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United Authors Ltd

Contacts
11-15 Betterton Street

London, WC2H 9BP
United Kingdom
tel: 
020-7470 8886
fax: 
020-7470 8887
email: 
editorial@unitedauthors.co.uk
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Fiction, non-fiction, children's, biography, travel. Full-length MSS (home 12%, overseas 20%), short MSS (12%/20%), film and radio (15%/20%), TV (15%/15%). Will suggest revision.

Authors include Charlotte Bingham, Terence Brady, Peter Willet, and the Estate of John Bingham.

Founded 1998.

A & B Personal Management Ltd

Contacts
Suite 330, Linen Hall
162-168 Regent Street
London, W1B 5TD
United Kingdom
tel: 
020-7434 4262
fax: 
020-7038 3699
email: 
billellis@aandb.co.uk
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Directors

  • RW Ellis
  • R Ellis

Accepts full-length MSS, scripts for T.V and theatre; also novels, fiction and non-fiction. Represents screenwriters. Agents cover film, TV and theatre as well as literature.

Does not welcome unsolicited material but enquiries are accepted in writing.

No reading fee for synopsis, plays or screenplays, but a fee is charged for full-length MSS. Return postage required.  Read more

The Marsh Agency Ltd

Contacts
50 Albemarle Street

London, W1S 4BD
United Kingdom
tel: 
0207-493 4361
fax: 
0207-495 8961
email: 
submissions@marsh-agency.co.uk
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Directors

  • Managing Director Paul Marsh
  • Rights Director Camilla Ferrier

Agents

  • Geraldine Cooke
  • Jessica Woollard
  • Leyla Moghadam
  • Caroline Hardman (junior agent)

Book-length MSS; general but with special experience in psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, history and education (20% worldwide including sub-agents' commission).

No fiction, articles or short stories except for existing clients. No children's books.

In order to consider your work they require the following material:  Read more

Jane Conway-Gordon Ltd

Contacts
1 Old Compton Street

London, W1D 5JA
United Kingdom
tel: 
020-7494 0148
email: 
jconway_gordon@dsl.pipex.com
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Founded 1982.

Full length MSS. No reading fee but preliminary letter and return postage essential.

No poetry, sci-fi or children's.

Represented in all foreign countries.

Rosica Colin Ltd

Contacts
1 Clareville Grove Mews

London, SW7 5AH
United Kingdom
tel: 
020-7370 1080
fax: 
020-7244 6441
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Directors

  • Sylvie Marston
  • Joanna Marston

All full-length MSS (excluding science fiction and poetry); also theatre, film and sound broadcasting.

No reading fee, but may take 3-4 months to consider full MSS. Send synopsis only in first instance, with letter outlining writing credits and whether MS has been previously submitted, plus return postage.  Read more

Jüri Gabriel

Contacts
35 Camberwell Grove

London, SE5 8JA
United Kingdom
tel: 
020-7703 6186
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Quality fiction and non-fiction (i.e. anything that shows wit and intelligence); radio, TV and film, but selling these rights only in existing works by existing clients. Full-length MSS (home 10%, overseas 20%); performance rights (10%). Will suggest revision where appropriate. No short stories, articles, verse or books for children.

No reading fee; return postage essential.  Read more

Eric Glass Ltd

Contacts
25 Ladbroke Crescent

London, W11 1PS
United Kingdom
tel: 
020-7229 9500
fax: 
020-7229 6220
email: 
eglassltd@aol.com
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Director

  • Janet Glass

Full-length MSS only.

Represents theatre, films, and TV personnel.

No unsolicited MSS.

Founded 1932.

Annette Green Authors’ Agency

Contacts
1 East Cliff Road

Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 9AD
United Kingdom
tel: 
(01892) 514275
fax: 
(01892) 558262
email: 
enquiries@annettegreenagency.co.uk
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http://www.facebook.com/pages/Annette-Green-Authors-Agency/363774892041
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Partners

  • Annette Green
  • David Smith

Full-length MSS (home 15%, overseas 20%). Literary and general fiction and non-fiction, popular culture, history, science, teenage fiction. No dramatic scripts, poetry, science fiction or fantasy. No reading fee. Preliminary letter, synopsis, between 5,000 and 10,000 words, ideally the opening chapters and S.A.E essential.

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A.M. Heath & Co. Ltd

Contacts
6 Warwick Court

London, WC1R 5DJ
United Kingdom
tel: 
020-7242 2811
fax: 
020-7242 2711
email: 
enquiries@amheath.com
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Contacts

  • William Hamilton
  • Sara Fisher
  • Victoria Hobbs
  • Euan Thorneycroft
  • Jennifer Custer
  • Sarah Molloy

Full-length MSS. Literary and commercial fiction and non-fiction, children's, performance rights. Also handles adult literary and commercial fiction and non-fiction; 20% of list is for children's market.

Handles picture books, fiction for 5-8 and 9-12 year-olds, teenage fiction, series fiction, film/TV tie-ins and non-fiction.  Read more

Tanja Howarth Literary Agency

Contacts
19 New Row

London, WC2N 4LA
United Kingdom
tel: 
020-7240 5553
email: 
tanja.howarth@btinternet.com
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Full-length MSS. General fiction and non-fiction, thrillers, contemporary and historical novels.

No unsolicited MSS, and no submissions by email.

Specialists in handling German translation rights. Represented in the USA by various agents.

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