The Sayle Literary Agency
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The Shaw Agency
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Middle Grade · Narrative Non-Fiction +1 more
ClosedLast checked todayThe Soho Agency
Genres:Business · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime +22 more
OpenLast checked 12 days agoThe Susijn Agency Ltd
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
OpenLast checked 3 days agoThe Writers’ Practice
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir
OpenLast checked 22 days agoThérèse Coen
Thérèse is a literary agent at Susanna Lea Associates, representing fiction, children's fiction and non-fiction, and handling translation rights. She was born and raised in Belgium before moving to England, where she studied History at University College London. She began her career in the rights department at Bloomsbury Publishing, then moved to Ed Victor's agency, before building her own list of authors from 2016.
Genres:Children's Books · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +7 more
OpenLast checked 10 days agoTibor Jones & Associates
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
OpenLast checked 12 days agoTilda Butterworth
Tilda assists Rebecca Carter at Rebecca Carter Literary and has recently started taking on her own clients. She trained in Modern Foreign Languages, gaining a joint honours degree in French and Russian, and worked at Shakespeare and Company in Paris. She has spent the past six years as editor of The Cult Collective, an independent literary and visual arts magazine based in London and Berlin.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Mystery · Narrative Non-Fiction · Romance +1 more
OpenLast checked 10 days agoTim Bates
Tim is managing director of PFD. He joined the agency after nearly ten years as an agent with Pollinger Limited, and before that held various roles in publishing, including commissioning editor for Penguin Classics at Penguin Books.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Food & Drink · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +1 more
OpenLast checked yesterdayToby Mundy
Toby is CEO of ACM UK. He founded Atlantic Books, where he was chief executive and publisher from 2000 to 2014, publishing many bestsellers and prize-winning titles. Since 2014, he has served as director of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction.
Genres:Biography · Current Affairs · Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more
ClosedLast checked 5 days agoTom Cull
Tom leads Cull & Co. Ltd, a UK-based literary agency representing nonfiction and occasional fiction. He works closely with authors, bringing a keen eye for unique voices and compelling stories. The agency specialises in a wide range of nonfiction genres, including memoirs, biographies, history, current affairs, politics, travel, science, nature writing, sport and music.
Genres:Biography · Current Affairs · Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir · Politics +3 more
OpenLast checked 19 days agoTom Killingbeck
Tom is a non-fiction literary agent at A.M. Heath. He joined the agency in 2022 and was named a Bookseller Rising Star the following year. He represents a select list of nonfiction authors, including Sunday Times bestsellers such as Zeinab Badawi, Julia Boyd and Peter Ross. Before becoming an agent, he was an editorial director at Penguin and HarperCollins.
Genres:Business · Health & Wellness · Historical Non-Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +1 more
OpenLast checked 5 days agoTony Peake
Tony is a literary agent and the founder of Peake Associates. He began his career in the mid-1980s at London Management, where the literary department was one among many. He set up Peake Associates independently in 1989.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Fantasy · Literary Fiction · Science Fiction
ClosedLast checked 7 days agoTony Peake Associates
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Fantasy · Literary Fiction · Science Fiction
ClosedLast checked 7 days agoTrevor Dolby
Trevor is an agent at Aevitas Creative Management UK, with thirty-five years' experience in UK non-fiction publishing. He has published many bestselling authors, including Dave Pelzer and James Holland. He was Publisher and Managing Director of HarperCollins Entertainment, where he managed worldwide publishing rights to J.R.R. Tolkien. In 2007 he launched the Preface imprint at Random House.
Genres:Biography · Historical Non-Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
OpenLast checked 5 days agoUnited Agents
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs +22 more
OpenLast checked 11 days agoValeria Huerta
Valeria is a Senior Agent at ACM UK, representing narrative non-fiction, translated fiction and personal development titles. She joined the agency in 2024 after eight years running her own agency, specialising in lifestyle, health and personal development titles. Her earlier career included rights and editorial roles in Rome and London, at houses such as Faber and Faber, Hachette and Quercus. She holds a BA in Languages and Literature and a Master in Philosophy and Cultural Heritage.
Genres:Health & Wellness · Narrative Non-Fiction · Poetry · Self-Help
ClosedLast checked 5 days agoVeronique Baxter
Veronique joined David Higham Associates in 1999 and was made a Director in 2007, and has built an eclectic list of adult fiction, children's books and non-fiction. She represents authors of literary and genre fiction alongside a substantial children's list, and is a keen reader of non-fiction, with recent projects spanning narrative history, travel, memoir and true crime. Her authors have won or been shortlisted for prizes including the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Sunday Times New Writer of the Year, the Costa Prize, the Carnegie Medal, the Greenaway, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, Granta's Best of Young British Novelists, the Desmond Elliott First Novel Prize, the Booker Prize and the Orwell Prize. Her taste in adult fiction and non-fiction is broad, but she is predominantly attracted by quality of prose, strong and distinct voices, nuanced characterisation, ambitious storytelling and compelling, original plots.
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs +14 more
OpenLast checked 10 days agoVicki Salter
Vicki is an agent at Barbara Levy Literary Agency. She joined the agency nine years ago as an assistant agent. She has since developed her own client list.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction
OpenLast checked 11 days agoVicki Willden-Lebrecht
Vicki founded The Bright Agency in 2003, one of the fastest-growing and established children’s literary and illustration agencies with a global reach. Thrice Nominated for Literary Agent of the Year, she has spent the last 22 years as principal author/illustrator agent for the company.
Genres:Children's Books · Middle Grade · Young Adult
OpenLast checked 25 days agoVictoria Hobbs
Victoria represents a wide-ranging list of fiction and non-fiction writers at A.M. Heath. She has worked with some of her authors for over twenty-five years, nurturing their careers from their first publication onwards. Her authors have been Sunday Times bestsellers and have won or been nominated for prizes including the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, the Folio Prize and the Costa Book Award. She also represents literary estates, including those of Shirley Jackson and Mary McCarthy.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more
OpenLast checked 5 days agoViola Hayden
A publisher for the first seven years of her career before moving to Curtis Brown and agenting. Represents both fiction and non-fiction, skewing towards fiction and almost always towards the more commercial end of the scale, and works alongside Jonny Geller, co-agenting his list. If asked to choose between story and style, she goes for story every time.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Health & Wellness · Historical Fiction +6 more
Closed (conditions apply)Last checked 12 days agoWade & Co Literary Agency
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction +10 more
ClosedLast checked 7 days agoWatson, Little Ltd
Genres:Business · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs +21 more
OpenLast checked 8 days ago
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