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As of 9 October 2026, we list 404 UK literary agents across 132 agencies, and 299 are open to submissions. See what each one is looking for and when we last checked.
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Curtis Brown Ltd
Genres:Biography · Business · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime +23 more
OpenLast checked 12 days agoDaisy Chandley
Daisy is an agent in the books department at PFD, and works with Tim Bates as the United Kingdom sub-agent for New Directions Publishing in the United States. She joined the company in 2019 after graduating from the University of Oxford with a degree in politics, philosophy and economics.
Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Food & Drink · Horror · Literary Fiction +8 more
OpenLast checked yesterdayDaisy Parente
Daisy is an associate agent at Lutyens & Rubinstein. She joined the agency in 2008 and has run her own list since 2012. She is a voracious reader who enjoys thinking about how books work in the world, but she most loves being swept away by a book she cannot put down.
Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink +9 more
OpenLast checked 11 days agoDame Caroline Michel
Caroline Michel DBE has been chief executive of PFD since 2007, and chairs the Hay Festival, having previously served as its trustee. She was formerly chair of the BFI Trust, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and of the Royal Society of Literature, vice president of the London Library and a trustee of Historic Royal Palaces. She has sat on boards including the BFI and Somerset House, served on the Booker Prize Advisory Committee, and has been a longstanding champion of libraries and librarians.
Genres:Biography · Contemporary Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
OpenLast checked yesterdayDarley Anderson
Darley is the founder and proprietor of the Darley Anderson Literary, TV and Film Agency, and an ex-publisher with fifty years' experience across general trade publishing. He started the agency single-handedly in 1988 with three writers, a large bank overdraft and no financial backing, and has since built an international reputation as a leading talent spotter. His writers include Lee Child, Martina Cole, John Connolly, Tana French, Chris Carter, Adrian Plass, Annie Murray, Margaret Dickinson, Jacqui Rose, Stephen Spotswood, Anna-Lou Weatherley and Hazel Prior. Almost all were unknown and unpublished when they first wrote to him. He works editorially with his authors before selling their work, and has negotiated some of the highest seven and eight-figure advances achieved for British and Irish writers.
Genres:Crime · Psychological Suspense · Thriller
OpenLast checked 14 days agoDarley Anderson Children’s Book Agency
Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Graphic Novels · Historical Fiction +10 more
OpenLast checked 14 days agoDarley Anderson Literary, TV and Film Agency
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Graphic Novels +9 more
OpenLast checked 14 days agoDarryl Samaraweera
Darryl is a literary agent at Artellus Ltd. He studied English Literature at Christ's College, Cambridge and worked as a freelance copywriter before joining the agency. His debut novel, 'Vicky Had One Eye Open', was published in 2008 and was short-listed for a World Book Day prize.
Genres:Food & Drink · Historical Non-Fiction · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Travel
OpenLast checked 12 days agoDavid Godwin
David is a literary agent at David Godwin Associates. He has been an agent for thirty years. He previously worked as a publisher at Heinemann, Secker and Warburg, and then Cape.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction
OpenLast checked 20 days agoDavid Godwin Associates Ltd
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction
OpenLast checked 20 days agoDavid H Headley
David Headley is Managing Director of DHH Literary Agency, which he founded in 2008, and represents an eclectic range of best-selling and award-winning authors. He studied theology in London and Durham before co-founding Goldsboro Books, a leading independent bookseller in central London. He spent 26 years building Goldsboro Books and becoming a well-regarded literary agent, forging strong relationships with publishing houses throughout the UK.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction
OpenLast checked 7 days agoDavid Higham Associates
Genres:Biography · Business · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction +29 more
OpenLast checked 10 days agoDavid Luxton
David founded David Luxton Associates and represents a diverse range of non-fiction authors, with a particular focus on sport, music, food-writing and politics. He began his career at Sports Pages, London's leading sports bookstore. He went on to establish the Luxton Harris Agency in 2003 before founding David Luxton Associates in 2011.
Genres:Food & Drink · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Politics · Sports
OpenLast checked 14 days agoDavid Luxton Associates
Genres:Business · Food & Drink · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Politics +2 more
OpenLast checked 14 days agoDHH Literary Agency
Genres:Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs +20 more
OpenLast checked 13 days agoDiana Beaumont
Diana is a literary agent at DHH Literary Agency, representing smart commercial fiction and non-fiction. She joined DHH in 2024, having previously worked at Rupert Heath Literary Agency, TAG and Marjacq Scripts. Before agenting, she was a senior commissioning editor at Transworld. Her list includes a wide range of bestselling and prize-winning authors in the UK and internationally.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction +6 more
ClosedLast checked 13 days agoDiane Banks
Diane is the founder and CEO of Northbank Talent Management. She draws on 30 years' experience of brokering IP rights deals across brand partnerships, film and TV, corporate, live events and books. She also serves as a non-executive director, charity ambassador and arts trustee for several organisations, including Bright Blue, The Entrepreneurs' Network, the Buxton International Festival, Tempus Novo and the Finborough Theatre.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
OpenLast checked 12 days agoDonald Winchester
Donald is a literary agent at Watson, Little, representing non-fiction and fiction for adults. He began his career at Penguin Press before working for five years at A P Watt, building a list of non-fiction and fiction authors. He joined Watson, Little as an agent in 2013. Donald now splits his time between Scotland and London.
Genres:Business · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs +8 more
OpenLast checked 8 days agoDonna Greaves
Donna is an agent at Colwill & Peddle, building a list across adult commercial, book club and accessible literary fiction, and non-fiction. She joined the agency in 2025, having previously spent seven years at Jo Unwin Literary Agency. Before working in publishing, she trained and worked as a speech and language therapist in the NHS.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Historical Non-Fiction +5 more
ClosedLast checked 8 days agoDorie Simmonds
Dorie is a literary agent at the Dorie Simmonds Agency, handling general nonfiction, commercial fiction and children's books. She has worked within publishing houses, is a published author and knows every aspect of the publishing world. Dorie studied at Vassar College and the London School of Economics, and has worked at William Morrow & Company, Dell Publishing, Dorling Kindersley and Reed Children's before opening her own agency.
Genres:Biography · Business · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction +12 more
OpenLast checked 5 days agoDorie Simmonds Agency Ltd
Genres:Biography · Business · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction +12 more
OpenLast checked 5 days agoDotti Irving
Dotti is an agent at Greyhound Literary who represents narrative non-fiction. She spent a decade at Penguin before founding Colman Getty, a PR agency specialising in publishing, where she worked with writers including William Boyd, Germaine Greer, Charlie Higson, Nigella Lawson and J.K. Rowling. She also handled major literary prizes such as the Booker Prize for Fiction and the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction. Dotti is a trustee of the Deborah Rogers Foundation and Deputy President of the Royal Literary Fund.
Genres:Narrative Non-Fiction
OpenLast checked 19 days agoDoug Wallace
Doug is managing director of Andrew Nurnberg Associates International, the agency's global network of literary agencies across non-Anglophone markets, and is also a literary agent and a board director of Andrew Nurnberg Associates in London. Born and living in Edinburgh, he read history at University College London and spent sixteen years in publishing and cultural relations before joining the agency in 2017.
Genres:Graphic Novels · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
OpenLast checked 14 days ago
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