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Orli Vogt-Vincent

David Higham Associates

Orli is building a literary fiction and non-fiction list, and also works across Managing Director Lizzy Kremer's list of internationally bestselling writers.

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

Paper Literary Ltd

Agents include:Catherine Cho · Katie Greenstreet · Kiya Evans

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

Patrick Walsh

PEW Literary

Patrick is an agent at PEW Literary. He was born and brought up in Venezuela and studied law at Cambridge before becoming a literary agent. He co-founded Conville & Walsh in 2000, sold the agency to Curtis Brown, then founded PEW Literary in 2016. His clients have won or been shortlisted for numerous literary awards.

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

Paul Moreton

Bell Lomax Moreton

Paul is the Managing Director of Bell Lomax Moreton. He joined the agency in 2000 from Penguin Books, where he was Head of Children's Book Sales.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy +7 more

Penny Holroyde

Holroyde Cartey

Penny co-founded Holroyde Cartey, representing authors and illustrators across fiction and non-fiction. Penny worked for publishers Walker Books in the UK and Candlewick Press in the US, and later as an agent with Caroline Sheldon. Penny has a particular love for picture books.

Genres:Children's Books · Other Non-Fiction

Pérez Literary & Entertainment

Agents include:Isabel Lineberry · Kristina Pérez

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Health & Wellness · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction +8 more

Peter Buckman

The Ampersand Agency

Peter founded The Ampersand Agency in 2003. He was previously an editor at Penguin Books and the New American Library before becoming a full-time writer. He loves a good story, whether fiction or non-fiction, peopled by credible characters and told in a distinctive voice.

Genres:Crime · Historical Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Thriller

Peters Fraser + Dunlop

Agents include:Adam Gauntlett · Alice Caprio · Daisy Chandley · Dame Caroline Michel +11 more

Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime +23 more

PEW Literary

Agents include:Doug Young · Margaret Halton · Patrick Walsh

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction +5 more

Philip Gwyn Jones

Greyhound Literary

Philip is an agent at Greyhound Literary, representing fiction and non-fiction. He spent thirty-three years as an editor and publisher before moving into agenting in spring 2023. He was Publisher of Picador at Pan Macmillan, Scribe UK, Granta & Portobello Books, and Flamingo and Fontana Press at HarperCollins. Writers he published have won the Nobel, Booker and Pulitzer prizes, among others.

Genres:Other Non-Fiction

Philip Patterson

Marjacq Scripts Ltd

Philip heads the book department at Marjacq. He joined in 2003 from Curtis Brown, where he was a film, television and theatre agent. Before that he worked for HarperCollins Publishers. He represents adult fiction and non-fiction.

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

Philippa Sitters

Philippa Sitters Associates Ltd

Philippa founded PSA Ltd, a literary agency, in 2024. She graduated from Leeds University with a degree in Classical Civilisation before completing a Masters in Publishing at Kingston University. She has worked at literary agencies including Peters, Fraser + Dunlop, Sheil Land and David Godwin Associates, spending ten years building her list. She represents novels across the literary-commercial scale as well as non-fiction.

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

Philippa Sitters Associates Ltd

Agents include:Philippa Sitters

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

Piers Blofeld

Sheil Land Associates Ltd

Piers represents a wide range of clients writing fiction and non-fiction, literary and commercial. He is a columnist for Writing Magazine. He has a taste for the unlikely and likes to be surprised and transported.

Genres:Crime · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Romance +1 more

Polly Halladay

Georgina Capel Associates

Polly is a literary agent at Georgina Capel Associates, representing writers for their literary work and speaking engagements. She joined the agency in 2021, having studied Literature at the University of Oxford and gained an MA in Creative Writing Prose Fiction from the University of East Anglia. Her clients include winners of the Hawthornden Prize, the RSL Encore Award, the Wingate Literary Prize, and the Banjo Prize.

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

Portobello Literary

Agents include:Caro Clarke

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy +16 more

Rachael Davis-Featherstone

Creative Roots Studio

Rachael Davis-Featherstone is an agent and co-founder of Creative Roots Studio, with over ten years of publishing experience. She is a multi-award-nominated author who has published more than 25 books, spanning picture books to adult novels and non-fiction. She is recognised by the publishing industry as a champion of diversity in literature. She also serves as a Trustee for English PEN and a Non-Executive Director for ALCS, combining her background in analytics and strategy with creative and governance experience.

Genres:Children's Books · Other Non-Fiction · Young Adult

Rachel Calder

The Sayle Literary Agency

Rachel runs The Sayle Literary Agency, which she has led since 1993. The agency was founded in 1896 and has a long history of representing distinguished British and international writers. It keeps a deliberately small list so it can work closely with its writers and place them with committed publishers.

Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more

Rachel Conway

Georgina Capel Associates

Rachel is a director at Georgina Capel Associates, representing literary, television, radio and foreign rights clients. She studied Literature at King's College London and, after time at various publishing houses and literary agencies, joined Georgina Capel in 2010. She became a Director of the agency in 2016.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +4 more

Rachel Goldblatt

Curtis Brown Ltd

Rachel Goldblatt joined Curtis Brown in 2022 and is now an Associate Agent. She assists Jonathan Lloyd while also actively building her own list of clients. She particularly enjoys working editorially with authors and is keen to hear from debut writers. Rachel is open to submissions in both fiction and non-fiction, though she does not represent young adult, fantasy or science fiction.

Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Memoir +2 more

Rachel Mann

CAA Publishing

Rachel represents a broad range of work, largely fiction with some non-fiction, spanning commercial to literary titles for adult, young adult and middle-grade readers. She spent ten years editing and commissioning fiction for young people at houses including Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster, and was global publishing director at the Roald Dahl Story Company. She became an agent in 2018 and joined CAA in 2023.

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

Rachel Mills

Rachel Mills Literary

Rachel is the founder and director of Rachel Mills Literary. She previously worked as a literary agent at Furniss Lawton and as Agent and International Business Director at Peters Fraser and Dunlop, where she sat on the Executive Board. Before that she worked in publishing at Penguin and Random House. In her 20 years in the industry, she has secured major publishing and screen deals for a diverse range of authors.

Genres:Food & Drink · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction

Rachel Mills Literary

Agents include:Nelle Andrew · Rachel Mills

Genres:Food & Drink · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Romantic Fantasy

Rachel Neely

Mushens Entertainment

Rachel is a Literary Agent at Mushens Entertainment. She began her publishing career at HarperCollins before moving to Hachette, where she worked as an editor for six years, most recently as a Commissioning Editor at Orion. Her editorial background informs her collaborative approach to agenting, and she enjoys helping authors craft the best version of their story. She is focused on building fulfilling, long-term careers for her clients.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Horror · Romance +1 more