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The Plot Agency

Agents include:Marilia Savvides

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

The Sayle Literary Agency

Agents include:Rachel Calder

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

The Shaw Agency

Agents include:Kate Shaw

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Middle Grade · Narrative Non-Fiction +1 more

The Soho Agency

Agents include:Alice Saunders · Araminta Whitley · Ben Clark · Eleanor Lawlor +6 more

Genres:Business · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime +22 more

The Susijn Agency Ltd

Agents include:Laura Susijn

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

The Writers’ Practice

Agents include:Jemima Hunt

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir

Thérèse Coen

Susanna Lea Associates

Thérèse is a literary agent at Susanna Lea Associates, building her own list of authors while also selling translation rights. She was born and raised in Belgium and moved to England in her late teens, later studying History at University College London. She began her career in the rights department at Bloomsbury Publishing before moving to Ed Victor's agency. She has been building her own list of authors since early 2016.

Genres:Children's Books · Crime · Fantasy · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction +6 more

Tibor Jones & Associates

Agents include:Kevin Conroy Scott

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

Tilda Butterworth

Rebecca Carter Literary

Tilda assists Rebecca Carter at Rebecca Carter Literary. She came to publishing through her studies in Modern Foreign Languages, a Joint Honours BA in French and Russian. She worked at Shakespeare and Company in Paris and has been editor of The Cult Collective, an independent literary and visual arts magazine based in London and Berlin, for the past six years. She has recently started taking on her own clients.

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Mystery · Romance · Women's Fiction

Tim Bates

Peters Fraser + Dunlop

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

Toby Mundy

Aevitas Creative Management

Toby is CEO of ACM UK, a literary agent representing narrative non-fiction. Before becoming an agent, he founded Atlantic Books, serving as chief executive and publisher from 2000 to 2014, where he published many bestselling and prize-winning titles. Since 2014, he has served as director of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, Britain's leading non-fiction literary prize. He was previously a non-executive director of Prospect Publishing Limited for ten years, also serving as a contributing editor and editorial board member.

Genres:Biography · Current Affairs · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more

Tom Cull

Cull & Co. Ltd

Tom leads Cull & Co. Ltd, a UK-based literary agency representing nonfiction and occasional fiction. The agency specialises in a wide range of nonfiction genres, including memoirs, biographies, history, current affairs, politics, travel, science, nature writing, sport and music. Tom and his colleagues work closely with authors, negotiate deals, and collaborate with publishers and co-agents worldwide.

Genres:Biography · Current Affairs · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Politics +2 more

Tom Killingbeck

A.M. Heath & Co. Ltd

Tom is a literary agent at A.M. Heath specialising in non-fiction. He joined the agency in 2022. He represents a select list of nonfiction authors, including Sunday Times bestsellers such as Zeinab Badawi, Julia Boyd and Peter Ross. Previously, he was an editorial director at Penguin and HarperCollins.

Genres:Business · Health & Wellness · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +1 more

Tony Peake

Tony Peake Associates

Tony is a literary agent and the founder of Peake Associates. He began his career as a literary agent in the mid-1980s at London Management. He set up Peake Associates as his own agency in 1989.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Science Fiction

Tony Peake Associates

Agents include:Tony Peake

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Science Fiction

Trevor Dolby

Aevitas Creative Management

Trevor is an agent at ACM UK, with a thirty-five year career in UK non-fiction publishing. He has worked as publisher and editor at major houses including HarperCollins and Penguin Random House, publishing bestselling authors and celebrity memoirs. He founded the Preface imprint at Random House and won Imprint and Editor of the Year at the 2003 British Book Awards.

Genres:Biography · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction

United Agents

Agents include:Ariella Feiner · Caroline Dawnay · Emily Talbot · Jodie Hodges +8 more

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs +17 more

Valeria Huerta

Aevitas Creative Management

Valeria is a Senior Agent at ACM UK, having joined the agency in 2024. She previously spent eight years running her own literary agency, specialising in lifestyle, health and personal development titles. Her career began in Rome, working in foreign rights and as a commissioning editor at Fazi Editore, before moving into rights management roles in London at Faber and Faber, Hachette, Hodder & Stoughton, Headline, John Murray and Quercus.

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

Veronique Baxter

David Higham Associates

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

Vicki Salter

Barbara Levy Literary Agency

Vicki joined Barbara Levy Literary Agency as an assistant agent and has since built her own client list.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction

Vicki Willden-Lebrecht

The Bright Agency

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

Victoria Cappello

The Bent Agency

Victoria is a Vice President and literary agent at The Bent Agency, representing narrative nonfiction and select crime fiction. She grew up in Queens, New York, and holds degrees in Media Studies and Psychology. Before joining The Bent Agency in 2013, she worked at Serendipity Literary Agency and the Carol Mann Agency. She also serves as the agency's Administrative Director.

Genres:Crime · Mystery · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Self-Help +1 more

Victoria Hobbs

A.M. Heath & Co. Ltd

Victoria is a literary agent at A.M. Heath representing fiction and non-fiction. She represents novelists including Kamila Shamsie, Maggie O'Farrell, Conn Iggulden and Sandra Newman, alongside non-fiction writers such as journalists and cultural and political figures. 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 has represented some of her writers for over twenty-five years.

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more

Viola Hayden

Curtis Brown Ltd

Viola Hayden began her career in publishing before moving into agenting at Curtis Brown. She now represents a wide range of fiction and non-fiction, with a particular focus on commercial work, and also co-agents alongside Jonny Geller on his high-profile list. Her background as a publisher gives her a deep understanding of the editorial and market potential of a book, and she’s passionate about championing writers whose stories are both compelling and commercially resonant.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Health & Wellness · Historical Fiction +6 more