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Caroline Davidson

Caroline Davidson Literary Agency

Caroline is a literary agent. She has been a literary agent since 1988 and is a member of the Association of Authors' Agents.

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

Caroline Davidson Literary Agency

Agents include:Caroline Davidson

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

Caroline Dawnay

United Agents

Caroline is an agent at United Agents, representing literary fiction and serious nonfiction. She started her agenting career in 1977 at A.D. Peters. She is a former President of the Association of Authors' Agents. She was named Literary Agent of the Year in 2014.

Genres:Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction

Caroline Hardman

Hardman & Swainson

Caroline co-founded Hardman & Swainson. She was previously an agent at the Christopher Little Literary Agency and The Marsh Agency, where she specialised in translation rights. She has an excellent understanding of global trade publishing and has sold rights on behalf of many renowned writers.

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

Caroline Sheldon

Rogers, Coleridge & White (RCW)

Caroline set up the Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency in 1985, which became part of RCW Literary Agency in January 2024. She continues to work as a consultant. Her clients have won awards including the Booksellers Association Books are My Bag Readers Award and the CLiPPA Poetry Award, and she has represented two Children's Laureates.

Genres:Children's Books

Caroline Wood

Felicity Bryan Associates

Caroline represents a range of fiction, from literary prize-winners to upmarket reading-group fiction and well-written crime novels. Caroline looks for work that is ambitious and surprising, both satisfying to read and deep enough to warrant rereading. Caroline loves books with heart and prefers the complexity to be in the characters and their relationships rather than in the prose.

Genres:Crime · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Women's Fiction

Carolyn McGlone

May Literary Agency

Carolyn is an award-winning publicist-turned-agent at May Literary Agency. Her career has spanned publishing, literary charities and bookselling, giving her extensive knowledge and contacts within the book industry. She has worked with some of the UK's most renowned authors and takes pride in nurturing author relationships from debut to bestseller level. She holds two MAs with Distinction in Children's Literature and Publishing, and a Publishers' Publicity Circle Award.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Middle Grade · Other Non-Fiction · Young Adult

Carrie Kania

C&W Agency

Carrie is a literary agent at Conville & Walsh who focuses on non-fiction. She previously worked in US publishing at Random House and HarperCollins, including as SVP Publisher of Harper Perennial. She co-founded It Books, an imprint dedicated to pop culture, fashion, film, music and celebrity, and later co-founded the independent bookstore and bar The Society Club.

Genres:Other Non-Fiction

Carrie Plitt

Felicity Bryan Associates

Carrie represents award-winning and bestselling authors in fiction and non-fiction at Felicity Bryan Associates. Her clients include Reni Eddo-Lodge, Natasha Lunn and Catherine Belton, among others. For ten years, she co-hosted an award-winning podcast and radio show called Literary Friction with her friend Octavia Bright.

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +4 more

Catherine Cho

Paper Literary Ltd

Catherine founded Paper Literary in 2021, with a vision of building author careers. She is originally from Kentucky and, after a background in law and public affairs, began her publishing career in New York before moving to London to work at Curtis Brown. She built her own list of debut authors and has sold six and seven figure deals in the US and UK. She is also the author of the memoir Inferno and the novel The Devoted.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Romance +2 more

Catherine Clarke

Felicity Bryan Associates

Catherine has been building a list of adult non-fiction and children's fiction writers since 2001. She co-founded the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize in 2003 to recognise women's achievements in publishing. In 2017 she was named Literary Agent of the Year in the British Book Awards, and from 2022 to 2024 she was President of the Association of Authors' Agents.

Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +1 more

Catherine Pellegrino

Marjacq Scripts Ltd

Catherine is a literary agent at Marjacq Scripts, representing children's and adult fiction. She began agenting at Rogers, Coleridge and White in 2007, before setting up her own agency, CPA, in France in 2011. She joined Marjacq in 2015 and is now based in London.

Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Fiction · Middle Grade +3 more

Cathryn Summerhayes

Curtis Brown Ltd

Cathryn Summerhayes is a literary agent at Curtis Brown, representing a wide-ranging and high-profile list of authors across fiction and non-fiction. She previously spent several years at WME, where she built an acclaimed and eclectic client list that includes bestselling authors such as Chris Whitaker, Lucy Foley, and Dr Adam Kay, as well as public figures and creatives including Anita Rani, Shappi Khorsandi, Grace Dent, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, and Johanna Basford. Cathryn also represents a number of United States-based authors through partnerships with UTA and CAA, including Lisa Taddeo, Jennifer Coolidge, and Ashley Flowers. She was named Literary Agent of the Year at The British Book Awards in 2019 and remains actively involved in the wider literary community, serving on the Committee of The Book Society and working with organisations such as Literature Wales and The Hay Festival. Earlier in her career, she worked in PR and events, including on campaigns for the Booker Prize and with high-profile clients such as Nigella Lawson and JK Rowling.

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more

Charlie Brotherstone

Aevitas Creative Management

Charlie is Senior Agent and Vice President at Aevitas Creative Management, based in London and New York. He represents an eclectic list of authors, from academics, journalists and musicians to novelists of commercial and literary fiction, including several bestsellers. He previously worked at A.M. Heath and Co and Ed Victor Limited before setting up his own agency in 2017, which merged with Aevitas in 2023.

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

Charlie Campbell

Greyhound Literary

Charlie is co-founder and director of Greyhound Literary, representing a wide range of fiction and non-fiction. He began his career at Literary Review, becoming deputy editor, before moving into agenting at Johnson & Alcock and then Ed Victor Ltd, where he spent ten years building his list. He set up his own agency in 2014, which became Greyhound Literary in 2022 when Sam Edenborough joined as Rights Director.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +4 more

Charlie Viney

Aevitas Creative Management

Charlie is a Senior Agent at ACM UK. He spent twenty-five years in general trade publishing, holding senior executive roles in international sales and marketing and serving as a board director at Little, Brown UK, before becoming an agent in 2002. He joined Aevitas Creative Management UK as a Senior Agent in 2024.

Genres:Children's Books · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction

Charlotte Atyeo

Greyhound Literary

Charlotte represents a select number of non-fiction, children's and fiction authors. Before agenting, she spent twenty years as an editor, including ten years at Bloomsbury, where she was Publisher of prize-winning narrative sport titles, general non-fiction titles, The Nightwatchman quarterly, and Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. In the decade before that, she worked across cookery, fiction, gift, humour and business publishing.

Genres:Children's Books · Other Non-Fiction

Charlotte Colwill

Colwill & Peddle

Charlotte is a literary agent at Colwill & Peddle, representing fiction and children's books. She began her career as a bookseller in independent bookshops in London and Melbourne, most recently running the children's department at Foyles on Charing Cross Road, before becoming an agent in 2018. She has worked at Tibor Jones and Jo Unwin Literary Agency, building her own list of authors.

Genres:Children's Books · Crime · Fantasy · Horror · Literary Fiction +4 more

Charlotte Howard

Fox & Howard Literary Agency

Charlotte co-founded Fox & Howard Literary Agency in 1992, a UK-based agency that specialises in commercial non-fiction. She previously worked as a publisher at Virgin Books, Pan Macmillan and Methuen Books.

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

Charlotte Merritt

Andrew Nurnberg Associates

Charlotte joined Andrew Nurnberg Associates in 2018, having returned to London after living and working in India and Hong Kong. Before that she spent over a decade in London publishing, first at Bloomsbury and then at Hodder & Stoughton. She works closely with her clients to develop their ideas, drawing on that experience to help shape their book projects.

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

Charlotte Seymour

Johnson & Alcock Ltd

Charlotte is a literary agent at Johnson & Alcock, building a list across fiction and non-fiction. She studied modern languages and began her career as a literary scout at Eccles Fisher Associates, before becoming an agent at Andrew Nurnberg Associates in 2015. She joined Johnson & Alcock in 2022. She enjoys working editorially and champions a select number of titles in translation each year.

Genres:Crime · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more

Chelsey Fox

Fox & Howard Literary Agency

Chelsey co-founded Fox & Howard Literary Agency in 1992, a UK-based agency that specialises in commercial non-fiction. She previously worked as a publisher at Virgin Books, Pan Macmillan and Methuen Books.

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

Children’s Books North Agency

Agents include:Emma Layfield

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

Chloe Davis

Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency

Chloe is the Agency’s Associate Agent, having joined as an assistant in 2019. Following a post-university stint as a bookseller at Waterstones and time spent working in the Rights team at Macmillan Children’s Books, Chloe decided she wanted a taste of life on the other side of Publishing and is now actively building her own list, alongside supporting Clare Wallace and her list of clients.

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