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About

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.

Looking for

  • literary and commercial fiction
  • book group
  • upmarket fiction
  • crime and thrillers
  • speculative fiction and historical fiction
  • children's and young adult
  • a smattering of quality non-fiction
  • debuts

Not looking for

  • science fiction and fantasy

Clients include

  • Rosie Andrews
  • Bryan Appleyard
  • Katya Balen
  • David Barbaree
  • Tom Becker
  • Peter Bradshaw
  • Anna Brooke
  • Hartigan Browne
  • Stuart Clark
  • Stephen Collins
  • Jason Donald
  • Christian Donlan
  • Rob Doyle
  • Laure Eve
  • Josie Ferguson

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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