What they represent
Biography, Children's Books, Commercial Fiction, Food & Drink, Memoir, Other Non-Fiction
Oscar is a literary agent at Oscar Janson-Smith Ltd, representing celebrities, sportspeople and content creators with an established platform, across commercial fiction, non-fiction, cookery and children's books.
His clients include journalists, broadcasters, activists, artists, entrepreneurs and some of the most popular content creators online, and the books he has worked on have been translated into more than twenty-five languages, with several six-figure deals and screen and merchandising deals along the way.
Biography, Children's Books, Commercial Fiction, Food & Drink, Memoir, Other Non-Fiction
Tommy Fury, Paul Gascoigne, Lulu, GK Barry, Ekin-Su Culculoglu, Casyo 'Krept' Johnson, Donna Ashworth, The Humble Penny, Female Invest, John Gregory-Smith, Kristen Proby, Jay McGuiness, Marvyn Harrison, Millie Gooch, Paula Sutton
Oscar Janson-Smith takes submissions by email to oscar@oscarjansonsmith.com. Worth knowing: he represents commercial fiction, non-fiction, cookery and children's books, and is particularly keen to hear from writers who have built a significant community or platform, online or elsewhere. He is unable to respond to every submission.
Ciara is an Associate Agent at Watson, Little, building her list with fiction and non-fiction writers. She works closely with authors to help build their careers. She reads widely across literary, upmarket and book club fiction, as well as narrative, memoir and essay collections.
Represents contemporary fiction, food and drink, literary fiction, memoir, narrative non-fiction and 1 more.
Jane runs her own literary agency, specialising in high quality adult non-fiction and fiction and young adult fiction for young teens. She was a publisher before establishing the agency in 1987, which she now runs from London and Cornwall. Her non-fiction interests range across natural history, memoir, biography, history, cookery, current affairs, humour, lifestyle and TV tie-ins.
Represents biography, commercial fiction, current affairs, food and drink, historical non-fiction and 4 more.
Haico joined Sebes Bisseling Kleuver UK after working for a number of years in foreign rights at the De Bezige Bij Publishing House in Amsterdam and as a literary translator. They're actively building a list of fiction and non-fiction writers working in English. Both in fiction and non-fiction Haico's tastes are wide-ranging. Having lived in various countries and coming from a mixed background, they're drawn to novels with a strong sense of place, as well as those about immigration, community, identity and memory. Some of their favourite authors are: Fernanda Melchor, Percival Everett, Svetlana Alexievich, Jessica Au, Selva Almada, Claudia Rankine, Paulo Scott, Olga Tokarczuk, Antonio di Benedetto, Patrick Radden Keefe, Toni Morrison, Dan Saladino, Rachel Cusk, Maxim Februari, David Graeber and Jacques Ranciere.
Represents commercial fiction, food and drink, historical fiction, historical non-fiction, literary fiction and 2 more.
Rosemary is a founding partner at United Agents, representing writers and presenters working in non-fiction. She began her publishing career as Rights Manager at Bloomsbury, before working with Deborah Owen and then joining PFD to handle rights across the agency. She has built a list spanning food writing, history, popular science, nature, travel, politics, investigative journalism, the arts and memoir.
Represents current affairs, food and drink, historical non-fiction, memoir, other non-fiction and 2 more.
Zoe is an agent at United Agents, working with writers across literary fiction, narrative non-fiction, food writing and academia. She began her career at United Agents in 2009 in the foreign rights department. She has a background in modern languages and psychoanalysis. Her list includes several prize-winners and Sunday Times bestsellers.
Represents food and drink, literary fiction, narrative non-fiction and other non-fiction.
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.
Represents food and drink, literary fiction, narrative non-fiction and other non-fiction.
