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Writers House UK

Contacts
7th Floor, Waverley House
7-12 Noel Street
London, W1F 8GQ
United Kingdom
email: 
Akowal@writershouse.com
Writers House UK website
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Personnel: 

Contact

  • Angharad Kowal

 

Our agents work with literary and commercial fiction, women's fiction, science fiction/fantasy, narrative non-fiction, history, memoirs, biographies, psychology, science, parenting, cookbooks, how-to, self-help, business, finance, young adult and juvenile fiction/non-fiction and picture books.  Read more

Rees Literary Agency

Contacts
14 Beacon Street
Suite 710
Boston, MA 02108
United States
Rees Literary Agency website
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Personnel: 

Associates

  • Lorin Rees
  • Ann Collette
  • Nicole LaBombard
  • Rebecca Podos

The Rees Literary Agency was founded in 1983 by Helen Rees. The agency represents a wide variety of authors, including Jack Welch, Alan Dershowitz and Siobhan Fallon.

We represent the following genres: literary and commercial fiction, memoirs, history, biography, business, self-help, psychology, and science.  Read more

Prentice Beaumont

Contacts
1 Park Village East

London, NW1 7PX
United Kingdom
tel: 
0207 387 8637
email: 
info@prenticebeaumont.co.uk
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Partners

  • Kate Prentice
  • Vanessa Beaumont

Founded 2012

No reading fee

Rocking Chair Books Ltd.

Contacts
2 Rudgwick Terrace
St. Stephens Close
London, NW8 6BR
United Kingdom
tel: 
07809 461342
email: 
samar@rockingchairbooks.com
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Personnel: 

Contact

  • Director Samar Hammam

Rocking Chair Books is a literary agency focusing on literary fiction, upmarket commercial, and commercial fiction and general non-fiction for publication around the world. Our motto is a great story is a great story.

No reading fee.

We represent Brian Turner, Zena el Khalil, Lakambini Sitoy, Conflict Relief, Elle Symmonds.


Founded 2011  Read more

Rebecca Strong International Literary Agency

Contacts
235 West 108th Street, Suite 35

New York, NY 10025
United States
tel: 
212-865-1569
email: 
info@rsila.com
Rebecca Strong International Literary Agency website
Facebook: 
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Snell-Literary-Agency/109596642396009
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Owner/Agent Rebecca Strong

Literary and commercial fiction, narrative non-fiction, memoir and biography, self-improvement/how-to but see website for latest submission guidelines.  Read more

Schiavone Literary Agency, Inc

Contacts
Corporate offices:
236 Trails End
West Palm Beach, FL 33413-2135
United States
tel: 
516-966-9294
email: 
profschia@aol.com
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Personnel: 

CEO

  • James Schiavone

President

  • Jennifer DuVall

Fiction and non-fiction, specialising in celebrity biography and memoirs. 

Send query letter only with return envelope and IRCs or US postage. 

Accepts email queries (no attachments). Founded 1996.

Graham Maw Christie

Contacts
37 Highbury Place

London, N5 1QP
United Kingdom
tel: 
079 7126 8342
email: 
enquiries@grahammawchristie.com
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Agents

  • Jane Graham Maw
  • Jennifer Christie

General non-fiction: autobiography, memoir, business & self-help, web-to-book, food and drink, health, lifestyle, parenting, self-help, how to, popular science, history, culture, reference, humour & gift and TV tie-in.

No fiction, children's books or poetry.  Read more

Johnson & Alcock Ltd

Contacts
Clerkenwell House
45-47 Clerkenwell Green
London, EC1R 0HT
United Kingdom
tel: 
020-7251 0125
email: 
info@johnsonandalcock.co.uk
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Personnel: 

Contacts

  • Michael Alcock
  • Andrew Hewson
  • Anna Power
  • Merel Reinink

Main Contact

  • Anna Power

Literary and commercial fiction, children's fiction; general non-fiction including current affairs, biography and memoirs, history, lifestyle, health and personal development; film and music, graphic novels.

Children's fiction and non-fiction; ages 9-12, teenage fiction, young adult, series fiction.

Also accept adult fiction and non-fiction.
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Maria Carvainis Agency Inc.

Contacts
Rockefeller Center, 1270 Avenue of the Americas
Suite 2320
New York, NY 10020
United States
tel: 
(212)245-6365
fax: 
(212) 245.7196
email: 
mca@mariacarvainisagency.com
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Personnel: 

Contact

  • President Maria Carvainis,
  • Literary Agent Donna Bagdasarian

Currently Handles:  Read more

The Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency

Contacts
548 Broadway
Suite 5E
New York, NY 10012
United States
tel: 
212-431-4554
email: 
agent@ethanellenberg.com
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Personnel: 

President Agent

  • Ethan Ellenberg

Fiction and non-fiction (home 15%, overseas 20%). Commercial fiction: thrillers, mysteries, children's, romance, women's, ethnic, science fiction, fantasy and general fiction; also literary fiction with a strong narrative. Non-fiction: current affairs, health, science, psychology, cookbooks, new age, spirituality, pop-culture, adventure, true crime, biography and memoir.  Read more

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April 2019
  • ‘I'm a great believer in turning up still. No forgiving yourself because you are tired. I try to get there before 10, not too early. On those magical writing days you forget you exist and you surface an hour later and you have 400 words you were not expecting to write.
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'It's a feeling of happiness that knocks me clean out of adjectives. I think sometimes that the best reason for writing novels is to experience those four and a half hours after you write the final word.'

— Zadie Smith

'Turning up'

18 April 2019

‘I'm a great believer in turning up still. No forgiving yourself because you are tired. I try to get there before 10, not too early. On those magical writing days you forget you exist and you surface an hour later and you have 400 words you were not expecting to write. But turning up is certainly the first condition. Work until lunchtime, listen to World at One, have a sandwich. Walk the dog.  Read more