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Literary Agents
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As of 9 October 2026, we list 74 UK literary agents representing mystery, and 53 are open to submissions. See what each one is looking for and when we last checked.

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Alice Caprio

Peters Fraser + Dunlop

Alice is a Literary Agent at Peters Fraser + Dunlop, working primarily on the children's list. After an MA in Publishing from UAL she spent five years as a scout at London Literary Scouting, specialising in children's, young adult and science fiction and fantasy across all ages and working with publishers and media companies around the world. She joined the agency in 2026 from Felicity Bryan Associates, where she was a literary agent. Alongside building her own list she sells foreign rights in the agency's children's and young adult titles across many territories.

Genres:Children's Books · Fantasy · Horror · Middle Grade · Mystery +5 more

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Alice Sutherland-Hawes

ASH Literary

Alice represents authors and illustrators working from board and picture books through to crossover young adult. She co-founded ASH Literary, which launched in September 2020, alongside Saffron Dodd. She is based in London.

Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Graphic Novels · Literary Fiction +7 more

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Last checked 12 days ago

Alice Williams

Alice Williams Literary

Alice set up her agency in 2018 after representing children's books for over ten years at David Higham Associates. She is a passionate champion of the writers and illustrators she works with. Alice focuses on sensitive editorial and portfolio development, submitting and showcasing clients' work widely, and on considered rights management.

Genres:Children's Books · Fantasy · Mystery · Other Non-Fiction · Romance +2 more

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Last checked 20 days ago

Amanda Preston

LBA Books

Amanda has been a literary agent for over 25 years. In 2005 she co-founded LBA Books. In 2018 she won the RNA Literary Agent of the Year award. She represents a wide range of best-selling and award-winning authors across fiction and non-fiction.

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

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Amy O'Shea

Graham Maw Christie Literary Agency

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

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

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Last checked 17 days ago

Anne-Marie Doulton

The Ampersand Agency

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:Current Affairs · Literary Fiction · Mystery · Narrative Non-Fiction · Thriller

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Last checked 10 days ago

Camilla Bolton

Darley Anderson Literary, TV and Film Agency

Camilla is Managing Director and an agent at Darley Anderson, which she joined in 2007. She was named a publishing Rising Star by The Bookseller in 2013 and shortlisted for Literary Agent of the Year in 2022, and has built some of the fastest-growing commercial brands in the thriller market, with five of her authors selling over a million copies in the United Kingdom alone. Her list includes many Sunday Times, New York Times and number one ebook global bestsellers, with authors picked for Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine Book Club and BBC Two's Between the Covers, five Richard & Judy Book Club picks, and titles adapted for BBC One, Channel 5 and Netflix. She works closely with her authors editorially and strategically, negotiating six and seven-figure deals in the United Kingdom and United States.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Horror · Mystery · Psychological Suspense +1 more

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Last checked 14 days ago

Daisy Chandley

Peters Fraser + Dunlop

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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Ed Wood

The Blair Partnership

Ed is a literary agent at The Blair Partnership, representing crime, thriller, mystery and book club fiction. He was previously Publishing Director at Little, Brown, where he published bestselling authors including Mark Billingham, Chris Brookmyre and Carl Hiaasen. He later became Little, Brown's IP Director, working with authors on original concepts that became major rights sales successes.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Horror · Literary Fiction · Mystery +3 more

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Last checked 10 days ago

Eleanor Lawlor

The Soho Agency

Eleanor is an Associate Agent at The Soho Agency, which she joined in 2021. She works alongside Rowan Lawton and Lydia Silver across their lists, from commercial women's fiction, book club and narrative non-fiction to picture books, middle grade, young adult and graphic novels, and is building her own list.

Genres:Fantasy · Horror · Mystery · Paranormal Romance · Romance +3 more

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Last checked 12 days ago

Emily Talbot

United Agents

Emily is a literary agent representing children's illustrators and authors of picture books, middle grade, young adult and non-fiction. She started at United Agents in 2013 in the foreign rights department, handling overseas rights for UA's children's authors and illustrators, before moving into primary agenting in 2015. Before that, she worked in a primary school, reading with children every day and learning what they enjoy reading.

Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Graphic Novels · Horror +5 more

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Last checked 11 days ago

Emma Finn

C&W Agency

Emma represents a growing list of writers of fiction and narrative non-fiction at C&W Agency. She reads widely across both areas and is drawn to strong voices and character-driven stories. Editorial work is one of her favourite parts of the job, and she is committed to helping writers shape their work before it goes to publishers.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction +7 more

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Last checked 15 days ago

Fiona Lindsay

Limelight Management

Fiona is the Managing Director of Limelight Management, a boutique London-based literary and talent agency founded in 1989. With a long background in broker deals for television, lifestyle, and expert-led authors, she oversees a selective authors’ list that bridges publishing, broadcast, and branding.

Genres:Biography · Business · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime +13 more

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Last checked 16 days ago

Gemma Cooper

Gemma Cooper Literary

Gemma is a literary agent and founder of Gemma Cooper Literary. She has worked as a literary agent since 2011, including as a director at The Bent Agency, before setting up her own agency in 2024. Her list is typified by big-concept, commercial series fiction for children and young adults. She has lived and worked in New York, Chicago and London, giving her a global approach to representation.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Cosy Mystery · Crime +8 more

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Last checked 13 days ago

Hannah Schofield

LBA Books

Hannah is a literary agent at LBA Books, representing commercial and book club fiction, and select non-fiction. She joined LBA in 2018. She previously worked for a literary scout and in translation rights. Hannah grew up in Luxembourg, giving her an international perspective on the publishing market.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +10 more

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Hannah Todd

Janklow & Nesbit

Hannah is a literary agent representing writers of adult commercial fiction. She previously worked at the Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency before joining Janklow & Nesbit in January 2025. Before becoming an agent, she worked as an editor at independent and 'Big 5' publishers, including Avon, Head of Zeus and Bookouture.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Horror +6 more

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Last checked 18 days ago

Hattie Grünewald

The Blair Partnership

Hattie represents commercial and upmarket fiction, including book club fiction, crime and thriller, historical and contemporary fiction, and some non-fiction in the areas of lifestyle and personal development. She is currently open to commercial and upmarket fiction submissions with a strong pitch, believable characters and an engaging voice. Hattie is particularly keen to see novels for the book club market with conversation-starting topics and a “you need to read this” quality, including multi-layered family dramas, high-concept love stories and classic storytelling. She seeks sexy and funny rom-coms, unusual escapist historical fiction often featuring mysteries or love stories, ambitious detective fiction, puzzle-y mysteries, humorous cosy crime with series potential and regional crime.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Cosy Mystery · Crime · Historical Fiction +5 more

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Last checked 10 days ago

Hayley Steed

Janklow & Nesbit

Hayley is a Director and Literary Agent at Janklow & Nesbit, representing writers of commercial and bookclub fiction across all genres. She spent seven years at Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency before joining Janklow & Nesbit in September 2023. Before that she worked in book PR, having completed a degree in English. She has been named both a Trailblazer and a Rising Star by the UK book trade.

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

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Last checked 18 days ago

Hellie Ogden

WME Literary Agency

Hellie co-heads the UK Book division at WME and became a Partner in 2026. She joined the London office in 2023 and represents fiction, children's books and non-fiction. She is President of the Association of Authors' Agents and has been shortlisted for Literary Agent of the Year and the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize.

Genres:Fantasy · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +8 more

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Last checked 14 days ago

Imogen Morrell

Greene & Heaton Ltd

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

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

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Last checked 19 days ago

Jade Kavanagh

Darley Anderson Literary, TV and Film Agency

Jade is a Literary Agent and Head of Books at Darley Anderson, representing thriller, horror and book club authors, and working selectively in non-fiction. She joined in April 2020, building on her experience at the Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency. Her first client's debut, The Shallows by Holly Craig, published in September 2023 and became an instant Kindle bestseller across the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. As Head of Books she works closely with the Managing Director in shaping and supporting the agency's books list, alongside building her own.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Horror · Mystery · Psychological Suspense +3 more

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Last checked 14 days ago

James Wills

Watson, Little Ltd

James is Managing Director at Watson, Little and 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. James is passionate about reading and good writing.

Genres:Crime · Horror · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Mystery +7 more

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Last checked 8 days ago

Jenny Hewson

Lutyens & Rubinstein

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

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

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Last checked 11 days ago

Jo Bell

Bell Lomax Moreton

Jo is a literary agent at Bell Lomax Moreton. She has over 20 years' experience in the publishing industry, having worked for HarperCollins and Parragon Books as Sales Director. She brings her knowledge, warmth and passion for storytelling to the team, representing both adult fiction and non-fiction authors.

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

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Julian Alexander

The Soho Agency

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

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

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Last checked 12 days ago

Kat Lenahan

Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency

Kat is a Junior Agent and Agency Assistant at the Darley Anderson Children's Book Agency, building her own list, and she also handles audio rights for the agency. Before joining, she worked in production in visual effects on The Witcher and The Wheel of Time, then completed an MA in Creative and Critical Writing. She is drawn to the editorial side of agenting and keen to work with authors she can help grow and develop.

Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Horror · Middle Grade · Mystery +2 more

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Last checked 14 days ago

Kate Barker

Kate Barker Literary Agency

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

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

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Last checked 15 days ago

Kate Burke

Blake Friedmann Literary Agency

Kate represents crime and thriller writers, and authors of contemporary and historical women's fiction. Before becoming an agent, Kate worked as an editor for ten years, publishing fiction at Penguin, HarperCollins and Random House. Over the past ten years as an agent, Kate has built up a wide-ranging list of prize-winning and bestselling writers. With an editorial background, Kate takes a hands-on approach to working with authors on their manuscripts.

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Romance +2 more

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Last checked 22 days ago

Katie Fulford

Bell Lomax Moreton

Katie is a literary agent at Bell Lomax Moreton who represents fiction and non-fiction authors. 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. Her broad experience across publishing and rights management informs how she works with authors across media and markets.

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

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Laura Bennett

The Liverpool Literary Agency

Laura is an associate literary agent at the Liverpool Literary Agency. She studied Writing at Liverpool John Moores University, gaining a BA and later an MA, after an early career in teaching that included working with young adults with special needs and in further education. She moved into editing after her teaching career and also works as a freelance writer, having written for a video game and several roleplaying games.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Cosy Mystery · Crime · Fantasy +12 more

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Laura Williams

Greene & Heaton Ltd

Laura is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton. She joined the agency in 2018, having previously worked at PFD from 2011, after studying Classics at Oxford. She represents a broad list of fiction across different genres, alongside a smaller non-fiction and children's book list.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +13 more

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Last checked 19 days ago

Lily Kovacs

Curtis Brown Ltd

Works across Curtis Brown Heritage and the SFF department. Leans more towards fantasy than science fiction, and is a big fan of Gothic atmosphere, multigenerational sagas and morally ambiguous characters.

Genres:Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Memoir · Mystery · Psychological Suspense +1 more

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Last checked 12 days ago

Lucy Irvine

Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency

Lucy joined the Darley Anderson Children's Book Agency as a literary agent in November 2025, after eight years at PFD. Her authors have been Sunday Times and instant bestsellers and Books of the Month at Waterstones and Easons, and have won, been shortlisted or nominated for awards including the Carnegie Medal for Writing and Illustration, the Week Junior Book Awards, the Branford Boase Awards, the ALCS Educational Writers' Award, the School Library Association's IBA Award, and the British Book Awards. Lucy is building her list with a focus on middle grade, young adult, new adult and fantasy fiction.

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Horror · Middle Grade +5 more

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Last checked 14 days ago

Lydia Silver

The Soho Agency

Lydia is Head of the Children's and Young Adult department at The Soho Agency, which she joined in 2025 after over a decade in the industry across editorial and agenting. Her clients have been number one Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers, chosen as Waterstones, Blackwells and Indies Books of the Month, and won prizes including the Carnegie Medal Shadowers' Choice and the Diverse Book Award. She was a Bookseller Rising Star in 2022. Lydia represents everything from picture books to the top end of crossover young adult, and enjoys working with author-illustrator talent, including graphic novelists. She is drawn to voice above all and to a strong hook, and actively welcomes submissions from under-represented writers.

Genres:Fantasy · Graphic Novels · Historical Fiction · Horror · Middle Grade +4 more

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Last checked 12 days ago

Maddalena Cavaciuti

David Higham Associates

Maddalena studied English Literature at the University of Bristol and joined David Higham Associates in 2017 after a spell working in marketing and events. In 2019 she helped to run the first of many David Higham Open Days for Under-Represented Writers. She is the agency's Head of Audio and works with Managing Director Lizzy Kremer on selected projects.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Mystery · Paranormal Romance +5 more

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Last checked 10 days ago

Madeleine Milburn

Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency

Madeleine is the founding director of Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency, which she set up in 2012, and has sat 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, was awarded Literary Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2018 and was shortlisted again in 2020. Her discoveries include Nita Prose, Charmaine Wilkerson, Gail Honeyman, Ashley Audrain, Elizabeth Macneal, Emma Stonex and Holly Bourne, and she represents crime and thriller brands including C.L. Taylor, C.J. Tudor, Mark Edwards and Jack Jordan. She reads across all areas of fiction but is immediately drawn to powerful, voice-led book club fiction with irresistible protagonists and themes that spark conversation: a literary voice that lingers, a concept that can be pitched in one sentence and themes that resonate universally. She represents authors based all over the world and works directly with publishers in every market rather than through co-agents.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +4 more

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Last checked 14 days ago

Marina de Pass

The Soho Agency

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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Last checked 12 days ago

Paul Moreton

Bell Lomax 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. He represents children's books across all age ranges, along with narrative non-fiction, biography, sport, music and autobiography.

Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime +10 more

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Rachel Neely

Mushens Entertainment

Rachel is a literary agent at Mushens Entertainment, representing both literary and commercial fiction with a preference for darker stories. She began her publishing career at HarperCollins before working as an editor at Hachette for six years, most recently as a Commissioning Editor at Orion. She joined Mushens Entertainment in 2022 and became a Literary Agent in 2023 after covering Juliet Mushens' maternity leave.

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

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Rosie Pierce

Curtis Brown Ltd

Joined Curtis Brown in 2018 after working in editorial at an independent publisher in Edinburgh. Works alongside Felicity Blunt on her list while building her own, and counts working editorially with writers on their manuscripts among her favourite parts of the job. Represents literary and commercial fiction and select non-fiction.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction · Memoir +4 more

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Last checked 12 days ago

Sabhbh Curran

Curtis Brown Ltd

Represents irresistible non-fiction and select fiction, with cookbooks and food writing a core part of her list. Works in a hands-on way editorially and is particularly keen to find authors who want to build a career.

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Historical Fiction +10 more

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Last checked 12 days ago

Saffron Dodd

ASH Literary

Saffron joined the ASH Literary team in 2022 as agency assistant and was promoted to Associate Agent in 2023. She has a background in media and communications, and recently completed a Masters in Children's Literature. She has always loved reading books for children and young adults, and is extremely passionate about highlighting and supporting diverse voices in publishing.

Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Graphic Novels · Horror +6 more

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Last checked 12 days ago

Samar Hammam

Rocking Chair Books Literary Agency

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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Sandra Sawicka

Marjacq Scripts Ltd

Sandra is a literary agent at Marjacq Scripts Ltd, representing genre fiction and young adult. She joined the agency in 2014. Her main interests are science fiction and fantasy, speculative fiction, crime and horror, as well as young adult. She also handles translation rights for all authors represented by Marjacq.

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Horror +6 more

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Last checked 10 days ago

Sarah Harvey

CAA Publishing

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

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

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Siân Ellis-Martin

Blake Friedmann Literary Agency

Siân represents authors in a range of fiction and non-fiction genres from commercial to the accessible end of the literary spectrum. She is keen to hear from authors who feel their voice is underrepresented in publishing. It is important to her to work with authors from a wide variety of backgrounds.

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +8 more

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Last checked 22 days ago

Silvia Molteni

Peters Fraser + Dunlop

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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Stephanie Glencross

David Higham Associates

Stephanie joined David Higham Associates in 2018, having previously been the Editor at Gregory and Company Authors' Agents, where she worked alongside Jane Gregory building the client list and working with authors on their manuscripts and ideas. She is proud to have edited many award-winning authors including Val McDermid, Mo Hayder, Catherine Ryan Howard, Paula Daly, Tan Twan Eng and Belinda Bauer, and brings a lot of editorial experience to her agenting. Before becoming an editor she spent several years at the BBC, first in the Radio Drama department and then in the Story Department of EastEnders, where she learned a great deal about the power of characterisation and the construction of cliffhangers. She was a judge on the Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger Award for several years, and her love affair with crime fiction started with Nancy Drew and was nurtured by Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell and Michael Connelly.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Mystery · Psychological Suspense · Thriller

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Last checked 10 days ago

Susan Yearwood

Susan Yearwood Agency

Susan runs the Susan Yearwood Agency, representing debut and published writers in adult fiction, non-fiction and children's/young adult fiction. She gained experience at Virago, Museum Quilts Plc and Penguin Books Ltd in the early to mid-nineties. She founded her agency in 2007, launching debut writers' careers and re-establishing previously published authors.

Genres:Business · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink +9 more

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Thérèse Coen

Susanna Lea Associates

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

Genres:Children's Books · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +7 more

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Tilda Butterworth

Rebecca Carter Literary

Tilda assists Rebecca Carter at Rebecca Carter Literary and has recently started taking on her own clients. She trained in Modern Foreign Languages, gaining a joint honours degree in French and Russian, and worked at Shakespeare and Company in Paris. She has spent the past six years as editor of The Cult Collective, an independent literary and visual arts magazine based in London and Berlin.

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Mystery · Narrative Non-Fiction · Romance +1 more

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Veronique Baxter

David Higham Associates

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

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

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Zoë Plant

The Bent Agency

Zoë is a literary agent at The Bent Agency, representing both children's and adult books. She joined the agency's London office in 2019, after five years working with publishers around the world as a literary scout. Her list includes New York Times and international bestsellers, with titles that have won or been shortlisted for the Nero Book Award, the Barnes & Noble Children's Book Award, and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Horror +5 more

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Steven Evans

Eve White Literary Agency

Steven is an Agent and the Company Manager at Eve White Literary Agency. He grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne and studied French and Italian at Queens' College, Cambridge, before completing an MPhil in Comparative Film and Literature. He then lived in Paris, working as a university language assistant and a freelance scout, before joining Eve White Literary Agency in 2021.

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Middle Grade · Mystery +3 more

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Caro Clarke

Portobello Literary

Caro Clarke is the founder and literary agent at Portobello Literary. They founded the agency in 2022 after twelve years working in publishing houses, including Transworld (PRH) and Canongate Books, as a Senior Rights Manager. They were named Rights Professional of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2021. In 2019, they co-founded the Nan Shepherd Prize for underrepresented nature writers.

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy +16 more

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Chloe Davis

Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency

Chloe is the agency's Associate Agent, having joined as an assistant in 2019. Following a post-university stint as a bookseller at Waterstones and time in the rights team at Macmillan Children's Books, she decided she wanted a taste of life on the other side of publishing and is now actively building her own list, alongside supporting Clare Wallace and her list of clients. Being of mixed heritage herself, she is keen to hear from authors from under-represented backgrounds.

Genres:Children's Books · Fantasy · Middle Grade · Mystery · Young Adult

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Last checked 14 days ago

Donna Greaves

Colwill & Peddle

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

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

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Felicity Blunt

Curtis Brown Ltd

Trained as a barrister before interning at the Wylie Agency and Curtis Brown, and joined Curtis Brown in 2005, working from both London and New York. Represents authors across the literary to commercial spectrum, and works with the estates of Daphne du Maurier and Jilly Cooper. Her non-fiction list centres on bestselling cookery writers, alongside Stanley Tucci's food memoirs. Works with clients on domestic and international sales and media rights, and serves as an executive producer on the Disney+ adaptation of Jilly Cooper's Rivals.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction +9 more

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Francesca Riccardi

Kate Nash Literary Agency

Francesca is a literary agent at Kate Nash Literary Agency, representing commercial and upmarket fiction. She has over fifteen years of experience across the publishing industry, including sales roles at HarperCollins, Constable & Robinson, Atlantic Books and Canelo. She reads widely across all genres, with particular interest in books with a strong voice and sense of place, high concept hooks, and stories that showcase lesser known experiences and diverse narratives.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Mystery · Psychological Suspense · Thriller

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Last checked 22 days ago

Gabrielle Demblon

Watson, Little Ltd

Gabrielle is a literary agent and Foreign Rights Manager at Watson, Little. Gabrielle joined the agency in 2024, after six years working as a literary scout. Gabrielle heads up the foreign rights department, helping Watson, Little authors find publishers around the world, and is building their own list of authors focused on literary and upmarket fiction, select thrillers and nonfiction.

Genres:Business · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction · Horror +7 more

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Gaia Banks

Sheil Land Associates Ltd

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

Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Health & Wellness +8 more

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Hannah Weatherill

Watson, Little Ltd

Hannah is a literary and book-to-screen agent at Watson, Little. She joined the agency in 2024 after four years as an agent at Northbank Talent Management and a year at Penguin Random House UK. She is building a varied list of quality commercial and upmarket fiction and non-fiction, and authors she has represented have been listed for prizes including the Women's Prize and the British Book Awards. She also represents book-to-screen rights for the agency and stays closely connected with the international film and TV industry.

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Historical Fiction +7 more

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Harry Illingworth

DHH Literary Agency

Harry is a director and literary agent at DHH Literary Agency, representing genre fiction. He studied English Literature and Creative Writing at Northumbria University and completed internships at Michael O'Mara Books, HarperCollins and Pan Macmillan. He then worked at Goldsboro Books for five years as Marketing & Communications Manager while building his client list for DHH.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Horror · Literary Fiction +3 more

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Izzy Hall

CMM Agency

Izzy is a junior agent at CMM Agency, training under Lisa Moylett. She has worked with the agency for the past year, scouting new, talented writers from the submissions pile. She recently graduated from Queen Mary University of London.

Genres:Mystery · Romance · Women's Fiction

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James Spackman

The BKS Agency

James co-founded The bks Agency after a career in sales, marketing and publishing. He began at Bloomsbury before moving into sales and marketing roles at John Murray and Hodder & Stoughton. He went on to become MD of Watkins, a division of Osprey Group focusing on personal development and healthy food and drink. He is also Publisher of Pursuit, Profile Books' cycling imprint, and author of How to Pitch a Book: The Insider's Guide to Publishing Persuasion.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Fantasy · Graphic Novels · Health & Wellness · Mystery +5 more

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Jamie Maclean

CMM Agency

Jamie is an agent at CMM Agency who represents both fiction and non-fiction, with a particular interest in sexual politics, relationship and lifestyle writing, erotica, thrillers, whodunits and historical crime. He trained at Edinburgh College of Art and began his career at Sotheby's before running several galleries, including his own, the Maclean Gallery. In 1995 he founded the Erotic Review, and he later returned to edit the magazine in 2007 after an earlier period as its publisher.

Genres:Crime · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Politics · Self-Help +1 more

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Jason Bartholomew

The BKS Agency

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

Genres:Biography · Business · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs +11 more

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Jessica Killingley

The BKS Agency

Jessica is the Managing Director of The bks Agency, which she co-founded. She spent twenty years working in marketing for Hachette UK and Penguin Random House, running award-winning campaigns for authors such as John Grisham, Stephen King and David Mitchell. She is also a Master-certified coach who works with high-achieving women in senior roles.

Genres:Business · Crime · Health & Wellness · Horror · Literary Fiction +5 more

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Marilia Savvides

The Plot Agency

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

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs +12 more

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Meg Davis

Ki Agency Ltd

Meg founded Ki Agency in 2011 to represent authors and scriptwriters. Before becoming an agent she worked in theatre and bookselling, including some years at MBA. She is currently Chair of the Writers' Organisations Advisory Group and has served on the committee of the Association of Authors' Agents.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery +5 more

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Robin Wade

Wade & Co Literary Agency

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 +10 more

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Samantha Brace

Peters Fraser + Dunlop

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

Curtis Brown Ltd

Born and bred in Dublin, she started her publishing career at Poolbeg Press before moving to London in 1991, holding senior sales and marketing positions at publishers including HarperCollins and Hodder, and moved to agenting in 2003. Represents a wide range of authors, from award-winning novelists to million-copy-selling non-fiction writers, and is also interested in taking on published writers who want to reinvigorate their career or change direction. Assisted by Helena Maybery.

Genres:Biography · Business · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction +11 more

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Viola Hayden

Curtis Brown Ltd

A publisher for the first seven years of her career before moving to Curtis Brown and agenting. Represents both fiction and non-fiction, skewing towards fiction and almost always towards the more commercial end of the scale, and works alongside Jonny Geller, co-agenting his list. If asked to choose between story and style, she goes for story every time.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Health & Wellness · Historical Fiction +6 more

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