Here are four UK agents expanding their client lists. Sara O'Keeffe has a particular passion for Irish writing. Harriet Moore represents literary fiction, narrative non–fiction, illustrated non–fiction and poetry. Robbie Guillory is looking for outstanding writing across a number of genres: stand-out commercial fiction, science fiction that focuses on communities and relationships whilst the galaxy looks after itself, crime and psychological thrillers with a difference, gripping historical dramas, and beautiful nonfiction with roots in the natural world. (Note: Robbie prefers UK writers.) Niamh O'Grady is actively looking for accessible literary and reading-group fiction, and narrative non-fiction.
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You can find a full list of agents actively seeking new clients here: Agents Seeking Clients.
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Sara has come to Aevitas with twenty years’ experience in the world of publishing, having worked with a host of major brand names in fiction ranging from crime writer Minette Walters to bestselling women’s fiction author Elizabeth Buchan, Roman epic series writer Robert Fabbri and award-winning science fiction writer Chris Beckett. She was the UK editor for Kevin Kwan’s international bestseller, Crazy Rich Asians along with Robert Ludlum’s hugely successful Bourne series. She acquired and published the bestselling cult hit Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell which spent six weeks at the top of the New York Times bestseller list.
What she is seeking: Sara has a particular passion for Irish writing and has previously published rising stars in Irish fiction: Eithne Shortall, Catherine Ryan Howard and Rachel Donohue. She enjoys the process of working with authors on their ideas, honing their craft and turning their creativity and talent into commercial success. She is passionate about storytelling, with particular interest in genre and reading group fiction.
How to submit: Follow instructions on the agency website HERE.
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Ms. Niamh O'Grady of The Soho Agency
Sara has come to Aevitas with twenty years’ experience in the world of publishing, having worked with a host of major brand names in fiction ranging from crime writer Minette Walters to bestselling women’s fiction author Elizabeth Buchan, Roman epic series writer Robert Fabbri and award-winning science fiction writer Chris Beckett. She was the UK editor for Kevin Kwan’s international bestseller, Crazy Rich Asians along with Robert Ludlum’s hugely successful Bourne series. She acquired and published the bestselling cult hit Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell which spent six weeks at the top of the New York Times bestseller list.
What she is seeking: Sara has a particular passion for Irish writing and has previously published rising stars in Irish fiction: Eithne Shortall, Catherine Ryan Howard and Rachel Donohue. She enjoys the process of working with authors on their ideas, honing their craft and turning their creativity and talent into commercial success. She is passionate about storytelling, with particular interest in genre and reading group fiction.
How to submit: Follow instructions on the agency website HERE.
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Niamh joined the agency in 2015, having worked as a Waterstones bookseller in Manchester. She works closely with Mark Lucas and Alice Saunders on their client lists and also helps manage the agency’s speaking activity alongside Alice, providing talent for corporate and public sector live events – from literary festivals to tech conferences – around the world.
What she is seeking: Niamh is actively looking for accessible literary and reading-group fiction, and narrative non-fiction. She is drawn to books with heart and humor, thought-provoking writing and distinctive, compelling voices. She particularly loves novels that explore family and relationships and wants to read stories that leave an emotional impact, with characters that stay with her long after the final page. She is keen to find new Irish and Northern writing talent.
How to submit: Send your query to sohoagencysubmissions@gmail.com along with the first three chapters or first thirty pages of your manuscript in word format, along with a synopsis.
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Ms. Harriet Moore of Aitken Alexander Associates
I joined Aitken Alexander Associates in 2024 after over a decade at David Higham Associates.
I represent fiction, narrative non-fiction, and poetry. I am currently looking for big family and/or love stories (all forms of friendship, familial and romantic arrangements); literary novelists who engage playfully with other genres (e.g. historical fiction which has a contemporary tone/strangeness); and imaginative literary biographies along the lines of Ruth Franklin’s Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life, or Heather Clark’s Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath.
Niamh joined the agency in 2015, having worked as a Waterstones bookseller in Manchester. She works closely with Mark Lucas and Alice Saunders on their client lists and also helps manage the agency’s speaking activity alongside Alice, providing talent for corporate and public sector live events – from literary festivals to tech conferences – around the world.
What she is seeking: Niamh is actively looking for accessible literary and reading-group fiction, and narrative non-fiction. She is drawn to books with heart and humor, thought-provoking writing and distinctive, compelling voices. She particularly loves novels that explore family and relationships and wants to read stories that leave an emotional impact, with characters that stay with her long after the final page. She is keen to find new Irish and Northern writing talent.
How to submit: Send your query to sohoagencysubmissions@gmail.com along with the first three chapters or first thirty pages of your manuscript in word format, along with a synopsis.
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I joined Aitken Alexander Associates in 2024 after over a decade at David Higham Associates.
I represent fiction, narrative non-fiction, and poetry. I am currently looking for big family and/or love stories (all forms of friendship, familial and romantic arrangements); literary novelists who engage playfully with other genres (e.g. historical fiction which has a contemporary tone/strangeness); and imaginative literary biographies along the lines of Ruth Franklin’s Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life, or Heather Clark’s Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath.
My non-fiction has a focus on literary biography, social, cultural (and oral) history, and vernacular or creative scholarship. Particularly writers who come at these genres with fresh and revisionist methodologies, books which vibrantly engage with archival work and private experience.
I represent a select list of poets which includes Jason Allen-Paisant, the winner of the 2023 T S Eliot Prize and 2023 Forward Prize; Rachael Allen, Nuar Alsadir, Sophie Collins, Eve Esfandiari-Denney, Oli Hazzard, Sandeep Parmar, and Jack Underwood. I look for surprising intonation and book-length narrative poems/projects rather than selected poems.
How to submit: Please email me with any queries regarding my authors and their work at: harriet@aitkenalexander.co.uk. Read submission details HERE.
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Robbie Guillory of The Underline Literary Agency
I represent a select list of poets which includes Jason Allen-Paisant, the winner of the 2023 T S Eliot Prize and 2023 Forward Prize; Rachael Allen, Nuar Alsadir, Sophie Collins, Eve Esfandiari-Denney, Oli Hazzard, Sandeep Parmar, and Jack Underwood. I look for surprising intonation and book-length narrative poems/projects rather than selected poems.
How to submit: Please email me with any queries regarding my authors and their work at: harriet@aitkenalexander.co.uk. Read submission details HERE.
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Robbie grew up in North Norfolk and worked as a butler before moving to Glasgow in 2005 to study, obtaining a degree in Comparative Literature and Slavonics. After a brief foray in education, he embarked on a career in publishing, most recently for Saraband Books. In 2016 he was shortlisted for the Saltire Society’s Emerging Publisher of the Year Award.
What he is seeking: Robbie is looking for outstanding writing across a number of genres: stand-out commercial fiction, science fiction that focuses on communities and relationships whilst the galaxy looks after itself, crime and psychological thrillers with a difference, gripping historical dramas, and beautiful nonfiction with roots in the natural world.
How to submit: Note: This agency prefers UK and EU writers. For fiction, please attach a document containing: a synopsis – no more than 1 page of A4 – plus the first 30 pages of your novel. For non-fiction, please attach a proposal – with an overview of the book and a sample of your writing (up to 15,000 words). Use the agency's form HERE.
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