a strong pitch, believable characters and an engaging voice. Hattie is particularly keen to see novels for the book club market with conversation-starting topics and a “you need to read this” quality, including multi-layered family dramas, high-concept love stories and classic storytelling. She seeks sexy and funny rom-coms, unusual escapist historical fiction often featuring mysteries or love stories, ambitious detective fiction, puzzle-y mysteries, humorous cosy crime with series potential and regional crime.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Romance +3 more
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Hayley Steed
Hayley is a literary agent primarily representing writers of fiction. She spent seven years at Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency before joining Janklow & Nesbit in September 2023, where she is now a Director. Before working in publishing she worked in book PR, having completed a degree in English.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Horror +6 more
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Imogen Morrell
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 · Fantasy · Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) +9 more
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Isabel Lineberry
Isabel is a Junior Agent and Rights Administrator at Pérez Literary & Entertainment, building a client list of her own. She was born and raised in the Southwest United States and studied English Literature and Business Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University before completing an MLitt in Fantasy at the University of Glasgow. At PLE she looks after foreign rights and audio rights inquiries and assists the Managing Director.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Paranormal Romance · Romance +2 more
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Isobel Dixon
Isobel is MD and Head of Books at Blake Friedmann Literary Agency, where she represents 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. She 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 · Literary Fiction +3 more
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James Gill
James has worked in publishing and literary representation since 1995 and represents a broad range of fiction and non-fiction authors writing for the general-trade market. He has represented Sunday Times number one and top-ten bestsellers in both fiction and non-fiction. His clients have been shortlisted for prizes including the Booker Prize, the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year. Other clients have won awards such as the Wolfson History Prize, the Whitbread Prize and the Ondaatje Prize.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Jane Finigan
Jane is a literary agent and partner at Lutyens & Rubinstein, representing fiction and non-fiction. Jane joined the agency in 2006 and became a partner in 2016, later becoming a full partner and co-owner of the agency in 2023. Jane oversees the agency's Rights and Contracts Department, working on translation, overseas deals, audio and film and TV for clients.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Jemima Forrester
Before joining David Higham in 2016 Jemima was Senior Commissioning Editor at Orion Publishing Group, and she has brought that collaborative, editorial way of working into her role as an agent.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction +7 more
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Jo Bell
Jo is a literary agent at Bell Lomax Moreton, representing adult fiction and non-fiction. She has over twenty years of experience in the publishing industry. Jo has worked for HarperCollins and Parragon Books as Sales Director, working with authors, editorial teams, licensors, production and major retailers across the UK.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +6 more
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Joanna Swainson
Joanna co-founded Hardman & Swainson with Caroline. She previously worked as a reader and in-house editor for Christopher Little, where the two met, having earlier freelanced for several London literary agencies after a degree in French. She enjoys the editorial side of agenting and has a lifelong love of reading, from Agatha Christie to Charles Dickens.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction +5 more
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John Ash
John is an agent in CAA's London office, representing literary and general fiction as well as narrative and serious nonfiction. He began his career at PEW Literary, where he worked for six and a half years before joining CAA in 2023. His tastes range from ambitious literary fiction and epic fantasy to history, memoir, reportage and big ideas in nonfiction.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Jon Curzon
Jon represents literary fiction and non-fiction titles that start conversations and spark ideas. His emphasis is always towards writers whose work is intelligent and original, spanning debut fiction, memoir and nature writing to science, history and biography. His authors have been published internationally and reviewed in major publications. Jon also freelance edits for clients including Jericho Writers and Curtis Brown Creative.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +3 more
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Jonny Geller
Jonny Geller joined Curtis Brown in 1993 after a brief career as an actor. He became a literary agent in 1995 after discovering a debut novel in the unsolicited pile, which went on to sell rights internationally. He played a key role in the Management Buyout of Curtis Brown in 2001 and became CEO in 2012. He now serves as CEO of The Curtis Brown Group, which includes Curtis Brown, C&W, Ed Victor Ltd, Curtis Brown Creative (CBC), Tavistock Wood, Markham Froggatt and Irwin, and Cuba Productions. He is also Chair of Curtis Brown Creative. Widely recognised for his influence in the publishing industry, Jonny has been named Literary Agent of the Year, listed annually on The Bookseller’s 150, and included in the Evening Standard’s 1000 Most Influential People in London. He has spoken at numerous industry events, hosted a TEDx Talk on ‘What Makes a Bestseller’, appeared on the Always Take Notes podcast, and was recently interviewed by The Bookseller to mark Curtis Brown’s 125th anniversary. He is also the creator of The Literary Agent, an online course for Curtis Brown Creative, and the author of Yes, But is it Good for the Jews (Penguin, 2006).
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Thriller +1 more
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Karolina Sutton
Karolina is a literary agent based in CAA's London office, known for launching successful debuts in literary and upmarket commercial fiction and for shepherding long-term literary careers. Her work spans literary fiction, crime and psychological suspense, historical fiction, serious non-fiction and memoir. She has worked with award-winning novelists, journalists, academics and public figures, including winners of the Booker Prize, the Nobel Peace Prize and the Costa First Novel Award. In 2020, she was named Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Kat Lenahan
Kat is a Junior Agent and Agency Assistant at the Darley Anderson Children's Book Agency, and is building her own list alongside supporting Clare Wallace. Before joining in May 2024, Kat worked as a production assistant 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 likes to work with authors she can help develop.
Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Horror · Middle Grade · Mystery +2 more
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Kate Rizzo
Kate is the Translation Rights Agent at Greene & Heaton. She joined the agency in 2013 to handle translation rights, having begun her career at The Robbins Office in New York before moving to London in 2009 and continuing in translation rights at A.M. Heath and Mulcahy Conway Associates. She works with sub-agents and directly with publishers across several territories to sell the agency's authors' work internationally, and as Rights Director also works across the whole list.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Romance · Romantic Fantasy +1 more
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Katie Fulford
Katie is a literary agent at Bell Lomax Moreton with a long career in publishing and rights management. She spent 25 years at HarperCollins in roles including Group Rights Director and Managing Director of Collins non-fiction. She was Executive Producer on Channel 4's adaptation of The Tiger Who Came To Tea, which won an international Emmy. Her broad experience across publishing and rights puts her in a strong position to guide authors across media and markets.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +7 more
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Kevin Conroy Scott
Kevin co-founded Tibor Jones & Associates with his wife Landa Acevedo-Scott in 2007. He previously worked as a literary agent at AP Watt and Conville & Walsh. Kevin is an alumnus of the New Line Cinema mailroom and his journalism has appeared in the New Statesman, Variety, the Independent, the Bookseller, LA Weekly and Written By magazine. He is the author of Screenwriters' Masterclass and co-founded Colombiage, London's first Colombian festival of culture and the arts.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Kirsten Lang
Kirsten is a literary agent at Zeno Agency Ltd. She joined Zeno in 2024, having previously worked at another literary agency and as a bookseller at Foyles in Charing Cross. Kirsten holds a BA in English from Edinburgh Napier University and a Masters in Children's Literature from Reading University. She currently focuses on selling Zeno's translation rights.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Horror · Literary Fiction +5 more
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Kirsty McLachlan
Kirsty founded Morgan Green Creatives in 2020. She represents award-winning writers, including novelists, non-fiction authors, children's book writers, poets, journalists, scriptwriters and illustrators. She brings over twenty years of experience working in the industry.
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Poetry
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Laura Susijn
Laura founded The Susijn Agency in 1998. The agency focuses on authors with international appeal, selling rights worldwide. It represents authors writing in various different languages.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Laura Williams
Laura is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton. She joined the agency in 2018, having previously worked at PFD from 2011, after studying Classics at Oxford. She represents a broad list of fiction across different genres, alongside a smaller non-fiction and children's book list.
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction +11 more
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Leslie Gardner
Leslie co-founded Artellus Ltd in 1986 and handles writers internationally for fiction, non-fiction, film and periodicals. She previously worked at American publishing houses, London Management, Columbia Pictures and The National Theatre. She set up the TV drama Tenko, worked with Salman Rushdie and Anthony Burgess, and handles the estate of Robert Aickman. She holds an MA from the University of Iowa's International Writers Workshop and a PhD in Rhetoric.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Lizzy Kremer
Lizzy joined David Higham in 2004, after working for an agent and, before that, as a publicist. She is Managing Director of the agency, a former President of the Association of Authors' Agents and a British Book Industry Awards Agent of the Year, and she advocates for clients on the industry issues that shape writing and publishing. Her strong engagement with the economics of publishing means she has a particular interest in taking on authors mid-career, whether bestsellers or not. She lives between London and New York.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
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Lucy Balfour
Lucy is a literary agent at WME's London office, offering UK representation to clients across the agency. She joined WME in 2023 after seven years working as a literary scout for an extensive list of international publishers, as well as film and television clients. She is building a list of her own authors.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Health & Wellness · Memoir · Middle Grade +5 more
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Lucy Irvine
Lucy joined the Darley Anderson Children's Book Agency as a literary agent in November 2025, after eight years at PFD. Her authors have been Sunday Times and instant bestsellers and Books of the Month at Waterstones and Easons, and have won, been shortlisted or nominated for awards including the Carnegie Medal for Writing and Illustration, the Week Junior Book Awards, the Branford Boase Awards, the ALCS Educational Writers' Award, the School Library Association's IBA Award, and the British Book Awards. Lucy is building her list with a focus on middle grade, young adult, new adult and fantasy fiction.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Horror · Middle Grade +5 more
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Lucy Morris
Lucy Morris represents a list of acclaimed fiction and non-fiction authors, known for her editorial insight and strong author relationships. She joined Curtis Brown after starting her career in publishing and works closely with debut and established writers alike. She is passionate about helping shape projects from the earliest stages and is especially proud to represent several Curtis Brown Creative graduates, including Hazel Barkworth, Benji Waterhouse, Elizabeth Lee and Tina Orr Munro. Lucy is the founder of the Curtis Brown First Novel Prize and represents both the winner, Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ, and runner-up, Lucy Barker, whose debut novels were published in 2023. She is also part of the team behind Discoveries, a talent development programme for unpublished women writers in partnership with the Women’s Prize Trust, Audible, and Curtis Brown Creative.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Literary Fiction · Memoir +4 more
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Maddy Belton
Maddy is a Literary Agent at Madeleine Milburn, specialising in science fiction and fantasy and in romance, which she joined in 2022. Her list includes bestselling authors Lucy Jane Wood and Alexandra Christo, and number one Sunday Times bestseller Maithree Wijesekara. She represents adult and young adult fantasy, science fiction, horror and romance, alongside some select middle grade.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Horror · Middle Grade +6 more
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Madeleine Milburn
Madeleine is the founding director of Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency and sits on the committee of the Association of Authors’ Agents. She has appeared on The Bookseller’s list of the 150 most influential people in the book trade every year since 2017. Awarded Literary Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2018 and shortlisted again in 2020, Madeleine has discovered bestselling and award-winning authors including Nita Prose, Gail Honeyman, Ashley Audrain, Elizabeth Macneal, Fiona Barton, Beth Morrey and Holly Bourne, and represents crime and thriller writers such as C.L. Taylor, C.J. Tudor, Mark Edwards and Teresa Driscoll. Madeleine reads across all areas of fiction but is immediately drawn to powerful, voice-led book club fiction, high-concept thrillers and suspense, epic multi-generational dramas, powerful love stories with mysteries at their heart and historical fiction with universal themes. Madeleine values an original, enticing hook, a compelling protagonist and a distinctive narrative voice.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +4 more
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Margaret Halton
Margaret is an agent and Head of Rights at PEW Literary. She studied English at Oxford and has worked for publishing houses and literary agencies on both sides of the Atlantic, including ICM and Rogers, Coleridge & White. She has sold international rights in non-fiction and fiction titles by authors including Margaret Thatcher, Naomi Klein, Toni Morrison, Richard Ford, Zadie Smith and Nick Hornby. She later worked as an editor at Granta Books, where she acquired titles by Mohsin Hamid, Kamila Shamsie, Herta Muller and Colson Whitehead, and now develops her own list of authors, focusing mainly on fiction.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction +3 more
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Maria Brannan
Maria is Greyhound Literary's translation rights manager and a fiction, non-fiction and young adult agent. She works with Sam Edenborough on translation rights for the agency's clients and is building her own list of authors as a primary agent. She previously spent over five years as a literary scout at Maria B. Campbell Associates in London, advising international publishers in more than 12 countries and scouting books for Netflix.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction +7 more
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Maria Whelan
Maria is a literary agent at Mushens Entertainment, representing both fiction and nonfiction writers. She joined the agency in September 2025 after eight years at InkWell Management in New York as an assistant and agent. She began her career as a Foreign Rights Assistant at Janklow & Nesbit in New York, and holds degrees from University College Dublin and the University of Edinburgh.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Horror · Literary Fiction +2 more
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Mariam Keen
Mariam is the founder and managing director of Whispering Buffalo Literary Agency, providing personal representation across all media. She graduated from King's College London and, before launching her own agency, worked with Darley Anderson and Ali Gunn.
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Middle Grade +1 more
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Matilda Forbes Watson
Matilda is a Partner and Co-Head of the UK Book division at WME, representing a diverse list of bestselling adult fiction and non-fiction. She joined WME in 2013 and enjoys working with debut authors in the early stages of developing a project, as well as writers with established careers. She supports authors from submission through to publication, connecting them with the specialists and resources available at WME.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Health & Wellness · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Self-Help
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Max Edwards
Max founded Apple Tree Literary in 2024 and represents a diverse range of authors writing non-fiction and fiction. He has a decade of experience in agenting, having worked at RCW, United Agents and David Higham Associates before becoming a founding agent at Aevitas Creative Management UK. He was named a Bookseller Rising Star in 2021. He represents literary and speculative fiction as well as serious and narrative non-fiction.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Megan Carroll
Megan is a literary agent at Watson, Little. She graduated from Goldsmiths with a degree in English and American Literature in 2013. She joined the agency in 2014, first as an assistant and now working as a literary agent.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Middle Grade +4 more
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Mia Dakin
Mia is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton, working across fiction, non-fiction and translation. She joined the agency in January 2023 after completing an MA in Publishing at UCL. She is now building her own list while continuing to support Judith Murray, Antony Topping and the other Greene & Heaton agents with their clients.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Food & Drink · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
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Molly Ker Hawn
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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Nicky Lovick
Nicky is a freelance book editor and book agent at WGM Atlantic Talent Group. She worked in-house for publishers for almost a decade and has freelanced for twenty years. She works with major publishing houses and self-publishing authors alike. She is originally from Cornwall and is now based in London.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Nicola Chang
Nicola joined David Higham Associates in 2020 and represents prize-winning writers of literary and general fiction, non-fiction and poets. Her authors include Sara Ahmed, Raymond Antrobus, J. M. Coetzee, Jacqueline Crooks, Emma Glass, Gabriel Krauze, Saba Sams and Kae Tempest. Nicola is a recipient of the London Book Fair’s Trailblazer Award and a Bookseller Rising Star. Nicola responds first and foremost to original voices that challenge the idea of what a literary novel, and sentence, can do, as well as propulsive character-driven novels with intricate plots, unforgettable set pieces and dazzling dialogue. Nicola is drawn to experiments in form that defy easy definition, vernacular-inflected realism, the tragicomic, the weird and ethereal, seeking emotional complexity and transformative storytelling. In non-fiction Nicola is interested in narrative-driven, persuasive perspectives, a unique fearless voice and the interplay between the personal and the political, particularly from early-career scholars, critics and writers thinking deeply and universally about society through subjects such as the arts, food, family, language, creativity, sport, the body, work, travel and music, and if these works can be delivered provocatively and humorously, all the better.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
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Nina Leon
Nina is an agent at Hardman & Swainson, representing authors across a broad range of genres, with a particular focus on romantasy, young adult, upmarket and contemporary romance.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Romance · Romantic Fantasy · Young Adult
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Olivia Davies
Olivia is looking for bold voices and stories that evoke feeling. She reads and represents a broad range of fiction and is fundamentally curious as to how writers can open life to new perspectives. If the characters are memorable she will want to read your novel, whatever the genre. In non-fiction Olivia enjoys being guided by a warm, expert voice through topics such as history, religion, war, art, literary criticism, travel, pop culture, and food. Olivia is often drawn to personal narratives which upend monolithic constructions of cultural or national identity.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +1 more
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Olivia Maidment
Olivia is a Director and Literary Agent at Madeleine Milburn, specialising in literary, upmarket and book club fiction, and always keen to discover bold, original voices from around the world. Since joining the agency in 2020 she has built a list of prizewinning authors and emerging voices including Oisín McKenna, Julia Armfield, Freya Bromley and Sarvat Hasin, with clients recognised by the Polari Prize, the Nero Book Award, the RSL Encore Award and the Observer's debut novelists list. She works closely and editorially with her authors from early drafts through to publication, building long-term global careers, and is passionate about launching debut fiction.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Psychological Suspense · Thriller
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Orli Vogt-Vincent
Orli is building a literary fiction and non-fiction list, and also works across Managing Director Lizzy Kremer's list of internationally bestselling writers.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Romance
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Patrick Walsh
Patrick is an agent at PEW Literary. He was born and brought up in Venezuela and studied law at Cambridge before becoming a literary agent. He co-founded Conville & Walsh in 2000, sold the agency to Curtis Brown, then founded PEW Literary in 2016. His clients have won or been shortlisted for numerous literary awards.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction +3 more
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Paul 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.
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy +7 more
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Rachel Goldblatt
Rachel Goldblatt joined Curtis Brown in 2022 and is now an Associate Agent. She assists Jonathan Lloyd while also actively building her own list of clients. She particularly enjoys working editorially with authors and is keen to hear from debut writers. Rachel is open to submissions in both fiction and non-fiction, though she does not represent young adult, fantasy or science fiction.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Memoir +2 more
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Rachel Mann
Rachel represents a broad range of work, largely fiction with some non-fiction, spanning commercial to literary titles for adult, young adult and middle-grade readers. She spent ten years editing and commissioning fiction for young people at houses including Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster, and was global publishing director at the Roald Dahl Story Company. She became an agent in 2018 and joined CAA in 2023.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Rachel Yeoh
Rachel is a Literary Agent at Madeleine Milburn, working with the agency's bestselling brand authors and building a list in literary, upmarket and book club fiction, as well as select narrative non-fiction. She read Law and Politics at university and joined the agency in 2019. Her list includes Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize shortlistee Hanako Footman, Foyle Young Poet of the Year winner Charlotte Runcie and TedX speaker Canwen Xu.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +4 more
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Rebecca Carter
Rebecca founded Rebecca Carter Literary in 2023 and represents novelists and non-fiction writers with original perspectives on the world. She worked as an editor at Random House between 1997 and 2012, then became an agent at Janklow & Nesbit UK in 2012 before setting up her own agency. She has a long-standing interest in literary fiction, crime and thriller, and non-fiction that speaks to the present moment through history, science or culture.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
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Rebecca Ritchie
Rebecca represents authors of fiction and non-fiction at A.M. Heath. Her fiction list spans the commercial spectrum, from contemporary and reading group fiction to historical fiction, saga, crime, thriller and psychological suspense. Her authors have been shortlisted for and won Romantic Novelists' Association Awards and the Comedy Women in Print Book Prize, and several have been Richard and Judy Book Club picks. She has taken on many of her authors as debuts and enjoys working with writers throughout the writing process.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness +7 more
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Rebeka Finch
Rebeka is a Literary Agent at Darley Anderson, building a list specialising in commercial romance and romantasy, and representing New York Times, USA Today, Sunday Times, Kindle, Apple Books and Audible bestselling authors. She joined the agency in 2019 after graduating from the University of Exeter with a first in History, began as Darley Anderson's assistant, and soon built her own list shaped by a long-standing love of commercial new adult, romance and romantasy fiction. In 2025 she was nominated for Agent of the Year by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Her debut author, Donna Marchetti, became an instant United States and United Kingdom Kindle bestseller now translated into sixteen languages, and her list also includes New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller Brooke Fast.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Romance · Romantic Fantasy · Women's Fiction
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Rory Clarke
Rory joined Andrew Nurnberg Associates in 2017 and worked in the foreign rights department for five years. Now a primary agent in the United Kingdom department, he is actively building his list and represents authors of literary fiction and non-fiction.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Current Affairs · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Rosie Pierce
Rosie Pierce joined Curtis Brown in 2018 after beginning her publishing career in editorial at an independent publisher in Edinburgh. She now works alongside Felicity Blunt while also building her own list of authors. Rosie particularly enjoys the editorial process and is passionate about working closely with writers to develop their manuscripts. She is currently open to submissions and welcomes both fiction and non-fiction.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction · Memoir +4 more
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Rowan Lawton
Rowan joined The Soho Agency in 2019 after almost two decades in the industry. She started her agenting career at WME and latterly ran Furniss Lawton, the literary division of YMU. Her authors are Sunday Times, Kindle, Apple and Audible number one bestsellers, and have been awarded and shortlisted for prizes including the British Book Awards, the Crime Writers' Association Daggers, the Irish Book Awards, the Sunday Times Sports Book Award and Romantic Novel of the Year. She has judged fiction prizes including Richard & Judy Search for a Bestseller, the Bristol Short Story Prize and the Blue Pencil First Novel Award, and was a Bookseller Rising Star in 2012.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +5 more
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Sabhbh Curran
Sabhbh Curran represents a wide range of non-fiction and select fiction, working closely and editorially with authors to help shape long-term careers. She’s particularly interested in working with experts, academics and journalists who can combine deep knowledge with broad appeal. Her list includes cookbooks, memoir, narrative non-fiction, and distinctive, genre-blurring fiction. Sabhbh is not the right agent for children’s, young adult, or fantasy fiction.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Historical (Non-Fiction) +10 more
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Sandra Sawicka
Sandra is a literary agent at Marjacq whose main interests are genre fiction and young adult. She joined the agency in 2014. She also handles translation rights for all authors represented by Marjacq.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Horror +4 more
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Sara Langham
Sara is actively building a list of literary and upmarket fiction and non-fiction. Generally, Sara is looking for wonderful, clear writing with beauty at its heart, great hooky plot-driven stories and/or a combination of both. Sara admires authors such as Elif Batuman, Miranda July, Sarah Moss, Katie Kitamura, Miriam Toews, Sarah Hall, Catherine Newman, Ali Smith, Ann Patchett and Helen Garner. Sara loves speculative and genre-bending fiction such as The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley and The Echoes by Evie Wyld, and novels that play with form and structure, such as Theory and Practice by Michelle de Kretser and Fair Play by Louise Hegarty. Sara is interested in short stories, both dark and gentle comedies, and books on the edges of horror. Sara would love to find a really wild idea that is immaculate on the page. Sara is keen to find a great love story set against the backdrop of historical events as well as swoony contemporary love stories. Sara loves literary crime and is interested in detective novels and literary thrillers such as Sebastian Barry’s Old God’s Time, Eleanor Catton’s Birnam Wood or Kate Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie series. In non-fiction, Sara is always looking to learn new things and enjoys works such as A Thread of Violence by Mark O’Connell, Monsters by Claire Dederer, A Month in Siena by Hisham Matar and Question 7 by Richard Flanagan. Sara would love to find a graphic novel on any subject.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Graphic Novels · Historical Fiction · Horror +6 more
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Sarah Ballard
Sarah is a literary agent at Conville & Walsh, representing fiction and non-fiction. She trained in editorial at Sceptre, Hodder & Stoughton, then worked as an in-house editor at PFD, notably alongside Pat Kavanagh. In 2008 she co-founded United Agents, where she worked as an agent for sixteen years before joining Conville & Walsh in 2024.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs +9 more
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Sarah Harvey
Sarah is a literary agent at CAA Publishing, building a list of commercial to reading-group fiction for the UK market alongside a curated list of commercial non-fiction. She joined CAA in 2022 after working at some of the UK's leading publishing houses and agencies, including HarperCollins, Hachette, Pan Macmillan, The Curtis Brown Agency and David Higham Associates. Her background is in translation rights, and she also represents US and translated authors in the UK.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +3 more
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Sarah Hornsley
Sarah is a literary agent, actively building a list of adult fiction and non-fiction. After graduating from Durham University, she worked at the Orion publishing house and then briefly in script development before becoming an agent in 2015. She has since built an award-winning list that includes Sunday Times bestselling authors, and in 2019 was named a Rising Star by the Bookseller.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Psychological Suspense · Romance +2 more
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Sebastian Godwin
Sebastian is a literary agent at David Godwin Associates.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction
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Siân Ellis-Martin
Siân represents authors across a range of fiction and non-fiction, from commercial to the accessible end of the literary spectrum, at Blake Friedmann Literary Agency. She is keen to hear from authors whose voices are underrepresented in publishing. It matters to her to work with authors from a wide variety of backgrounds.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +4 more
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Silvia Molteni
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 runs Sophie Hicks Agency, representing adult and children's authors across fiction and non-fiction. She spent 25 years at Ed Victor Ltd, starting in foreign rights before building her own list and becoming Managing Director in 1999. She founded her own agency in 2014. Her authors have won prizes including the Costa Book Award and Carnegie Medal, and have sold tens of millions of copies worldwide.
Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Thriller · Young Adult
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Steph Thwaites
Steph Thwaites is Head of the Book Department at Curtis Brown, where she has worked for over 20 years after starting as an intern in 2003. She studied English Literature at Leeds and McGill Universities, and knew from her first day that agenting was the perfect fit. She has remained with Curtis Brown ever since, helping writers and creative talent shape their stories from the earliest ideas to publication. Steph represents a wide range of authors, from debuts to bestselling names, and works closely with storytellers from across the entertainment industry. Her collaborative, strategic approach focuses on long-term career building and developing projects with broad appeal.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction · Politics +3 more
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Tilda Butterworth
Tilda assists Rebecca Carter at Rebecca Carter Literary. She came to publishing through her studies in Modern Foreign Languages, a Joint Honours BA in French and Russian. She worked at Shakespeare and Company in Paris and has been editor of The Cult Collective, an independent literary and visual arts magazine based in London and Berlin, for the past six years. She has recently started taking on her own clients.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Mystery · Romance · Women's Fiction
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Tim Bates
Tim is managing director of PFD. He joined the agency after nearly ten years as an agent with Pollinger Limited, and before that held various roles in publishing, including commissioning editor for Penguin Classics at Penguin Books.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +1 more
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Veronique Baxter
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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Victoria Hobbs
Victoria is a literary agent at A.M. Heath representing fiction and non-fiction. She represents novelists including Kamila Shamsie, Maggie O'Farrell, Conn Iggulden and Sandra Newman, alongside non-fiction writers such as journalists and cultural and political figures. Her authors have been Sunday Times bestsellers and have won or been nominated for prizes including the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, the Folio Prize and the Costa Book Award. She has represented some of her writers for over twenty-five years.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
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Clare Alexander
Clare is a literary agent at Aitken Alexander Associates, representing both fiction and non-fiction. She spent more than 20 years in publishing before becoming an agent, working in rights at Hamish Hamilton and later as Fiction Editor at Penguin, Publishing Director at Viking and Editor-in-Chief at Macmillan. She is a founding member and patron of the Women's Prize for Fiction and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Memoir
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Elaine Steel
Elaine practised as a solicitor before becoming an agent and was General Secretary of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain in the late seventies. Elaine represents writers and directors in film, television, stage and radio as well as book writers.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Ludo Cinelli
Ludo is an Agent and the Managing Director at Eve White Literary Agency, representing fiction, non-fiction and children's authors across genres. 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 was shortlisted as British Book Awards Literary Agent of the Year in 2022 and 2026.
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction
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Steven Evans
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 · Middle Grade · Mystery · Thriller +2 more
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Alice Sutherland-Hawes
Alice represents authors and illustrators working from board and picture books through to crossover young adult. She co-founded ASH Literary in September 2020, alongside Saffron Dodd. Alice is based in London.
Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Literary Fiction · Middle Grade +6 more
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Anna Dawson
Anna is a junior agent at Johnson & Alcock, building her own list of authors. She also looks after audio rights and permissions for the agency's authors and Estates, and manages its social media. Born and raised in Ireland, she studied History at Trinity College Dublin and completed a Masters in Literature and Publishing at NUI Galway.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Ariella Feiner
Ariella represents bestselling, critically acclaimed and award-winning authors across fiction and non-fiction at United Agents. She began her career at PFD in 2006 before moving to United Agents. In 2017, The Bookseller named her a Rising Star.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction +5 more
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Becky Thomas
Becky founded Lewinsohn Literary Agency in 2021. She began her career at Faber & Faber before becoming Contracts Director at Abner Stein and later moving to WME and then Fox Mason. She focuses on literary and reading group fiction, memoir, pop culture, narrative non-fiction and essays. She was named Literary Agent of the Year at the 2022 British Book Awards.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
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Claudia Young
Claudia is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton. She joined the agency in 2009. She represents cooking and food journalism, comedy, travel writing, literary fiction, historical novels, crime fiction and thrillers. She also works closely with radio and television production companies and the speakers and presenters' side of the agency.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +2 more
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Emma Shercliff
Emma is the founder and agent at Laxfield Literary Associates, which she set up in 2020. She has over 20 years of experience in the publishing industry, having worked for publishing houses in Paris, Melbourne, Abuja and London. She previously served as Sales & Rights Director of Cassava Republic Press UK and as Publishing Director for Ankara Press. Emma lives in Suffolk.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Literary Fiction · Memoir +4 more
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Eugenie Furniss
Eugenie is a literary agent at 42 Management & Production. She spent fifteen years at WME, running its London book division for her final three years there. She then set up Furniss Lawton at the James Grant Group in 2012, running it 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 · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction +3 more
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Felicity Blunt
Felicity Blunt joined Curtis Brown in 2005, following a career change from law and internships at both the Wylie Agency and Curtis Brown. She has worked from both the London and New York offices and represents authors across the literary and commercial spectrum. Her list includes Booker Prize-shortlisted Claire Keegan, Women’s Prize-shortlisted Meg Mason, Gillian McAllister, Rosamund Lupton, and Renée Knight, as well as bestselling debut authors Abi Daré and Bonnie Garmus. She also represents the Estates of Daphne du Maurier and Jilly Cooper, and co-agents major international authors in collaboration with UTA and CAA, including Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan and Women’s Prize winner Ann Patchett. In 2024, she served as Executive Producer on the Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s Rivals.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction +9 more
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Hannah Sheppard
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 · Horror +4 more
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Hannah Weatherill
Hannah is Watson, Little's Literary and Book-to-Screen Agent, representing commercial and upmarket fiction and non-fiction. She joined Watson, Little in 2024 after four years as an agent at Northbank Talent Management and a year at Penguin Random House UK. She also represents book-to-screen rights for the agency and stays closely connected with the international film and TV industry.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Historical Fiction +6 more
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Jane Conway-Gordon
Jane is Managing Director of Jane Conway‑Gordon Ltd, an independent London literary agency. With a background in rights and contracts for major publishers, she launched her own agency in 1982. Jane reports to have closed her list.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Jenny Bent
Jenny is President and Literary Agent at The Bent Agency. Jenny has represented a great many award-winning and New York Times-bestselling authors, including Stephanie Garber, Liv Constantine, Gary John Bishop, Lori Nelson Spielman, Goldy Moldavsky, Tiffany D. Jackson, Elise Kova, Yangsze Choo, Dustin Thao, Arvin Ahmadi, Lynsay Sands, JT Geissinger and Samantha Bailey.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Health & Wellness · Horror +7 more
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Jess Molloy
Jess Molloy joined the Curtis Brown literary department in 2019 after working for over eight years in talent management and the agency’s talent and comedy department. She began by assisting Cathryn Summerhayes before becoming a literary agent in 2022 and starting to build her own list. Jess is open to submissions and enjoys working closely with writers from a variety of backgrounds, particularly those who have come to writing via unconventional routes or have experience in entertainment or media and are looking to connect with new audiences through their work.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Literary Fiction +4 more
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Julie Fergusson
Julie is a literary agent representing fiction across a range of genres, from commercial to literary. She has worked in the publishing industry for over a decade, first in Scottish publishing and then UK-wide as a freelance editor and now agent. She has a degree in mathematics and a master’s degree in creative writing, both from the University of Edinburgh.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Romance · Thriller
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Julie Gourinchas
Julie champions a selective list focused on upmarket and literary adult and new adult fiction across a wide variety of genres. Writers she represents have won or been nominated for awards including the British Book Awards, the Hugo Awards, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Stoker Awards, the BSFA Awards, the Betty Trask Award, and the Saltire National Book Awards. She is a member of the Association of Authors' Agents Bridge Committee, which focuses on junior agent development.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction +5 more
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Juliet Pickering
Juliet is a director at Blake Friedmann Literary Agency, representing fiction and non-fiction writers. She worked at Waterstones before joining A P Watt in 2003, then moved to Blake Friedmann in 2013, becoming Vice Head of the Book Department in 2017 and a Director in 2020. In 2021 she won the Romantic Novelists' Association Agent of the Year Award.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Kate Barker
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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Marilia Savvides
Marilia founded The Plot Agency in 2024 and represents an eclectic list of authors. She began her career at Peters Fraser and Dunlop, working first as an international rights agent and later as a literary agent building her own list. She then worked as a literary agent at 42MP, helping to launch its Book Division. She holds a law degree from UCL and trained on the Columbia Publishing Course in New York.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Horror · Mystery +7 more
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Marina de Pass
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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Rachel Calder
Rachel runs The Sayle Literary Agency, which she has led since 1993. The agency was founded in 1896 and has a long history of representing distinguished British and international writers. It keeps a deliberately small list so it can work closely with its writers and place them with committed publishers.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
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Robert Caskie
Robert is an experienced literary agent and the founder of Robert Caskie Ltd. He previously co-founded Caskie Mushens and spent eight years as a senior literary agent and COO at Peters Fraser + Dunlop. He also worked at MacFarlane Chard Associates and Capel & Land Ltd. Before becoming an agent, he worked in film PR in New York.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Robin Wade
Robin founded Wade & Co Literary Agency in 2001. The agency represents fiction and non-fiction for adults and young adults.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction +9 more
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Samantha Brace
Sam is an agent representing books alongside PFD's contemporary classics authors. After a degree in classics and English at Memorial University of Newfoundland, she worked across a range of roles and industries in Canada. She joined PFD in 2017, after the inaugural Columbia Publishing Course at Oxford, and went on to run Agora Books as publisher, working across editorial, production, sales and design; there she launched the Lost the Plot writers' competition and the Uncrowned Queens of Crime series, celebrating forgotten female crime writers. She is now building a list of crime and reading-group fiction and running PFD's contemporary classics department.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Mystery +2 more
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Viola Hayden
Viola Hayden began her career in publishing before moving into agenting at Curtis Brown. She now represents a wide range of fiction and non-fiction, with a particular focus on commercial work, and also co-agents alongside Jonny Geller on his high-profile list. Her background as a publisher gives her a deep understanding of the editorial and market potential of a book, and she’s passionate about championing writers whose stories are both compelling and commercially resonant.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Health & Wellness · Historical Fiction +6 more
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