Rogers, Coleridge & White (RCW)
What they represent
Eleanor joined RCW in 2024, having previously worked as an agent at PEW Literary, and before that as publishing director at John Murray and editorial director at Duckworth.
Her writers have won or been shortlisted for prizes including the Booker Prize, the Nero Book Award for Debut Fiction, the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Walter Scott Prize, the Rooney Prize and the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize.
Helen Barrett, Anna Beer, Alex Bollen, Celia Brayfield, Jane Campbell, Charlie Carroll, Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, Mary Costello, Roz Dineen, Chloe Diski, Elaine Garvey, Midge Gillies, Anna Glendenning, Calla Henkel, Chloe Houston
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. 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.
They do not accept submissions originated, written or edited by generative AI.
Cara began her career at Random House in 2002 and joined RCW in 2006. As well as handling most of RCW's estates, she represents fiction, particularly crime and thrillers, and thought-provoking narrative non-fiction.
Represents crime, narrative non-fiction and thriller.
Caroline is a consultant agent at RCW Literary Agency, having founded the Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency in 1985 before it became part of RCW in 2024. She has represented two Children's Laureates and been shortlisted for the Literary Agent of the Year Award. Her clients have won awards including the British Book Awards Children's Book of the Year and the CLiPPA Poetry Award.
Represents children's books and poetry.
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.
Represents children's books and young adult.
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.
Represents children's books, literary fiction, memoir and narrative non-fiction.
Honor joined RCW in 2019, having previously worked for the Hay Festival, and is an associate agent.
Represents commercial fiction, food and drink, literary fiction and other non-fiction.
Jon is a director at RCW Literary Agency, representing bestselling and critically-acclaimed fiction and non-fiction writers. He has worked in UK publishing for over twenty-five years, starting as a publisher with Orion before joining RCW in 2019 and becoming a director in 2022. He has a particular interest in the long-term brand management of established writers.
Represents commercial fiction, crime, fantasy, historical fiction, historical non-fiction and 4 more.
Laurence grew up in France and studied in France and England. She ran RCW's foreign rights department, became a director in 2001, and now heads RCW International. Her authors have won or been nominated for the Nobel Prize, the Booker International Prize and the National Book Award for Translated Literature, and she received the 2026 Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature.
Represents literary fiction and other non-fiction.
Matt joined RCW in 2012. Writers he has worked with have won or been nominated for prizes including the Women's Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction, the Dylan Thomas Prize, the T.S. Eliot Prize, the Forward Prize, the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, the Jhalak Prize and the Orwell Prize.
Represents historical non-fiction, literary fiction, memoir, narrative non-fiction and other non-fiction.
Matthew joined RCW in 2016 after two years at Conville & Walsh. He represents novelists, journalists and academics as well as a handful of poets, and his authors have won or been nominated for prizes including the Booker, the Goldsmiths Prize, the Women's Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. He also represents several of The Cheney Agency's authors in the UK.
Represents literary fiction, narrative non-fiction and other non-fiction.
Millie is an agent with a particular interest in illustrators, picture books and chapter books. She studied Classics and loves the narrative power of Virgil and Homer. Narrative in both text and illustration has always mattered to her. She champions illustrators and authors and fights for their place on bestselling shelves.
Represents children's books.
Nik is an associate agent on the RCW International team, working closely with Laurence Laluyaux. Before joining RCW in January 2022 she interned at Profile Books and was the inaugural Felicity Bryan Mentorship Scheme recipient. She speaks several languages, including Persian, Mandarin and some Korean.
Represents contemporary fiction and literary fiction.
Safae joined RCW in 2019 and was named one of The Bookseller's Rising Stars in 2026. She supports translators working from languages of the Global Majority and served as a judge for the inaugural PEN Presents x International Booker Prize programme.
Represents fantasy, romance, romantic fantasy and young adult.
Sam is a director at RCW Literary Agency, representing literary and commercial fiction, children's and young adult, and non-fiction. He was a bookseller for a number of years before starting in publishing in 2001. He joined RCW in 2006 and became a director in 2016. He was shortlisted for Literary Agent of the Year at the 2020 and 2021 British Book Awards.
Represents children's books, commercial fiction, crime, historical fiction, literary fiction and 3 more.
Zoë is a director at RCW, representing prize-winning novelists and non-fiction writers.
Represents literary fiction and narrative non-fiction.
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.
