Robert Kirby
- Submission status
- Closed
- Submission route
- Response time
- Not stated
- Last checked
- 11 days ago
About
Robert is a founding agent of United Agents and head of its Literary Department.
He trained as a psychologist and worked as a social worker before entering publishing as assistant to literary agent Giles Gordon. He joined Peters Fraser & Dunlop in 1994 and left in 2007 to help set up United Agents. He was awarded the Bookseller Industry Award for Literary Agent of the Year in 2011.
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Looking for
- Robert is particularly interested in career or legacy defining non-fiction in print, digital and TV/film, having worked with David McTaggart, Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai, Professor Stephen Hawking and Sir David Attenborough.
Agency submission guidelines
Writers should look at individual agents' pages for their specific wishlists and submission guidelines, and choose the one agent who seems the best fit for the book, since each agent has their own boutique list reflecting personal tastes and specialisms. For children's submissions, writers are directed to a separate Children's Authors and Illustrators section. During the submission process, writers should note if another agent has requested the complete manuscript or made an offer of representation.
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Clients include
- Joe Abercrombie
- Shaun Attwood
- Ben Bailey Smith
- Professor Geoffrey Beattie
- Richard Blakemore
- Mark Bostridge
- Sandra Brown
- Rob Brydon
- Stephen Cave
- Craig Charles
- Julian Cope
- James Corden
- Richard Curtis
- David Attenborough
- Caitlin Davies
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