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The Best Literary Agents Seeking Commercial Fiction Submissions in the UK
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Veronique Baxter
💼 Agency - David Higham Literary Agency 🌍 Location - London, GB 🧑💻 Website - https://www.davidhigham.co.uk 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Diverse Fiction, BIPOC, Feminism, LGBTQ
Previous clients
Diana Wynne Jones, Richard Adams, Nick Butterworth, Jonathan Stroud, Alix Nathan
Jonny Geller
💼 Agency - Curtis Brown UK 🌍 Location - London, GB 🧑💻 Website - https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics
Previous clients
John le Carré, David Mitchell, Susanna Clarke, Sacha Baron Cohen, Nelson Mandela
Stephanie Thwaites
💼 Agency - Curtis Brown UK 🌍 Location - London, GB 🧑💻 Website - https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Humor, Mystery, Thriller, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Children's Book, Middle Grade
Previous clients
John Steinbeck, Isla Fisher, Cat Deeley, Celia Rees, A A Milne, Steven Butler
Karolina Sutton
💼 Agency - Creative Artists Agency 🌍 Location - London, GB 🧑💻 Website - https://www.caa.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics
Previous clients
Margaret Atwood, Bernardine Evaristo, Tara Westover, Malala Yousafzai, Anthony Doerr
Juliet Mushens
💼 Agency - Mushens Entertainment 🌍 Location - London, GB 🧑💻 Website - https://www.mushens-entertainment.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Science Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult
Previous clients
Jessie Burton, Taran Matharu, Richard Osman, Ali Land, Claire Douglas
Darley Anderson
💼 Agency - Darley Anderson Literary Agency 🌍 Location - London, GB 🧑💻 Website - https://www.darleyanderson.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Romance, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Children's Book
Previous clients
Lee Child, Martina Cole, Margaret Dickinson, John Connolly, Tana French
Peter Straus
💼 Agency - RCW Literary Agency 🌍 Location - London, GB 🧑💻 Website - https://www.rcwlitagency.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction
Previous clients
Kazuo Ishiguro, Colm Toibin, Kate Atkinson, Jenny Pitman, Rupert Thomsom
Sarah Hornsley
💼 Agency - Peters Fraser + Dunlop 🌍 Location - London, GB 🧑💻 Website - https://petersfraserdunlop.com/agent/sarah-hornsley/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Online submission form
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Horror, Literary Fiction, Science Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Cookbook, Memoir
Previous clients
Ciara Attwell, Olivia Beirne, Roxie Cooper, Drew Davies, Nick Hollin
Sallyanne Sweeney
💼 Agency - Mulcahy Associates 🌍 Location - London, GB 🧑💻 Website - https://mmbcreative.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Cookbook, Memoir, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Picture Book
Previous clients
Juno Dawson, Steve Lenton, Jon Walter, Lucy Van Smit
Hannah Ferguson
💼 Agency - Hardman & Swainson Literary Agency 🌍 Location - London, GB 🧑💻 Website - http://www.hardmanswainson.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction
Previous clients
James Bailey, Anna Bell, Isla Gordon, Siobhan Miller
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