Agent One-to-Ones
Get expert advice with Agent One-to-Ones
Get valuable feedback on your writing and submission pack in a fifteen-minute one-to-one with an industry expert of your choice.
Perfect for authors seeking representation, your one-to-one can be used to receive professional advice on your book’s marketability, ask any industry questions, or even pitch your novel. Our agents cover a range of of genres in fiction, non-fiction, adult and children’s writing.
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Our Agents
Find out more about the agents below. Please note that agent availability is first come first serve; your first-choice agent may not be available when you book, but new sessions are released monthly. If in doubt get in touch and we’d be happy to chat about which agents could be a good match.
Rachel Beck
Liza Dawson
Rachel is looking for adult and YA fiction, and select non-fiction. This includes upmarket/book club women’s fiction, light-hearted millennial fiction or contemporary romance, domestic suspense, and contemporary YA.
Maddy Belton
Madeleine Milburn
Maddy represents SFF across all ages and genres, as well as children’s non-fiction. She loves adult fantasy with rich world-building and big, universal themes, YA fantasy with a dash of romance, whimsical MG fantasy, and all sci-fi with a strong hook.
Laura Bennett
The Liverpool Literary Agency
Laura’s specialty is Fantasy and Sci-Fi and she is also interested in Young Adult. She loves strong female protagonists and new takes on the genres. She also likes political and ethical situations examined through a new lens. Laura wants to see more diversity .
Danielle Bukowski
Sterling Lord Literistic
Danielle represents adult fiction including literary, smart bookclub, upmarket and select SFF. She also represents some nonfiction, preferring those that expand her view of the world, are rigorously researched, or demonstrate the author’s personal stake in the subject.
Megan Carroll
Watson, Little
In Fiction, Megan is keen to see high-concept speculative fiction (particularly high-concept love stories) for both commercial and reading group/crossover readers. She also represents non-fiction, children’s, (not picture books) and YA.
Clare Coombes
The Liverpool Literary Agency
With more than 15 years’ experience of writing professionally, Clare has developed an in-depth knowledge of what commissioning editors and publishers expect to see from a submitted manuscript.
Julie Crisp
Crisp Agency
As an agent, Julie is actively looking to build her list and she’s looking for historical fiction, crime/thrillers, bookclub fiction and science fiction and fantasy.
Meg Davis
Ki Agency
Meg is the founder of the Ki Literary Agency and currently Chair of the Writers’ Organisations Advisory Group. She is also serving a third term on the committee of the Association of Authors’ Agents.Meg is happy to consider manuscripts in all genres, and books in genre fi…
Liza DeBlock
Mushens Entertainment
Liza is looking for women’s fiction, historical, crime & thriller, and commercial fantasy.
Sian Ellis-Martin
Blake Friedmann
Sian enjoys reading fiction and non-fiction with themes of mental health, sexuality, coming-of-age, race, class and gender. She is keen to hear from authors from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds, especially LGBTQIA+ authors, or stories with LGBTQIA+ themes.
Kate Evans
Peter Franser Dunlop
Kate is looking for non-fiction that says something about the way we live- from beautiful narrative non-fiction with a strong voice to passionate manifestos from experts in their fields. In fiction, Kate loves a sharply observed take on relationships and strong characters she’l…
Ciara Finan
Curtis Brown
Ciara is looking for SFF, YA, psychological thrillers, historical novels, female-led commercial and book club fiction, and select commercial non-fiction. She is particularly interested in finding and championing stories by writers from underrepresented backgrounds and communities
Julie Gourinchas
Bell Lomax Moreton
In adult fiction, Julie represents literary, historical, speculative, psychological thrillers, gothic fiction, literary science fiction, horror, dark academia and low fantasy (no epic or high fantasy please!) She does not represent YA, MG or children’s fiction.
Robbie Guillory
Underline Literary Agency
Robbie represents a wide range of genres from crime to speculative fiction to historical romance. He also represents narrative nonfiction and nature nonfiction. He is the founder of the Underline Literary Agency, which is based in Glasgow.
Helen Lane
Booker Albert
Helen represents YA, NA and Adult fiction. She is looking for fantasy, contemporary paranormal romance, action/adventure, thrillers, LGBTQ+, horror and sci-fi. She especially loves reading about monsters and extreme environments. She does not want to read about affairs or abuse.
Emily MacDonald
42 MP
Emily is actively looking for an untold true story (personal or historical) and narrative non-fiction that can provide a compelling social commentary, with an investigative twist! Also a title that blends nature writing and memoir. She also wants literary fic & regional voices.
Rachel Mann
Jo Unwin Literary Agency
Rachel represents fiction and nonfiction, with a particular focus on MG and YA. She’d love to see international settings, unconventional narratives and progressive social commentary, or works from writers from underrepresented backgrounds.
Silvia Molteni
Peter, Fraser & Dunlop
Silvia Molteni is the dedicated children’s and YA books Agent at PFD. She is actively looking for Middle Grade novels, strong and diverse voices with brave narratives and contemporary and realistic settings, edgy, funny and moving Middle Grade fiction. She is also looking for Y…
Katherine Odom-Tomchin
Folio Literary Management
Katherine loves fiction with dark, mind-bending narratives, including psychological thrillers, horror stories, and hard/grounded science fiction. She also enjoys LGBTQIA+ fiction. In non-fiction, she represents narrative non-fiction, memoirs, true crime, science and psychology.
Deirdre Power
David Higham Associates
Deirdre is an agent’s assistant with David Higham Associates, following a series of editorial placements. Deirdre’s expertise is in children’s literature which she has a masters in, and she will read any age group from picture book to YA, as well as some adult fiction.
Amanda Preston
LBA Books
Amanda loves innovative and well-written stories that hook her in from the start and whose voice stays with her. She represents a wide range of adult fiction and non-fiction genres (details in full bio) but is not the right agent for sci-fi, poetry or young children’s fiction.
Florence Rees
AM Heath
Florence works at AM Heath and is keen to find non-fiction and fiction writers who speak to a younger, millennial audience – whether that’s a journalist who is looking to expand an idea, or perhaps an activist with a social media platform.
Sandra Sawicka
Marjacq
Sandra’s main interests are genre fiction (SFF, speculative, crime, horror) and a bit of YA, as well as popular science nonfiction. She also handles translation rights for all authors represented by Marjacq.
Hannah Schofield
LBA Books
In fiction, Hannah enjoys commercial, romance, female-led thriller/suspense, YA, and historical. In non-fiction, she is looking for women’s self-development, narrative non-fiction, memoir, history and true crime. Please see full bio for details,
Hannah Todd
Madeleine Milburn
Hannah is currently looking for romcom, contemporary romance, issues-led fiction, contemporary crime fiction, cosy crime, world war two era accessible historical fiction, sagas.
Ann Leslie Tuttle
Dystel, Goderich & Bourret
Before joining DG&B in 2017, Ann Leslie worked for 20 years at Harlequin Books where she worked on an extensive list of romance and women’s fiction titles. She is especially seeking women’s fiction, romance and Southern Gothics as well as MG fiction and narrative non-fiction.
Clare Wallace
Darley Anderson
Clare joined Darley Anderson in 2011. She loves to discover memorable characters, bold and unique voices, strong concepts and gripping storytelling. She represents picture books, MG, teen and YA. Whatever the age range, Clare loves a big hook, a lot of heart and a standout voice.
Laura Williams
Greene & Heaton
Laura is looking for literary and commercial fiction, from voice-led literary novels to love stories to domestic family dramas to psychological thrillers.
Jo Williamson
Antony Harwood
Jo represents across all ages in children’s publishing from picture books to YA, as well as some adult fiction. She is especially looking for classic MG adventures that weave contemporary with mythology. In adult fiction, she loves dark thrillers as much as contemporary romcoms…
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