Literary Agents
for Politics
There are currently 33 UK-based literary agents accepting submissions for politics. 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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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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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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Angelique Tran Van Sang
Angelique is an agent at Felicity Bryan Associates, building a list of fiction, non-fiction and select poetry. She joined FBA after seven years as an editor at Bloomsbury, where she worked with authors including Reni Eddo-Lodge and Kamila Shamsie. As a former editor, she enjoys helping writers develop their work at both structure and line level before submission to publishers.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Current Affairs · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
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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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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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Ciara Finan
Ciara Finan has broad and ever-evolving reading tastes, but is consistently drawn to bold voices, unforgettable characters, unexpected narratives, and fresh takes on themes like love, friendship, family, loss and coming-of-age. She’s passionate about championing stories from underrepresented voices and is particularly interested in commercial fiction across a range of genres, as well as select non-fiction with wide appeal.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Health & Wellness · Historical Fiction +6 more
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Clara Foster
Clara is an agent at Aevitas Creative Management (ACM UK), representing literary and upmarket fiction, fantasy, horror, young adult and select non-fiction. She joined Aevitas Creative Management in 2023, having previously worked in a Big Five editorial department and other UK and US literary agencies. She is editorially hands-on and supports clients from first edits through to publication. Clara maintains relationships with editors in the UK and US and has sold books in six-figure deals.
Genres:Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
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Daisy Chandley
Daisy is an agent in the books department at PFD, and works with Tim Bates as the United Kingdom sub-agent for New Directions Publishing in the United States. She joined the company in 2019 after graduating from the University of Oxford with a degree in politics, philosophy and economics.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Food & Drink · Horror · Literary Fiction +8 more
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David Luxton
David runs David Luxton Associates, a literary agency dedicated to non-fiction publishing, with particular interests in sport, music, food-writing and politics. He began his career at Sports Pages, London's leading sports bookstore. He established the Luxton Harris Agency in 2003 before founding David Luxton Associates in 2011. He represents a diverse range of authors including many high-profile sports personalities.
Genres:Food & Drink · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Politics · Sports
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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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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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Emma Paterson
Emma represents writers of fiction, non-fiction and poetry, among them a number of bestselling and prize-winning authors. She joined Aitken Alexander Associates in 2018, having previously spent five years at Rogers, Coleridge & White and worked before that at The Wylie Agency. She is a Director of the agency and, since 2020, a member of the Booker Prize Foundation Advisory Committee, and in 2023 she was elected an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical (Non-Fiction) +7 more
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Finlay Charlesworth
Finlay is an Associate Agent at Blake Friedmann, building a list of non-fiction and select fiction. Finlay joined the agency in 2022 after completing an MA in Publishing at University College London. Finlay works closely with Juliet Pickering and Isobel Dixon, and has worked with the Estates of Gilbert Adair, Tatamkhulu Afrika and K. Sello Duiker.
Genres:Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Politics · Sports
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Georgina Capel
Georgina represents literary, film, television and radio clients at Georgina Capel Associates. She joined William Heinemann's rights department in 1983 before becoming Rights Director at Secker and Warburg and then Jonathan Cape. She later became Group Rights Director of Random House and has negotiated international deals for authors for over twenty-five years.
Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Poetry · Politics +1 more
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Guy Rose
Guy Rose is the agency principal at Futerman, Rose & Associates. He studied English with the novelist Tom Sharpe and co-wrote his obituary in The Times. Guy has built a varied and loyal list of writers, including politicians, high court judges, QCs, barristers and well-known faces from stage and screen. He also represents screenwriters, humourists and television dramatists.
Genres:Biography · Business · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Politics +2 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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Irene Baldoni
Irene handles literary work, foreign rights and speaking engagements at Georgina Capel Associates. She joined the agency in 2017, having previously worked at Faber & Faber and Gregory & Company Authors' Agents. She holds an MA in Modern Literature from the University of Siena in Italy and an MA in Publishing Studies from City University London. Her client list includes ST and FT best books of the year, and winners of the Saltire Award and Fitzcarraldo Prize.
Genres:Crime · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +4 more
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Jessica Woollard
Jessica has been a literary agent for thirty years, beginning her career at Toby Eady Associates, where she worked first for Alexandra Pringle and went on to become a Director before leaving ten years later for The Marsh Agency. She joined David Higham in January 2016 on returning from Mumbai, where she had been working as an agent remotely for five years. She was the agent for H is for Hawk, and represents academics, activists, artists, scientists and journalists. Authors she works with have won or been shortlisted for major prizes including the Booker, the Baillie Gifford, the Costa, the Guardian First Book Award, the National Book Award, Waterstones Book of the Year, the Wainwright and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year.
Genres:Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Politics +1 more
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Jonathan Lloyd
Jonathan is president of Curtis Brown. He joined the agency in 1994 from HarperCollins, where he was managing director of adult trade publishing, and represents a number of bestselling fiction authors alongside a wide range of non-fiction clients, including well-known autobiographers, politicians and public figures. He was president of the Association of Authors' Agents from 1999 to 2002 and was named Agent of the Year at the British Book Industry Awards in 2009.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Politics
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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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Michael Dean
Michael began his career in publishing in 2016 as Andrew Nurnberg's assistant and has remained with the agency since. He represents New York Times and Sunday Times bestsellers across fiction and non-fiction, along with prestigious literary estates, among them winners of the Pulitzer Prize, the Baillie Gifford Prize, the Prix Goncourt, the Strega Prize, the CWA Gold Dagger and the Hugo Award.
Genres:Biography · Current Affairs · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Politics · Thriller
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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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Robert Dudley
Robert is the founder and principal of the Robert Dudley Agency, based in Ashford, Kent. He began his career as an independent publisher and book packager under Bowerdean Press before launching his agency in 2000. His firm remains small and highly selective, allowing for personalised editorial feedback and support. 
Genres:Biography · Business · Current Affairs · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 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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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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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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Steph Thwaites
Steph Thwaites is Head of the Book Department at Curtis Brown, where she has worked for over 20 years after starting as an intern in 2003. She studied English Literature at Leeds and McGill Universities, and knew from her first day that agenting was the perfect fit. She has remained with Curtis Brown ever since, helping writers and creative talent shape their stories from the earliest ideas to publication. Steph represents a wide range of authors, from debuts to bestselling names, and works closely with storytellers from across the entertainment industry. Her collaborative, strategic approach focuses on long-term career building and developing projects with broad appeal.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction · Politics +3 more
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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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Tom Killingbeck
Tom is a literary agent at A.M. Heath specialising in non-fiction. He joined the agency in 2022. He represents a select list of nonfiction authors, including Sunday Times bestsellers such as Zeinab Badawi, Julia Boyd and Peter Ross. Previously, he was an editorial director at Penguin and HarperCollins.
Genres:Business · Health & Wellness · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +1 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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Emily Barrett
Emily is a literary agent at The Blair Partnership, representing non-fiction for big, mainstream audiences. Before becoming an agent, she spent a decade working at HarperCollins, Orion and Little, Brown, latterly as Publisher of Sphere Non-Fiction. Books she edited during that time included Sunday Times bestsellers, prize nominees and winners, titles translated into multiple languages and works that sold TV options. This gives her broad insider experience across non-fiction publishing.
Genres:Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 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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Gabrielle Demblon
Gabrielle is Foreign Rights Manager and Literary Agent at Watson, Little. Gabrielle joined the agency in 2024 after six years as a literary scout. Gabrielle heads up the foreign rights department, working with Ayesha Mukherjee to help authors find publishers worldwide. Gabrielle is also building a personal list of authors.
Genres:Crime · Food & Drink · Horror · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +4 more
ClosedLast checked 11 days ago
Jamie Maclean
Jamie is an agent at CMM Agency who represents fiction and non-fiction. He trained at Edinburgh College of Art and later worked at Sotheby's before running galleries including his own, the Maclean Gallery. In 1995 he founded the Erotic Review, later returning as its editor, and has written for publications including the Observer and New Statesman.
Genres:Crime · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Politics · Self-Help +1 more
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Julie Gourinchas
Julie champions a selective list focused on upmarket and literary adult and new adult fiction across a wide variety of genres. Writers she represents have won or been nominated for awards including the British Book Awards, the Hugo Awards, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Stoker Awards, the BSFA Awards, the Betty Trask Award, and the Saltire National Book Awards. She is a member of the Association of Authors' Agents Bridge Committee, which focuses on junior agent development.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction +5 more
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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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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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