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Jon Wood

Rogers, Coleridge & White (RCW)

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Open
Submission route
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Aims to reply within 8 weeks
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7 days ago

About

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.

What they represent

Commercial FictionCrimeFantasyHistorical FictionHistorical Non-FictionOther Non-FictionScience FictionSportsThriller

Looking for

  • general commercial (including crime and thriller, book group, upmarket fiction), historical, science fiction and Fantasy
  • entertaining and diverse stories, well-told with big ideas, emotional hooks and gripping plots
  • history, sport, and popular science
  • expertise, fresh ideas and a passion for the subject

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Clients include

  • David Arrowsmith
  • Aja Barber
  • Diccon Bewes
  • James Brown
  • Tim Carter
  • Sebastien de Castell
  • Steve Cavanagh
  • Stephen Church
  • Roger Collins
  • Hilary Cooper
  • Con Coughlin
  • James Crawford
  • Roger Domeneghetti
  • Donna Douglas
  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Agency 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.

Agency AI policy

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

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