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Gabrielle Demblon

Watson, Little Ltd

Gabrielle is Foreign Rights Manager and Literary Agent at Watson, Little. Gabrielle joined the agency in 2024 after six years as a literary scout. Gabrielle heads up the foreign rights department, working with Ayesha Mukherjee to help authors find publishers worldwide. Gabrielle is also building a personal list of authors.

Genres:Crime · Food & Drink · Horror · Literary Fiction · Other Non-Fiction +4 more

Gaia Banks

Sheil Land Associates Ltd

Gaia is a primary agent at Sheil Land Associates. She has worked in publishing for over twenty years, beginning in translation rights at John Murray before joining Sheil Land as an agent in 2004. For seventeen years she looked after the agency's translation rights alongside her own list, becoming a full-time primary agent at the start of 2022. She takes on one or two new writers a year, looking for projects with wide international appeal.

Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Health & Wellness +6 more

Gemma Cooper

Gemma Cooper Literary

Gemma is the founder of Gemma Cooper Literary, representing children's books, young adult books and certain adult genres. She has been a literary agent since 2011, including as a director at The Bent Agency. Her list is typified by big-concept, commercial series fiction. She has lived and worked in New York, Chicago and London, giving her a global approach to representation.

Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Cosy Mystery · Crime · Fantasy +7 more

Gemma Cooper Literary

Agents include:Gemma Cooper

Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Cosy Mystery · Crime · Fantasy +7 more

Georgia Garrett

Rogers, Coleridge & White (RCW)

Georgia is deputy managing director at RCW Literary Agency, representing fiction, narrative non-fiction and children's books. She joined RCW as a director in 2011, having been joint deputy managing director of AP Watt and an agent at the Wylie Agency. Before that, she was editorial director at Picador and an editor at Victor Gollancz.

Genres:Children's Books · Literary Fiction · Memoir · Narrative Non-Fiction

Georgia Tournay-Godfrey

The Bright Agency

Georgia's passion is ideas: finding them, shaping them and connecting them with the right publishing homes. She works across picture books, preschool, non-fiction and graphic novels, helping writers and illustrators develop their storytelling, refine their concepts and build long-term careers. Championing under-represented voices drives her work, particularly creators from working-class and lower socioeconomic backgrounds whose stories and perspectives have been overlooked.

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

Georgina Capel

Georgina Capel Associates

Georgina represents literary, film, television and radio clients at Georgina Capel Associates. She joined William Heinemann's rights department in 1983 before becoming Rights Director at Secker and Warburg and then Jonathan Cape. She later became Group Rights Director of Random House and has negotiated international deals for authors for over twenty-five years.

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

Georgina Capel Associates

Agents include:Georgina Capel · Irene Baldoni · Polly Halladay · Rachel Conway

Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Crime · Food & Drink +11 more

Gill McLay

Bath Literary Agency

Gill is a literary agent at Bath Literary Agency with over two decades of experience in publishing. She has worked with independent publisher Barefoot Books and global publisher Egmont, giving her a strong understanding of sales, marketing and commercial roles across the industry. Gill co-founded the Bath Festival of Children's Literature and now runs Events of Wonder with her husband, John McLay. Gill works closely with writers of poetry, picture books, young fiction, middle grade fiction, young adult fiction and non-fiction, as well as author/illustrators.

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

Gordon Wise

Curtis Brown Ltd

Gordon Wise joined Curtis Brown in 2005, bringing with him over a decade of experience as an editor and publishing director at Pan Macmillan and John Murray/Hachette. He began his career in the book world as a student bookseller in 1989 and has since become a prominent figure in the industry. He has served as President of the Association of Authors' Agents, co-Managing Director of the Curtis Brown Books Department, and was named Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards. He has also featured in The Bookseller's list of the 100 most influential people in publishing. Known for his collaborative, strategic approach, Gordon has a strong reputation for brand development, editorial matchmaking, and guiding writers through reinvention. He works closely with Elliot Prior and takes on a highly selective list of clients across both fiction and non-fiction.

Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Historical (Non-Fiction) +5 more

Graham Maw Christie Literary Agency

Agents include:Amandeep Singh · Amy O'Shea · Jane Graham Maw · Jennifer Christie

Genres:Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs · Fantasy · Historical (Non-Fiction) +11 more

Greene & Heaton Ltd

Agents include:Antony Topping · Carol Heaton · Claudia Young · Imogen Morrell +4 more

Genres:Biography · Children's Books · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime +23 more

Greenstone Literary Ltd

Agents include:Laura Heathfield · Liza Deblock · Tanera Simons

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Food & Drink · Historical Fiction +9 more

Greyhound Literary

Agents include:Alexander Cochran · Charlie Campbell · Charlotte Atyeo · Dotti Irving +6 more

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

Guy Rose

Futerman, Rose & Associates

Guy Rose is the agency principal at Futerman, Rose & Associates. He studied English with the novelist Tom Sharpe and co-wrote his obituary in The Times. Guy has built a varied and loyal list of writers, including politicians, high court judges, QCs, barristers and well-known faces from stage and screen. He also represents screenwriters, humourists and television dramatists.

Genres:Biography · Business · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction · Politics +2 more

Gyamfia Osei

Andrew Nurnberg Associates

Gyamfia joined ANA in 2023 as a literary agent in the United Kingdom department, having previously been at The Good Literary Agency, where she began building a list of award-winning and bestselling authors writing from middle grade and young adult up to adult fiction. A Bookseller Rising Star, she now focuses on expanding the agency's list of children's authors, particularly in genre fiction and crossover, while representing a select list of adult commercial fiction and narrative non-fiction, and she oversees the English-language representation of ANA's international children's authors.

Genres:Children's Books · Fantasy · Food & Drink · Graphic Novels · Health & Wellness +8 more

Hannah Ferguson

Hardman & Swainson

Hannah is a literary agent at Hardman & Swainson, representing fiction and non-fiction. She grew up above her family's bookshop in the Midlands and later studied Creative Writing at Goldsmiths. She began her career as an intern at The Marsh Agency, staying seven years before becoming an agent and selling her first author. She joined Hardman & Swainson in 2014.

Genres:Crime · Narrative Non-Fiction · Thriller · Women's Fiction

Hannah Schofield

LBA Books

Hannah is a literary agent at LBA Books, representing commercial and book club fiction, and select non-fiction. She joined LBA in 2018. She previously worked for a literary scout and in translation rights. Hannah grew up in Luxembourg, giving her an international perspective on the publishing market.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Fantasy · Historical (Non-Fiction) · Historical Fiction +6 more

Hannah Sheppard

Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency Ltd

Hannah runs Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency, representing adult and children's fiction as well as a small amount of non-fiction. She spent a decade working in-house in editorial at Pan Macmillan and Headline Publishing Group. She joined DHH Literary Agency in 2013 before launching her own agency in 2023.

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

Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency Ltd

Agents include:Hannah Sheppard · Louise Buckley

Genres:Children's Books · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Health & Wellness +9 more

Hannah Todd

Janklow & Nesbit

Hannah is a literary agent representing writers of adult commercial fiction. She previously worked at the Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency before joining Janklow & Nesbit in January 2025. Before becoming an agent, she worked as an editor at independent and 'Big 5' publishers, including Avon, Head of Zeus and Bookouture.

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction · Mystery +3 more

Hannah Weatherill

Watson, Little Ltd

Hannah is Watson, Little's Literary and Book-to-Screen Agent, representing commercial and upmarket fiction and non-fiction. She joined Watson, Little in 2024 after four years as an agent at Northbank Talent Management and a year at Penguin Random House UK. She also represents book-to-screen rights for the agency and stays closely connected with the international film and TV industry.

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

Hardman & Swainson

Agents include:Caroline Hardman · Hannah Ferguson · Joanna Swainson · Nina Leon

Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Current Affairs · Fantasy +14 more

Harriet Moore

Aitken Alexander Associates

Harriet represents literary fiction, narrative non-fiction and poetry at Aitken Alexander Associates. She joined the agency in 2024 after more than a decade at David Higham Associates. Her authors include Booker Prize-shortlisted, Women's Prize-longlisted and Forward Prize-winning writers across fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

Genres:Literary Fiction · Narrative Non-Fiction