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Madeleine Milburn

Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency

Madeleine is the founding director of Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency and sits on the committee of the Association of Authors’ Agents. She has appeared on The Bookseller’s list of the 150 most influential people in the book trade every year since 2017. Awarded Literary Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2018 and shortlisted again in 2020, Madeleine has discovered bestselling and award-winning authors including Nita Prose, Gail Honeyman, Ashley Audrain, Elizabeth Macneal, Fiona Barton, Beth Morrey and Holly Bourne, and represents crime and thriller writers such as C.L. Taylor, C.J. Tudor, Mark Edwards and Teresa Driscoll. Madeleine reads across all areas of fiction but is immediately drawn to powerful, voice-led book club fiction, high-concept thrillers and suspense, epic multi-generational dramas, powerful love stories with mysteries at their heart and historical fiction with universal themes. Madeleine values an original, enticing hook, a compelling protagonist and a distinctive narrative voice.

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

Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency

Agents include:Callen Martin · Chloe Seager · Emma Bal · Maddy Belton +3 more

Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime +19 more

Mandy Suhr

StoryWise

Mandy founded StoryWise, a children's literary agency, in 2023. She has 30 years of experience in children's publishing, including 13 years as an agent at Miles Stott. She has held senior editorial and publisher roles at houses including Orchard Books, Macmillan, Walker, HarperCollins and Puffin. She brings this editorial experience to each creative she represents, helping them shape their work for publication.

Genres:Children's Books

Margaret Halton

PEW Literary

Margaret is an agent and Head of Rights at PEW Literary. She studied English at Oxford and has worked for publishing houses and literary agencies on both sides of the Atlantic, including ICM and Rogers, Coleridge & White. She has sold international rights in non-fiction and fiction titles by authors including Margaret Thatcher, Naomi Klein, Toni Morrison, Richard Ford, Zadie Smith and Nick Hornby. She later worked as an editor at Granta Books, where she acquired titles by Mohsin Hamid, Kamila Shamsie, Herta Muller and Colson Whitehead, and now develops her own list of authors, focusing mainly on fiction.

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

Maria Brannan

Greyhound Literary

Maria is Greyhound Literary's translation rights manager and a fiction, non-fiction and young adult agent. She works with Sam Edenborough on translation rights for the agency's clients and is building her own list of authors as a primary agent. She previously spent over five years as a literary scout at Maria B. Campbell Associates in London, advising international publishers in more than 12 countries and scouting books for Netflix.

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction +7 more

Maria Whelan

Mushens Entertainment

Maria is a literary agent at Mushens Entertainment, representing both fiction and nonfiction writers. She joined the agency in September 2025 after eight years at InkWell Management in New York as an assistant and agent. She began her career as a Foreign Rights Assistant at Janklow & Nesbit in New York, and holds degrees from University College Dublin and the University of Edinburgh.

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Horror · Literary Fiction +2 more

Mariam Keen

Whispering Buffalo Literary Agency

Mariam is the founder and managing director of Whispering Buffalo Literary Agency, providing personal representation across all media. She graduated from King's College London and, before launching her own agency, worked with Darley Anderson and Ali Gunn.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Middle Grade +1 more

Marilia Savvides

The Plot Agency

Marilia founded The Plot Agency in 2024 and represents an eclectic list of authors. She began her career at Peters Fraser and Dunlop, working first as an international rights agent and later as a literary agent building her own list. She then worked as a literary agent at 42MP, helping to launch its Book Division. She holds a law degree from UCL and trained on the Columbia Publishing Course in New York.

Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Horror · Mystery +7 more

Marina de Pass

The Soho Agency

Marina joined The Soho Agency in 2016 after working for several years in the editorial departments of Little, Brown and HarperCollins. She works with number one New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling authors, and number one Kindle and Audible bestsellers. Her clients' books have been selected as Waterstones and WHSmith Books of the Month and for the BBC Radio 2 Book Club. In 2023 she was named a Bookseller Rising Star. She is building a list of authors writing upmarket commercial, reading group and accessible literary fiction, alongside a select and eclectic children's, young adult and non-fiction list, and gravitates towards stories told through a female lens.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction +10 more

Marjacq Scripts Ltd

Agents include:Catherine Pellegrino · Imogen Pelham · Philip Patterson · Sandra Sawicka

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy +15 more

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

Martha Perotto-Wills

David Higham Associates

Martha assists Molly Ker Hawn and is actively building her own list, representing mostly authors of adult literary fiction and of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Before working in publishing she was a bookseller and cataloguer of second-hand and antiquarian books, and took a master's degree in Queer History. She joined the Bent Agency's United Kingdom office in 2019, spent six years there as an assistant and then associate agent, and started at David Higham at the end of 2025.

Genres:Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction · Middle Grade +3 more

Matilda Forbes Watson

WME Literary Agency

Matilda is a Partner and Co-Head of the UK Book division at WME, representing a diverse list of bestselling adult fiction and non-fiction. She joined WME in 2013 and enjoys working with debut authors in the early stages of developing a project, as well as writers with established careers. She supports authors from submission through to publication, connecting them with the specialists and resources available at WME.

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Health & Wellness · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Self-Help

Maven Literary Management

Agents include:Amanda Harris

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

Max Edwards

Apple Tree Literary

Max founded Apple Tree Literary in 2024 and represents a diverse range of authors writing non-fiction and fiction. He has a decade of experience in agenting, having worked at RCW, United Agents and David Higham Associates before becoming a founding agent at Aevitas Creative Management UK. He was named a Bookseller Rising Star in 2021. He represents literary and speculative fiction as well as serious and narrative non-fiction.

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

May Literary Agency

Agents include:Carolyn McGlone

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Middle Grade · Other Non-Fiction · Young Adult

Meg Davis

Ki Agency Ltd

Meg founded Ki Agency in 2011, representing authors and scriptwriters. She worked in theatre and bookselling before becoming an agent, and spent some years at MBA. She has been involved in the wider industry, including as Chair of the Writers' Organisations Advisory Group and on the committee of the Association of Authors' Agents.

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

Megan Carroll

Watson, Little Ltd

Megan is a literary agent at Watson, Little. She graduated from Goldsmiths with a degree in English and American Literature in 2013. She joined the agency in 2014, first as an assistant and now working as a literary agent.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Horror · Middle Grade +4 more

Megan Staunton

Bergstrom Studio

Megan specialises in commercial, self-help and literary non-fiction, covering memoir, mindfulness, interior design and midwifery. She has worked in publishing for over six years and holds a degree in Publishing Media and English Literature. She previously worked at Penguin Random House before moving into agenting at Gleam Titles. She is an advocate for emerging and diverse writers and mentors for Black Girl Writers.

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

Mia Dakin

Greene & Heaton Ltd

Mia is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton, working across fiction, non-fiction and translation. She joined the agency in January 2023 after completing an MA in Publishing at UCL. She is now building her own list while continuing to support Judith Murray, Antony Topping and the other Greene & Heaton agents with their clients.

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Food & Drink · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more

Mic Cheetham

Mic Cheetham Associates Ltd

Mic Cheetham founded Mic Cheetham Literary Agency in 1994 and serves as its director. Operating from a boutique London office, the agency maintains a deliberately small list, accepting just two or three new writers per year.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Science Fiction

Mic Cheetham Associates Ltd

Agents include:Mic Cheetham · Simon Kavanagh

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Science Fiction

Michael Dean

Andrew Nurnberg Associates

Michael began his career in publishing in 2016 as Andrew Nurnberg's assistant and has remained with the agency since. He represents New York Times and Sunday Times bestsellers across fiction and non-fiction, along with prestigious literary estates, among them winners of the Pulitzer Prize, the Baillie Gifford Prize, the Prix Goncourt, the Strega Prize, the CWA Gold Dagger and the Hugo Award.

Genres:Biography · Current Affairs · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Politics · Thriller

Millie Hoskins

United Agents

Millie is an agent at United Agents, representing fiction and narrative non-fiction. She joined United Agents in 2014 after studying English Literature at Exeter University and began building her own list of authors after two years as an assistant. She continues to work closely with many of UA's long-standing bestselling clients. She was named a 2022 Bookseller Rising Star.

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