Literary Agents
for Psychological Suspense
There are currently 34 UK-based literary agents accepting submissions for psychological suspense. See who represents it, who's open right now, and when we last checked.
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Alice Lutyens
Alice represents an eclectic list, from commercial women's fiction to lyrical literary fiction, and works across a wide range of genres including love stories, books about magic and witches, crime and thrillers, and historical fiction. She is motivated by nurturing and growing each of her authors, whether debut or established, and values a hands-on editorial relationship alongside the reach of a large agency in the United States and internationally. She has taken several authors from debut through to the Sunday Times bestseller list, Richard & Judy book club picks and prize lists, and represents a number of Curtis Brown Creative alumni. She was the first to discover Jane Harper through Curtis Brown Creative, representing her first four books in the United Kingdom.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction · Psychological Suspense +2 more
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Camilla Bolton
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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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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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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Clare Coombes
Clare is the founder and head of the Liverpool Literary Agency. She has more than 20 years' experience of writing and editing professionally, including publishing two novels. She also has a background in PR and marketing and experience teaching creative writing, giving her extensive experience in pitching and promoting writers.
Genres:Crime · Historical Fiction · Psychological Suspense · Women's Fiction
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Darley Anderson
Darley is the founder and proprietor of the Darley Anderson Literary, TV and Film Agency, and an ex-publisher with fifty years' experience across general trade publishing. He started the agency single-handedly in 1988 with three writers, a large bank overdraft and no financial backing, and has since built an international reputation as a leading talent spotter. His writers include Lee Child, Martina Cole, John Connolly, Tana French, Chris Carter, Adrian Plass, Annie Murray, Margaret Dickinson, Jacqui Rose, Stephen Spotswood, Anna-Lou Weatherley and Hazel Prior. Almost all were unknown and unpublished when they first wrote to him. He works editorially with his authors before selling their work, and has negotiated some of the highest seven and eight-figure advances achieved for British and Irish writers.
Genres:Crime · Psychological Suspense · Thriller
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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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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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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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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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Gyamfia Osei
Gyamfia joined ANA in 2023 as a literary agent in the United Kingdom department, having previously been at The Good Literary Agency, where she began building a list of award-winning and bestselling authors writing from middle grade and young adult up to adult fiction. A Bookseller Rising Star, she now focuses on expanding the agency's list of children's authors, particularly in genre fiction and crossover, while representing a select list of adult commercial fiction and narrative non-fiction, and she oversees the English-language representation of ANA's international children's authors.
Genres:Children's Books · Fantasy · Food & Drink · Graphic Novels · Health & Wellness +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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Jade Kavanagh
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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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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Jenny Savill
Jenny is from Nottingham, studied medieval history at St Andrews, and joined ANA as assistant to Andrew Nurnberg in 2002, after several years in the theatre. She initiated and built the agency's children's list, added adult fiction to her roster in 2012, and is known for building award-winning writing careers across both children's and adult books. She led ANA as managing director between 2022 and 2025, following the retirement of founder Andrew Nurnberg, and is a longstanding visiting speaker at universities and literary festivals across the United Kingdom.
Genres:Children's Books · Crime · Historical Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction +7 more
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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.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction · Memoir +3 more
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Kimberley Atkins
Kimberley is a literary agent at WME representing commercial fiction and non-fiction. She joined WME's UK Book division in 2025 after sixteen years working at Big Five publishing houses in London and Sydney. She previously acquired and published multiple bestselling authors, including Lucy Score, Stephanie Garber and Gillian McAllister. Before becoming an agent, she held senior editorial roles at Penguin Michael Joseph, Hodder & Stoughton and Head of Zeus, and also worked at Penguin Random House Australia.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Narrative Non-Fiction · Psychological Suspense · Romance +2 more
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Kiya Evans
Kiya is an agent at Paper Literary, building a list of debut authors. She joined the agency in 2025, having started her career at Mushens Entertainment in 2020 as an intern before becoming an assistant and then Associate Agent. There, she worked closely with a list of both debut and brand authors, including Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers such as Richard Osman, Abigail Dean, Jessie Burton, Claire Douglas and Saara El-Arifi. She has judged numerous writing prizes, including the Brick Lane Books Short Story Prize, the First Novel Prize and the Goldfinch Novel Award.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction +5 more
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Laura Heathfield
Laura is a Director and literary agent at Greenstone Literary, representing commercial fiction and non-fiction. She studied law at university and spent over twenty years working at Virgin Atlantic. She co-founded Greenstone Literary in 2024 after three years working alongside Tanera. In 2025, she was shortlisted for the Romance Novelists' Association Rising Star Award.
Genres:Crime · Historical Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Psychological Suspense · Romance +1 more
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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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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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Madeleine Milburn
Madeleine is the founding director of Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency and sits on the committee of the Association of Authors’ Agents. She has appeared on The Bookseller’s list of the 150 most influential people in the book trade every year since 2017. Awarded Literary Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2018 and shortlisted again in 2020, Madeleine has discovered bestselling and award-winning authors including Nita Prose, Gail Honeyman, Ashley Audrain, Elizabeth Macneal, Fiona Barton, Beth Morrey and Holly Bourne, and represents crime and thriller writers such as C.L. Taylor, C.J. Tudor, Mark Edwards and Teresa Driscoll. Madeleine reads across all areas of fiction but is immediately drawn to powerful, voice-led book club fiction, high-concept thrillers and suspense, epic multi-generational dramas, powerful love stories with mysteries at their heart and historical fiction with universal themes. Madeleine values an original, enticing hook, a compelling protagonist and a distinctive narrative voice.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +4 more
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Olivia Maidment
Olivia is a Director and Literary Agent at Madeleine Milburn, specialising in literary, upmarket and book club fiction, and always keen to discover bold, original voices from around the world. Since joining the agency in 2020 she has built a list of prizewinning authors and emerging voices including Oisín McKenna, Julia Armfield, Freya Bromley and Sarvat Hasin, with clients recognised by the Polari Prize, the Nero Book Award, the RSL Encore Award and the Observer's debut novelists list. She works closely and editorially with her authors from early drafts through to publication, building long-term global careers, and is passionate about launching debut fiction.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Psychological Suspense · Thriller
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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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Rebecca Ritchie
Rebecca represents authors of fiction and non-fiction at A.M. Heath. Her fiction list spans the commercial spectrum, from contemporary and reading group fiction to historical fiction, saga, crime, thriller and psychological suspense. Her authors have been shortlisted for and won Romantic Novelists' Association Awards and the Comedy Women in Print Book Prize, and several have been Richard and Judy Book Club picks. She has taken on many of her authors as debuts and enjoys working with writers throughout the writing process.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness +7 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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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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Sarah Hornsley
Sarah is a literary agent, actively building a list of adult fiction and non-fiction. After graduating from Durham University, she worked at the Orion publishing house and then briefly in script development before becoming an agent in 2015. She has since built an award-winning list that includes Sunday Times bestselling authors, and in 2019 was named a Rising Star by the Bookseller.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Psychological Suspense · Romance +2 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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Silvia Molteni
Silvia is head of the children's and young adult books department at PFD. She runs her own list of clients and sells foreign and audio rights in the agency's children's and young adult titles. The Bookseller named her its Rising Star in 2019.
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Horror +8 more
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Steph Thwaites
Steph Thwaites is Head of the Book Department at Curtis Brown, where she has worked for over 20 years after starting as an intern in 2003. She studied English Literature at Leeds and McGill Universities, and knew from her first day that agenting was the perfect fit. She has remained with Curtis Brown ever since, helping writers and creative talent shape their stories from the earliest ideas to publication. Steph represents a wide range of authors, from debuts to bestselling names, and works closely with storytellers from across the entertainment industry. Her collaborative, strategic approach focuses on long-term career building and developing projects with broad appeal.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction · Politics +3 more
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Stephanie Glencross
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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Susan Armstrong
Susan is a literary agent at Conville & Walsh, representing a broad range of fiction. She enjoys discovering new and original voices, helping debut writers launch their careers, and working with published novelists who want a change in direction. She looks for strong prose, great storytelling, vivid characters and true originality of vision in the writers she represents.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Literary Fiction · Psychological Suspense · Thriller +1 more
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Alice Sutherland-Hawes
Alice represents authors and illustrators working from board and picture books through to crossover young adult. She co-founded ASH Literary in September 2020, alongside Saffron Dodd. Alice is based in London.
Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Literary Fiction · Middle Grade +6 more
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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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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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Gabrielle Demblon
Gabrielle is Foreign Rights Manager and Literary Agent at Watson, Little. Gabrielle joined the agency in 2024 after six years as a literary scout. Gabrielle heads up the foreign rights department, working with Ayesha Mukherjee to help authors find publishers worldwide. Gabrielle is also building a personal list of authors.
Genres:Crime · Food & Drink · Horror · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +4 more
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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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Jenny Bent
Jenny is President and Literary Agent at The Bent Agency. Jenny has represented a great many award-winning and New York Times-bestselling authors, including Stephanie Garber, Liv Constantine, Gary John Bishop, Lori Nelson Spielman, Goldy Moldavsky, Tiffany D. Jackson, Elise Kova, Yangsze Choo, Dustin Thao, Arvin Ahmadi, Lynsay Sands, JT Geissinger and Samantha Bailey.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Health & Wellness · Horror +7 more
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Jess Molloy
Jess Molloy joined the Curtis Brown literary department in 2019 after working for over eight years in talent management and the agency’s talent and comedy department. She began by assisting Cathryn Summerhayes before becoming a literary agent in 2022 and starting to build her own list. Jess is open to submissions and enjoys working closely with writers from a variety of backgrounds, particularly those who have come to writing via unconventional routes or have experience in entertainment or media and are looking to connect with new audiences through their work.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Literary Fiction +4 more
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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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Louise Buckley
Louise is an Associate Literary Agent at Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency, representing adult fiction and non-fiction. She has worked in publishing for over fifteen years, with roles including a bookseller at Waterstones, an editor at Pan Macmillan and an Associate Literary Agent at Zeno Agency Ltd. She also works as an Editorial Consultant and writes about editing and publishing on her Substack.
Genres:Fantasy · Health & Wellness · Horror · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +3 more
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Marilia Savvides
Marilia founded The Plot Agency in 2024 and represents an eclectic list of authors. She began her career at Peters Fraser and Dunlop, working first as an international rights agent and later as a literary agent building her own list. She then worked as a literary agent at 42MP, helping to launch its Book Division. She holds a law degree from UCL and trained on the Columbia Publishing Course in New York.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Horror · Mystery +7 more
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Samantha Brace
Sam is an agent representing books alongside PFD's contemporary classics authors. After a degree in classics and English at Memorial University of Newfoundland, she worked across a range of roles and industries in Canada. She joined PFD in 2017, after the inaugural Columbia Publishing Course at Oxford, and went on to run Agora Books as publisher, working across editorial, production, sales and design; there she launched the Lost the Plot writers' competition and the Uncrowned Queens of Crime series, celebrating forgotten female crime writers. She is now building a list of crime and reading-group fiction and running PFD's contemporary classics department.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Mystery +2 more
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Sheila Crowley
Sheila Crowley represents a wide range of authors, from award-winning novelists to million-copy-selling non-fiction writers. Authors are at the heart of her work, and she is deeply involved at every stage of the publishing process. Originally from Dublin, Sheila began her career at Poolbeg Press before moving to London in 1991. She went on to hold senior sales and marketing roles at major publishers including HarperCollins and Hodder, gaining extensive experience across United Kingdom, Irish, and international markets. She transitioned into agenting in 2003 and brings a strong commercial sensibility, industry insight, and a passion for helping authors build long-term careers. Sheila is keen to work with both debut authors and published writers looking to reinvigorate or redirect their careers.
Genres:Biography · Business · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction +11 more
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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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Tanera Simons
Tanera is a director and literary agent at Greenstone Literary, representing commercial fiction. She has worked in publishing for ten years, including seven as a literary agent, before co-founding Greenstone Literary with Laura Heathfield. Her authors are based in both the US and the UK, and their work has been adapted for television and film. She was named Agent of the Year at the 2025 Romantic Novelists' Association Awards.
Genres:Historical Fiction · Psychological Suspense · Romance · Romantic Fantasy · Thriller +1 more
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