As of 9 October 2026, we list 404 UK literary agents across 132 agencies, and 299 are open to submissions. See what each one is looking for and when we last checked.
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Miriam is an agent at Ki Agency who represents speculative fiction across age groups. They were born and raised in Italy before moving to Chicago as a teenager. Miriam holds a BA in Creative Writing and an MA in Writing & Publishing from DePaul University. They agented for more than a year at ArtHouse Literary in the USA before joining Ki Agency in 2025.
Genres:Fantasy · Middle Grade · Science Fiction · Young Adult
Molly is an Associate Agent at United Agents. She joined the agency in 2017 as an assistant and now works closely with Jodie Hodges and Emily Talbot on their lists of children's authors and illustrators, as well as building her own list. On the adult side, she represents both debut and established writers, including million-copy and number one Sunday Times bestsellers.
Genres:Fantasy · Horror · Middle Grade · Romance · Romantic Fantasy +2 more
Molly joined David Higham as a director of the company in 2025, after fourteen years running the United Kingdom arm of the Bent Agency. Her primary focus is books for children and young adults, and she has worked in publishing for most of the last thirty years. She sells directly to publishers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and Australia, and about half her clients are American or Canadian. Her authors' books have been New York Times, Sunday Times and international bestsellers, and have won or been shortlisted for the Michael L. Printz Award, the William C. Morris Debut Award, the Barnes & Noble Children's Book Award, the Costa Book Award, the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Carnegie Medal. She served for three years on the governing committee of the Association of Authors' Agents.
Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Graphic Novels · Historical Fiction +5 more
Monica is an Associate Agent at Aitken Alexander, where she has worked in the books department since 2020. Her authors include Peter Apps, Onyi Nwabineli and Nicola Dinan. She is actively building a list of new writers and also handles speaking engagements at the agency for several clients.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Current Affairs · Food & Drink +8 more
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Poetry
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Food & Drink +13 more
Natalia is an associate agent at United Agents, building her own list of non-fiction writers and presenters. She joined the agency in 2017 and works alongside Rosemary Scoular. Natalia represents her clients across all media, from writing and broadcasting to live events and commercial opportunities.
Genres:Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Politics
Natalie is an Associate Agent at Sheil Land Associates, building a list across romance, fantasy, thriller and young adult fiction. She studied Comparative Literature and Culture at Royal Holloway, University of London, graduating in 2018. She gained experience at Rogers, Coleridge & White before joining Sheil Land Associates in 2019 as assistant to two agents, including CEO Sonia Land. She was promoted to Associate Agent in 2024.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction +6 more
Natalie represents narrative and commercial non-fiction as well as literary fiction. She spent fifteen years as an antiquarian book dealer before becoming an agent, first with Simon Finch Rare Books and later running her own rare book shop and gallery in Cecil Court. In 2017, she co-edited an anthology of new short stories about poker with the writer Anthony Holden.
Genres:Biography · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction
Natalie is an agent at Originate Literary Agency, seeking game-changing stories across fiction, non-fiction, young adult and children's books. She represents Sir Lenny Henry's children's publishing. Her taste has been shaped by writers such as Toni Morrison, James Baldwin and Octavia E. Butler, and by a lifelong search for diverse voices and backgrounds in books.
Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +3 more
Nelle is a literary agent at Rachel Mills Literary who represents internationally bestselling and award-winning authors across fiction and non-fiction. She joined RML in 2020, having previously worked as an agent at Peters Fraser and Dunlop for eleven years and before that at Macmillan. She is now a Trustee for the Royal Literary Fund.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction +5 more
Nemonie is a director of Jonathan Clowes Ltd. She has represented Nobel laureate Doris Lessing and comedy legend David Nobbs. Nemonie was agent and editor of Diaries of an Unfinished Revolution, a New York Times 'Book of the Times'.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
Nick is a Senior Agent and Head of Foreign Rights at David Luxton Associates. He began his publishing career in 2013, interning at various publishing houses including Headline and Faber while completing his MA in Publishing. He joined DLA in 2014 and has built a list of high-profile and bestselling authors, including sports personalities, journalists, musicians, comedians and clinical experts. His main interests are in commercial non-fiction, with an emphasis on sport, lifestyle, self-help and leadership.
Genres:Business · Self-Help · Sports
Nicky specialises in projects, across all genres and age ranges, that are humorous, quirky, or designed to open up great conversations.
Genres:Children's Books · Middle Grade · Young Adult
Nicky works as a book agent at WGM Atlantic Talent Group, alongside her career as a freelance book editor. She worked in-house for publishers for almost a decade and has freelanced for twenty years. She currently works with major publishers including Penguin, Random House and Transworld, as well as many self-publishing authors.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction
Nicola joined David Higham Associates in 2020 and represents prize-winning writers of literary and general fiction, non-fiction and poets. Her authors include Sara Ahmed, Raymond Antrobus, J. M. Coetzee, Jacqueline Crooks, Emma Glass, Gabriel Krauze, Saba Sams and Kae Tempest. Nicola is a recipient of the London Book Fair’s Trailblazer Award and a Bookseller Rising Star. Nicola responds first and foremost to original voices that challenge the idea of what a literary novel, and sentence, can do, as well as propulsive character-driven novels with intricate plots, unforgettable set pieces and dazzling dialogue. Nicola is drawn to experiments in form that defy easy definition, vernacular-inflected realism, the tragicomic, the weird and ethereal, seeking emotional complexity and transformative storytelling. In non-fiction Nicola is interested in narrative-driven, persuasive perspectives, a unique fearless voice and the interplay between the personal and the political, particularly from early-career scholars, critics and writers thinking deeply and universally about society through subjects such as the arts, food, family, language, creativity, sport, the body, work, travel and music, and if these works can be delivered provocatively and humorously, all the better.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
Nina is an agent at Hardman & Swainson, representing authors across a broad range of genres, with a particular focus on romantasy, young adult, upmarket and contemporary romance.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Romance · Romantic Fantasy · Young Adult
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
Oli is a literary agent at A.M. Heath, representing both fiction and non-fiction authors. He has a wonderfully varied list, with a particular strength in award-winning, bestselling authors of crime, suspense and thrillers. He has given talks to writers' groups, university courses and international book fairs, and was a Frankfurt Book Fair Fellow in 2010. He is a former committee member of the Association of Authors' Agents.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Horror · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
Olivia is an Associate Agent at United Agents, building an eclectic list of literary, upmarket and commercial fiction and non-fiction. She admires authors who take creative risks and write with a sense of urgency.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +3 more
Olivia is a Director and Literary Agent at Madeleine Milburn, specialising in literary, upmarket and book club fiction, and always keen to discover bold, original voices from around the world. Since joining the agency in 2020 she has built a list of prizewinning authors and emerging voices including Oisín McKenna, Julia Armfield, Freya Bromley and Sarvat Hasin, with clients recognised by the Polari Prize, the Nero Book Award, the RSL Encore Award and the Observer's debut novelists list. She works closely and editorially with her authors from early drafts through to publication, building long-term global careers, and is passionate about launching debut fiction.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Psychological Suspense · Thriller
Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +3 more
Orli is building a literary fiction and non-fiction list, and also works across Managing Director Lizzy Kremer's list of internationally bestselling writers. In non-fiction she is drawn to work with broad appeal that helps readers understand themselves and the world they live in, and she enjoys working with writers who have built meaningful online platforms and communities.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Health & Wellness · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +4 more
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Horror · Literary Fiction +5 more
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