As of 9 October 2026, we list 66 UK literary agents representing food & drink, and 50 are open to submissions. See what each one is looking for and when we last checked.
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Anna is the Managing Director of Johnson & Alcock. She looks after a diverse list of best-selling and prize-winning authors, as well as emerging voices in fiction and narrative non-fiction.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs · Fantasy +13 more
Antony is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton, representing historical thriller writers, contemporary and historical literary novelists, and a wide range of non-fiction writers. He joined the agency in 1995, after several years working as a fiction buyer for a major bookshop chain. Antony studied English at St Anne's College, Oxford, having grown up in Stockport. His interests span the agency's full range of activities, from literary representation to television and brand consultation.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +4 more
Ben Clark is well into his second decade of agenting and represents bestselling and award-winning authors across fiction and non-fiction. He is a passionate advocate for non-fiction in all its forms, from narrative-driven storytelling and prescriptive guides to self-help and beautifully illustrated works, with interests spanning cookery, history, philosophy, economics, memoir, technology, science, business and nature writing, and a focus on books that deepen our understanding of the world. In fiction he is a devoted fan of science fiction, horror and fantasy, always on the lookout for original worlds, tightly woven plots and voices from traditionally under-represented backgrounds. He also collaborates with brands, television producers and magazines to develop intellectual property across platforms.
Genres:Business · Commercial Fiction · Fantasy · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction +6 more
Caroline represents a range of fiction, from literary prize-winners to upmarket reading group fiction, and well-written crime novels. Caroline is drawn to messy family stories, books about human connection and misconnection, and books full of longing. Caroline's non-fiction list is growing, with interests in art, culture, music, food, nature and mental health.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Literary Fiction +1 more
Ciara is an Associate Agent at Watson, Little, building her list with writers of fiction and non-fiction. She reads widely across literary, upmarket and book club fiction, and enjoys narrative, memoir and essay collections in non-fiction. She looks for voices that remain underrepresented in the publishing industry.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +1 more
Claire is a Literary Agent and Director at Janklow & Nesbit UK. She began her career at Chatto & Windus, before working at Granta and Canongate Books, and later became Publisher of the NYRB Classics series in New York. She joined Janklow & Nesbit to help establish the London office and continues to work closely with the US team, co-agenting authors such as Jeffrey Eugenides and Maaza Mengiste. She represents a broad but carefully curated list spanning fiction and non-fiction.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction +5 more
Clare founded her own agency in 2012, after senior publishing roles at Bloomsbury, Macmillan, Penguin and Random House. Her list has a particular interest in food writing, cookery, memoir, biography, true crime and commercial fiction. Her authors have featured on bestseller lists in the UK, USA, Australia and Canada, and have won awards and been translated into many languages.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Memoir +3 more
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
Daisy is an associate agent at Lutyens & Rubinstein. She joined the agency in 2008 and has run her own list since 2012. She is a voracious reader who enjoys thinking about how books work in the world, but she most loves being swept away by a book she cannot put down.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink +9 more
Darryl is a literary agent at Artellus Ltd. He studied English Literature at Christ's College, Cambridge and worked as a freelance copywriter before joining the agency. His debut novel, 'Vicky Had One Eye Open', was published in 2008 and was short-listed for a World Book Day prize.
Genres:Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Travel
David founded David Luxton Associates and represents a diverse range of non-fiction authors, with a particular focus on sport, music, food-writing and politics. He began his career at Sports Pages, London's leading sports bookstore. He went on to establish the Luxton Harris Agency in 2003 before founding David Luxton Associates in 2011.
Genres:Food & Drink · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Politics · Sports
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
Elise became a literary agent in 2012, having previously been a commissioning editor at Virago Press. She co-founded the Diversity in Publishing Network in 2004, which received the New Venture Award from Women in Publishing in 2005. Her authors have won or been nominated for awards including the Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the Caine Prize, the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, the Forward Prize and the Women's Prize for Fiction.
Genres:Biography · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
Emily is a hands-on, creative and energetic literary agent based in London, working with Aevitas Creative Management. She spent ten years as an editor in trade publishing houses before becoming an agent. She takes a personal, collaborative approach with authors, focusing primarily on non-fiction and placing clients with publishers ranging from the major houses to smaller independents. Her broad UK and US client list includes journalists, chefs, academics and health professionals.
Genres:Biography · Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Historical Non-Fiction +4 more
Emma is a Literary Agent at Madeleine Milburn specialising in non-fiction, with a list that has secured major deals around the world. She champions leading experts including historians, archaeologists, economists, investigative journalists, philosophers, environmentalists, psychologists and scientists, and particularly enjoys working with academics to build and shape the kernel of a book idea into a proposal for the trade. Before agenting she spent over a decade in publishing at Penguin Press and then Bloomsbury, leading campaigns for non-fiction and launching the careers of Nobel prize-winning economists, Pulitzer prize-winning journalists, historians, scientists, memoirists, activists and poets, among them Peter Frankopan, Rutger Bregman, William Dalrymple, Claudia Rankine, Lisa Taddeo, Owen Jones and Patricia Lockwood.
Genres:Biography · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
Emma represents a growing list of writers of fiction and narrative non-fiction at C&W Agency. She reads widely across both areas and is drawn to strong voices and character-driven stories. Editorial work is one of her favourite parts of the job, and she is committed to helping writers shape their work before it goes to publishers.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction +7 more
Esme assists Andrew Gordon and Jessica Woollard and is starting to build her own list of literary fiction, narrative non-fiction and poetry. She is actively searching for writers who combine intellect, intention and feeling, and would love to hear from new authors.
Genres:Biography · Food & Drink · Graphic Novels · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction +4 more
Felicity began her career in books at a small literary agency in New York and, after a decade working across publishing on both sides of the Atlantic, left her role as Managing Director of Macmillan Publishers London to co-found Lutyens & Rubinstein with Sarah Lutyens. She and her colleagues flourished, even opening a beautiful independent bookshop in 2009 that offered invaluable insights into reader choices and showcased their authors. By 2023, the agency had outgrown the shop’s basement location and moved into separate offices.
Genres:Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
Fiona is the Managing Director of Limelight Management, a boutique London-based literary and talent agency founded in 1989. With a long background in broker deals for television, lifestyle, and expert-led authors, she oversees a selective authors’ list that bridges publishing, broadcast, and branding.
Genres:Biography · Business · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime +13 more
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
Hellie co-heads the UK Book division at WME and became a Partner in 2026. She joined the London office in 2023 and represents fiction, children's books and non-fiction. She is President of the Association of Authors' Agents and has been shortlisted for Literary Agent of the Year and the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize.
Genres:Fantasy · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +8 more
Imogen is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton, representing literary and upmarket fiction and non-fiction. Imogen joined the agency in 2018. Before that, Imogen studied English Literature at King's College London and gained an MSt in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Oxford.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs · Fantasy +14 more
Imogen is a literary agent at Marjacq Scripts. She represents non-fiction that looks at serious subjects in innovative ways, and literary and upmarket fiction. Her list covers history, science, memoir, cookery, cultural criticism, social issues and psychology in non-fiction, and literary thrillers and women's fiction in fiction.
Genres:Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
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
Jack is a literary agent and co-founder of DunnFogg. Jack began their publishing career at Bloomsbury in 2004, then worked at 4th Estate, Hodder, Penguin Random House and HarperCollins over a seventeen-year career as an editor and publisher. In 2019, Jack set up the Mudlark imprint at HarperCollins, which focuses on quality non-fiction. Jack was nominated as editor of the year at the British Book Awards in 2018.
Genres:Business · Crime · Current Affairs · Fantasy · Food & Drink +8 more
Jane is a literary agent and partner at Lutyens & Rubinstein, representing fiction and non-fiction. She began her career at the agency in 2006, established her own list in 2010 and became a partner in 2016, later becoming a full partner and co-owner in 2023. She oversees the agency's Rights and Contracts Department, working on translation, overseas deals, audio, and film and TV rights for the authors she represents.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +1 more
Jane runs her own literary agency, specialising in high quality adult non-fiction and fiction and young adult fiction for young teens. She was a publisher before setting up her business in 1987, which she now runs from London and Cornwall. She has a distinguished list of clients and works closely with them on editing, proposals and publicity.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction +4 more
Kate is an agent representing books and journalism. She studied English literature and journalism in Australia and New York, and worked in music, magazines and literary festivals before beginning her publishing career at Hachette Australia in 2012. She has been at PFD since 2014.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction +7 more
Laurie is a Literary Agent at Peters Fraser + Dunlop, representing books and journalism and actively building a list of adult fiction and non-fiction. She completed a BA in English Literature and Creative Writing, worked in the sales team at Dorling Kindersley, and joined the agency in 2017, beginning her own list in 2020. On the fiction side she represents a range of genres alongside a smaller non-fiction list, and represents several Sunday Times bestselling authors whose work has been shortlisted for and won prizes including the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, the Jhalak Prize, the Somerset Maugham Award, the Dublin Literary Award, the Edge Hill Prize, the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, and cookery awards from Fortnum & Mason and the Guild of Food Writers. She also looks after serialisation rights and journalism across the agency.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
Liza is a literary agent at Greenstone Literary, representing fiction and non-fiction authors. She began her career as an assistant at Eccles Fisher Associates, working with literary scouts before moving into agenting. She went on to sell international rights for major bestselling authors and built a curated list of her own fiction and non-fiction clients. She was named a Bookseller Rising Star in 2022.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction +6 more
Maria represents both fiction and nonfiction writers at Mushens Entertainment. Before joining the agency in September 2025, she worked at InkWell Management in New York for over eight years as an assistant and agent. She began her career in publishing as a Foreign Rights Assistant at Janklow & Nesbit in New York. Maria graduated from University College Dublin with a BA in English and Drama, then obtained her Master's in Literature and Modernity from the University of Edinburgh.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction +2 more
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 · Crime · Fantasy · Food & Drink · Horror +8 more
Monica is an Associate Agent at Aitken Alexander, where she has worked in the books department since 2020. Her authors include Peter Apps, Onyi Nwabineli and Nicola Dinan. She is actively building a list of new writers and also handles speaking engagements at the agency for several clients.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Current Affairs · Food & Drink +8 more
Natalie represents narrative and commercial non-fiction as well as literary fiction. She spent fifteen years as an antiquarian book dealer before becoming an agent, first with Simon Finch Rare Books and later running her own rare book shop and gallery in Cecil Court. In 2017, she co-edited an anthology of new short stories about poker with the writer Anthony Holden.
Genres:Biography · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction
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
Rachel is a director at Georgina Capel Associates, representing literary, book club and commercial fiction. She studied Literature at King's College London and joined the agency in 2010 after working at various publishing houses and literary agencies. She became a director in 2016. Her clients have been longlisted for the Booker Prize and Desmond Elliott Prize, and are winners of the Manchester Fiction Prize and RSL Giles St Aubyn Award.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
Rachel is the founder and director of RML, which she established in 2019. She previously worked as a literary agent at Furniss Lawton and as Agent and International Business Director at Peters Fraser and Dunlop, where she sat on the Executive Board. Before that she worked in publishing at Penguin and Random House. Over twenty years in the industry, she has secured major publishing and screen deals for a wide range of authors.
Genres:Biography · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
Rebecca is a literary agent at A.M. Heath, representing authors of fiction and non-fiction. She works across the commercial fiction spectrum, from contemporary and reading group fiction to historical fiction, crime and psychological suspense. She also represents non-fiction, including cookery, wellbeing and travel writing. Rebecca enjoys working with authors from debut stage onwards, guiding them from early ideas through to the finished manuscript.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness +8 more
Rosemary is a founding partner at United Agents, representing writers and presenters focused on non-fiction. She began her publishing career as Rights Manager at Bloomsbury, then worked with Deborah Owen before joining PFD to handle rights across the agency. She headed the Books Department at United Agents between 2014 and 2021. She represents her clients across writing, broadcasting, podcasts, live events and media activities.
Genres:Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir · Other Non-Fiction +2 more
Represents irresistible non-fiction and select fiction, with cookbooks and food writing a core part of her list. Works in a hands-on way editorially and is particularly keen to find authors who want to build a career.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Historical Fiction +10 more
Sally represents a broad range of non-fiction authors, from award-winning and bestselling names to those whose careers have only just begun. As a former editor, Sally particularly enjoys working with writers to turn a great idea into a great book. Sally is a trustee of the Jane Grigson Trust and founded the Jane Grigson Trust Award for first-time writers on food and drink.
Genres:Biography · Business · Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction +1 more
Sarah is an Associate Agent at The Soho Agency, where she has worked for almost five years. She began as an assistant to Julian Alexander and Ben Clark, supporting their roster of bestselling non-fiction authors and commercial novelists, and is now building her own list.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction +5 more
Sarah is a director at the Sophie Hicks Agency, where she also runs the agency's film and television side. She began her publishing career in Canada, working first in publicity and then editorial, before moving to London in 2010 to work with Ed Victor. She joined the Sophie Hicks Agency in 2014. Sarah represents authors across both fiction and non-fiction.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +6 more
Siân represents authors in a range of fiction and non-fiction genres from commercial to the accessible end of the literary spectrum. She is keen to hear from authors who feel their voice is underrepresented in publishing. It is important to her to work with authors from a wide variety of backgrounds.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +8 more
Sophie is a literary agent at C&W Agency, representing fiction and nonfiction authors, many of whom have been nominated for or won major literary prizes. She worked as a bookseller and book buyer on London's Charing Cross Road before moving to New York, where she spent three years as an assistant at Janklow & Nesbit. She returned to London to start her own list at Tibor Jones & Associates before joining C&W in 2013, becoming a Director and later Managing Director.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction +6 more
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
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
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
Victoria represents a wide-ranging list of fiction and non-fiction writers at A.M. Heath. She has worked with some of her authors for over twenty-five years, nurturing their careers from their first publication onwards. 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 also represents literary estates, including those of Shirley Jackson and Mary McCarthy.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
Zoe is a literary agent at United Agents, working with writers across literary fiction, narrative non-fiction, food writing and academic non-fiction. She began her career at the agency in 2009 in the foreign rights department. With a background in modern languages and psychoanalysis, she is drawn to stylish prose, sly humour and complex characterisation in fiction, and to challenging ideas about identity across genres.
Genres:Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
Araminta represents a wide range of fiction and non-fiction. Her clients are Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers and have won awards including the CWA Gold Crime Dagger, the RNA Awards, the John Creasy Award, the Andre Simon Memorial Prize and the PEN Pinter Prize, with titles longlisted for the Wellcome and Baillie Gifford Prizes and chosen as Richard and Judy and Zoella book club picks.
Genres:Business · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness +6 more
Ariella is an agent at United Agents, representing bestselling, critically acclaimed and award-winning authors across fiction and non-fiction. She started her career at PFD in 2006 before moving to United Agents. In 2017, The Bookseller named her a Rising Star. She enjoys discovering new voices and working with authors to shape their careers over the long term.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness +8 more
Caro Clarke is the founder and literary agent at Portobello Literary. They founded the agency in 2022 after twelve years working in publishing houses, including Transworld (PRH) and Canongate Books, as a Senior Rights Manager. They were named Rights Professional of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2021. In 2019, they co-founded the Nan Shepherd Prize for underrepresented nature writers.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy +16 more
Charlie is a Senior Agent and Vice President at Aevitas Creative Management, based in London and New York. He represents an eclectic list of authors, spanning academics, journalists, musicians, online creators and food writers, as well as novelists of commercial and literary fiction, including several bestsellers. He previously worked at A.M. Heath and Co and Ed Victor Limited, and set up his own agency in 2017 before merging it with Aevitas in 2023.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
Charlotte is an agent at Johnson & Alcock, building a list across fiction and non-fiction. She studied modern languages and began her career as a literary scout at Eccles Fisher Associates, before becoming an agent at Andrew Nurnberg Associates in 2015. She joined Johnson & Alcock in 2022 and also champions a select number of titles in translation each year.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction +8 more
Claudia is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton. She joined the agency in 2009. She represents literary fiction, crime fiction and thrillers, as well as cooking, food journalism, comedy and travel writing. 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
Diana is a literary agent at DHH Literary Agency, representing smart commercial fiction and non-fiction. She joined DHH in 2024, having previously worked at Rupert Heath Literary Agency, TAG and Marjacq Scripts. Before agenting, she was a senior commissioning editor at Transworld. Her list includes a wide range of bestselling and prize-winning authors in the UK and internationally.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction +6 more
Elly is director and agent at HHB Agency Ltd. She joined the agency in 2007 to work alongside its founder, Heather Holden-Brown, and became sole director in 2024 after Heather's retirement. Before working as an agent, she worked in television and film development, looking for great storytellers and original voices.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction +9 more
Emily is a literary agent at The Blair Partnership who represents non-fiction for mainstream audiences. Before becoming an agent, she spent a decade working at HarperCollins, Orion and Little, Brown, where she was latterly the Publisher of Sphere Non-Fiction. The books she edited and published included Sunday Times bestsellers, award nominees and winners, and titles translated and exported internationally. She has extensive insider experience across the spectrum of non-fiction.
Genres:Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Historical Non-Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +4 more
Trained as a barrister before interning at the Wylie Agency and Curtis Brown, and joined Curtis Brown in 2005, working from both London and New York. Represents authors across the literary to commercial spectrum, and works with the estates of Daphne du Maurier and Jilly Cooper. Her non-fiction list centres on bestselling cookery writers, alongside Stanley Tucci's food memoirs. Works with clients on domestic and international sales and media rights, and serves as an executive producer on the Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper's Rivals.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction +9 more
Gabrielle is a literary agent and Foreign Rights Manager at Watson, Little. Gabrielle joined the agency in 2024, after six years working as a literary scout. Gabrielle heads up the foreign rights department, helping Watson, Little authors find publishers around the world, and is building their own list of authors focused on literary and upmarket fiction, select thrillers and nonfiction.
Genres:Business · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction · Horror +7 more
Hannah is a literary and book-to-screen agent at Watson, Little. She joined the agency in 2024 after four years as an agent at Northbank Talent Management and a year at Penguin Random House UK. She is building a varied list of quality commercial and upmarket fiction and non-fiction, and authors she has represented have been listed for prizes including the Women's Prize and the British Book Awards. 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 +7 more
Originally trained and worked as an actor before moving into publishing at a book subscription company in 2021. Assisted the managing director of a boutique literary agency for two years before joining Curtis Brown in April 2024 to assist Sheila Crowley. Reads Sheila's submissions daily and is constantly on the lookout for new talent; a clear one-line pitch, a killer hook or unforgettable characters will always catch her attention.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Memoir · Psychological Suspense +3 more
Juliet is a director at Blake Friedmann, representing fiction and non-fiction. She worked at Waterstones before joining the agency A P Watt in 2003, then moved to Blake Friedmann in 2013. She won the Romantic Novelists' Association Agent of the Year Award in 2021.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Cosy Mystery · Crime · Food & Drink +4 more
Kay is a literary agent at Colwill & Peddle, representing narrative non-fiction and memoir. She spent over a decade as a non-fiction editor, including at The Bodley Head and the human rights magazine Lacuna. She became a literary agent in 2019, founding Kay Peddle Literary before joining Colwill & Peddle.
Genres:Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
Milly represents a broad range of non-fiction and a select amount of literary fiction at Colwill & Peddle. She joined the agency in 2023, having previously worked at Jo Unwin Literary Agency for over six years. She enjoys working closely with authors to consider the different and generative ways of presenting a story, argument or idea within their writing.
Genres:Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Literary Fiction · Memoir +3 more
