Jenny is a literary agent at Lutyens & Rubinstein.
She joined the agency in 2019, having previously worked as an agent at Rogers, Coleridge & White since 2010. She represents a wide range of award winning and bestselling authors from around the world. She works closely and collaboratively with authors, from editing of the manuscript through to publication.
Submissions are made by email to submissions@lutyensrubinstein.co.uk. Include a covering letter, a short synopsis and the first three chapters (or up to 5000 or so words). If a particular agent is wanted, this should be noted for the reader, Susannah Godman. Plays and film or television scripts are not accepted. Unsolicited manuscripts should not be posted. The agency cannot be held responsible for material arriving by post or by hand. No feedback is offered on declined material, but writers will be informed of the outcome rather than left without a response.
Anna is a junior agent at Lutyens & Rubinstein. She joined the agency in 2019, working in the bookshop before moving to the agency full-time in 2022. She works closely with Sarah and Felicity, assisting them with their clients, and has recently begun to build her own list of authors.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +1 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
Felicity began her career in books at a small literary agency in New York and, after a decade working across publishing on both sides of the Atlantic, left her role as Managing Director of Macmillan Publishers London to co-found Lutyens & Rubinstein with Sarah Lutyens. She and her colleagues flourished, even opening a beautiful independent bookshop in 2009 that offered invaluable insights into reader choices and showcased their authors. By 2023, the agency had outgrown the shop’s basement location and moved into separate offices.
Genres:Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
Jane is a literary agent and partner at Lutyens & Rubinstein, representing fiction and non-fiction. She began her career at the agency in 2006, established her own list in 2010 and became a partner in 2016, later becoming a full partner and co-owner in 2023. She oversees the agency's Rights and Contracts Department, working on translation, overseas deals, audio, and film and TV rights for the authors she represents.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +1 more
Sarah is a literary agent and partner at Lutyens & Rubinstein, which she co-founded with Felicity in 1993. She began her career in bookselling and at the Literary Review, before working in publishing rights departments. She also sells UK rights for the Australian publisher Text. She reads crime fiction obsessively and has wide-ranging taste in literary fiction and non-fiction.
Genres:Crime · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
John Ash is a literary agent at CAA Publishing, representing literary fiction, upmarket general fiction and serious nonfiction. He began his career at PEW Literary, where he spent six and a half years before joining CAA in 2023. His fiction interests range from literary fiction and epic fantasy to upmarket general fiction, while his nonfiction interests include history, memoir and reportage.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction +3 more
Rachel is a literary agent at Mushens Entertainment, representing both literary and commercial fiction with a preference for darker stories. She began her publishing career at HarperCollins before working as an editor at Hachette for six years, most recently as a Commissioning Editor at Orion. She joined Mushens Entertainment in 2022 and became a Literary Agent in 2023 after covering Juliet Mushens' maternity leave.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Horror +7 more
Laura is an associate literary agent at the Liverpool Literary Agency. She studied Writing at Liverpool John Moores University, gaining a BA and later an MA, after an early career in teaching that included working with young adults with special needs and in further education. She moved into editing after her teaching career and also works as a freelance writer, having written for a video game and several roleplaying games.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Cosy Mystery · Crime · Fantasy +12 more
Sarah is a literary agent at CAA who builds a list of commercial to reading-group fiction and commercial non-fiction for the UK market. Sarah joined CAA in 2022, having previously worked at HarperCollins, Hachette, Pan Macmillan, The Curtis Brown Agency, and David Higham Associates. Their background is in translation rights, and they also represent US and translated authors in the UK.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +11 more
Alice is a Literary Agent at Peters Fraser + Dunlop, working primarily on the children's list. After an MA in Publishing from UAL she spent five years as a scout at London Literary Scouting, specialising in children's, young adult and science fiction and fantasy across all ages and working with publishers and media companies around the world. She joined the agency in 2026 from Felicity Bryan Associates, where she was a literary agent. Alongside building her own list she sells foreign rights in the agency's children's and young adult titles across many territories.
Genres:Children's Books · Fantasy · Horror · Middle Grade · Mystery +5 more
Daisy is an agent in the books department at PFD, and works with Tim Bates as the United Kingdom sub-agent for New Directions Publishing in the United States. She joined the company in 2019 after graduating from the University of Oxford with a degree in politics, philosophy and economics.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Food & Drink · Horror · Literary Fiction +8 more
