What they represent
Commercial Fiction, Psychological Suspense, Romance, Women's Fiction
Sonny represents commercial fiction and non-fiction.
Before joining Marjacq she was an independent agent working with names in music including Jean-Michel Jarre, Susie and Nick Cave, Johnny Marr and the Pet Shop Boys, and before that a commissioning editor at Penguin Random House and Hachette, mainly in crime, thriller and women's fiction. She was also a development producer for long-form documentaries.
Commercial Fiction, Psychological Suspense, Romance, Women's Fiction
Jean-Michel Jarre, Susie and Nick Cave, Johnny Marr, Pet Shop Boys, Jill Furmanovsky
The agency accepts submissions by email only. The agency handles full-length fiction and non-fiction for adults and children, and will also look at factual TV and original screenplays. No children's picture books, poetry, plays or musical theatre. Email your submission to the agent you think is the best fit; check the People page for what each agent represents and their email address, and note that individual agents may have additional submission criteria. For prose works, include a covering letter in the body of the email, and attach the first fifty pages of the work as a writing sample, plus a synopsis (for fiction) as Word or PDF documents, with total file size not exceeding 2MB. For prose non-fiction, a proposal (pitch and outline) should take the place of a synopsis. For graphic novels, the sample should be 20 pages of completed panels.
Catherine is a literary agent at Marjacq who represents children's fiction and adult fiction. She began agenting at Rogers, Coleridge and White in 2007 and set up her own agency, CPA, when she moved to France in 2011. She joined Marjacq in 2015 and is now based in London.
Represents children's books, commercial fiction, contemporary fiction, historical fiction, middle grade and 3 more.
Imogen is a literary agent at Marjacq Scripts. She represents non-fiction that looks at serious subjects in innovative ways, and literary and upmarket fiction. Her list covers history, science, memoir, cookery, cultural criticism, social issues and psychology in non-fiction, and literary thrillers and women's fiction in fiction.
Represents food and drink, historical non-fiction, literary fiction, memoir, narrative non-fiction and 2 more.
Philip heads the book department at Marjacq. He joined in 2003 from Curtis Brown, where he was a film, television and theatre agent. Before that he worked for HarperCollins Publishers.
Represents commercial fiction, historical fiction, historical non-fiction, literary fiction, narrative non-fiction and 2 more.
Sandra is a literary agent at Marjacq Scripts Ltd, representing genre fiction and young adult. She joined the agency in 2014. Her main interests are science fiction and fantasy, speculative fiction, crime and horror, as well as young adult. She also handles translation rights for all authors represented by Marjacq.
Represents commercial fiction, contemporary fiction, crime, fantasy, historical fiction and 7 more.
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.
Represents commercial fiction, contemporary fiction, cosy mystery, crime, historical fiction and 5 more.
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.
Represents commercial fiction, historical fiction, historical non-fiction, literary fiction, narrative non-fiction and 5 more.
Abigail joined Ampersand in September 2025 after more than a decade in editorial at Hachette and HarperCollins, latterly as editorial director for HQ Digital, and work as a freelance editor and book coach. Abigail is looking for adult fiction across genres, including book-club reads, crime and thrillers, and women’s fiction and romance of all stripes. She loves high-concept hooks, page-turning plots, and books that pose juicy questions.
Represents commercial fiction, crime, romance, thriller and women's fiction.
Imogen is a literary agent at Marjacq Scripts. She represents non-fiction that looks at serious subjects in innovative ways, and literary and upmarket fiction. Her list covers history, science, memoir, cookery, cultural criticism, social issues and psychology in non-fiction, and literary thrillers and women's fiction in fiction.
Represents food and drink, historical non-fiction, literary fiction, memoir, narrative non-fiction and 2 more.
Catherine is a literary agent at Marjacq who represents children's fiction and adult fiction. She began agenting at Rogers, Coleridge and White in 2007 and set up her own agency, CPA, when she moved to France in 2011. She joined Marjacq in 2015 and is now based in London.
Represents children's books, commercial fiction, contemporary fiction, historical fiction, middle grade and 3 more.
Thérèse is a literary agent at Susanna Lea Associates, representing fiction, children's fiction and non-fiction, and handling translation rights. She was born and raised in Belgium before moving to England, where she studied History at University College London. She began her career in the rights department at Bloomsbury Publishing, then moved to Ed Victor's agency, before building her own list of authors from 2016.
Represents children's books, crime, fantasy, historical fiction, historical non-fiction and 8 more.
