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• James Spackman

  The BKS Agency

  James co-founded The bks Agency after a career in sales, marketing and publishing. He began at Bloomsbury before moving into sales and marketing roles at John Murray and Hodder & Stoughton. He went on to become MD of Watkins, a division of Osprey Group focusing on personal development and healthy food and drink. He is also Publisher of Pursuit, Profile Books' cycling imprint, and author of How to Pitch a Book: The Insider's Guide to Publishing Persuasion.

  Genres:Commercial Fiction · Fantasy · Graphic Novels · Health & Wellness · Mystery +5 more

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• Jason Bartholomew

  The BKS Agency

  Jason co-founded The bks Agency after two decades working in-house in UK and US publishing. He spent ten years in New York publishing, primarily at Hachette Book Group USA, before moving to Hachette UK in 2008 as Rights Director across Hodder & Stoughton, Headline Publishing Group, Quercus Books and John Murray Press. In 2015 he also became Publishing Director of Quercus US in New York. Jason is also CEO of the Cultural Communications Agency Midas, which provides PR, social and marketing campaigns for arts and publishing clients.

  Genres:Biography · Business · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs +11 more

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• Jessica Killingley

  The BKS Agency

  Jessica is the Managing Director of The bks Agency, which she co-founded. She spent twenty years working in marketing for Hachette UK and Penguin Random House, running award-winning campaigns for authors such as John Grisham, Stephen King and David Mitchell. She is also a Master-certified coach who works with high-achieving women in senior roles.

  Genres:Business · Crime · Health & Wellness · Horror · Literary Fiction +5 more

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• Rachel Neely

  Mushens Entertainment

  Rachel is a literary agent at Mushens Entertainment, representing both literary and commercial fiction with a preference for darker stories. She began her publishing career at HarperCollins before working as an editor at Hachette for six years, most recently as a Commissioning Editor at Orion. She joined Mushens Entertainment in 2022 and became a Literary Agent in 2023 after covering Juliet Mushens' maternity leave.

  Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Horror +7 more

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• Laura Bennett

  The Liverpool Literary Agency

  Laura is an associate literary agent at the Liverpool Literary Agency. She studied Writing at Liverpool John Moores University, gaining a BA and later an MA, after an early career in teaching that included working with young adults with special needs and in further education. She moved into editing after her teaching career and also works as a freelance writer, having written for a video game and several roleplaying games.

  Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Cosy Mystery · Crime · Fantasy +12 more

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• Clare Coombes

  The Liverpool Literary Agency

  Clare heads the Liverpool Literary Agency, which she set up in 2020 to address inequality and underrepresentation in publishing. She has more than 20 years' experience of writing and editing professionally, and has published two novels. She has a background in PR and marketing, and has taught on creative writing programmes, giving her experience in pitching and promoting writers.

  Genres:Crime · Historical Fiction · Psychological Suspense · Thriller · Women's Fiction

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• Karolina Sutton

  CAA Publishing

  Karolina is known for launching successful debuts in literary and upmarket commercial fiction, as well as shepherding long-term literary careers. She works across literary fiction, crime and psychological suspense, historical fiction, serious non-fiction and memoir, and remains open to new voices, including traditional storytellers and those challenging form and convention. She has worked with many admired novelists, journalists, academics and public figures, including winners of the Booker Prize, the Nobel Peace Prize and the Baillie Gifford Prize. In 2020, she was named Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards.

  Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +3 more

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• Adam Gauntlett

  Peters Fraser + Dunlop

  Adam heads the books division at PFD and represents a wide range of prize-winning and bestselling authors, among them Sunday Times and New York Times names. He joined the company in 2010, after completing a Masters in English Literature at King's College London. The Bookseller named him its Shooting Star in 2017.

  Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir +5 more

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• John Baker

  Peters Fraser + Dunlop

  John is a genre-fiction Literary Agent at Peters Fraser + Dunlop, specialising in fantasy, science fiction, horror, and commercial crime and thriller for adult and young adult readers. His authors have won the Future Worlds Prize and the Imagined Futures Prize and been shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize, the British Science Fiction Association and British Fantasy awards, the Shirley Jackson Awards and the Bram Stoker Awards, with titles on the Sunday Times and USA Today bestseller charts and work adapted for global cinema by Oscar-winning collaborators.

  Genres:Crime · Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller +1 more

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