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Doug Wallace

Andrew Nurnberg Associates

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

Doug Young

PEW Literary

Doug is an associate agent at PEW Literary. He has worked in the book industry for over three decades, latterly as a publishing director at Penguin Random House, where he worked for 17 years. He joined PEW in 2019.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction · Memoir +3 more

DunnFogg

Agents include:Ben Dunn · Jack Fogg

Genres:Business · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction · Memoir +5 more

Ed Wilson

Johnson & Alcock Ltd

Ed is an agent and director of Johnson & Alcock, representing fiction and non-fiction, from new voices to established authors. He works editorially with his authors to help make their books the best they can be. He also looks after several of the agency's literary estates, including Beryl Bainbridge, Dick Francis, William Trevor and Elizabeth Taylor. He gives talks to writers' groups and university courses about publishing, and has acted as a mentor and podcast guest.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Literary Fiction +7 more

Ed Wood

The Blair Partnership

Ed is a literary agent at The Blair Partnership, representing crime, thriller, mystery and book club fiction. Before joining the agency, he was Publishing Director at Little, Brown, where he published bestselling crime, thriller and book club authors including Mark Billingham and Carl Hiaasen. He later became IP Director at Little, Brown, working with authors on original concepts that led to major rights sales and international bestsellers.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Mystery · Thriller

Eddison Pearson Ltd

Agents include:Clare Pearson

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

Elaine Steel

Elaine Steel Writers’ Agency

Elaine practised as a solicitor before becoming an agent and was General Secretary of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain in the late seventies. Elaine represents writers and directors in film, television, stage and radio as well as book writers.

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

Elaine Steel Writers’ Agency

Agents include:Elaine Steel

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

Eleanor Lawlor

The Soho Agency

Eleanor is an Associate Agent at The Soho Agency, which she joined in 2021. She works alongside Rowan Lawton and Lydia Silver across their lists, from commercial women's fiction, book club and narrative non-fiction to picture books, middle grade, young adult and graphic novels, and is building her own list.

Genres:Fantasy · Horror · Mystery · Paranormal Romance · Romance +3 more

Elise Dillsworth

Elise Dillsworth Agency

Elise is a London-based literary agent who represents literary and general fiction and non-fiction. She became an agent in 2012, having previously worked as a commissioning editor at Virago Press. She co-founded the Diversity in Publishing Network in 2004 and has judged several literary prizes.

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +2 more

Elise Dillsworth

David Higham Associates

Elise became a literary agent in 2012, having previously been a commissioning editor at Virago Press. She co-founded the Diversity in Publishing Network in 2004, which received the New Venture Award from Women in Publishing in 2005. Her authors have won or been nominated for awards including the Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, the Caine Prize, the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, the Forward Prize and the Women's Prize for Fiction.

Genres:Biography · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction

Elise Dillsworth Agency

Agents include:Elise Dillsworth

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Literary Fiction · Memoir +2 more

Elizabeth Sheinkman

Peters Fraser + Dunlop

Elizabeth is a native New Yorker whose publishing career has spanned both sides of the Atlantic. She worked within the United States editorial departments of Oxford University Press and Alfred A. Knopf before joining the Elaine Markson Literary Agency in 1996. In 2004, Elizabeth moved to London to set up and run their United Kingdom office, then joined Curtis Brown in 2006 as a Senior Agent and Director. In 2012, Elizabeth moved to WME, representing a broad range of award-winning and best-selling authors in literary fiction, biography, journalism and cultural history. Elizabeth has served on the Creative Council of the Aspen Institute’s Summer Words Festival, on the faculty of the Breadloaf Writers’ Conference, and as a featured speaker at the University of East Anglia MFA writing programme, the Oxford Summer Books Programme, and Trinity College Dublin.

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

Elliot Prior

Curtis Brown Ltd

Elliot joined Curtis Brown in 2022 and is now an associate agent working alongside Gordon Wise. Before Curtis Brown he worked for the Albatross Agency in Stockholm and as a scout at Eccles Fisher Associates.

Genres:Biography · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +2 more

Elly James

HHB Agency Ltd

Elly is director and agent at HHB Agency, where she represents non-fiction and commercial fiction. She joined HHB Agency in 2007 to work alongside founder Heather Holden-Brown and became sole director in 2024 when Heather retired. Before that, she worked in television and film development, seeking storytellers and original voices.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Horror +7 more

Emily Barrett

The Blair Partnership

Emily is a literary agent at The Blair Partnership, representing non-fiction for big, mainstream audiences. Before becoming an agent, she spent a decade working at HarperCollins, Orion and Little, Brown, latterly as Publisher of Sphere Non-Fiction. Books she edited during that time included Sunday Times bestsellers, prize nominees and winners, titles translated into multiple languages and works that sold TV options. This gives her broad insider experience across non-fiction publishing.

Genres:Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Narrative Non-Fiction +3 more

Emily Glenister

DHH Literary Agency

Emily is a Director and literary agent at DHH Literary Agency. She trained as an actress at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School before working as a theatrical agent and assistant, representing performers such as Charlotte Rampling and Sir Roger Moore. She joined DHH as an agent in 2020, after assisting David Headley for four years, and became a Director in 2022. Her clients include Heather Darwent, Suzie Edge and Becca Day.

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy +10 more

Emily MacDonald

42 Management & Production

Emily is an agent in the Books Department at 42 Management & Production. She joined 42 in 2019, working with Eugenie Furniss across her clients. She is now building her own list of authors.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Thriller

Emily Sweet

Aevitas Creative Management

Emily is a hands-on, creative and energetic literary agent based in London. Before becoming an agent, she spent ten years as an editor in trade publishing houses, focusing primarily on non-fiction. She takes a personal, collaborative approach with her authors, placing them with publishers ranging from major houses to smaller independents. She works as part of Aevitas Creative Management, a full-service literary agency.

Genres:Biography · Current Affairs · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Historical (Non-Fiction) +4 more

Emily Talbot

United Agents

Emily is a literary agent representing children's illustrators and authors of picture books, middle grade, young adult and non-fiction. She started at United Agents in 2013 in the foreign rights department, handling overseas rights for UA's children's authors and illustrators, before moving into primary agenting in 2015. Before that, she worked in a primary school, reading with children every day and learning what they enjoy reading.

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

Emma Bal

Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency

Emma is a Literary Agent at Madeleine Milburn specialising in non-fiction, which she joined five years ago and where she has built a reputable list, securing major deals worldwide. She represents leading experts across the arts, humanities and sciences, including Roopika Risam, Rebecca Clifford, Maikel Kuijpers, Anne Irfan, Ayala Panievsky, Miranda Malins and Lauren Working, and writers on nature, food, travel, politics, psychology and pop culture such as Corinne Fowler, Dina Macki and Keshia Sakarah. Before agenting she spent over a decade in publishing at Penguin Press and Bloomsbury, leading campaigns for non-fiction and launching the careers of Nobel prize-winning economists, Pulitzer prize-winning journalists, historians, scientists, memoirists, activists and poets, among them Peter Frankopan, Rutger Bregman, William Dalrymple, Claudia Rankine, Lisa Taddeo, Owen Jones and Patricia Lockwood.

Genres:Biography · Food & Drink · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction +2 more

Emma Finn

C&W Agency

Emma represents fiction and narrative non-fiction at Conville & Walsh. She is drawn to strong voices and character-driven stories, especially gripping thrillers, atmospheric mystery and novels about families and relationships. She also values editorial work, helping writers shape their manuscripts before they go to publishers.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink · Literary Fiction · Memoir +4 more

Emma Layfield

Children’s Books North Agency

Emma founded Children's Books North Agency in 2024 and represents authors and illustrators of picture books, fiction and non-fiction. She has 25 years of children's publishing experience, including a role at Hachette Children's Group as Group Picture Book Publisher, where she commissioned and launched several successful series. She is co-founder of Children's Books North Network and mentors with the AOI, Children's Books North Network and SYP North.

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

Emma Leong

Janklow & Nesbit

Emma is a literary agent at Janklow & Nesbit representing writers of contemporary fiction and non-fiction. She began her publishing career at Janklow & Nesbit in 2019, having studied Psychology and Law. She cares about the craft of writing and about developing and nurturing careers for her clients. She is editorially focused and keen to champion first-time writers, working closely with the New York office and translation rights team to find them publishers across the globe.

Genres:Crime · Horror · Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +3 more