Literary Agents
for Literary Fiction
There are currently 141 UK-based literary agents accepting submissions for literary fiction. See who represents it, who's open right now, and when we last checked.
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Abi Fellows
Abi is a literary agent at DHH Literary Agency, which she joined in 2023. She began her career in bookselling before moving into agenting at Georgina Capel Associates, then spent seven years in literary scouting. She later built a list at The Good Literary Agency focused on amplifying writers from marginalised backgrounds.
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +8 more
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Abigail Bergstrom
Abigail is the founder of Bergstrom Studio. She graduated in English from King's College London and has worked in publishing for over fifteen years, starting at Simon & Schuster before setting up the literary agency Gleam Titles. She founded Bergstrom Studio in 2021 and has since worked with many bestselling authors.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Other Non-Fiction · Politics
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Alexander Cochran
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:Crime · Current Affairs · Fantasy · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction +3 more
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Alice Lutyens
Alice represents an eclectic list, from commercial women's fiction to lyrical literary fiction, and works across a wide range of genres including love stories, books about magic and witches, crime and thrillers, and historical fiction. She is motivated by nurturing and growing each of her authors, whether debut or established, and values a hands-on editorial relationship alongside the reach of a large agency in the United States and internationally. She has taken several authors from debut through to the Sunday Times bestseller list, Richard & Judy book club picks and prize lists, and represents a number of Curtis Brown Creative alumni. She was the first to discover Jane Harper through Curtis Brown Creative, representing her first four books in the United Kingdom.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction · Psychological Suspense +2 more
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Alice Saunders
Alice loves storytelling in all its forms, whether fiction or narrative non-fiction, and works across literary, audio, live audience, film and television representation. She is actively looking for new talent in crime, thrillers, epic family sagas, book club literary fiction and memoir, in fact everything apart from science fiction and fantasy. As head of the agency's speaker business, she also matches talent to corporate, industry and public sector events.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Literary Fiction · Memoir +2 more
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Amanda Harris
Amanda is a literary agent at Maven Literary Management. She trained with a Masters in Comparative English Literature and began her publishing career at Routledge before moving into publicity and editorial roles at Pan Macmillan, Simon & Schuster and Orion Publishing. In 2019 she moved to YMU, where she founded their literary division and built her own list of fiction authors. She won Literary Agent of the Year with Maven at the British Book Awards 2025.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Andrew Lownie
Andrew founded the Andrew Lownie Literary Agency in 1988. He read history at Magdalene College, Cambridge, gained an MSc and doctorate at Edinburgh University, and began his publishing career at Hodder & Stoughton before becoming an agent at John Farquharson. He is also an author and biographer, with prize-winning books including a biography of the spy Guy Burgess and two Sunday Times bestsellers, The Mountbattens and Traitor King.
Genres:Biography · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Angelique Tran Van Sang
Angelique is an agent at Felicity Bryan Associates, building a list of fiction, non-fiction and select poetry. She joined FBA after seven years as an editor at Bloomsbury, where she worked with authors including Reni Eddo-Lodge and Kamila Shamsie. As a former editor, she enjoys helping writers develop their work at both structure and line level before submission to publishers.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Current Affairs · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
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Anna Boyce
Anna is a junior agent at Lutyens & Rubinstein. She joined the agency in 2019, working in the bookshop before moving to the agency full-time in 2022. She works closely with Sarah and Felicity, assisting them with their clients, and has recently begun to build her own list of authors.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +1 more
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Anna Power
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:Crime · Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction +7 more
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Anna Webber
Anna represents a wide range of fiction and non-fiction and a bit of poetry. She reads English, German and French. She has worked with authors such as Samantha Harvey, Sarah Moss and David Szalay since the beginning of their careers. Her authors have won or been nominated for all major prizes.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Anne-Marie Doulton
Anne-Marie is a literary agent at The Ampersand Agency, with particular interests in literary fiction, narrative non-fiction and thrillers and mysteries. She has been an agent for over ten years and is based in London. Before joining Ampersand, she worked as a commissioning editor for general publishers and as a literary scout.
Genres:Literary Fiction · Mystery · Narrative Non-Fiction · Thriller
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Antony Topping
Antony is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton, representing fiction and non-fiction across a wide range of genres and subjects. He joined the agency in 1995, having previously worked for several years as a fiction buyer for a major chain bookstore. Originally from Stockport, he studied English at St Anne's College, Oxford.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +4 more
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Bill Goodall
Bill has more than 30 years’ experience in the United Kingdom book industry, having worked for leading publishers including Simon & Schuster, Jessica Kingsley Publishers and Frances Lincoln. Bill co-founded A for Authors Literary Agency in 2014 and became a solo agent under his own name in late 2018. Bill’s passion for books remains undiminished, as does the excitement that comes with discovering new and talented writers.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Thriller
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Bryony Woods
Bryony represents an eclectic mix of writers, with a list spanning children's fiction and young adult through to adult fiction and selected non-fiction. She set up her own agency in 2012, after working in specialist bookshops and libraries and at the Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency. She has an MA in Publishing from University College London.
Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Literary Fiction · Memoir +5 more
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Cara Lee Simpson
Cara is a literary agent at Susanna Lea Associates. Cara represents literary, book club and general fiction, along with some narrative non-fiction. Cara grew up in Wales and studied English Literature at King's College London, then completed a Master's at the London School of Economics. Cara joined SLA's London office in 2024, having previously worked as an agent at PFD, where they launched the Queer Fiction Prize.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +2 more
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Caro Clarke
Caro is the founder and literary agent at Portobello Literary. They founded the agency in 2022 after twelve years working in publishing houses, including Transworld and Canongate Books, where they were a Senior Rights Manager. They were named Rights Professional of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2021. In 2019, they co-founded the Nan Shepherd Prize for underrepresented nature writers.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy +16 more
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Caroline Dawnay
Caroline is an agent at United Agents, representing literary fiction and serious nonfiction. She started her agenting career in 1977 at A.D. Peters. She is a former President of the Association of Authors' Agents. She was named Literary Agent of the Year in 2014.
Genres:Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Caroline Wood
Caroline represents a range of fiction, from literary prize-winners to upmarket reading-group fiction and well-written crime novels. Caroline looks for work that is ambitious and surprising, both satisfying to read and deep enough to warrant rereading. Caroline loves books with heart and prefers the complexity to be in the characters and their relationships rather than in the prose.
Genres:Crime · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Women's Fiction
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Carrie Plitt
Carrie represents award-winning and bestselling authors in fiction and non-fiction at Felicity Bryan Associates. Her clients include Reni Eddo-Lodge, Natasha Lunn and Catherine Belton, among others. For ten years, she co-hosted an award-winning podcast and radio show called Literary Friction with her friend Octavia Bright.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +4 more
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Catherine Cho
Catherine founded Paper Literary in 2021, with a vision of building author careers. She is originally from Kentucky and, after a background in law and public affairs, began her publishing career in New York before moving to London to work at Curtis Brown. She built her own list of debut authors and has sold six and seven figure deals in the US and UK. She is also the author of the memoir Inferno and the novel The Devoted.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Romance +2 more
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Cathryn Summerhayes
Cathryn Summerhayes is a literary agent at Curtis Brown, representing a wide-ranging and high-profile list of authors across fiction and non-fiction. She previously spent several years at WME, where she built an acclaimed and eclectic client list that includes bestselling authors such as Chris Whitaker, Lucy Foley, and Dr Adam Kay, as well as public figures and creatives including Anita Rani, Shappi Khorsandi, Grace Dent, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, and Johanna Basford. Cathryn also represents a number of United States-based authors through partnerships with UTA and CAA, including Lisa Taddeo, Jennifer Coolidge, and Ashley Flowers. She was named Literary Agent of the Year at The British Book Awards in 2019 and remains actively involved in the wider literary community, serving on the Committee of The Book Society and working with organisations such as Literature Wales and The Hay Festival. Earlier in her career, she worked in PR and events, including on campaigns for the Booker Prize and with high-profile clients such as Nigella Lawson and JK Rowling.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
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Charlie Campbell
Charlie is co-founder and director of Greyhound Literary, representing a wide range of fiction and non-fiction. He began his career at Literary Review, becoming deputy editor, before moving into agenting at Johnson & Alcock and then Ed Victor Ltd, where he spent ten years building his list. He set up his own agency in 2014, which became Greyhound Literary in 2022 when Sam Edenborough joined as Rights Director.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +4 more
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Christine Green
Christine runs Christine Green Authors' Agent, a boutique literary agency representing writers in Britain and around the world. She began her career at Faber & Faber before joining the John Johnson Agency. She founded Christine Green Authors' Agent in 1984 with a small list of clients, allowing her to work closely with each author on every draft.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Young Adult
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Ciara McEllin
Ciara is an Associate Agent at Watson, Little, working across fiction and non-fiction. She is building her list with writers she can work closely and considerately with to build a career. In fiction she reads widely across literary, upmarket and book club fiction, and in non-fiction she enjoys narrative, memoir and essay collections.
Genres:Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Thriller
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Claire Paterson Conrad
Claire is a Literary Agent and Director at Janklow & Nesbit, working across fiction and non-fiction. She began her career at Chatto & Windus, before working at Granta and Canongate Books. She then moved to New York, where she became Publisher of the NYRB Classics series. Claire joined Janklow & Nesbit to help establish their London office.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction +5 more
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Clara Foster
Clara is an agent at Aevitas Creative Management (ACM UK), representing literary and upmarket fiction, fantasy, horror, young adult and select non-fiction. She joined Aevitas Creative Management in 2023, having previously worked in a Big Five editorial department and other UK and US literary agencies. She is editorially hands-on and supports clients from first edits through to publication. Clara maintains relationships with editors in the UK and US and has sold books in six-figure deals.
Genres:Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
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Daisy Chandley
Daisy is an agent in the books department at PFD, and works with Tim Bates as the United Kingdom sub-agent for New Directions Publishing in the United States. She joined the company in 2019 after graduating from the University of Oxford with a degree in politics, philosophy and economics.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Food & Drink · Horror · Literary Fiction +8 more
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Dame Caroline Michel
Caroline Michel DBE has been chief executive of PFD since 2007, and chairs the Hay Festival, having previously served as its trustee. She was formerly chair of the BFI Trust, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and of the Royal Society of Literature, vice president of the London Library and a trustee of Historic Royal Palaces. She has sat on boards including the BFI and Somerset House, served on the Booker Prize Advisory Committee, and has been a longstanding champion of libraries and librarians.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Darryl Samaraweera
Darryl is an agent at Artellus, with interests in literary fiction, social history, travel and cookery. He studied English Literature at Christ's College, Cambridge and worked as a freelance copywriter before joining Artellus. 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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Diane Banks
Diane is the founder and CEO of Northbank Talent Management, drawing on more than 25 years of experience in the media industry. She devises and oversees content monetisation strategies for the agency's roster of broadcasters, writers, speakers and creators, and for brands. Outside work, she serves as a non-executive director, charity ambassador and arts trustee for several organisations.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Donald Winchester
Donald is a literary agent at Watson, Little, representing non-fiction and fiction for adults. He studied English Literature and History at Queen Mary, University of London and University College London. He began his publishing career at Penguin Press before moving to A P Watt, where he worked for five years and began building a list of non-fiction and fiction. He joined Watson, Little as an agent in 2013.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Other Non-Fiction +3 more
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Dorie Simmonds
Dorie is a literary agent who represents general nonfiction, commercial fiction and children's books. She has worked in the publishing industry on both sides of the Atlantic, including within publishing houses, and is herself a published author. Dorie studied at Vassar College and The London School of Economics, and worked at William Morrow & Company and Dell Publishing in the US, as well as Dorling Kindersley and Reed Children's in the UK, before opening her own agency.
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Middle Grade +3 more
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Doug Wallace
Doug is managing director of Andrew Nurnberg Associates International, the agency's global network of literary agencies across non-Anglophone markets, and is also a literary agent and a board director of Andrew Nurnberg Associates in London. Born and living in Edinburgh, he read history at University College London and spent sixteen years in publishing and cultural relations before joining the agency in 2017.
Genres:Graphic Novels · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Doug Young
Doug is an associate agent at PEW Literary. He has worked in the book industry for over three decades, latterly as a publishing director at Penguin Random House, where he worked for 17 years. He joined PEW in 2019.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Memoir +3 more
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Ed Wilson
Ed is an agent and director of Johnson & Alcock, representing fiction and non-fiction, from new voices to established authors. He works editorially with his authors to help make their books the best they can be. He also looks after several of the agency's literary estates, including Beryl Bainbridge, Dick Francis, William Trevor and Elizabeth Taylor. He gives talks to writers' groups and university courses about publishing, and has acted as a mentor and podcast guest.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction +7 more
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Elise Dillsworth
Elise is a London-based literary agent who represents literary and general fiction and non-fiction. She became an agent in 2012, having previously worked as a commissioning editor at Virago Press. She co-founded the Diversity in Publishing Network in 2004 and has judged several literary prizes.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +2 more
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Elise Dillsworth
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 · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Elliot Prior
Elliot joined Curtis Brown in 2022 and is now an associate agent working alongside Gordon Wise. Before Curtis Brown he worked for the Albatross Agency in Stockholm and as a scout at Eccles Fisher Associates.
Genres:Biography · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +2 more
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Emma Finn
Emma represents fiction and narrative non-fiction at Conville & Walsh. She is drawn to strong voices and character-driven stories, especially gripping thrillers, atmospheric mystery and novels about families and relationships. She also values editorial work, helping writers shape their manuscripts before they go to publishers.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Memoir +4 more
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Emma Leong
Emma is a literary agent at Janklow & Nesbit representing writers of contemporary fiction and non-fiction. She began her publishing career at Janklow & Nesbit in 2019, having studied Psychology and Law. She cares about the craft of writing and about developing and nurturing careers for her clients. She is editorially focused and keen to champion first-time writers, working closely with the New York office and translation rights team to find them publishers across the globe.
Genres:Crime · Horror · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +3 more
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Emma Paterson
Emma represents writers of fiction, non-fiction and poetry, among them a number of bestselling and prize-winning authors. She joined Aitken Alexander Associates in 2018, having previously spent five years at Rogers, Coleridge & White and worked before that at The Wylie Agency. She is a Director of the agency and, since 2020, a member of the Booker Prize Foundation Advisory Committee, and in 2023 she was elected an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical (Non-Fiction) +7 more
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Esme Bright
Esme assists Andrew Gordon and Jessica Woollard and is starting to build her own list of literary fiction, narrative non-fiction and poetry.
Genres:Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Poetry
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Euan Thorneycroft
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 · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +3 more
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Eve White
Eve is the founder and owner of Eve White Literary Agency. She started the agency in 2003 after twenty years working as an actress. Her company has grown to represent work ranging from prize-winning literary fiction to bestselling picture books worldwide. She works closely with each author, both editorially and in shaping their careers.
Genres:Children's Books · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Felicity Rubinstein
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
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Finlay Charlesworth
Finlay is an Associate Agent at Blake Friedmann, building a list of non-fiction and select fiction. Finlay joined the agency in 2022 after completing an MA in Publishing at University College London. Finlay works closely with Juliet Pickering and Isobel Dixon, and has worked with the Estates of Gilbert Adair, Tatamkhulu Afrika and K. Sello Duiker.
Genres:Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Politics · Sports
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Fiona Baird
Fiona is a literary agent at WME, representing adult fiction and non-fiction. She joined WME in 2016 and is based in London. Alongside her US colleagues, she offers UK representation to a number of WME's US-based authors.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Flo Sandelson
Flo joined Curtis Brown in spring 2022, after working in contemporary art galleries and then in bookselling. She works with Felicity Blunt as an associate agent in her office, and is actively building her own list of clients.
Genres:Fantasy · Horror · Literary Fiction · Romantic Fantasy · Science Fiction +1 more
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Georgia Garrett
Georgia is deputy managing director at RCW Literary Agency, representing fiction, narrative non-fiction and children's books. She joined RCW as a director in 2011, having been joint deputy managing director of AP Watt and an agent at the Wylie Agency. Before that, she was editorial director at Picador and an editor at Victor Gollancz.
Genres:Children's Books · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Gordon Wise
Gordon Wise joined Curtis Brown in 2005, bringing with him over a decade of experience as an editor and publishing director at Pan Macmillan and John Murray/Hachette. He began his career in the book world as a student bookseller in 1989 and has since become a prominent figure in the industry. He has served as President of the Association of Authors' Agents, co-Managing Director of the Curtis Brown Books Department, and was named Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards. He has also featured in The Bookseller's list of the 100 most influential people in publishing. Known for his collaborative, strategic approach, Gordon has a strong reputation for brand development, editorial matchmaking, and guiding writers through reinvention. He works closely with Elliot Prior and takes on a highly selective list of clients across both fiction and non-fiction.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical (Non-Fiction) +5 more
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Hellie Ogden
Hellie is co-head of WME's UK Book division and a Partner at the agency. She joined WME's London office in 2023 and became a Partner in 2026. She was shortlisted for Literary Agent of the Year at the 2025 British Book Awards and sits as President of the Association of Authors' Agents. She is an editorially focused agent with a particular interest in helping to develop and nurture debut writers.
Genres:Children's Books · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +8 more
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Imogen Morrell
Imogen is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton, representing literary and upmarket fiction and non-fiction. Imogen joined the agency in 2018. Before that, Imogen studied English Literature at King's College London and gained an MSt in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Oxford.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) +9 more
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Imogen Pelham
Imogen is a literary agent at Marjacq Scripts who represents non-fiction and literary and upmarket fiction. Her non-fiction list covers history, science, memoir, cookery, cultural criticism, social issues and psychology.
Genres:Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
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Irene Baldoni
Irene handles literary work, foreign rights and speaking engagements at Georgina Capel Associates. 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. Her client list includes ST and FT best books of the year, and winners of the Saltire Award and Fitzcarraldo Prize.
Genres:Crime · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +4 more
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Isobel Dixon
Isobel is MD and Head of Books at Blake Friedmann Literary Agency, where she represents writers from around the world, including bestsellers and international prize winners. Her clients' work spans contemporary, historical and literary fiction, crime and thrillers, memoir, biography and narrative history. She was born and educated in South Africa and in Edinburgh, where she completed master's degrees in English Literature and Applied Linguistics.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +3 more
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James Wills
James is Managing Director at Watson Little, where he looks after a dynamic and wide-ranging list of writers. He has a BA in English and Italian and an MA in 20th Century Literature from the University of Leeds. He is a former Secretary of the Association of Authors' Agents.
Genres:Crime · Horror · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Mystery +7 more
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Jane Finigan
Jane is a literary agent and partner at Lutyens & Rubinstein, representing fiction and non-fiction. Jane joined the agency in 2006 and became a partner in 2016, later becoming a full partner and co-owner of the agency in 2023. Jane oversees the agency's Rights and Contracts Department, working on translation, overseas deals, audio and film and TV for clients.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Jane Turnbull
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 the agency in 1987. She now runs it from London and Cornwall.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) +4 more
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Jemima Forrester
Before joining David Higham in 2016 Jemima was Senior Commissioning Editor at Orion Publishing Group, and she has brought that collaborative, editorial way of working into her role as an agent.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction +7 more
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Jemima Hunt
Jemima Hunt heads up The Writers' Practice as agent and editor. A former journalist based in New York and Brazil, Jemima represents an eclectic mix of writers and specialises in international stories, fiction and memoir. She has held two Creative Writing Fellowships at the University of Oxford and works closely with private clients as a book coach.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir
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Jenny Hewson
Jenny Hewson is a Literary Agent at Lutyens & Rubinstein. Jenny joined the agency in 2019, having started out as an agent at Rogers, Coleridge & White in 2010. Jenny represents a wide range of award winning and bestselling authors from around the world, many of whom have been nominated for or won major literary prizes.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Fantasy · Health & Wellness · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction +5 more
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Jenny Savill
Jenny is from Nottingham, studied medieval history at St Andrews, and joined ANA as assistant to Andrew Nurnberg in 2002, after several years in the theatre. She initiated and built the agency's children's list, added adult fiction to her roster in 2012, and is known for building award-winning writing careers across both children's and adult books. She led ANA as managing director between 2022 and 2025, following the retirement of founder Andrew Nurnberg, and is a longstanding visiting speaker at universities and literary festivals across the United Kingdom.
Genres:Children's Books · Crime · Historical Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction +7 more
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Jenny Todd
Jenny founded The Literary Office, having previously been Publisher and Director of Canongate Books and Marketing Director of Penguin Press. She has led campaigns for a range of prize-winning and bestselling books, chaired World Book Day and served on the Scottish Government's Creative Industries Leadership Group. She has a reputation for combining creativity with strong business and financial skills.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Jessica Woollard
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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Jo Bell
Jo is a literary agent at Bell Lomax Moreton, representing adult fiction and non-fiction. She has over twenty years of experience in the publishing industry. Jo has worked for HarperCollins and Parragon Books as Sales Director, working with authors, editorial teams, licensors, production and major retailers across the UK.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +6 more
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John Ash
John is an agent in CAA's London office, representing literary and general fiction as well as narrative and serious nonfiction. He began his career at PEW Literary, where he worked for six and a half years before joining CAA in 2023. His tastes range from ambitious literary fiction and epic fantasy to history, memoir, reportage and big ideas in nonfiction.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Jon Curzon
Jon represents literary fiction and non-fiction titles that start conversations and spark ideas. His emphasis is always towards writers whose work is intelligent and original, spanning debut fiction, memoir and nature writing to science, history and biography. His authors have been published internationally and reviewed in major publications. Jon also freelance edits for clients including Jericho Writers and Curtis Brown Creative.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +3 more
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Jonathan Pegg
Jonathan collaborates closely with writers to launch and advance their careers. He pays careful attention to their priorities, communicates his strategies and any concerns straightforwardly, and negotiates fair terms with a resolve acquired through long experience of the business. Jonathan has worked in the publishing industry since 1997, became a fully-fledged agent in 2002 at Curtis Brown Group Ltd, and founded JPLA in 2008, swiftly establishing a rounded portfolio and a robust independent agency. He divides his time roughly 70/30 between an office in Winchester and a club in London’s West End.
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Jonny Geller
Jonny Geller joined Curtis Brown in 1993 after a brief career as an actor. He became a literary agent in 1995 after discovering a debut novel in the unsolicited pile, which went on to sell rights internationally. He played a key role in the Management Buyout of Curtis Brown in 2001 and became CEO in 2012. He now serves as CEO of The Curtis Brown Group, which includes Curtis Brown, C&W, Ed Victor Ltd, Curtis Brown Creative (CBC), Tavistock Wood, Markham Froggatt and Irwin, and Cuba Productions. He is also Chair of Curtis Brown Creative. Widely recognised for his influence in the publishing industry, Jonny has been named Literary Agent of the Year, listed annually on The Bookseller’s 150, and included in the Evening Standard’s 1000 Most Influential People in London. He has spoken at numerous industry events, hosted a TEDx Talk on ‘What Makes a Bestseller’, appeared on the Always Take Notes podcast, and was recently interviewed by The Bookseller to mark Curtis Brown’s 125th anniversary. He is also the creator of The Literary Agent, an online course for Curtis Brown Creative, and the author of Yes, But is it Good for the Jews (Penguin, 2006).
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Judith Murray
Judith is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton, representing genre fiction and literary non-fiction. 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 · Crime · Fantasy · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction +6 more
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Karolina Sutton
Karolina is a literary agent based in CAA's London office, known for launching successful debuts in literary and upmarket commercial fiction and for shepherding long-term literary careers. Her work spans literary fiction, crime and psychological suspense, historical fiction, serious non-fiction and memoir. She has worked with award-winning novelists, journalists, academics and public figures, including winners of the Booker Prize, the Nobel Peace Prize and the Costa First Novel Award. In 2020, she was named Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards.
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Kat Aitken
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:Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Kate Evans
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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Katie Fulford
Katie is a literary agent at Bell Lomax Moreton with a long career in publishing and rights management. She spent 25 years at HarperCollins in roles including Group Rights Director and Managing Director of Collins non-fiction. She was Executive Producer on Channel 4's adaptation of The Tiger Who Came To Tea, which won an international Emmy. Her broad experience across publishing and rights puts her in a strong position to guide authors across media and markets.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +7 more
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Katie Greenstreet
Katie Greenstreet is a literary agent at Paper Literary Ltd. She trained as a corporate lawyer before moving into publishing, starting as an assistant at ICM Partners in New York and later building her own list at C&W in London. She discovered a passion for amplifying undiscovered voices and getting involved in projects editorially. She has sold six- and seven-figure deals in the US and UK.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Romance +1 more
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Kevin Conroy Scott
Kevin co-founded Tibor Jones & Associates with his wife Landa Acevedo-Scott in 2007. He previously worked as a literary agent at AP Watt and Conville & Walsh. Kevin is an alumnus of the New Line Cinema mailroom and his journalism has appeared in the New Statesman, Variety, the Independent, the Bookseller, LA Weekly and Written By magazine. He is the author of Screenwriters' Masterclass and co-founded Colombiage, London's first Colombian festival of culture and the arts.
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Kevin Pocklington
Kevin works primarily in non-fiction, and is in the process of developing a fiction list.
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Kieron Fairweather
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.
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Kirsten Lang
Kirsten is a literary agent at Zeno Agency Ltd. She joined Zeno in 2024, having previously worked at another literary agency and as a bookseller at Foyles in Charing Cross. Kirsten holds a BA in English from Edinburgh Napier University and a Masters in Children's Literature from Reading University. She currently focuses on selling Zeno's translation rights.
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Kiya Evans
Kiya is an agent at Paper Literary, building a list of debut authors. She joined the agency in 2025, having started her career at Mushens Entertainment in 2020 as an intern before becoming an assistant and then Associate Agent. There, she worked closely with a list of both debut and brand authors, including Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers such as Richard Osman, Abigail Dean, Jessie Burton, Claire Douglas and Saara El-Arifi. She has judged numerous writing prizes, including the Brick Lane Books Short Story Prize, the First Novel Prize and the Goldfinch Novel Award.
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Laura Susijn
Laura founded The Susijn Agency in 1998. The agency focuses on authors with international appeal, selling rights worldwide. It represents authors writing in various different languages.
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Laura Williams
Laura is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton. She joined the agency in 2018, having previously worked at PFD from 2011, after studying Classics at Oxford. She represents a broad list of fiction across different genres, alongside a smaller non-fiction and children's book list.
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Laurie Robertson
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.
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Lesley Thorne
Lesley is Managing Director of Aitken Alexander Associates and runs the Film and TV Department, which she founded in 2004. She began her career in publishing, working for Fourth Estate, Viking and Hamish Hamilton, before joining Aitken Alexander in 1999. She represents novelists, non-fiction writers and screenwriters, with a particular focus on guiding authors to write for screen.
Genres:Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Lina Langlee
Lina is a literary agent at The North Literary Agency, representing fiction across genres for adults and younger readers. Originally from Sweden, she moved to Scotland to study for her undergraduate and master's degrees. She worked in publishing for a number of years before becoming an agent, and has been shortlisted for the RNA Agent of the Year award in 2019, 2020 and 2023.
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Lisette Verhagen
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.
Genres:Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +1 more
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Lizzy Kremer
Lizzy joined David Higham in 2004, after working for an agent and, before that, as a publicist. She is Managing Director of the agency, a former President of the Association of Authors' Agents and a British Book Industry Awards Agent of the Year, and she advocates for clients on the industry issues that shape writing and publishing. Her strong engagement with the economics of publishing means she has a particular interest in taking on authors mid-career, whether bestsellers or not. She lives between London and New York.
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Lucy Morris
Lucy Morris represents a list of acclaimed fiction and non-fiction authors, known for her editorial insight and strong author relationships. She joined Curtis Brown after starting her career in publishing and works closely with debut and established writers alike. She is passionate about helping shape projects from the earliest stages and is especially proud to represent several Curtis Brown Creative graduates, including Hazel Barkworth, Benji Waterhouse, Elizabeth Lee and Tina Orr Munro. Lucy is the founder of the Curtis Brown First Novel Prize and represents both the winner, Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ, and runner-up, Lucy Barker, whose debut novels were published in 2023. She is also part of the team behind Discoveries, a talent development programme for unpublished women writers in partnership with the Women’s Prize Trust, Audible, and Curtis Brown Creative.
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Madeleine Milburn
Madeleine is the founding director of Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency and sits on the committee of the Association of Authors’ Agents. She has appeared on The Bookseller’s list of the 150 most influential people in the book trade every year since 2017. Awarded Literary Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2018 and shortlisted again in 2020, Madeleine has discovered bestselling and award-winning authors including Nita Prose, Gail Honeyman, Ashley Audrain, Elizabeth Macneal, Fiona Barton, Beth Morrey and Holly Bourne, and represents crime and thriller writers such as C.L. Taylor, C.J. Tudor, Mark Edwards and Teresa Driscoll. Madeleine reads across all areas of fiction but is immediately drawn to powerful, voice-led book club fiction, high-concept thrillers and suspense, epic multi-generational dramas, powerful love stories with mysteries at their heart and historical fiction with universal themes. Madeleine values an original, enticing hook, a compelling protagonist and a distinctive narrative voice.
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Margaret Halton
Margaret is an agent and Head of Rights at PEW Literary. She studied English at Oxford and has worked for publishing houses and literary agencies on both sides of the Atlantic, including ICM and Rogers, Coleridge & White. She has sold international rights in non-fiction and fiction titles by authors including Margaret Thatcher, Naomi Klein, Toni Morrison, Richard Ford, Zadie Smith and Nick Hornby. She later worked as an editor at Granta Books, where she acquired titles by Mohsin Hamid, Kamila Shamsie, Herta Muller and Colson Whitehead, and now develops her own list of authors, focusing mainly on fiction.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction +3 more
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Maria Brannan
Maria is Greyhound Literary's translation rights manager and a fiction, non-fiction and young adult agent. She works with Sam Edenborough on translation rights for the agency's clients and is building her own list of authors as a primary agent. She previously spent over five years as a literary scout at Maria B. Campbell Associates in London, advising international publishers in more than 12 countries and scouting books for Netflix.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction +7 more
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Maria Whelan
Maria is a literary agent at Mushens Entertainment, representing both fiction and nonfiction writers. She joined the agency in September 2025 after eight years at InkWell Management in New York as an assistant and agent. She began her career as a Foreign Rights Assistant at Janklow & Nesbit in New York, and holds degrees from University College Dublin and the University of Edinburgh.
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Mariam Keen
Mariam is the founder and managing director of Whispering Buffalo Literary Agency, providing personal representation across all media. She graduated from King's College London and, before launching her own agency, worked with Darley Anderson and Ali Gunn.
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Middle Grade +1 more
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Matilda Forbes Watson
Matilda is a Partner and Co-Head of the UK Book division at WME, representing a diverse list of bestselling adult fiction and non-fiction. She joined WME in 2013 and enjoys working with debut authors in the early stages of developing a project, as well as writers with established careers. She supports authors from submission through to publication, connecting them with the specialists and resources available at WME.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Health & Wellness · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Self-Help
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Megan Staunton
Megan specialises in commercial, self-help and literary non-fiction, covering memoir, mindfulness, interior design and midwifery. She has worked in publishing for over six years and holds a degree in Publishing Media and English Literature. She previously worked at Penguin Random House before moving into agenting at Gleam Titles. She is an advocate for emerging and diverse writers and mentors for Black Girl Writers.
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Millie Hoskins
Millie is an agent at United Agents, representing fiction and narrative non-fiction. She joined United Agents in 2014 after studying English Literature at Exeter University and began building her own list of authors after two years as an assistant. She continues to work closely with many of UA's long-standing bestselling clients. She was named a 2022 Bookseller Rising Star.
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Monica MacSwan
Monica is an Associate Agent at Aitken Alexander, actively building a list of authors and looking for new projects to work on collaboratively with writers. Monica began a career in publishing at Felicity Bryan Associates and Profile Books, then worked in translation rights at United Agents. Since 2020, Monica has worked in the books department at Aitken Alexander.
Genres:Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +1 more
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Natalie Galustian
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:Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Natalie Jerome
Natalie represents fiction, non-fiction, young adult and children's books, with a taste for big, expansive, game-changing stories. She looks for narratives that move her emotionally and speak to the human condition. She represents Sir Lenny Henry's children's publishing and is drawn to voices and stories from under-represented backgrounds.
Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Middle Grade +2 more
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Nemonie Craven Roderick
Nemonie is a director of Jonathan Clowes Ltd. She has represented Nobel laureate Doris Lessing and comedy legend David Nobbs. She was agent and editor of Diaries of an Unfinished Revolution, a New York Times 'Book of the Times'.
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Nicola Chang
Nicola joined David Higham Associates in 2020 and represents prize-winning writers of literary and general fiction, non-fiction and poets. Her authors include Sara Ahmed, Raymond Antrobus, J. M. Coetzee, Jacqueline Crooks, Emma Glass, Gabriel Krauze, Saba Sams and Kae Tempest. Nicola is a recipient of the London Book Fair’s Trailblazer Award and a Bookseller Rising Star. Nicola responds first and foremost to original voices that challenge the idea of what a literary novel, and sentence, can do, as well as propulsive character-driven novels with intricate plots, unforgettable set pieces and dazzling dialogue. Nicola is drawn to experiments in form that defy easy definition, vernacular-inflected realism, the tragicomic, the weird and ethereal, seeking emotional complexity and transformative storytelling. In non-fiction Nicola is interested in narrative-driven, persuasive perspectives, a unique fearless voice and the interplay between the personal and the political, particularly from early-career scholars, critics and writers thinking deeply and universally about society through subjects such as the arts, food, family, language, creativity, sport, the body, work, travel and music, and if these works can be delivered provocatively and humorously, all the better.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
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Olivia Maidment
Olivia is a Director and Literary Agent at Madeleine Milburn, specialising in literary, upmarket and book club fiction, and always keen to discover bold, original voices from around the world. Since joining the agency in 2020 she has built a list of prizewinning authors and emerging voices including Oisín McKenna, Julia Armfield, Freya Bromley and Sarvat Hasin, with clients recognised by the Polari Prize, the Nero Book Award, the RSL Encore Award and the Observer's debut novelists list. She works closely and editorially with her authors from early drafts through to publication, building long-term global careers, and is passionate about launching debut fiction.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Psychological Suspense · Thriller
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Orli Vogt-Vincent
Orli is building a literary fiction and non-fiction list, and also works across Managing Director Lizzy Kremer's list of internationally bestselling writers.
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Patrick Walsh
Patrick is an agent at PEW Literary. He was born and brought up in Venezuela and studied law at Cambridge before becoming a literary agent. He co-founded Conville & Walsh in 2000, sold the agency to Curtis Brown, then founded PEW Literary in 2016. His clients have won or been shortlisted for numerous literary awards.
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Paul Moreton
Paul is the Managing Director of Bell Lomax Moreton. He joined the agency in 2000 from Penguin Books, where he was Head of Children's Book Sales.
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Philip Patterson
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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Philippa Sitters
Philippa founded PSA Ltd, a literary agency, in 2024. She graduated from Leeds University with a degree in Classical Civilisation before completing a Masters in Publishing at Kingston University. She has worked at literary agencies including Peters, Fraser + Dunlop, Sheil Land and David Godwin Associates, spending ten years building her list. She represents novels across the literary-commercial scale as well as non-fiction.
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Polly Halladay
Polly is a literary agent at Georgina Capel Associates, representing writers for their literary work and speaking engagements. She joined the agency in 2021, having studied Literature at the University of Oxford and gained an MA in Creative Writing Prose Fiction from the University of East Anglia. Her clients include winners of the Hawthornden Prize, the RSL Encore Award, the Wingate Literary Prize, and the Banjo Prize.
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Rachel Conway
Rachel is a director at Georgina Capel Associates, representing literary, television, radio and foreign rights clients. She studied Literature at King's College London and, after time at various publishing houses and literary agencies, joined Georgina Capel in 2010. She became a Director of the agency in 2016.
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Rachel Goldblatt
Rachel Goldblatt joined Curtis Brown in 2022 and is now an Associate Agent. She assists Jonathan Lloyd while also actively building her own list of clients. She particularly enjoys working editorially with authors and is keen to hear from debut writers. Rachel is open to submissions in both fiction and non-fiction, though she does not represent young adult, fantasy or science fiction.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Memoir +2 more
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Rachel Mann
Rachel represents a broad range of work, largely fiction with some non-fiction, spanning commercial to literary titles for adult, young adult and middle-grade readers. She spent ten years editing and commissioning fiction for young people at houses including Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster, and was global publishing director at the Roald Dahl Story Company. She became an agent in 2018 and joined CAA in 2023.
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Rachel Yeoh
Rachel is a Literary Agent at Madeleine Milburn, working with the agency's bestselling brand authors and building a list in literary, upmarket and book club fiction, as well as select narrative non-fiction. She read Law and Politics at university and joined the agency in 2019. Her list includes Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize shortlistee Hanako Footman, Foyle Young Poet of the Year winner Charlotte Runcie and TedX speaker Canwen Xu.
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Rory Clarke
Rory joined Andrew Nurnberg Associates in 2017 and worked in the foreign rights department for five years. Now a primary agent in the United Kingdom department, he is actively building his list and represents authors of literary fiction and non-fiction.
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Rosie Pierce
Rosie Pierce joined Curtis Brown in 2018 after beginning her publishing career in editorial at an independent publisher in Edinburgh. She now works alongside Felicity Blunt while also building her own list of authors. Rosie particularly enjoys the editorial process and is passionate about working closely with writers to develop their manuscripts. She is currently open to submissions and welcomes both fiction and non-fiction.
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Rowan Lawton
Rowan joined The Soho Agency in 2019 after almost two decades in the industry. She started her agenting career at WME and latterly ran Furniss Lawton, the literary division of YMU. Her authors are Sunday Times, Kindle, Apple and Audible number one bestsellers, and have been awarded and shortlisted for prizes including the British Book Awards, the Crime Writers' Association Daggers, the Irish Book Awards, the Sunday Times Sports Book Award and Romantic Novel of the Year. She has judged fiction prizes including Richard & Judy Search for a Bestseller, the Bristol Short Story Prize and the Blue Pencil First Novel Award, and was a Bookseller Rising Star in 2012.
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Ruth Cairns
Ruth founded Featherstone Cairns in 2015. She previously worked as a publicist, handling campaigns for authors including Elton John, Pope Francis, Jeffrey Archer and Booker Prize winners. Since 2020 she has represented authors with exceptional stories, building a strong record of Sunday Times bestsellers.
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Sabhbh Curran
Sabhbh Curran represents a wide range of non-fiction and select fiction, working closely and editorially with authors to help shape long-term careers. She’s particularly interested in working with experts, academics and journalists who can combine deep knowledge with broad appeal. Her list includes cookbooks, memoir, narrative non-fiction, and distinctive, genre-blurring fiction. Sabhbh is not the right agent for children’s, young adult, or fantasy fiction.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Historical (Non-Fiction) +10 more
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Salma Begum
Salma is an agent at Greyhound Literary, representing fiction and non-fiction. She previously worked in editorial at Picador, Zaffre and Manilla Press, giving her insight into what it takes for a book to win a publishing contract. As an agent, she works closely on manuscript development while considering marketability and timing for her authors.
Genres:Horror · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Romance +2 more
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Sam Copeland
Sam is a director at RCW Literary Agency, representing writers of literary and commercial fiction across a wide range of genres. He worked as a bookseller for several years before moving into publishing in 2001. He joined RCW in 2006 and became a director in 2016. He is also a published children's author.
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Samar Hammam
Samar founded Rocking Chair Books Literary Agency in 2013 after six years as a Director at Toby Eady Associates and time spent as a literary scout in New York for Linda Clark Associates. Based in London, she works as the agency’s principal agent and handles translation rights in collaboration with other agencies. 
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Sara Langham
Sara is actively building a list of literary and upmarket fiction and non-fiction. Generally, Sara is looking for wonderful, clear writing with beauty at its heart, great hooky plot-driven stories and/or a combination of both. Sara admires authors such as Elif Batuman, Miranda July, Sarah Moss, Katie Kitamura, Miriam Toews, Sarah Hall, Catherine Newman, Ali Smith, Ann Patchett and Helen Garner. Sara loves speculative and genre-bending fiction such as The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley and The Echoes by Evie Wyld, and novels that play with form and structure, such as Theory and Practice by Michelle de Kretser and Fair Play by Louise Hegarty. Sara is interested in short stories, both dark and gentle comedies, and books on the edges of horror. Sara would love to find a really wild idea that is immaculate on the page. Sara is keen to find a great love story set against the backdrop of historical events as well as swoony contemporary love stories. Sara loves literary crime and is interested in detective novels and literary thrillers such as Sebastian Barry’s Old God’s Time, Eleanor Catton’s Birnam Wood or Kate Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie series. In non-fiction, Sara is always looking to learn new things and enjoys works such as A Thread of Violence by Mark O’Connell, Monsters by Claire Dederer, A Month in Siena by Hisham Matar and Question 7 by Richard Flanagan. Sara would love to find a graphic novel on any subject.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Graphic Novels · Historical Fiction · Horror +6 more
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Sara O’Keeffe
Sara is a literary agent at Andrew Nurnberg Associates, representing commercial and literary fiction. She has twenty-five years of publishing experience and works with best-selling and award-winning authors from around the world. She also secures television and film deals for her clients.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Thriller
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Sarah Ballard
Sarah is a literary agent at Conville & Walsh, representing fiction and non-fiction. She trained in editorial at Sceptre, Hodder & Stoughton, then worked as an in-house editor at PFD, notably alongside Pat Kavanagh. In 2008 she co-founded United Agents, where she worked as an agent for sixteen years before joining Conville & Walsh in 2024.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs +9 more
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Sarah Harvey
Sarah is a literary agent at CAA Publishing, building a list of commercial to reading-group fiction for the UK market alongside a curated list of commercial non-fiction. She joined CAA in 2022 after working at some of the UK's leading publishing houses and agencies, including HarperCollins, Hachette, Pan Macmillan, The Curtis Brown Agency and David Higham Associates. Her background is in translation rights, and she also represents US and translated authors in the UK.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +3 more
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Sarah Lutyens
Sarah launched the agency with Felicity in 1993 following a career in bookselling at Heyward Hill, then at the Literary Review and in various publishing rights departments. In 2009 she co-opened the L&R bookshop, which in 2023 embraced a new chapter under the ownership of Daunt Books as The L&R Bookshop, and Sarah will now be competing to be its most devoted customer. She looks after her own clients and works with the independent Australian publisher Text, selling UK rights in their wide range of fiction and non-fiction. Sarah reads crime fiction obsessively and her favourite blurb adjective is “unputdownable”, but her tastes are eclectic, encompassing literary fiction and thought-provoking non-fiction. Although Sarah is now more focused on her existing clients and the overall business, she still finds it hard to resist a rare project that brings out that Messianic glint in her eye.
Genres:Crime · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Sarah Stamp
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 (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +5 more
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Sarah Williams
Sarah is a director at the Sophie Hicks Agency, where she represents a wide range of fiction and non-fiction authors. She began her publishing career in publicity and editorial in Canada before moving to London in 2010 to work with Ed Victor. She joined the Sophie Hicks Agency in 2014 and also runs its film and television department, working with scouts, agents and studios to sell dramatic rights.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +6 more
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Seren Adams
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:Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Silvia Molteni
Silvia is head of the children's and young adult books department at PFD. She runs her own list of clients and sells foreign and audio rights in the agency's children's and young adult titles. The Bookseller named her its Rising Star in 2019.
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Horror +8 more
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Steph Thwaites
Steph Thwaites is Head of the Book Department at Curtis Brown, where she has worked for over 20 years after starting as an intern in 2003. She studied English Literature at Leeds and McGill Universities, and knew from her first day that agenting was the perfect fit. She has remained with Curtis Brown ever since, helping writers and creative talent shape their stories from the earliest ideas to publication. Steph represents a wide range of authors, from debuts to bestselling names, and works closely with storytellers from across the entertainment industry. Her collaborative, strategic approach focuses on long-term career building and developing projects with broad appeal.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction · Politics +3 more
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Susan Armstrong
Susan is a literary agent at Conville & Walsh, representing a broad range of fiction. She enjoys discovering new and original voices, helping debut writers launch their careers, and working with published novelists who want a change in direction. She looks for strong prose, great storytelling, vivid characters and true originality of vision in the writers she represents.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Literary Fiction · Psychological Suspense · Thriller +1 more
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Suzannah Ball
Suzannah is a literary agent at WME, based in the London office. She has been with the agency since 2019 and was named a 2025 Bookseller Rising Star. She represents adult and crossover fiction, as well as a select list of non-fiction, and works closely with both debut and experienced authors to help them develop their material and ideas.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +2 more
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Teresa Chris
Teresa founded her eponymous agency in London in the early nineties. The agency focuses on commercial and literary fiction, specialising in crime and women's commercial fiction. It is known for discovering new talent through the slush pile or recommendation, and for working editorially with authors, including those seeking a new level of success mid-career.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +3 more
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Thérèse Coen
Thérèse is a literary agent at Susanna Lea Associates, building her own list of authors while also selling translation rights. She was born and raised in Belgium and moved to England in her late teens, later studying History at University College London. She began her career in the rights department at Bloomsbury Publishing before moving to Ed Victor's agency. She has been building her own list of authors since early 2016.
Genres:Children's Books · Crime · Fantasy · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction +6 more
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Tilda Butterworth
Tilda assists Rebecca Carter at Rebecca Carter Literary. She came to publishing through her studies in Modern Foreign Languages, a Joint Honours BA in French and Russian. She worked at Shakespeare and Company in Paris and has been editor of The Cult Collective, an independent literary and visual arts magazine based in London and Berlin, for the past six years. She has recently started taking on her own clients.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Mystery · Romance · Women's Fiction
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Veronique Baxter
Veronique joined David Higham Associates in 1999 and was made a Director in 2007, and has built an eclectic list of adult fiction, children's books and non-fiction. She represents authors of literary and genre fiction alongside a substantial children's list, and is a keen reader of non-fiction, with recent projects spanning narrative history, travel, memoir and true crime. Her authors have won or been shortlisted for prizes including the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Sunday Times New Writer of the Year, the Costa Prize, the Carnegie Medal, the Greenaway, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, Granta's Best of Young British Novelists, the Desmond Elliott First Novel Prize, the Booker Prize and the Orwell Prize. Her taste in adult fiction and non-fiction is broad, but she is predominantly attracted by quality of prose, strong and distinct voices, nuanced characterisation, ambitious storytelling and compelling, original plots.
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs +14 more
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Victoria Hobbs
Victoria is a literary agent at A.M. Heath representing fiction and non-fiction. She represents novelists including Kamila Shamsie, Maggie O'Farrell, Conn Iggulden and Sandra Newman, alongside non-fiction writers such as journalists and cultural and political figures. Her authors have been Sunday Times bestsellers and have won or been nominated for prizes including the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, the Folio Prize and the Costa Book Award. She has represented some of her writers for over twenty-five years.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
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Will Francis
Will is a literary agent at Janklow & Nesbit, representing writers of popular science, investigative journalism, history and novelists. He joined the agency in 2008 and became Managing Director of the UK office in 2013. He began his publishing career at Random House in 2000, after studying at King's College London, and has lived in the US, India and Australia.
Genres:Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Yasmin Kane
Yasmin runs Kane Literary Agency, which represents fiction, nonfiction, young adult fiction and children's fiction. She originally trained as a lawyer. She ran her own imprint, Three Hares Publishing, from 2014 to 2021.
Genres:Children's Books · Literary Fiction · Middle Grade · Other Non-Fiction · Young Adult
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Zoe Ross
Zoe is an agent at United Agents, working with writers across literary fiction, narrative non-fiction, food writing and academic work. She joined the agency in 2009, starting in the foreign rights department. She has a background in modern languages and psychoanalysis, which shapes her taste for stylish prose, sly humour and complex characterisation, and for challenging ideas about identity.
Genres:Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Camilla Ferrier
Camilla has been Managing Director of The Marsh Agency since 2012 and with the company since 2002, having begun her publishing career at HarperCollins. Camilla chaired the Foreign Rights committee for the Association of Authors’ Agents for two years and continues to sit on the committee. In 2019 Camilla was shortlisted for Rights Professional of the Year at the British Book Awards.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Clare Alexander
Clare is a literary agent at Aitken Alexander Associates, representing both fiction and non-fiction. She spent more than 20 years in publishing before becoming an agent, working in rights at Hamish Hamilton and later as Fiction Editor at Penguin, Publishing Director at Viking and Editor-in-Chief at Macmillan. She is a founding member and patron of the Women's Prize for Fiction and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Memoir
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Elaine Steel
Elaine practised as a solicitor before becoming an agent and was General Secretary of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain in the late seventies. Elaine represents writers and directors in film, television, stage and radio as well as book writers.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Elizabeth Sheinkman
Elizabeth is a native New Yorker whose publishing career has spanned both sides of the Atlantic. She worked within the United States editorial departments of Oxford University Press and Alfred A. Knopf before joining the Elaine Markson Literary Agency in 1996. In 2004, Elizabeth moved to London to set up and run their United Kingdom office, then joined Curtis Brown in 2006 as a Senior Agent and Director. In 2012, Elizabeth moved to WME, representing a broad range of award-winning and best-selling authors in literary fiction, biography, journalism and cultural history. Elizabeth has served on the Creative Council of the Aspen Institute’s Summer Words Festival, on the faculty of the Breadloaf Writers’ Conference, and as a featured speaker at the University of East Anglia MFA writing programme, the Oxford Summer Books Programme, and Trinity College Dublin.
Genres:Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Harriet Moore
Harriet represents literary fiction, narrative non-fiction, and poetry at Aitken Alexander Associates. She joined the agency in 2024 after more than a decade at David Higham Associates.
Genres:Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Julia Silk
Julia represents fiction and non-fiction at Greyhound Literary. She worked as a bookseller and editor for 18 years, latterly as Publisher of digital crime imprint The Murder Room at Orion, before becoming an agent in 2016. She has an MA in Comparative Literature from UEA.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Health & Wellness · Historical Fiction · Horror +5 more
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Lisa Baker
Lisa runs the Foreign Rights department at Aitken Alexander Associates and represents a select list of literary fiction and non-fiction. She joined the agency in 2016 and became a Director in 2017. Previously, she was Rights Director at Faber & Faber.
Genres:Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Martha Perotto-Wills
Martha assists Molly Ker Hawn and is actively building her own list, representing mostly authors of adult literary fiction and of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Before working in publishing she was a bookseller and cataloguer of second-hand and antiquarian books, and took a master's degree in Queer History. She joined the Bent Agency's United Kingdom office in 2019, spent six years there as an assistant and then associate agent, and started at David Higham at the end of 2025.
Genres:Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction · Middle Grade +3 more
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Mic Cheetham
Mic Cheetham founded Mic Cheetham Literary Agency in 1994 and serves as its director. Operating from a boutique London office, the agency maintains a deliberately small list, accepting just two or three new writers per year.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Science Fiction
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Simon Kavanagh
Simon is an agent at Mic Cheetham Literary Agency, a boutique London-based firm founded in 1994 by Mic Cheetham. He joined after the agency’s establishment and currently works alongside Mic on its deliberately small roster, which includes high-profile authors such as China Miéville, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Neal Asher, Iain Banks and Ken MacLeod.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Science Fiction
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Alice Sutherland-Hawes
Alice represents authors and illustrators working from board and picture books through to crossover young adult. She co-founded ASH Literary in September 2020, alongside Saffron Dodd. Alice is based in London.
Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Literary Fiction · Middle Grade +6 more
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Anna Dawson
Anna is a junior agent at Johnson & Alcock, building her own list of authors. She also looks after audio rights and permissions for the agency's authors and Estates, and manages its social media. Born and raised in Ireland, she studied History at Trinity College Dublin and completed a Masters in Literature and Publishing at NUI Galway.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Annette Green
Annette handles a wide range of work across both fiction and non-fiction. Annette is particularly interested in literary fiction, general and mass market fiction (including thrillers, comedies and horror), current affairs, history, science, politics, popular culture (film, TV, sport and music), memoir, biography, and older children’s and teenage fiction. Annette does not usually handle science fiction or fantasy, and Annette does not consider poetry or dramatic scripts.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Current Affairs · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Horror +7 more
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Becky Thomas
Becky founded Lewinsohn Literary Agency in 2021. She began her career at Faber & Faber before becoming Contracts Director at Abner Stein and later moving to WME and then Fox Mason. She focuses on literary and reading group fiction, memoir, pop culture, narrative non-fiction and essays. She was named Literary Agent of the Year at the 2022 British Book Awards.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
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Broo Doherty
Broo is a director and literary agent at DHH Literary Agency. She trained at Downing College, Cambridge, and has worked in publishing for twenty years, across publishing houses and as an agent. She 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.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +3 more
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Caroline Hardman
Caroline co-founded Hardman & Swainson. She was previously an agent at the Christopher Little Literary Agency and The Marsh Agency, where she specialised in translation rights. She has an excellent understanding of global trade publishing and has sold rights on behalf of many renowned writers.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs · Health & Wellness · Historical Fiction +6 more
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Charlie Brotherstone
Charlie is Senior Agent and Vice President at Aevitas Creative Management, based in London and New York. He represents an eclectic list of authors, from academics, journalists and musicians to novelists of commercial and literary fiction, including several bestsellers. He previously worked at A.M. Heath and Co and Ed Victor Limited before setting up his own agency in 2017, which merged with Aevitas in 2023.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Charlotte Colwill
Charlotte is a literary agent at Colwill & Peddle, representing fiction and children's books. She began her career as a bookseller in independent bookshops in London and Melbourne, most recently running the children's department at Foyles on Charing Cross Road, before becoming an agent in 2018. She has worked at Tibor Jones and Jo Unwin Literary Agency, building her own list of authors.
Genres:Children's Books · Crime · Fantasy · Horror · Literary Fiction +4 more
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Charlotte Seymour
Charlotte is a literary 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. She enjoys working editorially and champions a select number of titles in translation each year.
Genres:Crime · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
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Clare Conville
Clare founded Conville & Walsh in 2000 and now serves as Chair of the company. In 2020 she co-founded the independent publishing imprint and production company CHEERIO with author and curator Harriet Vyner, in association with the Estate of Francis Bacon. She co-curated the Curious Arts Festival and sits on the board of the Cob Gallery. Her authors' work has been translated into more than sixty languages, with many adapted for theatre, film and television.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Claudia Young
Claudia is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton. She joined the agency in 2009. She represents cooking and food journalism, comedy, travel writing, literary fiction, historical novels, crime fiction and thrillers. She also works closely with radio and television production companies and the speakers and presenters' side of the agency.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +2 more
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David H Headley
David is the Managing Director of DHH Literary Agency, which he founded in 2008, and represents an eclectic range of best-selling and award-winning authors. He co-founded Goldsboro Books, a leading independent bookseller in London, and has spent 26 years building relationships with publishers throughout the UK. David has won awards for bookselling and has been named among The Bookseller's Top 100 most influential people in publishing several times.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction
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Donna Greaves
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.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Horror · Literary Fiction · Mystery +2 more
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Elly James
Elly is director and agent at HHB Agency, where she represents non-fiction and commercial fiction. She joined HHB Agency in 2007 to work alongside founder Heather Holden-Brown and became sole director in 2024 when Heather retired. Before that, she worked in television and film development, seeking storytellers and original voices.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Horror +7 more
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Emily MacDonald
Emily is an agent in the Books Department at 42 Management & Production. She joined 42 in 2019, working with Eugenie Furniss across her clients. She is now building her own list of authors.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Thriller
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Emma Shercliff
Emma is the founder and agent at Laxfield Literary Associates, which she set up in 2020. She has over 20 years of experience in the publishing industry, having worked for publishing houses in Paris, Melbourne, Abuja and London. She previously served as Sales & Rights Director of Cassava Republic Press UK and as Publishing Director for Ankara Press. Emma lives in Suffolk.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Literary Fiction · Memoir +4 more
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Felicity Blunt
Felicity Blunt joined Curtis Brown in 2005, following a career change from law and internships at both the Wylie Agency and Curtis Brown. She has worked from both the London and New York offices and represents authors across the literary and commercial spectrum. Her list includes Booker Prize-shortlisted Claire Keegan, Women’s Prize-shortlisted Meg Mason, Gillian McAllister, Rosamund Lupton, and Renée Knight, as well as bestselling debut authors Abi Daré and Bonnie Garmus. She also represents the Estates of Daphne du Maurier and Jilly Cooper, and co-agents major international authors in collaboration with UTA and CAA, including Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan and Women’s Prize winner Ann Patchett. In 2024, she served as Executive Producer on the Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s Rivals.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction +9 more
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Fiona Petheram
Fiona is an agent in the books division. She worked with Michael Sissons for over twenty years and continues to represent his authors, among them novelists, non-fiction writers and public figures in London and New York. She is also head of contracts and looks after the substantial PFD backlist.
Genres:Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Gabrielle Demblon
Gabrielle is Foreign Rights Manager and Literary Agent at Watson, Little. Gabrielle joined the agency in 2024 after six years as a literary scout. Gabrielle heads up the foreign rights department, working with Ayesha Mukherjee to help authors find publishers worldwide. Gabrielle is also building a personal list of authors.
Genres:Crime · Food & Drink · Horror · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +4 more
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Jack Ramm
Jack represents prizewinning and bestselling authors in fiction and nonfiction. He trained at The Eve White Literary Agency in London before working as a nonfiction commissioning editor at Viking, Penguin Random House. He then ran his own business, Ramm Studios, before joining Aevitas Creative UK in 2024.
Genres:Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction
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James Mustelier
James is a Literary Agent and Editorial Consultant at The Bent Agency. He joined the agency in 2019 after completing his MFA at the City College of New York, where he edited the literary journal, Promethean. Since then, he has worked both as an agent and an editorial consultant.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Literary Fiction · Mystery +2 more
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Jane Conway-Gordon
Jane is Managing Director of Jane Conway‑Gordon Ltd, an independent London literary agency. With a background in rights and contracts for major publishers, she launched her own agency in 1982. Jane reports to have closed her list.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Jenny Bent
Jenny is President and Literary Agent at The Bent Agency. Jenny has represented a great many award-winning and New York Times-bestselling authors, including Stephanie Garber, Liv Constantine, Gary John Bishop, Lori Nelson Spielman, Goldy Moldavsky, Tiffany D. Jackson, Elise Kova, Yangsze Choo, Dustin Thao, Arvin Ahmadi, Lynsay Sands, JT Geissinger and Samantha Bailey.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Health & Wellness · Horror +7 more
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Jenny Brown
Jenny founded Jenny Brown Associates in 2002. She was previously Head of Literature at the Scottish Arts Council, a presenter of book programmes for Scottish Television, and founder Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. She represents around 50 writers and works closely with them, most of whom are based in Scotland.
Genres:Children's Books · Crime · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Women's Fiction +1 more
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Jess Molloy
Jess Molloy joined the Curtis Brown literary department in 2019 after working for over eight years in talent management and the agency’s talent and comedy department. She began by assisting Cathryn Summerhayes before becoming a literary agent in 2022 and starting to build her own list. Jess is open to submissions and enjoys working closely with writers from a variety of backgrounds, particularly those who have come to writing via unconventional routes or have experience in entertainment or media and are looking to connect with new audiences through their work.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Literary Fiction +4 more
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Jessica Killingley
Jessica is the Managing Director of The bks Agency. She spent 20 years in marketing roles at Hachette UK and Penguin Random House, running high-profile campaigns for authors including John Grisham, Stephen King and Stephen Fry. She also ran a coaching and consultancy business, and is a Master-certified Coach who works with high-achieving women in senior roles. She began running the agency full-time in October 2023.
Genres:Business · Fantasy · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +2 more
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Jessica Lee
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 across the board. In non-fiction, she focuses on writing that balances scholarship with a vivid personal component.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Historical Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction +2 more
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John Silbersack
John is a publishing professional with deep experience as editor, publisher and agent. He spent 17 years at Trident Media Group as Executive Vice President, representing bestsellers by fiction and non-fiction authors. Before that, he built his publishing background at companies including HarperCollins, Warner Books and Penguin Putnam. He has an AB from Brown University and is the author of several books.
Genres:Biography · Business · Commercial Fiction · Current Affairs · Fantasy +12 more
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Julie Fergusson
Julie is a literary agent representing fiction across a range of genres, from commercial to literary. She has worked in the publishing industry for over a decade, first in Scottish publishing and then UK-wide as a freelance editor and now agent. She has a degree in mathematics and a master’s degree in creative writing, both from the University of Edinburgh.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Romance · Thriller
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Julie Gourinchas
Julie champions a selective list focused on upmarket and literary adult and new adult fiction across a wide variety of genres. Writers she represents have won or been nominated for awards including the British Book Awards, the Hugo Awards, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Stoker Awards, the BSFA Awards, the Betty Trask Award, and the Saltire National Book Awards. She is a member of the Association of Authors' Agents Bridge Committee, which focuses on junior agent development.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction +5 more
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Juliet Pickering
Juliet is a director at Blake Friedmann Literary Agency, representing fiction and non-fiction writers. She worked at Waterstones before joining A P Watt in 2003, then moved to Blake Friedmann in 2013, becoming Vice Head of the Book Department in 2017 and a Director in 2020. In 2021 she won the Romantic Novelists' Association Agent of the Year Award.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction
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Kate Barker
Kate is a literary agent based in London with over twenty years of experience in publishing. She has worked as an agent, commissioning editor and ghostwriter. She spent ten years at Penguin, where she was an Editorial Director for Viking, acquiring fiction and non-fiction. She has also worked for Orion, a major UK literary agency, digital publisher Bookouture and a speakers bureau.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Health & Wellness +11 more
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Kate Shaw
Kate founded The Shaw Agency in 2019, after eighteen years as a literary agent at Aitken Alexander Associates and The Viney Agency. During her career she has represented writers who have topped the New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller lists, including titles selected for major book clubs and adapted for film and television. Kate's aim is to support her clients across all aspects of their writing careers, to negotiate deals for them internationally, and to discover and nurture new talent.
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Middle Grade · Narrative Non-Fiction +1 more
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Laetitia Rutherford
Laetitia is a literary agent at Watson, Little. She has fifteen years' experience and has worked with award-winning writers including Chris Cleave, Rana Dasgupta, Xiaolu Guo and Evie Wyld. She has also worked with authors who write in English as a second language, such as Xinran and Diane Wei Liang. Over a decade at the agency she built a successful crime fiction list, including Jenny Blackhurst, Alex Marwood and Ajay Chowdhury.
Genres:Health & Wellness · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Self-Help
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Laura MacDougall
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 (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
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Louise Buckley
Louise is an Associate Literary Agent at Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency, representing adult fiction and non-fiction. She has worked in publishing for over fifteen years, with roles including a bookseller at Waterstones, an editor at Pan Macmillan and an Associate Literary Agent at Zeno Agency Ltd. She also works as an Editorial Consultant and writes about editing and publishing on her Substack.
Genres:Fantasy · Health & Wellness · Horror · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +3 more
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Marina de Pass
Marina joined The Soho Agency in 2016 after working for several years in the editorial departments of Little, Brown and HarperCollins. She works with number one New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling authors, and number one Kindle and Audible bestsellers. Her clients' books have been selected as Waterstones and WHSmith Books of the Month and for the BBC Radio 2 Book Club. In 2023 she was named a Bookseller Rising Star. She is building a list of authors writing upmarket commercial, reading group and accessible literary fiction, alongside a select and eclectic children's, young adult and non-fiction list, and gravitates towards stories told through a female lens.
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction +10 more
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Milly Reilly
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. Authors she has worked with have won or been shortlisted for prizes including the Orwell Prize for Political Writing and the British Academy Book Prize.
Genres:Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Rachel Calder
Rachel runs The Sayle Literary Agency, which she has led since 1993. The agency was founded in 1896 and has a long history of representing distinguished British and international writers. It keeps a deliberately small list so it can work closely with its writers and place them with committed publishers.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
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Robin Wade
Robin founded Wade & Co Literary Agency in 2001. The agency represents fiction and non-fiction for adults and young adults.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction +9 more
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Samantha Brace
Sam is an agent representing books alongside PFD's contemporary classics authors. After a degree in classics and English at Memorial University of Newfoundland, she worked across a range of roles and industries in Canada. She joined PFD in 2017, after the inaugural Columbia Publishing Course at Oxford, and went on to run Agora Books as publisher, working across editorial, production, sales and design; there she launched the Lost the Plot writers' competition and the Uncrowned Queens of Crime series, celebrating forgotten female crime writers. She is now building a list of crime and reading-group fiction and running PFD's contemporary classics department.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Mystery +2 more
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Sheila Crowley
Sheila Crowley represents a wide range of authors, from award-winning novelists to million-copy-selling non-fiction writers. Authors are at the heart of her work, and she is deeply involved at every stage of the publishing process. Originally from Dublin, Sheila began her career at Poolbeg Press before moving to London in 1991. She went on to hold senior sales and marketing roles at major publishers including HarperCollins and Hodder, gaining extensive experience across United Kingdom, Irish, and international markets. She transitioned into agenting in 2003 and brings a strong commercial sensibility, industry insight, and a passion for helping authors build long-term careers. Sheila is keen to work with both debut authors and published writers looking to reinvigorate or redirect their careers.
Genres:Biography · Business · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction +11 more
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Sophie Lambert
Sophie is a Managing Director at Conville & Walsh, representing a wide range of fiction and nonfiction authors. She began her career as a bookseller and book buyer before working as an assistant at Janklow & Nesbit in New York. She returned to London to start her own list at Tibor Jones & Associates before joining C&W in 2013, where she became a Director and later Managing Director.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Memoir +2 more
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Tony Peake
Tony is a literary agent and the founder of Peake Associates. He began his career as a literary agent in the mid-1980s at London Management. He set up Peake Associates as his own agency in 1989.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Science Fiction
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