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Lexington Literary Ltd

Agents include:Kat Aitken · Seren Adams · Sophie Scard

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

Lily Kovacs

Curtis Brown Ltd

Lily works across Curtis Brown Heritage and the science fiction and fantasy department.

Genres:Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Memoir · Mystery · Psychological Suspense +1 more

Limelight Management

Agents include:Fiona Lindsay

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink +8 more

Lina Langlee

The North Literary Agency

Lina is a literary agent at The North Literary Agency, representing fiction across genres for adults and younger readers. Originally from Sweden, she moved to Scotland to study for her undergraduate and master's degrees. She worked in publishing for a number of years before becoming an agent, and has been shortlisted for the RNA Agent of the Year award in 2019, 2020 and 2023.

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

Lindsay Literary Agency

Agents include:Becky Bagnell

Genres:Children's Books · Young Adult

Lisa Baker

Aitken Alexander Associates

Lisa runs the Foreign Rights department at Aitken Alexander Associates and represents a select list of literary fiction and non-fiction. She joined the agency in 2016 and became a Director in 2017. Before that, she was Rights Director at Faber & Faber.

Genres:Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction

Lisa Highton

Jenny Brown Associates

Lisa is an associate agent at Jenny Brown Associates, representing commercial and crossover fiction and memoir. She joined the agency in 2022 after a long career in publishing, including as Publisher of Two Roads and as publishing director at Doubleday, HarperCollins and Hodder in the UK and Australia. Her focus is distinctive storytelling and finding hidden stories with emotional heart.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Memoir

Lisa Moylett

CMM Agency

Lisa has worked in publishing for over 30 years and founded Coombs Moylett Literary Agency in 1997. She was born in London and brought up in Africa and the Middle East, and graduated from Chelsea Art School. She began her career representing photographers and illustrators before building an eclectic list of authors and writers.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Women's Fiction

Lisette Verhagen

Peters Fraser + Dunlop

Lisette joined Peters Fraser + Dunlop in January 2020 after five years at David Godwin Associates, where she was Head of Rights. Originally from the Netherlands, she previously worked in publishing in Barcelona and Amsterdam, and is building a literary list with a strong focus on international clients for sale in the United Kingdom and around the world. Her authors include Arundhati Roy, Hanna Bervoets, Flora Carr and Safae el Khannoussi.

Genres:Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +1 more

Liza Deblock

Greenstone Literary Ltd

Liza is a literary agent at Greenstone Literary, representing both fiction and non-fiction authors. She began her publishing career as an assistant at Eccles Fisher Associates in 2018, before moving into literary agenting at a boutique agency. She built a curated list of authors, selling their rights in the UK, US and beyond. Liza was a Bookseller Rising Star in 2022 and works with Black Girl Writers.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction +6 more

Lizzy Kremer

David Higham Associates

Lizzy joined David Higham in 2004, after working for an agent and, before that, as a publicist. She is Managing Director of the agency, a former President of the Association of Authors' Agents and a British Book Industry Awards Agent of the Year, and she advocates for clients on the industry issues that shape writing and publishing. Her strong engagement with the economics of publishing means she has a particular interest in taking on authors mid-career, whether bestsellers or not. She lives between London and New York.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more

Lorna Hemingway

Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency

Lorna is a Literary and Illustration Agent at the Darley Anderson Children's Book Agency. She started agenting in 2019 at Bell Lomax Moreton and moved to Darley Anderson in 2025, where she represents award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling authors and illustrators. Her list has won or been shortlisted for awards including the Klaus Flugge Prize, the Inclusive Books for Children Award, the Indie Book Awards, the BookTrust Storytime Prize and the World Illustration Awards, with work featured in The Observer, The Sunday Times, The Guardian and Waterstones best books of 2023 and 2025.

Genres:Children's Books · Graphic Novels · Middle Grade · Other Non-Fiction · Young Adult

Louise Buckley

Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency Ltd

Louise is an Associate Literary Agent at Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency, representing adult fiction and non-fiction. She has worked in publishing for over fifteen years, with roles including a bookseller at Waterstones, an editor at Pan Macmillan and an Associate Literary Agent at Zeno Agency Ltd. She also works as an Editorial Consultant and writes about editing and publishing on her Substack.

Genres:Fantasy · Health & Wellness · Horror · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +3 more

Louise Lamont

LBA Books

Louise is a literary agent at LBA Books. Louise studied English Literature and Medieval Studies at university and worked at AP Watt Ltd, working with Caradoc King and his clients for seven years while building her own list. Louise moved to LBA Books in 2013.

Genres:Children's Books · Young Adult

Lucy Balfour

WME Literary Agency

Lucy is a literary agent at WME's London office, offering UK representation to clients across the agency. She joined WME in 2023 after seven years working as a literary scout for an extensive list of international publishers, as well as film and television clients. She is building a list of her own authors.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Health & Wellness · Memoir · Middle Grade +5 more

Lucy Irvine

Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency

Lucy joined the Darley Anderson Children's Book Agency as a literary agent in November 2025, after eight years at PFD. Her authors have been Sunday Times and instant bestsellers and Books of the Month at Waterstones and Easons, and have won, been shortlisted or nominated for awards including the Carnegie Medal for Writing and Illustration, the Week Junior Book Awards, the Branford Boase Awards, the ALCS Educational Writers' Award, the School Library Association's IBA Award, and the British Book Awards. Lucy is building her list with a focus on middle grade, young adult, new adult and fantasy fiction.

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Horror · Middle Grade +5 more

Lucy Juckes

Jenny Brown Associates

Lucy represents writers and illustrators for children. She is co-founder and currently Chair of Barrington Stoke, the children's publisher specialising in books for reluctant readers. She has also worked as Sales Director of Bloomsbury and co-founded Picture Hooks, a scheme supporting new illustrators through mentoring, conferences and exhibitions.

Genres:Children's Books

Lucy Morris

Curtis Brown Ltd

Lucy Morris represents a list of acclaimed fiction and non-fiction authors, known for her editorial insight and strong author relationships. She joined Curtis Brown after starting her career in publishing and works closely with debut and established writers alike. She is passionate about helping shape projects from the earliest stages and is especially proud to represent several Curtis Brown Creative graduates, including Hazel Barkworth, Benji Waterhouse, Elizabeth Lee and Tina Orr Munro. Lucy is the founder of the Curtis Brown First Novel Prize and represents both the winner, Chịkọdịlị Emelụmadụ, and runner-up, Lucy Barker, whose debut novels were published in 2023. She is also part of the team behind Discoveries, a talent development programme for unpublished women writers in partnership with the Women’s Prize Trust, Audible, and Curtis Brown Creative.

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

Ludo Cinelli

Eve White Literary Agency

Ludo is an Agent and the Managing Director at Eve White Literary Agency, representing fiction, non-fiction and children's authors across genres. He joined the company in 2017 and began building his client list in 2018. He holds an MA in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway, University of London. He was shortlisted as British Book Awards Literary Agent of the Year in 2022 and 2026.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction

Luigi Bonomi

LBA Books

Luigi is a literary agent and founder of LBA Books. He read English Literature at University College London and Dartmouth College before working as a bookseller and then as an editor at Macdonald Futura, Harlequin/Mills & Boon and Penguin Books. He became a literary agent in 1997, working at Sheil Land Associates before setting up LBA Books in 2005. In 2010 he was awarded the title of Literary Agent of the Year.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Other Non-Fiction

Lutyens & Rubinstein

Agents include:Anna Boyce · Daisy Parente · Felicity Rubinstein · Jane Finigan +2 more

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy +14 more

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

Maddalena Cavaciuti

David Higham Associates

Maddalena studied English Literature at the University of Bristol and joined David Higham Associates in 2017 after a spell working in marketing and events. In 2019 she helped to run the first of many David Higham Open Days for Under-Represented Writers. She is the agency's Head of Audio and works with Managing Director Lizzy Kremer on selected projects.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Mystery · Paranormal Romance +5 more

Maddy Belton

Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency

Maddy is a Literary Agent at Madeleine Milburn, specialising in science fiction and fantasy and in romance, which she joined in 2022. Her list includes bestselling authors Lucy Jane Wood and Alexandra Christo, and number one Sunday Times bestseller Maithree Wijesekara. She represents adult and young adult fantasy, science fiction, horror and romance, alongside some select middle grade.

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Horror · Middle Grade +6 more