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Kate Barker

Kate Barker Literary Agency

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Open
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Last checked
15 days ago

About

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.

What they represent

BiographyCommercial FictionContemporary FictionCrimeHealth & WellnessHistorical FictionHistorical Non-FictionLiterary FictionMemoirMysteryNarrative Non-FictionPsychological SuspenseSelf-HelpThrillerTrue CrimeWomen's Fiction

Not looking for

  • science fiction and fantasy
  • books for children
  • authors who use AI in their writing

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Agency submission guidelines

Submissions are made via an online form on the website. Fiction: send a covering letter, the first 500 words of the book, and attach a document containing the first 50 pages of the novel. Non-fiction: send a covering letter explaining who you are and why you are the best person to write the book, the first 500 words of the book, and attach a book summary (chapter breakdown, introduction and ideally a sample chapter) plus a book sample of approximately 50 pages as a PDF or Word document.

Agency AI policy

They do not represent authors who use AI in their writing.

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