What they represent
Historical Non-Fiction, Literary Fiction, Other Non-Fiction, Politics
Cora joined PEW Literary early in 2023 after a BA in English and Classics at Oxford and an MA in Modern Literature and Culture at King's College London.
She is an associate agent and works with Patrick Walsh on his list and across the agency.
Historical Non-Fiction, Literary Fiction, Other Non-Fiction, Politics
Submissions are accepted by both post and email. How to send: for email, send work to submissions@pewliterary.com. For post, send work to Submissions, PEW Literary, 46 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LP. Do not send a stamped addressed envelope, as manuscripts will be recycled after reading; include an email address so a response can be sent. Formatting: submissions should be in Word or PDF format and 1.5 or double-spaced, accompanied by a cover letter telling a little about the writer. Fiction: submit the opening three chapters (or fifty pages) along with a synopsis giving a clear explanation of the plot from first to final chapter, plus a brief cover letter about the writer. Non-fiction: fully written submissions will be considered, but most non-fiction titles are sold on proposal. A proposal should be approximately thirty pages long and address what the book is about and why it needs to be published, who the writer is and why they are the ideal person to write the book, a summary of the market including similar or competing published books, a sample chapter (usually from an early part of the book, not the introduction), and an outline of chapters (a page per chapter, written in full prose). What not to submit: children's picture books, poetry, books aimed entirely at an academic market, and scripts for film, TV or theatre are not represented, although dramatic rights of writers' work are represented.
They do not accept submissions written by generative AI, but permit its use for spelling and grammar checks and, if disclosed, for research or images.
Doug is an Associate Agent at PEW Literary. He has worked in the book industry for over three decades, including seventeen years as a publishing director at Penguin Random House. Doug joined PEW Literary in 2019.
Represents commercial fiction, contemporary fiction, historical non-fiction, literary fiction, memoir and 3 more.
Margaret is an Agent and Head of Rights at PEW Literary, where she handles the agency's translation rights. She studied English at Oxford and has worked for publishing houses and literary agencies on both sides of the Atlantic, including ICM and Rogers, Coleridge & White. She worked as an editor at Granta Books, where she acquired titles by authors including Mohsin Hamid and Kamila Shamsie. In recent years she has developed her own list of authors, focusing mainly on fiction.
Represents commercial fiction, contemporary fiction, crime, historical non-fiction, literary fiction and 3 more.
Patrick is a literary agent at PEW Literary. He was born and brought up in Venezuela and studied law at Cambridge before becoming an agent. He co-founded Conville & Walsh in 2000, later selling it to Curtis Brown, before founding PEW Literary in 2016.
Represents commercial fiction, contemporary fiction, crime, historical non-fiction, literary fiction and 3 more.
James is Managing Director at Watson Little and looks after a dynamic and wide-ranging list of writers. He has a BA in English and Italian and an MA in 20th Century Literature from the University of Leeds and is a former Secretary of the Association of Authors' Agents. He is passionate about reading and good writing and is hugely enthusiastic about his authors' work.
Represents crime, horror, literary fiction, memoir, mystery and 7 more.
Donald is a literary agent at Watson, Little. He studied English Literature and History at Queen Mary, University of London and University College London. He began his career at Penguin Press before moving to A P Watt, where he worked for five years building a list of non-fiction and fiction for adults. He joined Watson, Little as an agent in 2013.
Represents business, commercial fiction, contemporary fiction, crime, current affairs and 8 more.
Rachel represents children's fiction and non-fiction up to young adult and crossover. Before joining The Blair Partnership, she was editorial director at Macmillan Children's Books. There she worked with authors including Frances Hardinge, Chris Riddell and Tomi Adeyemi.
Represents children's books, fantasy, horror, middle grade, other non-fiction and 3 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.
Susan Smith is Contracts Manager at MBA as well as an agent in her own right. She is currently focused on millennials - particularly young women with a solid platform.
Represents other non-fiction.
