As of 9 October 2026, we list 28 UK literary agents representing travel, and 20 are open to submissions. See what each one is looking for and when we last checked.
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Anna is the Managing Director of Johnson & Alcock. She looks after a diverse list of best-selling and prize-winning authors, as well as emerging voices in fiction and narrative non-fiction.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs · Fantasy +13 more
Carrie is a literary agent at Felicity Bryan Associates, building a list of non-fiction and fiction. She represents award-winning and bestselling authors including Reni Eddo-Lodge, Natasha Lunn and Catherine Belton. For ten years she co-hosted an award-winning books podcast and radio show, Literary Friction, with Octavia Bright.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +4 more
Charlie co-founded Greyhound Literary and represents a wide range of fiction and non-fiction, both literary and commercial. He began his career at Literary Review, where he became deputy editor, before moving into agenting at Johnson & Alcock and then Ed Victor Ltd, where he spent ten years. 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
Daisy is an associate agent at Lutyens & Rubinstein. She joined the agency in 2008 and has run her own list since 2012. She is a voracious reader who enjoys thinking about how books work in the world, but she most loves being swept away by a book she cannot put down.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink +9 more
Darryl is a literary agent at Artellus Ltd. He studied English Literature at Christ's College, Cambridge and worked as a freelance copywriter before joining the agency. 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
Elise became a literary agent in 2012, having previously been a commissioning editor at Virago Press. She co-founded the Diversity in Publishing Network in 2004, which received the New Venture Award from Women in Publishing in 2005. Her authors have won or been nominated for awards including the Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the Caine Prize, the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, the Forward Prize and the Women's Prize for Fiction.
Genres:Biography · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
Emma is a Literary Agent at Madeleine Milburn specialising in non-fiction, with a list that has secured major deals around the world. She champions leading experts including historians, archaeologists, economists, investigative journalists, philosophers, environmentalists, psychologists and scientists, and particularly enjoys working with academics to build and shape the kernel of a book idea into a proposal for the trade. Before agenting she spent over a decade in publishing at Penguin Press and then 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
Emma Shercliff founded Laxfield Literary Associates in 2020. She has over 20 years of experience in the publishing industry and has worked for publishing houses in Paris, Melbourne, Abuja and London. She was formerly Sales & Rights Director of Cassava Republic Press UK and Publishing Director for Ankara Press, an African romance imprint.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Literary Fiction · Memoir +4 more
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
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
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
Liza is a literary agent at Greenstone Literary, representing fiction and non-fiction authors. She began her career as an assistant at Eccles Fisher Associates, working with literary scouts before moving into agenting. She went on to sell international rights for major bestselling authors and built a curated list of her own fiction and non-fiction clients. She was named a Bookseller Rising Star in 2022.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction +6 more
Olivia is an Associate Agent at United Agents, building an eclectic list of literary, upmarket and commercial fiction and non-fiction. She admires authors who take creative risks and write with a sense of urgency.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +3 more
Rebecca is a literary agent at A.M. Heath, representing authors of fiction and non-fiction. She works across the commercial fiction spectrum, from contemporary and reading group fiction to historical fiction, crime and psychological suspense. She also represents non-fiction, including cookery, wellbeing and travel writing. Rebecca enjoys working with authors from debut stage onwards, guiding them from early ideas through to the finished manuscript.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness +8 more
Rosemary is a founding partner at United Agents, representing writers and presenters focused on non-fiction. She began her publishing career as Rights Manager at Bloomsbury, then worked with Deborah Owen before joining PFD to handle rights across the agency. She headed the Books Department at United Agents between 2014 and 2021. She represents her clients across writing, broadcasting, podcasts, live events and media activities.
Genres:Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir · Other Non-Fiction +2 more
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
Sarah is a director at the Sophie Hicks Agency, where she also runs the agency's film and television side. She began her publishing career in Canada, working first in publicity and then editorial, before moving to London in 2010 to work with Ed Victor. She joined the Sophie Hicks Agency in 2014. Sarah represents authors across both fiction and non-fiction.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +6 more
Sophie is a literary agent at C&W Agency, representing fiction and nonfiction authors, many of whom have been nominated for or won major literary prizes. She worked as a bookseller and book buyer on London's Charing Cross Road before moving to New York, where she spent three years as an assistant at Janklow & Nesbit. She returned to London to start her own list at Tibor Jones & Associates before joining C&W in 2013, becoming a Director and later Managing Director.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction +6 more
Tom leads Cull & Co. Ltd, a UK-based literary agency representing nonfiction and occasional fiction. He works closely with authors, bringing a keen eye for unique voices and compelling stories. The agency specialises in a wide range of nonfiction genres, including memoirs, biographies, history, current affairs, politics, travel, science, nature writing, sport and music.
Genres:Biography · Current Affairs · Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir · Politics +3 more
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
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
Carol is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton, representing clients across biography, history, current affairs, travel, gardening, health and fiction. She has been involved with the agency continually since 1968, and took over most of Elaine Greene's clients when Elaine died in 1995. Carol gained her early publishing experience at Penguin, where she worked as Rights Director for twelve years, specialising in the sale of American rights.
Genres:Biography · Current Affairs · Health & Wellness · Historical Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +1 more
Claudia is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton. She joined the agency in 2009. She represents literary fiction, crime fiction and thrillers, as well as cooking, food journalism, comedy and travel writing. 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
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
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
Kay is a literary agent at Colwill & Peddle, representing narrative non-fiction and memoir. She spent over a decade as a non-fiction editor, including at The Bodley Head and the human rights magazine Lacuna. She became a literary agent in 2019, founding Kay Peddle Literary before joining Colwill & Peddle.
Genres:Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
Rachel has run The Sayle Literary Agency since 1993.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
Stevie is an agent at Zeno Agency, representing fantasy, science fiction, children's books, graphic novels and non-fiction. They joined Zeno in 2020 after working for Gollancz, Icon and several Waterstones bookshops in London. Their degree specialised in children's literature, including a dissertation on defining Young Adult fiction. This background shapes their interest in stories connected with LGBTQIA+, BAME, disability, mental health and other marginalised experiences.
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Current Affairs · Fantasy · Graphic Novels +13 more
