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• Samantha Brace

  Peters Fraser + Dunlop

  Sam is an agent representing books alongside PFD's contemporary classics authors. After a degree in classics and English at Memorial University of Newfoundland, she worked across a range of roles and industries in Canada. She joined PFD in 2017, after the inaugural Columbia Publishing Course at Oxford, and went on to run Agora Books as publisher, working across editorial, production, sales and design; there she launched the Lost the Plot writers' competition and the Uncrowned Queens of Crime series, celebrating forgotten female crime writers. She is now building a list of crime and reading-group fiction and running PFD's contemporary classics department.

  Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Mystery +2 more

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• Samar Hammam

  Rocking Chair Books Literary Agency

  Samar founded Rocking Chair Books Literary Agency in 2013 after six years as a Director at Toby Eady Associates and time spent as a literary scout in New York for Linda Clark Associates. Based in London, she works as the agency’s principal agent and handles translation rights in collaboration with other agencies. 

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

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• Sandra Sawicka

  Marjacq Scripts Ltd

  Sandra is a literary agent at Marjacq Scripts Ltd, representing genre fiction and young adult. She joined the agency in 2014. Her main interests are science fiction and fantasy, speculative fiction, crime and horror, as well as young adult. She also handles translation rights for all authors represented by Marjacq.

  Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Horror +6 more

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• Sara Langham

  David Higham Associates

  Sara is actively building a list of literary and upmarket fiction and non-fiction. Generally, Sara is looking for wonderful, clear writing with beauty at its heart, great hooky plot-driven stories and/or a combination of both. Sara admires authors such as Elif Batuman, Miranda July, Sarah Moss, Katie Kitamura, Miriam Toews, Sarah Hall, Catherine Newman, Ali Smith, Ann Patchett and Helen Garner. Sara loves speculative and genre-bending fiction such as The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley and The Echoes by Evie Wyld, and novels that play with form and structure, such as Theory and Practice by Michelle de Kretser and Fair Play by Louise Hegarty. Sara is interested in short stories, both dark and gentle comedies, and books on the edges of horror. Sara would love to find a really wild idea that is immaculate on the page. Sara is keen to find a great love story set against the backdrop of historical events as well as swoony contemporary love stories. Sara loves literary crime and is interested in detective novels and literary thrillers such as Sebastian Barry’s Old God’s Time, Eleanor Catton’s Birnam Wood or Kate Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie series. In non-fiction, Sara is always looking to learn new things and enjoys works such as A Thread of Violence by Mark O’Connell, Monsters by Claire Dederer, A Month in Siena by Hisham Matar and Question 7 by Richard Flanagan. Sara would love to find a graphic novel on any subject.

  Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Graphic Novels · Historical Fiction · Horror +6 more

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• Sara O’Keeffe

  Andrew Nurnberg Associates

  Sara is a literary agent at Andrew Nurnberg Associates, representing commercial and literary fiction. She has twenty five years of experience in publishing. She works with authors on book deals as well as TV and film adaptations.

  Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Romance · Thriller

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• Sarah Ballard

  C&W Agency

  Sarah is a literary agent at C&W Agency, representing fiction and non-fiction. She trained in editorial at Sceptre, Hodder & Stoughton, and was an in-house editor at PFD before becoming a literary agent in her own right in 2008, co-founding United Agents. She joined C&W in 2024, bringing her list of authors with her.

  Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs +9 more

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• Sarah Harvey

  CAA Publishing

  Sarah is a literary agent at CAA who builds a list of commercial to reading-group fiction and commercial non-fiction for the UK market. Sarah joined CAA in 2022, having previously worked at HarperCollins, Hachette, Pan Macmillan, The Curtis Brown Agency, and David Higham Associates. Their background is in translation rights, and they also represent US and translated authors in the UK.

  Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +11 more

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• Sarah Hornsley

  Peters Fraser + Dunlop

  Sarah is a literary agent, actively building a list of adult fiction and non-fiction. After graduating from Durham University, she worked at the Orion publishing house and then briefly in script development before becoming an agent in 2015. She has since built an award-winning list that includes Sunday Times bestselling authors, and in 2019 was named a Rising Star by the Bookseller.

  Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Psychological Suspense · Romance +2 more

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• Sarah Lutyens

  Lutyens & Rubinstein

  Sarah is a literary agent and partner at Lutyens & Rubinstein, which she co-founded with Felicity in 1993. She began her career in bookselling and at the Literary Review, before working in publishing rights departments. She also sells UK rights for the Australian publisher Text. She reads crime fiction obsessively and has wide-ranging taste in literary fiction and non-fiction.

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

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• Sarah Stamp

  The Soho Agency

  Sarah is an Associate Agent at The Soho Agency, where she has worked for almost five years. She began as an assistant to Julian Alexander and Ben Clark, supporting their roster of bestselling non-fiction authors and commercial novelists, and is now building her own list.

  Genres:Commercial Fiction · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction +5 more

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• Sarah Williams

  Sophie Hicks Agency

  Sarah is a director at the Sophie Hicks Agency, where she also runs the agency's film and television side. She began her publishing career in Canada, working first in publicity and then editorial, before moving to London in 2010 to work with Ed Victor. She joined the Sophie Hicks Agency in 2014. Sarah represents authors across both fiction and non-fiction.

  Genres:Commercial Fiction · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +6 more

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• Saskia Leach

  Kate Nash Literary Agency

  Saskia is a literary agent at Kate Nash Literary Agency, where she represents a wide range of genres. She joined the agency in 2021 after graduating from Royal Holloway, University of London, with a BA in English and History. She served as Secretary of the AAA Bridge Committee, which supports early career agents, from 2022 to 2024.

  Genres:Commercial Fiction

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• Sebastian Godwin

  David Godwin Associates Ltd

  Sebastian is a literary agent at David Godwin Associates.

  Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction

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• Seren Adams

  Lexington Literary Ltd

  Seren worked at Granta and Foyles, then spent nine years at United Agents before co-founding Lexington Literary in 2024. Seren represents writers of literary fiction and narrative non-fiction, and many of her authors have been nominated for or won prizes for their work. Seren is always looking for exceptional literary voices, precise prose and is drawn to the strange or surprising in both fiction and non-fiction.

  Genres:Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · True Crime

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• Sheil Land Associates Ltd

  Agents include:Gaia Banks · Natalie Barracliffe · Piers Blofeld

  Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime +20 more

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• Sheila Crowley

  Curtis Brown Ltd

  Born and bred in Dublin, she started her publishing career at Poolbeg Press before moving to London in 1991, holding senior sales and marketing positions at publishers including HarperCollins and Hodder, and moved to agenting in 2003. Represents a wide range of authors, from award-winning novelists to million-copy-selling non-fiction writers, and is also interested in taking on published writers who want to reinvigorate their career or change direction. Assisted by Helena Maybery.

  Genres:Biography · Business · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Historical Fiction +11 more

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• Siân Ellis-Martin

  Blake Friedmann Literary Agency

  Siân represents authors in a range of fiction and non-fiction genres from commercial to the accessible end of the literary spectrum. She is keen to hear from authors who feel their voice is underrepresented in publishing. It is important to her to work with authors from a wide variety of backgrounds.

  Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +8 more

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• Silvia Molteni

  Peters Fraser + Dunlop

  Silvia is head of the children's and young adult books department at PFD. She runs her own list of clients and sells foreign and audio rights in the agency's children's and young adult titles. The Bookseller named her its Rising Star in 2019.

  Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Horror +8 more

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• Skylark Literary

  Agents include:Amber Caravéo · Joanna Moult

  Genres:Children's Books · Middle Grade · Young Adult

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• Solas Literary Agency

  Agents include:Camille Burns

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

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• Sophie Hicks

  Sophie Hicks Agency

  Sophie founded her own literary agency in 2014 after 25 years at Ed Victor Ltd. She began there in foreign rights before building her own list and becoming Managing Director in 1999. Her authors have topped the New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller lists, won major prizes and sold millions of copies worldwide. She is a member of The Book Society and Women in Publishing.

  Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Thriller +2 more

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• Sophie Hicks Agency

  Agents include:Sarah Williams · Sophie Hicks

  Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction +10 more

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• Sophie Lambert

  C&W Agency

  Sophie is a literary agent at C&W Agency, representing fiction and nonfiction authors, many of whom have been nominated for or won major literary prizes. She worked as a bookseller and book buyer on London's Charing Cross Road before moving to New York, where she spent three years as an assistant at Janklow & Nesbit. She returned to London to start her own list at Tibor Jones & Associates before joining C&W in 2013, becoming a Director and later Managing Director.

  Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction +6 more

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• Sophie Scard

  Lexington Literary Ltd

  Sophie is a literary agent at Lexington Literary who represents nonfiction and literary fiction. She joined the agency in 2026 after thirteen years at United Agents. She works with writers of rigorous, informed nonfiction, including experts communicating specialist knowledge to a wider audience, as well as literary and distinctive fiction.

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

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