Hattie represents commercial and upmarket fiction, including book club fiction, crime and thriller, historical and contemporary fiction, and some non-fiction in the areas of lifestyle and personal development.
She is currently open to commercial and upmarket fiction submissions with a strong pitch, believable characters and an engaging voice. Hattie is particularly keen to see novels for the book club market with conversation-starting topics and a “you need to read this” quality, including multi-layered family dramas, high-concept love stories and classic storytelling. She seeks sexy and funny rom-coms, unusual escapist historical fiction often featuring mysteries or love stories, ambitious detective fiction, puzzle-y mysteries, humorous cosy crime with series potential and regional crime.
The agency welcomes submissions from new and established authors. It is not currently accepting screenplays, short stories or poetry, and only accepts stories written in English. Fiction submissions should be emailed directly to the chosen agent; non-fiction submissions go to submissions@theblairpartnership.com. Only one agent should be emailed per submission. What to send (fiction): Include the working title in the subject line. In the email, include a one-line elevator pitch, a short blurb, the target market and genre, and any competitions or prizes won. Attach the first thirty pages of the manuscript and a one-page synopsis in one Word document or PDF. What to send (non-fiction): Send to submissions@theblairpartnership.com. Include the working title in the subject line. In the email, include a one-line elevator pitch, a short blurb, the target market and genre, plus any relevant prizes, social media platform size and engagement, and pertinent qualifications or career experience. Attach a proposal document and a writing sample in one Word document or PDF. Proposal length: The proposal should be no more than 10,000 words, and should cover why the book differs from what has been published before, why the target market needs it now, at least three comparable titles, and a writing sample of one to three chapters. Formatting: Manuscripts and synopses should be laid out so they are easy to read. File formats: Only Word documents or PDFs are accepted. Submissions sent as Pages documents, Google documents, WeTransfer files or DropBox downloads will not be read. Postal submissions will not be read and will be recycled. Other rules: Only material written by the submitting author, or by all named co-authors with their permission, may be submitted. No material generated wholly or partially by AI may be submitted. Hattie Grünewald: represents commercial and upmarket fiction, including women's fiction, crime and thriller, historical and book club fiction, as well as some non-fiction in lifestyle and personal development. Rachel Petty: represents children's fiction and non-fiction up to young adult and crossover, but is not currently accepting picturebook submissions. Ed Wood: represents crime, thriller, mystery and book club fiction.
They do not accept submissions originated, written or edited by generative AI.
Ed is an agent at The Blair Partnership, representing crime, thriller, mystery and book club fiction. He previously worked publishing major commercial fiction authors. He looks for a great submission that pairs a punchy concept with an irresistible voice.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Horror · Literary Fiction · Mystery +3 more
Emily is a literary agent at The Blair Partnership, representing non-fiction for mainstream audiences. Before becoming an agent, she spent a decade working at HarperCollins, Orion and Little, Brown, latterly as Publisher of Sphere Non-Fiction. The books she edited included Sunday Times bestsellers and award winners, translated worldwide and optioned for TV. She brings extensive insider experience across non-fiction to support aspiring authors.
Genres:Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Historical Non-Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +4 more
Kim champions underrepresented voices across memoir and non-fiction. Kim joined the team from a background in publishing sales, most recently as a Key Account Manager at Canelo/DK. Before that, Kim worked in International Sales at Head of Zeus/Bloomsbury, covering territories across Africa, the US and India. Kim brings a keen commercial instinct and a passion for stories that might otherwise go untold.
Genres:Memoir · Sports
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.
Genres:Children's Books · Fantasy · Horror · Middle Grade · Other Non-Fiction +3 more
Amanda is a literary agent at LBA Books who represents a wide range of best-selling and award-winning authors across fiction and non-fiction. She has worked as an agent for over 25 years and co-founded LBA in 2005. She works with a network of publishers around the world and won the RNA Literary Agent of the Year award in 2018.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Health & Wellness · Historical Fiction +9 more
Lauren represents authors and illustrators across children's and young adult fiction, new adult/crossover and commercial women's fiction, and adult non-fiction. She joined Bell Lomax Moreton in 2014 and has built a list of children's and young adult fiction, adult fiction and adult non-fiction authors whose work has won or been shortlisted for prizes including the Waterstones Children's Prize, the Carnegie Medal and the Branford Boase. In 2020 she was selected as one of The Bookseller's Rising Stars.
Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Fantasy · Health & Wellness +9 more
Rachel founded Rachel Mills Literary in 2019. She previously worked as a literary agent at Furniss Lawton and as Agent and International Business Director at Peters Fraser and Dunlop, and before that in publishing at Penguin and Random House. In twenty years in the industry, she has secured major publishing and screen deals for a diverse range of authors.
Genres:Biography · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +1 more
Orli is building a literary fiction and non-fiction list, and also works across Managing Director Lizzy Kremer's list of internationally bestselling writers. In non-fiction she is drawn to work with broad appeal that helps readers understand themselves and the world they live in, and she enjoys working with writers who have built meaningful online platforms and communities.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Health & Wellness · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +4 more
Robert is the founder and principal of the Robert Dudley Agency, based in Ashford, Kent. He began his career as an independent publisher and book packager under Bowerdean Press before launching his agency in 2000. His firm remains small and highly selective, allowing for personalised editorial feedback and support. 
Genres:Biography · Business · Current Affairs · Historical Non-Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
Dorie is a literary agent at the Dorie Simmonds Agency, representing general nonfiction, commercial fiction and children's books. She has worked within publishing houses on both sides of the Atlantic and is a published author. Dorie studied at Vassar College and the London School of Economics, and worked at William Morrow & Company, Dell Publishing, Dorling Kindersley and Reed Children's before opening her own agency.
Genres:Biography · Business · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction +14 more
