Literary Agents
for Romantic Fantasy
There are currently 23 UK-based literary agents accepting submissions for romantic fantasy. See who represents it, who's open right now, and when we last checked.
23open to submissions
Alice Caprio
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 · Middle Grade · Romance · Romantic Fantasy +3 more
OpenLast checked 19 days ago
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
OpenLast checked 2 days ago
Chloe Seager
Chloe is a Director and Literary Agent at Madeleine Milburn, specialising in science fiction and fantasy, horror, young adult and middle grade, and shortlisted for Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2024 and 2026. She joined the agency in 2019 from Northbank Talent, having begun her career in publicity at Titan Books, where she worked on the campaign for Vicious by V.E. Schwab. She is also an author, with several young adult and middle grade books for publishers including HQ and Scholastic, an adult debut, Open Minded, in 2024, and P.S. You're The Worst in November 2025.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Middle Grade · Romance +4 more
OpenLast checked 19 days ago
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
OpenLast checked 16 days ago
Clare Wallace
Clare has been working with Darley Anderson since 2011 and is Managing Director and a literary agent at the Darley Anderson Children's Book Agency. Her clients have been Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers and Irish Book Award winners, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, picked as Waterstones Children's Book of the Month, shortlisted for the Branford Boase, and nominated, longlisted and shortlisted for the Carnegie, with many titles adapted for or in development for the screen. In 2024 she was shortlisted for Agent of the Year by the British Book Awards. Before joining Darley Anderson she proof-listened to audio books, took a Masters in Creative Writing, coached international students, worked as a research assistant, assisted at a specialist non-fiction agency, waitressed and bartended for years, cherry-picked for months in Gumeracha, and worked one night in a casino emptying ashtrays. Working closely with her clients she is in it for the long term, and she loves creative discussions and developing ideas as much as the satisfying polish of a last line edit. She represents everything from picture books through to young adult, alongside a boutique list of adult fiction, and is always led by standout voices and characters. She is passionate about inclusivity and keen to read submissions from under-represented writers.
Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Graphic Novels · Historical (Non-Fiction) +7 more
OpenLast checked 14 days ago
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
OpenLast checked 19 days ago
Eleanor Lawlor
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
OpenLast checked 19 days ago
Flo Sandelson
Flo joined Curtis Brown in spring 2022, after working in contemporary art galleries and then in bookselling. She works with Felicity Blunt as an associate agent in her office, and is actively building her own list of clients.
Genres:Fantasy · Horror · Literary Fiction · Romantic Fantasy · Science Fiction +1 more
OpenLast checked 16 days ago
Hellie Ogden
Hellie is co-head of WME's UK Book division and a Partner at the agency. She joined WME's London office in 2023 and became a Partner in 2026. She was shortlisted for Literary Agent of the Year at the 2025 British Book Awards and sits as President of the Association of Authors' Agents. She is an editorially focused agent with a particular interest in helping to develop and nurture debut writers.
Genres:Children's Books · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +8 more
OpenLast checked 2 days ago
Isabel Lineberry
Isabel is a Junior Agent and Rights Administrator at Pérez Literary & Entertainment, building a client list of her own. She was born and raised in the Southwest United States and studied English Literature and Business Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University before completing an MLitt in Fantasy at the University of Glasgow. At PLE she looks after foreign rights and audio rights inquiries and assists the Managing Director.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Paranormal Romance · Romance +2 more
OpenLast checked 2 days ago
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
OpenLast checked 2 days ago
Kate Rizzo
Kate is the Translation Rights Agent at Greene & Heaton. She joined the agency in 2013 to handle translation rights, having begun her career at The Robbins Office in New York before moving to London in 2009 and continuing in translation rights at A.M. Heath and Mulcahy Conway Associates. She works with sub-agents and directly with publishers across several territories to sell the agency's authors' work internationally, and as Rights Director also works across the whole list.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Romance · Romantic Fantasy +1 more
OpenLast checked 8 days ago
Kirsten Lang
Kirsten is a literary agent at Zeno Agency Ltd. She joined Zeno in 2024, having previously worked at another literary agency and as a bookseller at Foyles in Charing Cross. Kirsten holds a BA in English from Edinburgh Napier University and a Masters in Children's Literature from Reading University. She currently focuses on selling Zeno's translation rights.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Horror · Literary Fiction +5 more
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Laura Bennett
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. She has also worked as a teaching assistant and now works as a freelance writer, having previously written for a video game and various roleplaying games.
Genres:Fantasy · Romantic Fantasy · Science Fiction · Young Adult
OpenLast checked 11 days ago
Lucy Irvine
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
OpenLast checked 7 days ago
Lydia Silver
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
OpenLast checked 19 days ago
Maddalena Cavaciuti
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
OpenLast checked 14 days ago
Maddy Belton
Maddy is a Literary Agent at Madeleine Milburn, specialising in science fiction and fantasy and in romance, which she joined in 2022. Her list includes bestselling authors Lucy Jane Wood and Alexandra Christo, and number one Sunday Times bestseller Maithree Wijesekara. She represents adult and young adult fantasy, science fiction, horror and romance, alongside some select middle grade.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Horror · Middle Grade +6 more
OpenLast checked 19 days ago
Megan Carroll
Megan is a literary agent at Watson, Little. She graduated from Goldsmiths with a degree in English and American Literature in 2013. She joined the agency in 2014, first as an assistant and now working as a literary agent.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Middle Grade +4 more
OpenLast checked 11 days ago
Miriam Cortinovis
Miriam is an agent at Ki Agency who represents speculative fiction across age groups. They were born and raised in Italy before moving to Chicago as a teenager. Miriam holds a BA in Creative Writing and an MA in Writing & Publishing from DePaul University. They agented for more than a year at ArtHouse Literary in the USA before joining Ki Agency in 2025.
Genres:Fantasy · Horror · Middle Grade · Romantic Fantasy · Science Fiction +1 more
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Natalie Barracliffe
Natalie is an Associate Agent at Sheil Land Associates. She studied Comparative Literature and Culture at Royal Holloway, University of London, graduating in 2018. She gained experience at Rogers, Coleridge & White before joining Sheil Land Associates in 2019 as an assistant to two agents, including CEO Sonia Land. She was promoted to Associate Agent in 2024.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Horror +5 more
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Nina Leon
Nina is an agent at Hardman & Swainson, representing authors across a broad range of genres, with a particular focus on romantasy, young adult, upmarket and contemporary romance.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Romance · Romantic Fantasy · Young Adult
OpenLast checked 8 days ago
Rebeka Finch
Rebeka is a Literary Agent at Darley Anderson, building a list specialising in commercial romance and romantasy, and representing New York Times, USA Today, Sunday Times, Kindle, Apple Books and Audible bestselling authors. She joined the agency in 2019 after graduating from the University of Exeter with a first in History, began as Darley Anderson's assistant, and soon built her own list shaped by a long-standing love of commercial new adult, romance and romantasy fiction. In 2025 she was nominated for Agent of the Year by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Her debut author, Donna Marchetti, became an instant United States and United Kingdom Kindle bestseller now translated into sixteen languages, and her list also includes New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller Brooke Fast.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Romance · Romantic Fantasy · Women's Fiction
OpenLast checked 19 days ago
7currently closed to submissions
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
ClosedLast checked 5 days ago
Helen Lane
Helen represents adult and select young adult genre fiction at Ki Agency. She joined the agency in 2025, having previously worked at a US agency and also working as a developmental editor. She holds a BSc in Environmental Science from the University of East Anglia and a postgraduate qualification in Acoustics. She lives in London with her family and their cocker spaniel.
Genres:Fantasy · Paranormal Romance · Romance · Romantic Fantasy · Young Adult
ClosedLast checked 2 days ago
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
ClosedLast checked 2 days ago
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
ClosedLast checked 7 days ago
Meg Davis
Meg founded Ki Agency in 2011, representing authors and scriptwriters. She worked in theatre and bookselling before becoming an agent, and spent some years at MBA. She has been involved in the wider industry, including as Chair of the Writers' Organisations Advisory Group and on the committee of the Association of Authors' Agents.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Horror · Mystery +5 more
ClosedLast checked 2 days ago
Nelle Andrew
Nelle is a literary agent at Rachel Mills Literary, representing authors across fiction and non-fiction. She joined RML in 2020, having previously worked as an agent at Peters Fraser and Dunlop for eleven years. Before that, she worked at Macmillan publishers.
Genres:Romantic Fantasy
Closed (conditions apply)Last checked 2 days ago
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
ClosedLast checked 7 days ago