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Kay Peddle

Colwill & Peddle

Kay is a literary agent at Colwill & Peddle, representing non-fiction. She spent over a decade working on non-fiction, first at the imprint The Bodley Head and then at the online human rights magazine Lacuna. In 2019 she became a literary agent and founded Kay Peddle Literary.

Genres:Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more

Keshava Guha

Aevitas Creative Management

Keshava is an agent at Aevitas UK, building an international list that is primarily non-fiction with select fiction projects. He was previously a senior editor at Juggernaut Books in New Delhi, where he published literary fiction, history and current affairs. He is also a novelist and essayist. He holds degrees from Harvard College and the Columbia Publishing Course, and a master's in creative writing from Goldsmiths, University of London.

Genres:Biography · Health & Wellness · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Other Non-Fiction · Sports

Kevin Conroy Scott

Tibor Jones & Associates

Kevin co-founded Tibor Jones & Associates with his wife Landa Acevedo-Scott in 2007. He previously worked as a literary agent at AP Watt and Conville & Walsh. Kevin is an alumnus of the New Line Cinema mailroom and his journalism has appeared in the New Statesman, Variety, the Independent, the Bookseller, LA Weekly and Written By magazine. He is the author of Screenwriters' Masterclass and co-founded Colombiage, London's first Colombian festival of culture and the arts.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction

Kevin Pocklington

The North Literary Agency

Kevin works primarily in non-fiction, and is in the process of developing a fiction list.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +1 more

Ki Agency Ltd

Agents include:Fabienne Schwizer · Helen Lane · Meg Davis · Miriam Cortinovis

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Horror +10 more

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

Kimberley Atkins

WME Literary Agency

Kimberley is a literary agent at WME representing commercial fiction and non-fiction. She joined WME's UK Book division in 2025 after sixteen years working at Big Five publishing houses in London and Sydney. She previously acquired and published multiple bestselling authors, including Lucy Score, Stephanie Garber and Gillian McAllister. Before becoming an agent, she held senior editorial roles at Penguin Michael Joseph, Hodder & Stoughton and Head of Zeus, and also worked at Penguin Random House Australia.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Narrative Non-Fiction · Psychological Suspense · Romance +2 more

Kirsten Lang

Zeno Agency Ltd

Kirsten is a literary agent at Zeno Agency Ltd. She joined Zeno in 2024, having previously worked at another literary agency and as a bookseller at Foyles in Charing Cross. Kirsten holds a BA in English from Edinburgh Napier University and a Masters in Children's Literature from Reading University. She currently focuses on selling Zeno's translation rights.

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Horror · Literary Fiction +5 more

Kirsty McLachlan

Morgan Green Creatives

Kirsty founded Morgan Green Creatives in 2020. She represents award-winning writers, including novelists, non-fiction authors, children's book writers, poets, journalists, scriptwriters and illustrators. She brings over twenty years of experience working in the industry.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Poetry

Kiya Evans

Paper Literary Ltd

Kiya is an agent at Paper Literary, building a list of debut authors. She joined the agency in 2025, having started her career at Mushens Entertainment in 2020 as an intern before becoming an assistant and then Associate Agent. There, she worked closely with a list of both debut and brand authors, including Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers such as Richard Osman, Abigail Dean, Jessie Burton, Claire Douglas and Saara El-Arifi. She has judged numerous writing prizes, including the Brick Lane Books Short Story Prize, the First Novel Prize and the Goldfinch Novel Award.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction +5 more

Kristina Pérez

Pérez Literary & Entertainment

Kristina is managing director and literary agent at Pérez Literary & Entertainment. She has a decade of experience in publishing as both an author and an agent, with a background in medieval literature and journalism. She has written young adult novels and is publishing her first novel for adults. She sees each client relationship as a partnership, working with clients to develop the right strategy for their careers.

Genres:Fantasy · Health & Wellness · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Horror · Memoir +5 more

Laetitia Rutherford

Watson, Little Ltd

Laetitia is a literary agent at Watson, Little. She has fifteen years' experience and has worked with award-winning writers including Chris Cleave, Rana Dasgupta, Xiaolu Guo and Evie Wyld. She has also worked with authors who write in English as a second language, such as Xinran and Diane Wei Liang. Over a decade at the agency she built a successful crime fiction list, including Jenny Blackhurst, Alex Marwood and Ajay Chowdhury.

Genres:Health & Wellness · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Self-Help

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. She has also worked as a teaching assistant and now works as a freelance writer, having previously written for a video game and various roleplaying games.

Genres:Fantasy · Romantic Fantasy · Science Fiction · Young Adult

Laura Heathfield

Greenstone Literary Ltd

Laura is a Director and literary agent at Greenstone Literary, representing commercial fiction and non-fiction. She studied law at university and spent over twenty years working at Virgin Atlantic. She co-founded Greenstone Literary in 2024 after three years working alongside Tanera. In 2025, she was shortlisted for the Romance Novelists' Association Rising Star Award.

Genres:Crime · Historical Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Psychological Suspense · Romance +1 more

Laura MacDougall

United Agents

Laura is a literary agent at United Agents, representing a wide range of fiction and non-fiction writers. She has a background in classical languages and philosophy and is drawn to books that explore what makes us who we are. Laura began her publishing career in 2010 at Hodder & Stoughton, then became an agent at Tibor Jones & Associates before joining United Agents in 2017.

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

Laura Susijn

The Susijn Agency Ltd

Laura founded The Susijn Agency in 1998. The agency focuses on authors with international appeal, selling rights worldwide. It represents authors writing in various different languages.

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction

Laura Williams

Greene & Heaton Ltd

Laura is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton. She joined the agency in 2018, having previously worked at PFD from 2011, after studying Classics at Oxford. She represents a broad list of fiction across different genres, alongside a smaller non-fiction and children's book list.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction +11 more

Lauren Gardner

Bell Lomax Moreton

Lauren is a literary agent at Bell Lomax Moreton, representing children's and young adult fiction, adult fiction and adult non-fiction. She joined the agency in 2014 and has built a list of authors whose books have won or been shortlisted for prizes including the Waterstones Children's Prize, the Carnegie Medal and the Branford Boase. In 2020 she was named one of The Bookseller's Rising Stars. She lives just outside London with her family.

Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Health & Wellness · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Middle Grade +6 more

Laurie Robertson

Peters Fraser + Dunlop

Laurie is a Literary Agent at Peters Fraser + Dunlop, representing books and journalism and actively building a list of adult fiction and non-fiction. She completed a BA in English Literature and Creative Writing, worked in the sales team at Dorling Kindersley, and joined the agency in 2017, beginning her own list in 2020. On the fiction side she represents a range of genres alongside a smaller non-fiction list, and represents several Sunday Times bestselling authors whose work has been shortlisted for and won prizes including the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize, the Jhalak Prize, the Somerset Maugham Award, the Dublin Literary Award, the Edge Hill Prize, the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, and cookery awards from Fortnum & Mason and the Guild of Food Writers. She also looks after serialisation rights and journalism across the agency.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more

Laxfield Literary Associates

Agents include:Emma Shercliff

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Literary Fiction · Memoir +4 more

LBA Books

Agents include:Amanda Preston · Hannah Schofield · Louise Lamont · Luigi Bonomi

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy +11 more

Lesley Thorne

Aitken Alexander Associates

Lesley has been Managing Director since 2017 and runs the Film and TV Department, which she founded in 2004. She represents novelists, non-fiction writers and screenwriters, with a particular emphasis on guiding authors to write for screen and screenwriters who originate their own material. She began her career in publishing on the editorial side in the mid-late 1990s, working first for Fourth Estate then Viking and Hamish Hamilton. She joined Aitken Alexander in 1999 and began focusing on dramatic rights in 2004.

Genres:Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction

Leslie Gardner

Artellus

Leslie co-founded Artellus Ltd in 1986 and handles writers internationally for fiction, non-fiction, film and periodicals. She previously worked at American publishing houses, London Management, Columbia Pictures and The National Theatre. She set up the TV drama Tenko, worked with Salman Rushdie and Anthony Burgess, and handles the estate of Robert Aickman. She holds an MA from the University of Iowa's International Writers Workshop and a PhD in Rhetoric.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction

Lewinsohn Literary Agency Ltd

Agents include:Becky Thomas

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more