Literary Agents
for Memoir
There are currently 102 UK-based literary agents accepting submissions for memoir. 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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Adam Gauntlett
Adam heads the books division at PFD and represents a wide range of prize-winning and bestselling authors, among them Sunday Times and New York Times names. He joined the company in 2010, after completing a Masters in English Literature at King's College London. The Bookseller named him its Shooting Star in 2017.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction · Memoir +5 more
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Alice Saunders
Alice loves storytelling in all its forms, whether fiction or narrative non-fiction, and works across literary, audio, live audience, film and television representation. She is actively looking for new talent in crime, thrillers, epic family sagas, book club literary fiction and memoir, in fact everything apart from science fiction and fantasy. As head of the agency's speaker business, she also matches talent to corporate, industry and public sector events.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Literary Fiction · Memoir +2 more
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Amanda Preston
Amanda is a literary agent at LBA Books, representing a wide range of best-selling and award-winning authors across fiction and non-fiction. She has worked as an agent for over 25 years and co-founded LBA in 2005, working with a network of publishers around the world. In 2018 she won the RNA Literary Agent of the Year award.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +4 more
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Amandeep Singh
Amandeep is an agent at Graham Maw Christie. She joined the agency in 2025, having spent ten years working as an editor, bookseller and agent, most recently at Penguin Random House and The Good Literary Agency. As a commissioning editor she published only debut authors, and as an agent she continues to champion new voices and works in-depth on concept and editorial development. She is a judge for the Future Worlds Prize for science fiction and fantasy Writers of Colour.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Current Affairs · Fantasy · Memoir · Other Non-Fiction +4 more
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Amy O'Shea
Amy is an agent at Graham Maw Christie Literary Agency, working across non-fiction and a select list of crime, thriller and horror fiction. She joined the agency in early 2023, assisting Jane and Jen with social media, admin, royalties and submissions, alongside working on her own projects. Amy graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a degree in Linguistics and English Language.
Genres:Crime · Fantasy · Horror · Memoir · Mystery +5 more
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Andrew Gordon
Andrew joined David Higham Associates in 2007 and is a director of the company and head of the Books department. Before becoming an agent he worked on the publishing side for fifteen years, in publicity at Hodder & Stoughton and as an editor and publisher at Little, Brown and Simon & Schuster. His list is primarily non-fiction and includes leading historians, journalists and commentators. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Cundill History Prize.
Genres:Biography · Business · Current Affairs · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir +4 more
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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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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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Ben Dunn
Ben is a literary agent with 30 years' publishing experience. He spent 25 years as a publisher at HarperCollins, 4th Estate, Hodder, Bonnier Books and Penguin Random House. He has built up a select list of authors, working with them in the UK, internationally and, where relevant, for film and TV, and also helps talent agency clients prepare and sell book projects.
Genres:Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Women's Fiction
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Bryony Woods
Bryony represents an eclectic mix of writers, with a list spanning children's fiction and young adult through to adult fiction and selected non-fiction. She set up her own agency in 2012, after working in specialist bookshops and libraries and at the Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency. She has an MA in Publishing from University College London.
Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Literary Fiction · Memoir +5 more
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Cara Lee Simpson
Cara is a literary agent at Susanna Lea Associates. Cara represents literary, book club and general fiction, along with some narrative non-fiction. Cara grew up in Wales and studied English Literature at King's College London, then completed a Master's at the London School of Economics. Cara joined SLA's London office in 2024, having previously worked as an agent at PFD, where they launched the Queer Fiction Prize.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +2 more
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Caro Clarke
Caro is the founder and literary agent at Portobello Literary. They founded the agency in 2022 after twelve years working in publishing houses, including Transworld and Canongate Books, where they were a Senior Rights Manager. They were named Rights Professional of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2021. In 2019, they co-founded the Nan Shepherd Prize for underrepresented nature writers.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy +16 more
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Carrie Plitt
Carrie represents award-winning and bestselling authors in fiction and non-fiction at Felicity Bryan Associates. Her clients include Reni Eddo-Lodge, Natasha Lunn and Catherine Belton, among others. For ten years, she co-hosted an award-winning podcast and radio show called Literary Friction with her friend Octavia Bright.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +4 more
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Catherine Clarke
Catherine has been building a list of adult non-fiction and children's fiction writers since 2001. She co-founded the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize in 2003 to recognise women's achievements in publishing. In 2017 she was named Literary Agent of the Year in the British Book Awards, and from 2022 to 2024 she was President of the Association of Authors' Agents.
Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +1 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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Charlotte Merritt
Charlotte joined Andrew Nurnberg Associates in 2018, having returned to London after living and working in India and Hong Kong. Before that she spent over a decade in London publishing, first at Bloomsbury and then at Hodder & Stoughton. She works closely with her clients to develop their ideas, drawing on that experience to help shape their book projects.
Genres:Current Affairs · Health & Wellness · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
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Chris Wellbelove
Chris represents writers of fiction and nonfiction from across the literary spectrum, as well as a handful of poets. He works with bestselling and prize-winning authors, and with writers ranging from journalists and memoirists to thought leaders, academics and cultural figures. Across fiction and nonfiction, he is drawn to originality, imagination and personality.
Genres:Business · Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction · Memoir +2 more
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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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Clare Hulton
Clare founded the Clare Hulton Agency in 2012, after senior publishing roles at Bloomsbury, Macmillan, Penguin and Random House. Her authors have featured in the Sunday Times bestseller list and in bestseller lists in the USA, Australia and Canada, and have won awards and been translated into many languages. Clare's agency is a member of the Association of Authors' Agents.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Food & Drink · Memoir · 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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Daisy Parente
Daisy joined Lutyens & Rubinstein in 2008 and she has run her own list since 2012. She is always open to submissions and loves to think about how books work in the world, delighting in being swept away and unable to put a book down. Daisy’s list includes award-winning writers in food writing, young adult and middle-grade books, narrative non-fiction and memoir, contemporary and historical fiction, travel and nature writing, crime, music books including biographies and autobiographies, and poetry.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction +7 more
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Diana Beaumont
Diana is a literary agent at DHH Literary Agency, representing smart commercial fiction and non-fiction. She joined DHH in 2024, having previously agented at Rupert Heath Literary Agency, TAG and Marjacq Scripts. Before that, she was a senior commissioning editor at Transworld.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction +6 more
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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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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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Emily Glenister
Emily is a Director and literary agent at DHH Literary Agency. She trained as an actress at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School before working as a theatrical agent and assistant, representing performers such as Charlotte Rampling and Sir Roger Moore. She joined DHH as an agent in 2020, after assisting David Headley for four years, and became a Director in 2022. Her clients include Heather Darwent, Suzie Edge and Becca Day.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy +10 more
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Emily Sweet
Emily is a hands-on, creative and energetic literary agent based in London. Before becoming an agent, she spent ten years as an editor in trade publishing houses, focusing primarily on non-fiction. She takes a personal, collaborative approach with her authors, placing them with publishers ranging from major houses to smaller independents. She works as part of Aevitas Creative Management, a full-service literary agency.
Genres:Biography · Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Historical (Non-Fiction) +4 more
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Emma Bal
Emma is a Literary Agent at Madeleine Milburn specialising in non-fiction, which she joined five years ago and where she has built a reputable list, securing major deals worldwide. She represents leading experts across the arts, humanities and sciences, including Roopika Risam, Rebecca Clifford, Maikel Kuijpers, Anne Irfan, Ayala Panievsky, Miranda Malins and Lauren Working, and writers on nature, food, travel, politics, psychology and pop culture such as Corinne Fowler, Dina Macki and Keshia Sakarah. Before agenting she spent over a decade in publishing at Penguin Press and Bloomsbury, leading campaigns for non-fiction and launching the careers of Nobel prize-winning economists, Pulitzer prize-winning journalists, historians, scientists, memoirists, activists and poets, among them Peter Frankopan, Rutger Bregman, William Dalrymple, Claudia Rankine, Lisa Taddeo, Owen Jones and Patricia Lockwood.
Genres:Biography · Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
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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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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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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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Florence Dodd
Florence is an agent in WME's International Rights group, based in the London office. She handles translation and UK rights sales for a wide range of projects and titles. She is bilingual in French and English and is passionate about international publishing. She also offers some primary representation to UK and international authors.
Genres:Health & Wellness · Memoir · Other Non-Fiction · Sports
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Florence Rees
Florence loves the feeling of having to read one more chapter, whether in fiction or non-fiction. She has spent memorable hours weeping over heart-wrenching memoirs such as When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanthi and The Last Act of Love by Cathy Rentzenbrink. Florence also adores contemporary novels that blend humour with meaty themes, like Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes and We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman. Florence is drawn to clever, gripping page-turners such as An Anatomy of a Scandal and Such a Fun Age, and consistently delights in relationship-centred stories, from In Memoriam and Greta & Valdin to Just For The Summer and Yours Truly. Florence has long been a fan of young adult and NA fantasy, inhaling series from Garth Nix, Robin Hobb and Mary Hoffman, as well as works by Carissa Broadbent and Sarah J. Maas.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Memoir · Thriller · Young Adult
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Francesca Ali
Francesca is a literary agent at WME, based in the London office. She joined WME in 2019 and sells UK rights for the agency's US-based authors. She is editorially focused, with a passion for working alongside authors from the conception of an idea to the final manuscript.
Genres:Fantasy · Memoir · Middle Grade · Narrative Non-Fiction · Romance +2 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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Isabel Atherton
Isabel is an experienced literary agent with an eye for commercial potential, representing prize-winning authors and illustrators from around the world. She founded Creative Authors in 2008. Isabel holds a BA in English Literature and an MA in Contemporary Approaches to English Studies, both from Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Health & Wellness · Historical (Non-Fiction) +3 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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Jack Fogg
Jack co-founded DunnFogg with Ben Dunn in 2021 and represents fiction and non-fiction as a literary agent. He worked as an editor and publisher for seventeen years, starting at Bloomsbury in 2004 before moving to 4th Estate, Hodder, Penguin Random House and HarperCollins. In 2019 he set up the Mudlark imprint at HarperCollins, which focuses on quality non-fiction.
Genres:Business · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Memoir +4 more
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James Gill
James has worked in publishing and literary representation since 1995 and represents a broad range of fiction and non-fiction authors writing for the general-trade market. He has represented Sunday Times number one and top-ten bestsellers in both fiction and non-fiction. His clients have been shortlisted for prizes including the Booker Prize, the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year. Other clients have won awards such as the Wolfson History Prize, the Whitbread Prize and the Ondaatje Prize.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction
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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 Graham Maw
Jane is founder and agent at Graham Maw Christie, focusing on non-fiction and developing a historical fiction list. She has over 25 years' experience in publishing, having worked in rights, contracts, marketing and as a publishing director. She has also ghostwritten books for celebrities and experts and holds an English degree from Cambridge.
Genres:Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other 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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Jennifer Christie
Jennifer is a founder and literary agent at Graham Maw Christie, representing non-fiction authors. She has worked as a literary agent for 20 years, launching international and Sunday Times bestsellers including Raynor Winn and Michael Foley. She works closely with her authors, developing ideas, building promotional strategies, structuring content and editing text.
Genres:Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Self-Help
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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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Joanna Swainson
Joanna co-founded Hardman & Swainson with Caroline. She previously worked as a reader and in-house editor for Christopher Little, where the two met, having earlier freelanced for several London literary agencies after a degree in French. She enjoys the editorial side of agenting and has a lifelong love of reading, from Agatha Christie to Charles Dickens.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction +5 more
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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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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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Julian Alexander
Julian has been an agent his entire professional life. He represents an eclectic list that includes bestselling fiction and non-fiction of all kinds, from history and medicine through heart-warming memoir and illustrated books to edgy detective novels and fast-paced thrillers. He also handles the book output for a number of high-profile creators of intellectual property and helps develop and package projects for his clients, planning long-term careers.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Health & Wellness · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Mystery +2 more
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Karolina Kaim
Karolina is a nonfiction agent at WME's London office. She joined the agency in 2024 after more than eight years of commissioning experience at publishing houses in the UK and abroad. She trained in intellectual property law and works closely with her US colleague to find homes for the agency's talent.
Genres:Business · Health & Wellness · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Self-Help
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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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Kate Hordern
Kate founded Kate Hordern Literary Agency in 1999, representing fiction and non-fiction. She spent fourteen years at Victor Gollancz in London, selling foreign rights. She later relocated to Bristol before setting up her own agency.
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Katie Fulford
Katie is a literary agent at Bell Lomax Moreton with a long career in publishing and rights management. She spent 25 years at HarperCollins in roles including Group Rights Director and Managing Director of Collins non-fiction. She was Executive Producer on Channel 4's adaptation of The Tiger Who Came To Tea, which won an international Emmy. Her broad experience across publishing and rights puts her in a strong position to guide authors across media and markets.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +7 more
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Kevin Pocklington
Kevin works primarily in non-fiction, and is in the process of developing a fiction list.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +1 more
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Laura Williams
Laura is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton. She joined the agency in 2018, having previously worked at PFD from 2011, after studying Classics at Oxford. She represents a broad list of fiction across different genres, alongside a smaller non-fiction and children's book list.
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction +11 more
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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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Lily Kovacs
Lily works across Curtis Brown Heritage and the science fiction and fantasy department.
Genres:Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Memoir · Mystery · Psychological Suspense +1 more
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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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Liza Deblock
Liza is a literary agent at Greenstone Literary, representing both fiction and non-fiction authors. She began her publishing career as an assistant at Eccles Fisher Associates in 2018, before moving into literary agenting at a boutique agency. She built a curated list of authors, selling their rights in the UK, US and beyond. Liza was a Bookseller Rising Star in 2022 and works with Black Girl Writers.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction +6 more
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Lucy Balfour
Lucy is a literary agent at WME's London office, offering UK representation to clients across the agency. She joined WME in 2023 after seven years working as a literary scout for an extensive list of international publishers, as well as film and television clients. She is building a list of her own authors.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Health & Wellness · Memoir · Middle Grade +5 more
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Lucy Morris
Lucy Morris represents a list of acclaimed fiction and non-fiction authors, known for her editorial insight and strong author relationships. She joined Curtis Brown after starting her career in publishing and works closely with debut and established writers alike. She is passionate about helping shape projects from the earliest stages and is especially proud to represent several Curtis Brown Creative graduates, including Hazel Barkworth, Benji Waterhouse, Elizabeth Lee and Tina Orr Munro. Lucy is the founder of the Curtis Brown First Novel Prize and represents both the winner, Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ, and runner-up, Lucy Barker, whose debut novels were published in 2023. She is also part of the team behind Discoveries, a talent development programme for unpublished women writers in partnership with the Women’s Prize Trust, Audible, and Curtis Brown Creative.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Literary Fiction · Memoir +4 more
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Maria Brannan
Maria is Greyhound Literary's translation rights manager and a fiction, non-fiction and young adult agent. She works with Sam Edenborough on translation rights for the agency's clients and is building her own list of authors as a primary agent. She previously spent over five years as a literary scout at Maria B. Campbell Associates in London, advising international publishers in more than 12 countries and scouting books for Netflix.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction +7 more
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Maria Whelan
Maria is a literary agent at Mushens Entertainment, representing both fiction and nonfiction writers. She joined the agency in September 2025 after eight years at InkWell Management in New York as an assistant and agent. She began her career as a Foreign Rights Assistant at Janklow & Nesbit in New York, and holds degrees from University College Dublin and the University of Edinburgh.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Horror · Literary Fiction +2 more
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Mark Lucas
Mark began his professional life in the editorial department at Futura in Camberwell before becoming a director at Fraser & Dunlop Scripts, later part of The Peters Fraser & Dunlop Group. In 1996 he co-founded LAW with Julian Alexander and Araminta Whitley. His grounding came in the art of mass-market paperback design and from a New York-based mentor who taught that 'we should aim to publish the gleam in the author's eye'. Over the years he has represented a diverse range of national and international bestsellers, and is interested in romance, thriller, memoir, historical non-fiction and edgy humour, always prioritising story above all else.
Genres:Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Romance · Thriller
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Mia Dakin
Mia is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton, working across fiction, non-fiction and translation. She joined the agency in January 2023 after completing an MA in Publishing at UCL. She is now building her own list while continuing to support Judith Murray, Antony Topping and the other Greene & Heaton agents with their clients.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Food & Drink · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
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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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Natalia Lucas
Natalia is an associate agent at United Agents, building a list of non-fiction writers and presenters. She joined the agency in 2017 and assists Rosemary Scoular with her list. Her own list focuses on non-fiction, with a particular interest in politics, parenting, activism and memoir. She represents clients across all media, including writing, broadcasting, live events and commercial opportunities.
Genres:Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Politics
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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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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 Davies
Olivia is looking for bold voices and stories that evoke feeling. She reads and represents a broad range of fiction and is fundamentally curious as to how writers can open life to new perspectives. If the characters are memorable she will want to read your novel, whatever the genre. In non-fiction Olivia enjoys being guided by a warm, expert voice through topics such as history, religion, war, art, literary criticism, travel, pop culture, and food. Olivia is often drawn to personal narratives which upend monolithic constructions of cultural or national identity.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +1 more
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Piers Blofeld
Piers represents a wide range of clients writing fiction and non-fiction, literary and commercial. He is a columnist for Writing Magazine. He has a taste for the unlikely and likes to be surprised and transported.
Genres:Crime · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Romance +1 more
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Rachel Goldblatt
Rachel Goldblatt joined Curtis Brown in 2022 and is now an Associate Agent. She assists Jonathan Lloyd while also actively building her own list of clients. She particularly enjoys working editorially with authors and is keen to hear from debut writers. Rachel is open to submissions in both fiction and non-fiction, though she does not represent young adult, fantasy or science fiction.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Memoir +2 more
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Rachel Mills
Rachel is the founder and director of Rachel Mills Literary. She previously worked as a literary agent at Furniss Lawton and as Agent and International Business Director at Peters Fraser and Dunlop, where she sat on the Executive Board. Before that she worked in publishing at Penguin and Random House. In her 20 years in the industry, she has secured major publishing and screen deals for a diverse range of authors.
Genres:Food & Drink · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Rachel Yeoh
Rachel is a Literary Agent at Madeleine Milburn, working with the agency's bestselling brand authors and building a list in literary, upmarket and book club fiction, as well as select narrative non-fiction. She read Law and Politics at university and joined the agency in 2019. Her list includes Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize shortlistee Hanako Footman, Foyle Young Poet of the Year winner Charlotte Runcie and TedX speaker Canwen Xu.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +4 more
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Rosemary Scoular
Rosemary is a founding partner at United Agents, representing writers and presenters with a focus on non-fiction. She began her publishing career as Rights Manager at Bloomsbury, before working with Deborah Owen and later joining PFD. Her list spans food writing, history, popular science, nature, travel, politics, investigative journalism, the arts and memoir.
Genres:Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Other Non-Fiction +2 more
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Rosie Pierce
Rosie Pierce joined Curtis Brown in 2018 after beginning her publishing career in editorial at an independent publisher in Edinburgh. She now works alongside Felicity Blunt while also building her own list of authors. Rosie particularly enjoys the editorial process and is passionate about working closely with writers to develop their manuscripts. She is currently open to submissions and welcomes both fiction and non-fiction.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction · Memoir +4 more
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Rowan Lawton
Rowan joined The Soho Agency in 2019 after almost two decades in the industry. She started her agenting career at WME and latterly ran Furniss Lawton, the literary division of YMU. Her authors are Sunday Times, Kindle, Apple and Audible number one bestsellers, and have been awarded and shortlisted for prizes including the British Book Awards, the Crime Writers' Association Daggers, the Irish Book Awards, the Sunday Times Sports Book Award and Romantic Novel of the Year. She has judged fiction prizes including Richard & Judy Search for a Bestseller, the Bristol Short Story Prize and the Blue Pencil First Novel Award, and was a Bookseller Rising Star in 2012.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +5 more
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Sabhbh Curran
Sabhbh Curran represents a wide range of non-fiction and select fiction, working closely and editorially with authors to help shape long-term careers. She’s particularly interested in working with experts, academics and journalists who can combine deep knowledge with broad appeal. Her list includes cookbooks, memoir, narrative non-fiction, and distinctive, genre-blurring fiction. Sabhbh is not the right agent for children’s, young adult, or fantasy fiction.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Historical (Non-Fiction) +10 more
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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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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. 
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Mystery · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
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Sarah Ballard
Sarah is a literary agent at Conville & Walsh, representing fiction and non-fiction. She trained in editorial at Sceptre, Hodder & Stoughton, then worked as an in-house editor at PFD, notably alongside Pat Kavanagh. In 2008 she co-founded United Agents, where she worked as an agent for sixteen years before joining Conville & Walsh in 2024.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs +9 more
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Sarah Harvey
Sarah is a literary agent at CAA Publishing, building a list of commercial to reading-group fiction for the UK market alongside a curated list of commercial non-fiction. She joined CAA in 2022 after working at some of the UK's leading publishing houses and agencies, including HarperCollins, Hachette, Pan Macmillan, The Curtis Brown Agency and David Higham Associates. Her background is in translation rights, and she also represents US and translated authors in the UK.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +3 more
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Sarah 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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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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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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Tom Cull
Tom leads Cull & Co. Ltd, a UK-based literary agency representing nonfiction and occasional fiction. The agency specialises in a wide range of nonfiction genres, including memoirs, biographies, history, current affairs, politics, travel, science, nature writing, sport and music. Tom and his colleagues work closely with authors, negotiate deals, and collaborate with publishers and co-agents worldwide.
Genres:Biography · Current Affairs · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Politics +2 more
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Trevor Dolby
Trevor is an agent at ACM UK, with a thirty-five year career in UK non-fiction publishing. He has worked as publisher and editor at major houses including HarperCollins and Penguin Random House, publishing bestselling authors and celebrity memoirs. He founded the Preface imprint at Random House and won Imprint and Editor of the Year at the 2003 British Book Awards.
Genres:Biography · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-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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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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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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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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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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Araminta Whitley
Araminta represents a wide range of fiction and non-fiction. Her clients are Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers and have won awards including the CWA Gold Crime Dagger, the RNA Awards, the John Creasy Award, the Andre Simon Memorial Prize and the PEN Pinter Prize, with titles longlisted for the Wellcome and Baillie Gifford Prizes and chosen as Richard and Judy and Zoella book club picks.
Genres:Business · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness +6 more
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Ariella Feiner
Ariella represents bestselling, critically acclaimed and award-winning authors across fiction and non-fiction at United Agents. She began her career at PFD in 2006 before moving to United Agents. In 2017, The Bookseller named her a Rising Star.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction +5 more
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Becky Thomas
Becky founded Lewinsohn Literary Agency in 2021. She began her career at Faber & Faber before becoming Contracts Director at Abner Stein and later moving to WME and then Fox Mason. She focuses on literary and reading group fiction, memoir, pop culture, narrative non-fiction and essays. She was named Literary Agent of the Year at the 2022 British Book Awards.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
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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 Viney
Charlie is a Senior Agent at ACM UK. He spent twenty-five years in general trade publishing, holding senior executive roles in international sales and marketing and serving as a board director at Little, Brown UK, before becoming an agent in 2002. He joined Aevitas Creative Management UK as a Senior Agent in 2024.
Genres:Children's Books · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
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Charlotte 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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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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Emma Shercliff
Emma is the founder and agent at Laxfield Literary Associates, which she set up in 2020. She has over 20 years of experience in the publishing industry, having worked for publishing houses in Paris, Melbourne, Abuja and London. She previously served as Sales & Rights Director of Cassava Republic Press UK and as Publishing Director for Ankara Press. Emma lives in Suffolk.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Literary Fiction · Memoir +4 more
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Eugenie Furniss
Eugenie is a literary agent at 42 Management & Production. She spent fifteen years at WME, running its London book division for her final three years there. She then set up Furniss Lawton at the James Grant Group in 2012, running it for seven years before joining 42 in March 2019. She has been shortlisted twice for Literary Agent of the Year at The British Book Awards.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction +3 more
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Felicity Blunt
Felicity Blunt joined Curtis Brown in 2005, following a career change from law and internships at both the Wylie Agency and Curtis Brown. She has worked from both the London and New York offices and represents authors across the literary and commercial spectrum. Her list includes Booker Prize-shortlisted Claire Keegan, Women’s Prize-shortlisted Meg Mason, Gillian McAllister, Rosamund Lupton, and Renée Knight, as well as bestselling debut authors Abi Daré and Bonnie Garmus. She also represents the Estates of Daphne du Maurier and Jilly Cooper, and co-agents major international authors in collaboration with UTA and CAA, including Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan and Women’s Prize winner Ann Patchett. In 2024, she served as Executive Producer on the Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s Rivals.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction +9 more
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Hannah Weatherill
Hannah is Watson, Little's Literary and Book-to-Screen Agent, representing commercial and upmarket fiction and non-fiction. She joined Watson, Little in 2024 after four years as an agent at Northbank Talent Management and a year at Penguin Random House UK. She also represents book-to-screen rights for the agency and stays closely connected with the international film and TV industry.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Historical Fiction +6 more
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Helena Maybery
Helena originally trained and worked as an actor before moving into publishing in 2021. She assisted the managing director of a boutique literary agency for two years before joining Curtis Brown to assist Sheila Crowley in April 2024, reading Sheila's submissions daily and looking out for new talent.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Memoir · Psychological Suspense +3 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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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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Kay Peddle
Kay is a literary agent at Colwill & Peddle, representing non-fiction. She spent over a decade working on non-fiction, first at the imprint The Bodley Head and then at the online human rights magazine Lacuna. In 2019 she became a literary agent and founded Kay Peddle Literary.
Genres:Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
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Kristina Pérez
Kristina is managing director and literary agent at Pérez Literary & Entertainment. She has a decade of experience in publishing as both an author and an agent, with a background in medieval literature and journalism. She has written young adult novels and is publishing her first novel for adults. She sees each client relationship as a partnership, working with clients to develop the right strategy for their careers.
Genres:Fantasy · Health & Wellness · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Horror · Memoir +5 more
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Lisa Highton
Lisa is an associate agent at Jenny Brown Associates, representing commercial and crossover fiction and memoir. She joined the agency in 2022 after a long career in publishing, including as Publisher of Two Roads and as publishing director at Doubleday, HarperCollins and Hodder in the UK and Australia. Her focus is distinctive storytelling and finding hidden stories with emotional heart.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Memoir
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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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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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Stevie Finegan
Stevie is a literary agent at Zeno Agency Ltd. Stevie joined Zeno at the beginning of 2020, having previously worked at Gollancz, Icon, and in Waterstones bookshops across London. Stevie's degree specialised in children's literature, including a dissertation on Young Adult fiction. These experiences shape Stevie's interest in stories that explore LGBTQIA+, BAME, disability, mental health and other marginalised experiences.
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Fantasy · Graphic Novels · Health & Wellness +10 more
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Toby Mundy
Toby is CEO of ACM UK, a literary agent representing narrative non-fiction. Before becoming an agent, he founded Atlantic Books, serving as chief executive and publisher from 2000 to 2014, where he published many bestselling and prize-winning titles. Since 2014, he has served as director of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, Britain's leading non-fiction literary prize. He was previously a non-executive director of Prospect Publishing Limited for ten years, also serving as a contributing editor and editorial board member.
Genres:Biography · Current Affairs · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
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Viola Hayden
Viola Hayden began her career in publishing before moving into agenting at Curtis Brown. She now represents a wide range of fiction and non-fiction, with a particular focus on commercial work, and also co-agents alongside Jonny Geller on his high-profile list. Her background as a publisher gives her a deep understanding of the editorial and market potential of a book, and she’s passionate about championing writers whose stories are both compelling and commercially resonant.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Health & Wellness · Historical Fiction +6 more
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