Literary Agents
for Travel
There are currently 17 UK-based literary agents accepting submissions for travel. See who represents it, who's open right now, and when we last checked.
17open to submissions
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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Charlie Campbell
Charlie is co-founder and director of Greyhound Literary, representing a wide range of fiction and non-fiction. He began his career at Literary Review, becoming deputy editor, before moving into agenting at Johnson & Alcock and then Ed Victor Ltd, where he spent ten years building his list. He set up his own agency in 2014, which became Greyhound Literary in 2022 when Sam Edenborough joined as Rights Director.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +4 more
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Daisy Parente
Daisy joined Lutyens & Rubinstein in 2008 and she has run her own list since 2012. She is always open to submissions and loves to think about how books work in the world, delighting in being swept away and unable to put a book down. Daisy’s list includes award-winning writers in food writing, young adult and middle-grade books, narrative non-fiction and memoir, contemporary and historical fiction, travel and nature writing, crime, music books including biographies and autobiographies, and poetry.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction +7 more
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Darryl Samaraweera
Darryl is an agent at Artellus, with interests in literary fiction, social history, travel and cookery. He studied English Literature at Christ's College, Cambridge and worked as a freelance copywriter before joining Artellus. His debut novel, 'Vicky Had One Eye Open', was published in 2008 and was short-listed for a World Book Day prize.
Genres:Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Travel
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Emma Bal
Emma is a Literary Agent at Madeleine Milburn specialising in non-fiction, which she joined five years ago and where she has built a reputable list, securing major deals worldwide. She represents leading experts across the arts, humanities and sciences, including Roopika Risam, Rebecca Clifford, Maikel Kuijpers, Anne Irfan, Ayala Panievsky, Miranda Malins and Lauren Working, and writers on nature, food, travel, politics, psychology and pop culture such as Corinne Fowler, Dina Macki and Keshia Sakarah. Before agenting she spent over a decade in publishing at Penguin Press and Bloomsbury, leading campaigns for non-fiction and launching the careers of Nobel prize-winning economists, Pulitzer prize-winning journalists, historians, scientists, memoirists, activists and poets, among them Peter Frankopan, Rutger Bregman, William Dalrymple, Claudia Rankine, Lisa Taddeo, Owen Jones and Patricia Lockwood.
Genres:Biography · Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
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Fiona Lindsay
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 · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink +8 more
OpenLast checked 7 days ago
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
OpenLast checked 14 days ago
Liza Deblock
Liza is a literary agent at Greenstone Literary, representing both fiction and non-fiction authors. She began her publishing career as an assistant at Eccles Fisher Associates in 2018, before moving into literary agenting at a boutique agency. She built a curated list of authors, selling their rights in the UK, US and beyond. Liza was a Bookseller Rising Star in 2022 and works with Black Girl Writers.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction +6 more
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Olivia Davies
Olivia is looking for bold voices and stories that evoke feeling. She reads and represents a broad range of fiction and is fundamentally curious as to how writers can open life to new perspectives. If the characters are memorable she will want to read your novel, whatever the genre. In non-fiction Olivia enjoys being guided by a warm, expert voice through topics such as history, religion, war, art, literary criticism, travel, pop culture, and food. Olivia is often drawn to personal narratives which upend monolithic constructions of cultural or national identity.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +1 more
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Rachel Conway
Rachel is a director at Georgina Capel Associates, representing literary, television, radio and foreign rights clients. She studied Literature at King's College London and, after time at various publishing houses and literary agencies, joined Georgina Capel in 2010. She became a Director of the agency in 2016.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-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
OpenLast checked 13 days ago
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 Williams
Sarah is a director at the Sophie Hicks Agency, where she represents a wide range of fiction and non-fiction authors. She began her publishing career in publicity and editorial in Canada before moving to London in 2010 to work with Ed Victor. She joined the Sophie Hicks Agency in 2014 and also runs its film and television department, working with scouts, agents and studios to sell dramatic rights.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +6 more
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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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Veronique Baxter
Veronique joined David Higham Associates in 1999 and was made a Director in 2007, and has built an eclectic list of adult fiction, children's books and non-fiction. She represents authors of literary and genre fiction alongside a substantial children's list, and is a keen reader of non-fiction, with recent projects spanning narrative history, travel, memoir and true crime. Her authors have won or been shortlisted for prizes including the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Sunday Times New Writer of the Year, the Costa Prize, the Carnegie Medal, the Greenaway, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, Granta's Best of Young British Novelists, the Desmond Elliott First Novel Prize, the Booker Prize and the Orwell Prize. Her taste in adult fiction and non-fiction is broad, but she is predominantly attracted by quality of prose, strong and distinct voices, nuanced characterisation, ambitious storytelling and compelling, original plots.
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs +14 more
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Carol Heaton
Carol is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton, where she has worked continually since 1968. She gained her publishing experience at Penguin, spending twelve years as their Rights Director with a particular focus on selling American rights. She returned to the agency full time in 1988 and built a list of writers working in biography, history, current affairs, travel, gardening, health and fiction.
Genres:Biography · Current Affairs · Health & Wellness · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Other Non-Fiction +1 more
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Claudia Young
Claudia is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton. She joined the agency in 2009. She represents cooking and food journalism, comedy, travel writing, literary fiction, historical novels, crime fiction and thrillers. She also works closely with radio and television production companies and the speakers and presenters' side of the agency.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +2 more
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Emma Shercliff
Emma is the founder and agent at Laxfield Literary Associates, which she set up in 2020. She has over 20 years of experience in the publishing industry, having worked for publishing houses in Paris, Melbourne, Abuja and London. She previously served as Sales & Rights Director of Cassava Republic Press UK and as Publishing Director for Ankara Press. Emma lives in Suffolk.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Literary Fiction · Memoir +4 more
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Jason Bartholomew
Jason co-founded The bks Agency after two decades working in publishing rights in New York and London. He was Rights Director at Hachette UK across Hodder & Stoughton, Headline Publishing Group, Quercus Books, and John Murray Press, and later became Publishing Director of Quercus US. He is also CEO of the cultural communications agency Midas, which provides PR, social and marketing services for arts and publishing clients.
Genres:Biography · Business · Commercial Fiction · Current Affairs · Fantasy +8 more
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John Silbersack
John is a publishing professional with deep experience as editor, publisher and agent. He spent 17 years at Trident Media Group as Executive Vice President, representing bestsellers by fiction and non-fiction authors. Before that, he built his publishing background at companies including HarperCollins, Warner Books and Penguin Putnam. He has an AB from Brown University and is the author of several books.
Genres:Biography · Business · Commercial Fiction · Current Affairs · Fantasy +12 more
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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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Rachel Calder
Rachel runs The Sayle Literary Agency, which she has led since 1993. The agency was founded in 1896 and has a long history of representing distinguished British and international writers. It keeps a deliberately small list so it can work closely with its writers and place them with committed publishers.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
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