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• Alice Saunders

  The Soho Agency

  Alice loves storytelling in all its forms, whether fiction or narrative non-fiction, and works across literary, audio, live audience, film and television representation. She is actively looking for new talent in crime, thrillers, epic family sagas, book club literary fiction and memoir, in fact everything apart from science fiction and fantasy. As head of the agency's speaker business, she also matches talent to corporate, industry and public sector events.

  Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Literary Fiction · Memoir +2 more

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• Araminta Whitley

  The Soho Agency

  Araminta represents a wide range of fiction and non-fiction. Her clients are Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers and have won awards including the CWA Gold Crime Dagger, the RNA Awards, the John Creasy Award, the Andre Simon Memorial Prize and the PEN Pinter Prize, with titles longlisted for the Wellcome and Baillie Gifford Prizes and chosen as Richard and Judy and Zoella book club picks.

  Genres:Business · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness +6 more

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• Ben Clark

  The Soho Agency

  Ben Clark is well into his second decade of agenting and represents bestselling and award-winning authors across fiction and non-fiction. He is a passionate advocate for non-fiction in all its forms, from narrative-driven storytelling and prescriptive guides to self-help and beautifully illustrated works, with interests spanning cookery, history, philosophy, economics, memoir, technology, science, business and nature writing, and a focus on books that deepen our understanding of the world. In fiction he is a devoted fan of science fiction, horror and fantasy, always on the lookout for original worlds, tightly woven plots and voices from traditionally under-represented backgrounds. He also collaborates with brands, television producers and magazines to develop intellectual property across platforms.

  Genres:Business · Commercial Fiction · Fantasy · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction +6 more

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• Eleanor Lawlor

  The Soho Agency

  Eleanor is an Associate Agent at The Soho Agency, which she joined in 2021. She works alongside Rowan Lawton and Lydia Silver across their lists, from commercial women's fiction, book club and narrative non-fiction to picture books, middle grade, young adult and graphic novels, and is building her own list.

  Genres:Fantasy · Horror · Mystery · Paranormal Romance · Romance +3 more

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• Julian Alexander

  The Soho Agency

  Julian has been an agent his entire professional life. He represents an eclectic list that includes bestselling fiction and non-fiction of all kinds, from history and medicine through heart-warming memoir and illustrated books to edgy detective novels and fast-paced thrillers. He also handles the book output for a number of high-profile creators of intellectual property and helps develop and package projects for his clients, planning long-term careers.

  Genres:Commercial Fiction · Health & Wellness · Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir · Mystery +2 more

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• Lydia Silver

  The Soho Agency

  Lydia is Head of the Children's and Young Adult department at The Soho Agency, which she joined in 2025 after over a decade in the industry across editorial and agenting. Her clients have been number one Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers, chosen as Waterstones, Blackwells and Indies Books of the Month, and won prizes including the Carnegie Medal Shadowers' Choice and the Diverse Book Award. She was a Bookseller Rising Star in 2022. Lydia represents everything from picture books to the top end of crossover young adult, and enjoys working with author-illustrator talent, including graphic novelists. She is drawn to voice above all and to a strong hook, and actively welcomes submissions from under-represented writers.

  Genres:Fantasy · Graphic Novels · Historical Fiction · Horror · Middle Grade +4 more

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• Mark Lucas

  The Soho Agency

  Mark began his professional life in the editorial department at Futura in Camberwell before becoming a director at Fraser & Dunlop Scripts, later part of The Peters Fraser & Dunlop Group. In 1996 he co-founded LAW with Julian Alexander and Araminta Whitley. His grounding came in the art of mass-market paperback design and from a New York-based mentor who taught that 'we should aim to publish the gleam in the author's eye'. Over the years he has represented a diverse range of national and international bestsellers, and is interested in romance, thriller, memoir, historical non-fiction and edgy humour, always prioritising story above all else.

  Genres:Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir · Romance · Thriller

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• Rowan Lawton

  The Soho Agency

  Rowan joined The Soho Agency in 2019 after almost two decades in the industry. She started her agenting career at WME and latterly ran Furniss Lawton, the literary division of YMU. Her authors are Sunday Times, Kindle, Apple and Audible number one bestsellers, and have been awarded and shortlisted for prizes including the British Book Awards, the Crime Writers' Association Daggers, the Irish Book Awards, the Sunday Times Sports Book Award and Romantic Novel of the Year. She has judged fiction prizes including Richard & Judy Search for a Bestseller, the Bristol Short Story Prize and the Blue Pencil First Novel Award, and was a Bookseller Rising Star in 2012.

  Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction +5 more

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• Sarah Stamp

  The Soho Agency

  Sarah is an Associate Agent at The Soho Agency, where she has worked for almost five years. She began as an assistant to Julian Alexander and Ben Clark, supporting their roster of bestselling non-fiction authors and commercial novelists, and is now building her own list.

  Genres:Commercial Fiction · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction · 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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• Sarah Harvey

  CAA Publishing

  Sarah is a literary agent at CAA who builds a list of commercial to reading-group fiction and commercial non-fiction for the UK market. Sarah joined CAA in 2022, having previously worked at HarperCollins, Hachette, Pan Macmillan, The Curtis Brown Agency, and David Higham Associates. Their background is in translation rights, and they also represent US and translated authors in the UK.

  Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +11 more

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• Alice Caprio

  Peters Fraser + Dunlop

  Alice is a Literary Agent at Peters Fraser + Dunlop, working primarily on the children's list. After an MA in Publishing from UAL she spent five years as a scout at London Literary Scouting, specialising in children's, young adult and science fiction and fantasy across all ages and working with publishers and media companies around the world. She joined the agency in 2026 from Felicity Bryan Associates, where she was a literary agent. Alongside building her own list she sells foreign rights in the agency's children's and young adult titles across many territories.

  Genres:Children's Books · Fantasy · Horror · Middle Grade · Mystery +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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• Kieron Fairweather

  Peters Fraser + Dunlop

  Kieron joined PFD in 2021 as assistant to chief executive Caroline Michel, and is now an associate agent. He took a BA and MA in English literature at Northumbria University, followed by a PhD from the same university in 2020, with a thesis on psychogeography, mapping and the city in the work of Jean Rhys and Djuna Barnes.

  Genres:Commercial Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more

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