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Literary Agents
for Historical Non-Fiction

As of 9 October 2026, we list 118 UK literary agents representing historical non-fiction, and 94 are open to submissions. See what each one is looking for and when we last checked.

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Abi Fellows

DHH Literary Agency

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

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

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Last checked 13 days ago

Adam Gauntlett

Peters Fraser + Dunlop

Adam heads the books division at PFD and represents a wide range of prize-winning and bestselling authors, among them Sunday Times and New York Times names. He joined the company in 2010, after completing a Masters in English Literature at King's College London. The Bookseller named him its Shooting Star in 2017.

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

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Alexander Cochran

Greyhound Literary

Alexander is actively building his list and is always on the lookout for new writers of speculative fiction, literary fiction, crime and thriller and serious non-fiction. He is particularly interested in dark thrillers and crime novels, science fiction and fantasy that push boundaries or cross genres but are rooted in believable, playful literary fiction, and novels that don't shy away from darker aspects of humanity. On the non-fiction side, he tends towards serious books with big ideas that subvert our assumptions, serious histories, and narrative non-fiction focused on contemporary events and issues.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs · Fantasy · Historical Non-Fiction +6 more

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Last checked 19 days ago

Amy O'Shea

Graham Maw Christie Literary Agency

Amy is an agent at Graham Maw Christie Literary Agency. She joined the agency in early 2023 and assists Jane and Jen with social media, admin, royalties and submissions, alongside working on her own projects. Amy graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a degree in Linguistics and English Language.

Genres:Crime · Fantasy · Historical Non-Fiction · Horror · Memoir +6 more

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Last checked 17 days ago

Andrew Gordon

David Higham Associates

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

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

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Last checked 10 days ago

Andrew Lownie

Andrew Lownie Literary Agency

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

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

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Last checked 4 days ago

Angelique Tran Van Sang

Felicity Bryan Associates

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

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

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Last checked 13 days ago

Anna Power

Johnson & Alcock Ltd

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

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Last checked 18 days ago

Antony Topping

Greene & Heaton Ltd

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

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Last checked 19 days ago

Ben Clark

The Soho Agency

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

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Last checked 12 days ago

Carrie Plitt

Felicity Bryan Associates

Carrie is a literary agent at Felicity Bryan Associates, building a list of non-fiction and fiction. She represents award-winning and bestselling authors including Reni Eddo-Lodge, Natasha Lunn and Catherine Belton. For ten years she co-hosted an award-winning books podcast and radio show, Literary Friction, with Octavia Bright.

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +4 more

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Last checked 13 days ago

Catherine Clarke

Felicity Bryan Associates

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

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

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Last checked 13 days ago

Charlotte Merritt

Andrew Nurnberg Associates

Charlotte joined Andrew Nurnberg Associates in 2018, having returned to London after living and working in India and Hong Kong. Before that she spent over a decade in London publishing, first at Bloomsbury and then at Hodder & Stoughton. She works closely with her clients to develop their ideas, drawing on that experience to help shape their book projects.

Genres:Current Affairs · Health & Wellness · Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more

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Last checked 14 days ago

Chris Wellbelove

Aitken Alexander Associates

Chris is Joint Managing Director at Aitken Alexander Associates. He represents writers of fiction and nonfiction from across the literary spectrum, as well as a handful of poets.

Genres:Business · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction +4 more

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Last checked 3 days ago

Claire Paterson Conrad

Janklow & Nesbit

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

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Last checked 18 days ago

Clare Wallace

Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency

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

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

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Last checked 14 days ago

Connor Brown

Andrew Nurnberg Associates

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

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

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Last checked 14 days ago

Dame Caroline Michel

Peters Fraser + Dunlop

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

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

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Darryl Samaraweera

Artellus

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

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Last checked 12 days ago

Donald Winchester

Watson, Little Ltd

Donald is a literary agent at Watson, Little, representing non-fiction and fiction for adults. He began his career at Penguin Press before working for five years at A P Watt, building a list of non-fiction and fiction authors. He joined Watson, Little as an agent in 2013. Donald now splits his time between Scotland and London.

Genres:Business · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs +8 more

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Last checked 8 days ago

Dorie Simmonds

Dorie Simmonds Agency Ltd

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

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

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Doug Young

PEW Literary

Doug is an associate agent at PEW Literary. He has worked in the book industry for over three decades, including 17 years as a publishing director at Penguin Random House. He joined PEW in 2019. He is drawn to non-fiction such as history, popular science, politics and memoir, as well as the occasional off-the-wall novel.

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

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Last checked 8 days ago

Ed Wilson

Johnson & Alcock Ltd

Ed is an agent and director at Johnson & Alcock, representing fiction and non-fiction from new voices to established, bestselling and award-winning authors. He works editorially with his authors to help shape their books. He also looks after the majority of the agency's estates, including Beryl Bainbridge, Dick Francis, William Trevor and Elizabeth Taylor.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs · Fantasy · Historical Non-Fiction +8 more

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Last checked 18 days ago

Elliot Prior

Curtis Brown Ltd

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

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

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Last checked 12 days ago

Emily Sweet

Aevitas Creative Management

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

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

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Last checked 5 days ago

Emma Bal

Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency

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

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

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Last checked 14 days ago

Emma Finn

C&W Agency

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

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Last checked 15 days ago

Emma Paterson

Aitken Alexander Associates

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

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

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Last checked 5 days ago

Esme Bright

David Higham Associates

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

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

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Last checked 10 days ago

Euan Thorneycroft

A.M. Heath & Co. Ltd

Euan loves novels with propulsive stories, fascinating characters and great heart, whether commercial fiction or something more literary. He seeks first-in-class storytelling that makes the reader care. He specialises in crossover literary/commercial fiction (“Bookclub fiction”) that starts conversations and taps into the zeitgeist, with examples including Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid and The List by Yomi Adegoke, as well as immersive, transporting novels like Still Life by Sarah Winman and Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason. He reads crime and thrillers, from police procedurals to spy fiction, psychological suspense and full-throttle action adventure, and seeks unusual and imaginative hooks. He is drawn to authors such as Mick Herron, Cara Hunter, MJ Arlidge, TM Logan and Chris Whitaker, and to boundary-pushing crime novels like My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite, Eight Detectives by Alex Pavesi and The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton. Historical fiction is another passion, whether a historical crime series in the vein of Laura Shepherd Robinson or Elodie Harper, or stand-alone novels such as The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins and The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews, with vivid setting and complex characters. In non-fiction, he loves memoirs, stand-outs include Educated by Tara Westover, The Shepherd’s Life by James Rebanks and Do No Harm by Henry Marsh, and works with experts in history, science, technology, politics and nature to craft narrative-driven books.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs · Health & Wellness +9 more

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Last checked 5 days ago

Finlay Charlesworth

Blake Friedmann Literary Agency

Finlay is an Associate Agent at Blake Friedmann, building a list of non-fiction and select fiction while assisting Juliet Pickering and Isobel Dixon with their clients. He joined the agency in 2022 after completing an MA in Publishing at University College London. He has worked closely with the Estates of Gilbert Adair, Tatamkhulu Afrika and K. Sello Duiker, helping to secure deals on classics lists in the UK and USA. Finlay was born in Scotland.

Genres:Current Affairs · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Politics · Sports

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Last checked 22 days ago

Georgina Capel

Georgina Capel Associates

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

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

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Last checked 14 days ago

Georgina Simmonds

Red Kite Literary

Georgina is an agent and founding partner at Red Kite Literary, representing adult fiction and selected non-fiction. She trained as a solicitor specialising in commercial and IP law before moving into publishing at Curtis Brown, and later worked at Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency as an associate rights agent and then agent. She combines close editorial work with her legal background to advocate for her clients.

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +11 more

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Last checked 15 days ago

Gordon Wise

Curtis Brown Ltd

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

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

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Last checked 12 days ago

Gyamfia Osei

Andrew Nurnberg Associates

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

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

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Last checked 14 days ago

Hannah Schofield

LBA Books

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 Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +10 more

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Harriet Poland

CAA Publishing

Harriet focuses on narrative, voice-driven non-fiction, pop culture, memoir, comedy, journalism, and platform talent. She joined CAA in 2023 after serving as editorial director at Hodder & Stoughton. Prior to Hodder, she held positions at Hodder Studio, Audible, and The Hanbury Agency.

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

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Imogen Morrell

Greene & Heaton Ltd

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

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

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Last checked 19 days ago

Imogen Pelham

Marjacq Scripts Ltd

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

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Last checked 10 days ago

Irene Baldoni

Georgina Capel Associates

Irene is a literary agent at Georgina Capel Associates, working across foreign rights and speaking engagements. She joined the agency in 2017, having previously worked at Faber & Faber and Gregory & Company Authors' Agents. She holds an MA in Modern Literature from the University of Siena in Italy and an MA in Publishing Studies from City University London.

Genres:Crime · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Poetry +3 more

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Last checked 14 days ago

Isabel Atherton

Creative Authors Ltd

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

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

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Last checked 17 days ago

Isobel Dixon

Blake Friedmann Literary Agency

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

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

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Last checked 22 days ago

James Gill

Felicity Bryan Associates

James has worked in publishing and literary representation since 1995. He represents a broad range of fiction and non-fiction authors writing for the general-trade market. His clients have been shortlisted for prizes including the Booker Prize, the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year, and have won awards such as the Wolfson History Prize and the Whitbread Prize.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir +1 more

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Last checked 13 days ago

Jane Turnbull

Jane Turnbull’s Literary Agency

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

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

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Last checked 8 days ago

Jennifer Christie

Graham Maw Christie Literary Agency

Jennifer is a founder agent at Graham Maw Christie, representing authors across a range of non-fiction. She has worked as a literary agent for 20 years, launching international and Sunday Times bestsellers including Raynor Winn and Helen Villiers. She represents authors across popular science, philosophy, humour, business and memoir, working closely with them to develop ideas, build promotional strategies and shape their books.

Genres:Business · Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +1 more

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Last checked 17 days ago

Jenny Hewson

Lutyens & Rubinstein

Jenny is a literary agent at Lutyens & Rubinstein. She joined the agency in 2019, having previously worked as an agent at Rogers, Coleridge & White since 2010. She represents a wide range of award winning and bestselling authors from around the world. She works closely and collaboratively with authors, from editing of the manuscript through to publication.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Fantasy · Health & Wellness · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +6 more

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Jessica Lee

A.M. Heath & Co. Ltd

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

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Jessica Woollard

David Higham Associates

Jessica has been a literary agent for thirty years, beginning her career at Toby Eady Associates, where she worked first for Alexandra Pringle and went on to become a Director before leaving ten years later for The Marsh Agency. She joined David Higham in January 2016 on returning from Mumbai, where she had been working as an agent remotely for five years. She was the agent for H is for Hawk, and represents academics, activists, artists, scientists and journalists. Authors she works with have won or been shortlisted for major prizes including the Booker, the Baillie Gifford, the Costa, the Guardian First Book Award, the National Book Award, Waterstones Book of the Year, the Wainwright and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year.

Genres:Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Politics +1 more

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Last checked 10 days ago

Joanna Swainson

Hardman & Swainson

Joanna is a co-founder of Hardman & Swainson and represents both fiction and non-fiction. She trained as a reader and in-house editor for Christopher Little, where she met Caroline. Before that she ran a copywriting and editing business after studying French.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction +7 more

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Last checked 15 days ago

John Ash

CAA Publishing

John Ash is a literary agent at CAA Publishing, representing literary fiction, upmarket general fiction and serious nonfiction. He began his career at PEW Literary, where he spent six and a half years before joining CAA in 2023. His fiction interests range from literary fiction and epic fantasy to upmarket general fiction, while his nonfiction interests include history, memoir and reportage.

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Jon Curzon

Artellus

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

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

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Last checked 12 days ago

Jon Wood

Rogers, Coleridge & White (RCW)

Jon is a director at RCW Literary Agency, representing a growing list of bestselling and critically-acclaimed fiction and non-fiction writers. He has worked in UK publishing for over twenty-five years, starting as a publisher at Orion before joining RCW in 2019 and becoming a director in 2022. His clients include Ian Rankin, Denise Mina and Joanne Harris, and he has a particular interest in the long-term brand management of established writers.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +4 more

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Judith Murray

Greene & Heaton Ltd

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

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

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Last checked 19 days ago

Julian Alexander

The Soho Agency

Julian has been an agent his entire professional life. He represents an eclectic list that includes bestselling fiction and non-fiction of all kinds, from history and medicine through heart-warming memoir and illustrated books to edgy detective novels and fast-paced thrillers. He also handles the book output for a number of high-profile creators of intellectual property and helps develop and package projects for his clients, planning long-term careers.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Health & Wellness · Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir · Mystery +2 more

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Last checked 12 days ago

Kat Aitken

Lexington Literary Ltd

Kat worked as a bookseller, in the rights department of Robert Laffont in Paris, and then for nine years at United Agents before co-founding Lexington Literary in 2024. Kat represents writers of literary fiction, thought-provoking non-fiction and some poetry, always seeking fresh perspectives and bold voices. Kat is hungry for emotionally intelligent storytelling, taut prose and anything subversive and astute.

Genres:Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Poetry · Politics +1 more

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Last checked 11 days ago

Kate Barker

Kate Barker Literary Agency

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

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

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Kate Evans

Peters Fraser + Dunlop

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.

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Kate Hordern

Kate Hordern Literary Agency

Kate founded Kate Hordern Literary Agency in Bristol in 1999. She previously worked for the independent trade publisher Victor Gollancz in London for fourteen years, selling foreign rights. She relocated to Bristol before setting up her own agency.

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

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Keshava Guha

Aevitas Creative Management

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

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Kieron Fairweather

Peters Fraser + Dunlop

Kieron joined PFD in 2021 as assistant to chief executive Caroline Michel, and is now an associate agent. He took a BA and MA in English literature at Northumbria University, followed by a PhD from the same university in 2020, with a thesis on psychogeography, mapping and the city in the work of Jean Rhys and Djuna Barnes.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more

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Laura MacDougall

United Agents

Laura is a literary agent at United Agents, representing a wide range of fiction and non-fiction writers. She has a background in classical languages and philosophy and is drawn to books that explore what makes us who we are. Laura began her publishing career in 2010 at Hodder & Stoughton, then became an agent at Tibor Jones & Associates before joining United Agents in 2017.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +5 more

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Laura Williams

Greene & Heaton Ltd

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.

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Lauren Gardner

Bell Lomax Moreton

Lauren represents authors and illustrators across children's and young adult fiction, new adult/crossover and commercial women's fiction, and adult non-fiction. She joined Bell Lomax Moreton in 2014 and has built a list of children's and young adult fiction, adult fiction and adult non-fiction authors whose work has won or been shortlisted for prizes including the Waterstones Children's Prize, the Carnegie Medal and the Branford Boase. In 2020 she was selected as one of The Bookseller's Rising Stars.

Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Fantasy · Health & Wellness +9 more

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Margaret Halton

PEW Literary

Margaret is an Agent and Head of Rights at PEW Literary. She joined the agency in 2018 and now handles its translation rights. 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. In recent years she has begun to develop her own list of authors, focusing mainly on fiction.

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Maria Brannan

Greyhound Literary

Maria is a literary agent and translation rights manager at Greyhound Literary, building her own list of authors. She works alongside Sam Edenborough handling translation rights for the agency's clients. She previously spent over five years as a literary scout at Maria B. Campbell Associates in London, advising international publishers across more than a dozen countries and scouting titles for Netflix.

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +7 more

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Maria Whelan

Mushens Entertainment

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.

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Mark Lucas

The Soho Agency

Mark began his professional life in the editorial department at Futura in Camberwell before becoming a director at Fraser & Dunlop Scripts, later part of The Peters Fraser & Dunlop Group. In 1996 he co-founded LAW with Julian Alexander and Araminta Whitley. His grounding came in the art of mass-market paperback design and from a New York-based mentor who taught that 'we should aim to publish the gleam in the author's eye'. Over the years he has represented a diverse range of national and international bestsellers, and is interested in romance, thriller, memoir, historical non-fiction and edgy humour, always prioritising story above all else.

Genres:Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir · Romance · Thriller

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Michael Dean

Andrew Nurnberg Associates

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

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

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Monica MacSwan

Aitken Alexander Associates

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

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

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Olivia Davies

United Agents

Olivia is an Associate Agent at United Agents, building an eclectic list of literary, upmarket and commercial fiction and non-fiction. She admires authors who take creative risks and write with a sense of urgency.

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Orli Vogt-Vincent

David Higham Associates

Orli is building a literary fiction and non-fiction list, and also works across Managing Director Lizzy Kremer's list of internationally bestselling writers. In non-fiction she is drawn to work with broad appeal that helps readers understand themselves and the world they live in, and she enjoys working with writers who have built meaningful online platforms and communities.

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Patrick Walsh

PEW Literary

Patrick is a literary agent at PEW Literary. He was born and brought up in Venezuela and studied law at Cambridge before becoming an agent. He co-founded Conville & Walsh in 2000, later selling it to Curtis Brown, before founding PEW Literary in 2016.

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Philip Patterson

Marjacq Scripts Ltd

Philip heads the book department at Marjacq. He joined in 2003 from Curtis Brown, where he was a film, television and theatre agent. Before that he worked for HarperCollins Publishers. He represents adult fiction and non-fiction.

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Piers Blofeld

Sheil Land Associates Ltd

Piers represents a wide range of clients writing fiction and non-fiction, literary and commercial. He is a columnist for Writing Magazine. He has a taste for the unlikely and likes to be surprised and transported.

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Rachel Conway

Georgina Capel Associates

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.

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Rachel Goldblatt

Curtis Brown Ltd

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

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

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Rebecca Carter

Rebecca Carter Literary

Rebecca has been committed to nurturing novelists and non-fiction writers with original and refreshing perspectives on the world since starting out in publishing in 1994. She worked as an editor at Random House from 1997 to 2012, before becoming an agent at Janklow & Nesbit UK in 2012. She founded Rebecca Carter Literary in January 2023, combining close personal attention to her authors with her international networks.

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Robert Dudley

Robert Dudley Agency

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

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Rory Clarke

Andrew Nurnberg Associates

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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Rosemary Scoular

United Agents

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.

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Sabhbh Curran

Curtis Brown Ltd

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.

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Sally Holloway

Felicity Bryan Associates

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

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Sarah Ballard

C&W Agency

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

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Sarah Harvey

CAA Publishing

Sarah is a literary agent at CAA who builds a list of commercial to reading-group fiction and commercial non-fiction for the UK market. Sarah joined CAA in 2022, having previously worked at HarperCollins, Hachette, Pan Macmillan, The Curtis Brown Agency, and David Higham Associates. Their background is in translation rights, and they also represent US and translated authors in the UK.

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Sarah Stamp

The Soho Agency

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.

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Seren Adams

Lexington Literary Ltd

Seren worked at Granta and Foyles, then spent nine years at United Agents before co-founding Lexington Literary in 2024. Seren represents writers of literary fiction and narrative non-fiction, and many of her authors have been nominated for or won prizes for their work. Seren is always looking for exceptional literary voices, precise prose and is drawn to the strange or surprising in both fiction and non-fiction.

Genres:Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · True Crime

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Siân Ellis-Martin

Blake Friedmann Literary Agency

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.

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Sophie Lambert

C&W Agency

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.

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Thérèse Coen

Susanna Lea Associates

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

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Tom Cull

Cull & Co. Ltd

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

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Tom Killingbeck

A.M. Heath & Co. Ltd

Tom is a non-fiction literary agent at A.M. Heath. He joined the agency in 2022 and was named a Bookseller Rising Star the following year. He represents a select list of nonfiction authors, including Sunday Times bestsellers such as Zeinab Badawi, Julia Boyd and Peter Ross. Before becoming an agent, he was an editorial director at Penguin and HarperCollins.

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Trevor Dolby

Aevitas Creative Management

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

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Veronique Baxter

David Higham Associates

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

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

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Will Francis

Janklow & Nesbit

Will is a literary agent at Janklow & Nesbit who represents writers of popular science, investigative journalism and history, as well as novelists. He joined the agency in 2008 and became Managing Director of the UK office in 2013. Before starting his publishing career at Random House in 2000, he studied at King's College London and has lived in the US, India and Australia.

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Clare Alexander

Aitken Alexander Associates

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

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

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Annette Green

Annette Green Authors’ Agency

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

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Ariella Feiner

United Agents

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.

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Bill Hamilton

A.M. Heath & Co. Ltd

Bill is a literary agent at A.M.Heath, representing fiction and non-fiction. He joined the agency in 1983, having grown up among many of its writers. He continues a tradition that spans the estate of George Orwell to Hilary Mantel. He also has close relationships with colleagues in New York.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction

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Broo Doherty

DHH Literary Agency

Broo is a director and literary agent at DHH Literary Agency. She graduated from Downing College, Cambridge, and has worked in publishing for the last twenty years, across publishing houses and as an agent. She handles most genres, excluding children's books, screenplays and sci-fi, and particularly enjoys crime, women's commercial fiction, literary fiction and quirky non-fiction. In 2017 she was voted Literary Agent of the Year at the Romantic Novelist's Association.

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Carol Heaton

Greene & Heaton Ltd

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

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Charlie Viney

Aevitas Creative Management

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

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Charlotte Howard

Fox & Howard Literary Agency

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

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Charlotte Seymour

Johnson & Alcock Ltd

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

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Chelsey Fox

Fox & Howard Literary Agency

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

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Donna Greaves

Colwill & Peddle

Donna is an agent at Colwill & Peddle, building a list across adult commercial, book club and accessible literary fiction, and non-fiction. She joined the agency in 2025, having previously spent seven years at Jo Unwin Literary Agency. Before working in publishing, she trained and worked as a speech and language therapist in the NHS.

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Elly James

HHB Agency Ltd

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

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Emily Barrett

The Blair Partnership

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.

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Eugenie Furniss

42 Management & Production

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

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Fabienne Schwizer

Ki Agency Ltd

Fabienne is a literary agent at Ki Agency, representing adult and young adult science fiction, fantasy and horror, as well as serious non-fiction in the broad history space. She came to agenting after working across the publishing industry in scouting, editorial and audio. Before publishing, she was a medieval historian. She previously ran the reviews side of Grimdark Magazine, building relationships across genre fiction markets.

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Gabrielle Demblon

Watson, Little Ltd

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.

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Gaia Banks

Sheil Land Associates Ltd

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

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Jason Bartholomew

The BKS Agency

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

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Julie Gourinchas

Bell Lomax Moreton

Julie is a French-American literary agent who champions an award-winning, selective list of upmarket adult and new adult fiction with commercial drive and appeal, across a wide variety of genres. Authors 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 Shirley Jackson Awards, the Saltire National Book Awards and the BSFAs, and she has represented several Sunday Times bestselling titles. She is a member of the Association of Authors' Agents Bridge Committee, which supports junior agent development.

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Kay Peddle

Colwill & Peddle

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.

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Kristina Pérez

Pérez Literary & Entertainment

Kristina is the Managing Director and a literary agent at Pérez Literary & Entertainment. She has a decade of experience in publishing as both an author and an agent. She holds a PhD in Medieval Literature from the University of Cambridge and has written several novels for young adults and adults. She works with both debut and mid-career authors, guiding them through every step of the publishing process.

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Lisette Verhagen

Peters Fraser + Dunlop

Lisette joined Peters Fraser + Dunlop in January 2020 after five years at David Godwin Associates, where she was Head of Rights. Originally from the Netherlands, she previously worked in publishing in Barcelona and Amsterdam, and is building a literary list with a strong focus on international clients for sale in the United Kingdom and around the world. Her authors include Arundhati Roy, Hanna Bervoets, Flora Carr and Safae el Khannoussi.

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Marilia Savvides

The Plot Agency

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

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Toby Mundy

Aevitas Creative Management

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

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