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Georgina Capel Associates

Submission status
Open
Submission route
Post
Response time
Assume no reply = no after 6 weeks
Last checked
14 days ago

Submission guidelines

Send a covering letter briefly describing the story or proposal and outlining any writing experience (e.g. previously published work, short story or journalism, creative writing qualifications; for non-fiction, what qualifies the writer to write about the subject). Include a synopsis of approximately 500 words, the first three chapters of the work, and an email address and/or telephone number. Postal submissions are preferred, sent in an envelope marked 'Submissions Department' to Georgina Capel Associates Ltd, 29 Wardour Street, London W1D 6PS, but email submissions are also accepted (refer to the contact us page for the right email address).

What they represent

BiographyChildren's BooksCommercial FictionCrimeFood & DrinkHistorical Non-FictionLiterary FictionNarrative Non-FictionOther Non-FictionPoetryPoliticsScience FictionThrillerTrue CrimeYoung Adult

AI policy

They do not accept submissions originated, written or edited using artificial intelligence (AI), including in the cover letter, synopsis, proposal, or manuscript.

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Agents (4)

  • Georgina Capel

    Georgina Capel Associates

    Georgina is a literary agent who works with top international authors, negotiating global deals for over twenty-five years. She joined William Heinemann's rights department in 1983 before moving to Secker and Warburg as Rights Director. After five years there, she moved to Jonathan Cape as Rights Director and deputy Managing Director, and later became Group Rights Director of Random House. She is married to the publisher Anthony Cheetham.

    Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Historical Non-Fiction · Poetry · Politics +1 more

    Open
    Last checked 14 days ago

  • Irene Baldoni

    Georgina Capel Associates

    Irene is a literary agent at Georgina Capel Associates, working across foreign rights and speaking engagements. She joined the agency in 2017, having previously worked at Faber & Faber and Gregory & Company Authors' Agents. She holds an MA in Modern Literature from the University of Siena in Italy and an MA in Publishing Studies from City University London.

    Genres:Crime · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Poetry +3 more

    Open
    Last checked 14 days ago

  • Polly Halladay

    Georgina Capel Associates

    Polly is a literary agent at Georgina Capel Associates. She joined the agency in 2021. She studied Literature at the University of Oxford and holds an MA in Creative Writing Prose Fiction from the University of East Anglia. Her clients include winners of the Hawthornden Prize, the RSL Encore Award, the Wingate Literary Prize and the Banjo Prize.

    Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction

    Open
    Last checked 14 days ago

  • Rachel Conway

    Georgina Capel Associates

    Rachel is a director at Georgina Capel Associates, representing literary, book club and commercial fiction. She studied Literature at King's College London and joined the agency in 2010 after working at various publishing houses and literary agencies. She became a director in 2016. Her clients have been longlisted for the Booker Prize and Desmond Elliott Prize, and are winners of the Manchester Fiction Prize and RSL Giles St Aubyn Award.

    Genres:Commercial Fiction · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more

    Open
    Last checked 14 days ago