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Rogers, Coleridge & White (RCW)

Submission status
Open
Submission route
Email
Response time
Aims to reply within 8 weeks
Last checked
7 days ago

Submission guidelines

Submissions should include a covering letter about the author and the background to the book. Fiction: the first three chapters or approximately the first fifty pages of the work to a natural break, plus a brief synopsis. Non-fiction: a proposal up to twenty pages in length explaining what the work is about and why the author is best placed to write it. Format: attachments in Word or PDF are acceptable. Otherwise sample chapters or proposals can be pasted into the body of the submission email. Originality: submissions must be entirely the original work of the author. Generative AI must not be used in the writing or editing of the material. How to send: browse the literary agent page to find the agent best suited, and submit directly to them or their assistant. Submit to only one agent. The agency does not accept postal submissions. The agency does not represent scripts for theatre, film or television. The agency cannot acknowledge receipt of material and cannot accept responsibility for anything sent, so writers should retain a copy of material submitted.

What they represent

Children's BooksCommercial FictionCrimeFantasyHistorical FictionHistorical Non-FictionLiterary FictionMemoirMiddle GradeNarrative Non-FictionOther Non-FictionPoetryScience FictionSportsThrillerYoung Adult

AI policy

Submissions must be the original work of the author and not generated or co-written using artificial intelligence.

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Agents (6)

  • Caroline Sheldon

    Rogers, Coleridge & White (RCW)

    Caroline is a literary agent at RCW Literary Agency, where she now works as a consultant. She founded the Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency in 1985, which became part of RCW in January 2024. Her reading taste has always been broad and wide-ranging. She has represented two Children's Laureates and her clients have won awards including the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year and the Queen's Medal for Poetry.

    Genres:Children's Books · Poetry

    Closed
    Last checked 7 days ago

  • Claire Wilson

    Rogers, Coleridge & White (RCW)

    Claire is a director at RCW Literary Agency, representing an eclectic list of children's, young adult and adult authors. She joined RCW in 2007, having previously worked in publishing sales and rights, and became a director in 2015. She is currently President of the Association of Authors' Agents. She was awarded Literary Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2023.

    Genres:Children's Books · Young Adult

    Open
    Last checked 7 days ago

  • Georgia Garrett

    Rogers, Coleridge & White (RCW)

    Georgia is deputy managing director at RCW and represents fiction, narrative non-fiction and children's books. She joined RCW as a director in 2011, having previously been joint deputy managing director of AP Watt and an agent at the Wylie Agency. Before that, she was editorial director at Picador and an editor at Victor Gollancz.

    Genres:Children's Books · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction

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    Last checked 7 days ago

  • Jon Wood

    Rogers, Coleridge & White (RCW)

    Jon is a director at RCW Literary Agency, representing a growing list of bestselling and critically-acclaimed fiction and non-fiction writers. He has worked in UK publishing for over twenty-five years, starting as a publisher at Orion before joining RCW in 2019 and becoming a director in 2022. His clients include Ian Rankin, Denise Mina and Joanne Harris, and he has a particular interest in the long-term brand management of established writers.

    Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +4 more

    Open
    Last checked 7 days ago

  • Millie Van Grutten

    Rogers, Coleridge & White (RCW)

    Millie is an agent at RCW with a particular interest in illustrators, picture books and chapter books. She studied Classics and finds inspiration in the narrative qualities of ancient stories such as Virgil and Homer. She looks for suspense, emotion and strong structure in both illustration and text. Millie relishes championing the work of illustrators and authors alike.

    Genres:Children's Books · Middle Grade

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    Last checked 7 days ago

  • Sam Copeland

    Rogers, Coleridge & White (RCW)

    Sam is a director at Rogers, Coleridge & White, representing literary and commercial fiction across all genres, as well as children's, young adult and some quality non-fiction. He worked as a bookseller before moving into publishing in 2001, joining RCW in 2006 and becoming a director in 2016. He was shortlisted for Literary Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2020 and 2021, and named in the Bookseller's Most Influential People in Publishing in 2020.

    Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +3 more

    Open
    Last checked 7 days ago