Jonathan Pegg

About

Jonathan collaborates closely with writers to launch and advance their careers.

He pays careful attention to their priorities, communicates his strategies and any concerns straightforwardly, and negotiates fair terms with a resolve acquired through long experience of the business. Jonathan has worked in the publishing industry since 1997, became a fully-fledged agent in 2002 at Curtis Brown Group Ltd, and founded JPLA in 2008, swiftly establishing a rounded portfolio and a robust independent agency. He divides his time roughly 70/30 between an office in Winchester and a club in London’s West End.

Genres

Looking for

• Jonathan specialises in literary and quality commercial fiction, including pacey thrillers, and accessible, estimable non-fiction with commercial potential by journalists, experts, scholars, public figures and anyone with a fascinating, well-written story.
• he handles translation rights through an international network of respected co-agents and provides bespoke rights management tailored to each client’s output.

Agency submission guidelines

JPLA welcomes proposals for full-length books in any of the represented categories. Send submissions by email to submissions@jonathanpegg.com. Limit the covering email to highlights in a few lines, reserving most information for an all-in-one document attachment. Fiction: Synopsis - describe the novel in no more than 300 words. Background - state relevant personal background, including prior publishing history. Sample - include first three chapters or approximately fifty pages to a natural break. Optional extra: outline the whole novel (no more than 2 or 3 pages). Optional extra (most suitable for genre fiction): list three to five comparable successful novels already in the marketplace, explaining the comparison and what makes yours distinctive within the group. Non-fiction: Synopsis - describe the book in no more than 300 words, perhaps beginning by summarising it in a single sentence. Background - state relevant details of your publishing history and public profile, including your credentials as an expert if it's that sort of book. Proposal - elucidate the nature and content of the proposed book in 5-20 pages, leading to marketing strengths and market analysis (eg list three to five comparable and recently successful books already in the marketplace, explaining the comparison and stating how yours stands out). Chapter plan - optional - summarise each chapter to indicate how you envisage the book being structured. Sample - optional but preferable - one sample chapter. A note of your sources, if it's that sort of book.

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