Literary Agents
for Women's Fiction
There are currently 42 UK-based literary agents accepting submissions for women's fiction. See who represents it, who's open right now, and when we last checked.
42open to submissions
Anna Power
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:Crime · Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction +7 more
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Anne Williams
Anne spent over fifteen years as a commissioning editor before joining Kate Hordern Literary Agency. She worked at Michael Joseph and then for thirteen years at Headline, where she was Co-Publisher of the Review imprint and Publisher of the main Headline imprint. She commissioned bestselling authors including Sheila O'Flanagan and Lyn Andrews, and prize-winning crime writers such as Barbara Nadel, Manda Scott and Caroline Graham. Anne joined Kate Hordern Literary Agency in 2009.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Women's Fiction
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Ben Dunn
Ben is a literary agent with 30 years' publishing experience. He spent 25 years as a publisher at HarperCollins, 4th Estate, Hodder, Bonnier Books and Penguin Random House. He has built up a select list of authors, working with them in the UK, internationally and, where relevant, for film and TV, and also helps talent agency clients prepare and sell book projects.
Genres:Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Women's Fiction
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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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Caroline Wood
Caroline represents a range of fiction, from literary prize-winners to upmarket reading-group fiction and well-written crime novels. Caroline looks for work that is ambitious and surprising, both satisfying to read and deep enough to warrant rereading. Caroline loves books with heart and prefers the complexity to be in the characters and their relationships rather than in the prose.
Genres:Crime · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Women's Fiction
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Catherine Pellegrino
Catherine is a literary agent at Marjacq Scripts, representing children's and adult fiction. She began agenting at Rogers, Coleridge and White in 2007, before setting up her own agency, CPA, in France in 2011. She joined Marjacq in 2015 and is now based in London.
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Middle Grade +3 more
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Claire Paterson Conrad
Claire is a Literary Agent and Director at Janklow & Nesbit, working across fiction and non-fiction. She began her career at Chatto & Windus, before working at Granta and Canongate Books. She then moved to New York, where she became Publisher of the NYRB Classics series. Claire joined Janklow & Nesbit to help establish their London office.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction +5 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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Clare Wallace
Clare joined the Darley Anderson Agency in January 2011 and is Managing Director of Children's and Young Adult as well as an agent. She is building both the Darley Anderson Children's Agency and the Darley Anderson Illustration Agency lists, and also represents a boutique list of commercial adult fiction in both the United Kingdom and United States. In 2024 she was shortlisted for Agent of the Year by the British Book Awards. Her clients have featured on the New York Times bestseller list, been USA Today and ebook bestsellers, and been selected for the Good Morning America Book Club, with many titles adapted for or in development for the screen. She loves working editorially with her authors, and represents several clients developing careers in both adult and children's fiction. Before joining Darley Anderson she assisted at a specialist non-fiction agency. She graduated with a first in Creative Writing and Cultural Studies from Bath Spa University and went on to gain a distinction on the Masters in Creative Writing, and she has proof-listened to hundreds of adult and children's audio books and worked for Cardiff University as a research assistant and coach to international students.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Graphic Novels · Historical Fiction +2 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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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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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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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
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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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Hannah Ferguson
Hannah is a literary agent at Hardman & Swainson, representing fiction and non-fiction. She grew up above her family's bookshop in the Midlands and later studied Creative Writing at Goldsmiths. She began her career as an intern at The Marsh Agency, staying seven years before becoming an agent and selling her first author. She joined Hardman & Swainson in 2014.
Genres:Crime · Narrative Non-Fiction · Thriller · Women's Fiction
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Hattie Grünewald
Hattie represents commercial and upmarket fiction, including book club fiction, crime and thriller, historical and contemporary fiction, and some non-fiction in the areas of lifestyle and personal development. She is currently open to commercial and upmarket fiction submissions with a strong pitch, believable characters and an engaging voice. Hattie is particularly keen to see novels for the book club market with conversation-starting topics and a “you need to read this” quality, including multi-layered family dramas, high-concept love stories and classic storytelling. She seeks sexy and funny rom-coms, unusual escapist historical fiction often featuring mysteries or love stories, ambitious detective fiction, puzzle-y mysteries, humorous cosy crime with series potential and regional crime.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Romance +3 more
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Hayley Steed
Hayley is a literary agent primarily representing writers of fiction. She spent seven years at Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency before joining Janklow & Nesbit in September 2023, where she is now a Director. Before working in publishing she worked in book PR, having completed a degree in English.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Horror +6 more
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Imogen Pelham
Imogen is a literary agent at Marjacq Scripts who represents non-fiction and literary and upmarket fiction. Her non-fiction list covers history, science, memoir, cookery, cultural criticism, social issues and psychology.
Genres:Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +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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Jo Bell
Jo is a literary agent at Bell Lomax Moreton, representing adult fiction and non-fiction. She has over twenty years of experience in the publishing industry. Jo has worked for HarperCollins and Parragon Books as Sales Director, working with authors, editorial teams, licensors, production and major retailers across the UK.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +6 more
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Jonny Geller
Jonny Geller joined Curtis Brown in 1993 after a brief career as an actor. He became a literary agent in 1995 after discovering a debut novel in the unsolicited pile, which went on to sell rights internationally. He played a key role in the Management Buyout of Curtis Brown in 2001 and became CEO in 2012. He now serves as CEO of The Curtis Brown Group, which includes Curtis Brown, C&W, Ed Victor Ltd, Curtis Brown Creative (CBC), Tavistock Wood, Markham Froggatt and Irwin, and Cuba Productions. He is also Chair of Curtis Brown Creative. Widely recognised for his influence in the publishing industry, Jonny has been named Literary Agent of the Year, listed annually on The Bookseller’s 150, and included in the Evening Standard’s 1000 Most Influential People in London. He has spoken at numerous industry events, hosted a TEDx Talk on ‘What Makes a Bestseller’, appeared on the Always Take Notes podcast, and was recently interviewed by The Bookseller to mark Curtis Brown’s 125th anniversary. He is also the creator of The Literary Agent, an online course for Curtis Brown Creative, and the author of Yes, But is it Good for the Jews (Penguin, 2006).
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Thriller +1 more
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Juliet Mushens
Juliet is a literary agent at Mushens Entertainment, representing adult fiction across the genres. She became an agent in 2011 after starting her career at HarperCollins Publishers in 2008. More than a dozen of her clients are Sunday Times bestsellers, including Jessie Burton, Richard Osman, Saara El-Arifi and Claire Douglas. She sits on the advisory board of Book Brunch, is President of the British Fantasy Society and sits on the board of the Women's Prize Trust.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Romance +3 more
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Kate Burke
Kate is a literary agent at Blake Friedmann representing crime, thriller and women's fiction writers. She was previously an editor for ten years, publishing fiction at Penguin, HarperCollins and Random House. Over the past ten years as an agent, she has built up a wide-ranging list of prize-winning and bestselling crime and thriller writers, and authors of contemporary and historical women's fiction. Her editorial background gives her a hands-on approach, editing and developing authors' work with a view to building long-term writing careers.
Genres:Crime · Historical Fiction · Thriller · Women's Fiction
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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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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
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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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Laurie Robertson
Laurie is a Literary Agent at Peters Fraser + Dunlop, representing books and journalism and actively building a list of adult fiction and non-fiction. She completed a BA in English Literature and Creative Writing, worked in the sales team at Dorling Kindersley, and joined the agency in 2017, beginning her own list in 2020. On the fiction side she represents a range of genres alongside a smaller non-fiction list, and represents several Sunday Times bestselling authors whose work has been shortlisted for and won prizes including the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, the Jhalak Prize, the Somerset Maugham Award, the Dublin Literary Award, the Edge Hill Prize, the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, and cookery awards from Fortnum & Mason and the Guild of Food Writers. She also looks after serialisation rights and journalism across the agency.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
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Lizzy Kremer
Lizzy joined David Higham in 2004, after working for an agent and, before that, as a publicist. She is Managing Director of the agency, a former President of the Association of Authors' Agents and a British Book Industry Awards Agent of the Year, and she advocates for clients on the industry issues that shape writing and publishing. Her strong engagement with the economics of publishing means she has a particular interest in taking on authors mid-career, whether bestsellers or not. She lives between London and New York.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
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Lucy Balfour
Lucy is a literary agent at WME's London office, offering UK representation to clients across the agency. She joined WME in 2023 after seven years working as a literary scout for an extensive list of international publishers, as well as film and television clients. She is building a list of her own authors.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Health & Wellness · Memoir · Middle Grade +5 more
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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
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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
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Samar Hammam
Samar founded Rocking Chair Books Literary Agency in 2013 after six years as a Director at Toby Eady Associates and time spent as a literary scout in New York for Linda Clark Associates. Based in London, she works as the agency’s principal agent and handles translation rights in collaboration with other agencies. 
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Mystery · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 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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Siân Ellis-Martin
Siân represents authors across a range of fiction and non-fiction, from commercial to the accessible end of the literary spectrum, at Blake Friedmann Literary Agency. She is keen to hear from authors whose voices are underrepresented in publishing. It matters to her to work with authors from a wide variety of backgrounds.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +4 more
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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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Susan Yearwood
Susan runs the Susan Yearwood Agency, representing debut and published writers in adult fiction, non-fiction and children's/young adult fiction. She gained experience at Virago, Museum Quilts Plc and Penguin Books Ltd in the early to mid-nineties. She founded her agency in 2007, launching debut writers' careers and re-establishing previously published authors.
Genres:Business · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink +7 more
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Teresa Chris
Teresa founded her eponymous agency in London in the early nineties. The agency focuses on commercial and literary fiction, specialising in crime and women's commercial fiction. It is known for discovering new talent through the slush pile or recommendation, and for working editorially with authors, including those seeking a new level of success mid-career.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +3 more
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Tilda Butterworth
Tilda assists Rebecca Carter at Rebecca Carter Literary. She came to publishing through her studies in Modern Foreign Languages, a Joint Honours BA in French and Russian. She worked at Shakespeare and Company in Paris and has been editor of The Cult Collective, an independent literary and visual arts magazine based in London and Berlin, for the past six years. She has recently started taking on her own clients.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Mystery · Romance · Women's Fiction
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Steven Evans
Steven is an Agent and the Company Manager at Eve White Literary Agency. He grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne and studied French and Italian at Queens' College, Cambridge, before completing an MPhil in Comparative Film and Literature. He then lived in Paris, working as a university language assistant and a freelance scout, before joining Eve White Literary Agency in 2021.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Middle Grade · Mystery · Thriller +2 more
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Araminta Whitley
Araminta represents a wide range of fiction and non-fiction. Her clients are Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers and have won awards including the CWA Gold Crime Dagger, the RNA Awards, the John Creasy Award, the Andre Simon Memorial Prize and the PEN Pinter Prize, with titles longlisted for the Wellcome and Baillie Gifford Prizes and chosen as Richard and Judy and Zoella book club picks.
Genres:Business · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness +6 more
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Becky Thomas
Becky founded Lewinsohn Literary Agency in 2021. She began her career at Faber & Faber before becoming Contracts Director at Abner Stein and later moving to WME and then Fox Mason. She focuses on literary and reading group fiction, memoir, pop culture, narrative non-fiction and essays. She was named Literary Agent of the Year at the 2022 British Book Awards.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
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Broo Doherty
Broo is a director and literary agent at DHH Literary Agency. She trained at Downing College, Cambridge, and has worked in publishing for twenty years, across publishing houses and as an agent. She particularly enjoys crime, women's commercial fiction, literary fiction and quirky non-fiction. In 2017 she was voted Literary Agent of the Year at the Romantic Novelist's Association.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +3 more
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Elly James
Elly is director and agent at HHB Agency, where she represents non-fiction and commercial fiction. She joined HHB Agency in 2007 to work alongside founder Heather Holden-Brown and became sole director in 2024 when Heather retired. Before that, she worked in television and film development, seeking storytellers and original voices.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Horror +7 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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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
ClosedLast checked 15 days ago
Izzy Hall
Izzy is a junior agent at CMM Agency, training under Lisa Moylett. She has worked with the agency for the past year, scouting new, talented writers from the submissions pile. She recently graduated from Queen Mary University of London.
Genres:Mystery · Romance · Women's Fiction
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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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Jenny Brown
Jenny founded Jenny Brown Associates in 2002. She was previously Head of Literature at the Scottish Arts Council, a presenter of book programmes for Scottish Television, and founder Director of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. She represents around 50 writers and works closely with them, most of whom are based in Scotland.
Genres:Children's Books · Crime · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Women's Fiction +1 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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Laura MacDougall
Laura is a literary agent at United Agents, representing a wide range of fiction and non-fiction writers. She has a background in classical languages and philosophy and is drawn to books that explore what makes us who we are. Laura began her publishing career in 2010 at Hodder & Stoughton, then became an agent at Tibor Jones & Associates before joining United Agents in 2017.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
Closed (conditions apply)Last checked 9 days ago
Lisa Moylett
Lisa has worked in publishing for over 30 years and founded Coombs Moylett Literary Agency in 1997. She was born in London and brought up in Africa and the Middle East, and graduated from Chelsea Art School. She began her career representing photographers and illustrators before building an eclectic list of authors and writers.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Women's Fiction
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Marina de Pass
Marina joined The Soho Agency in 2016 after working for several years in the editorial departments of Little, Brown and HarperCollins. She works with number one New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling authors, and number one Kindle and Audible bestsellers. Her clients' books have been selected as Waterstones and WHSmith Books of the Month and for the BBC Radio 2 Book Club. In 2023 she was named a Bookseller Rising Star. She is building a list of authors writing upmarket commercial, reading group and accessible literary fiction, alongside a select and eclectic children's, young adult and non-fiction list, and gravitates towards stories told through a female lens.
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction +10 more
Closed (conditions apply)Last checked 19 days ago
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
ClosedLast checked 16 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