* Full member of the Association of Authors' Agents |
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| A & B Personal Management Ltd |
| Suite 330, Linen Hall, 162-168 Regent Street, London, W1B 5TD |
| Tel No: 020 7434 4262 |
| Fax No: 020 7038 3699 |
| Email: billellis@aandb.co.uk |
| Directors R.W.Ellis, R.Ellis |
| Full-length MSS. Scripts for TV, theatre, cinema; also novels, fiction and non-fiction (home 12.5%, overseas 15%), performance rights (12.5%). No unsolicited material: write first before submitting synopsis. No reading fee for synopsis, plays or screenplays, but fee charged for full-length MSS. Return postage required. Founded 1982. |
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| A.M.Heath & Co. Ltd* |
| 6 Warwick Court, London WC1R 5DJ |
| Tel No: 020 7242 2811 |
| Fax No: 020 7242 2711 |
| Web: www.amheath.com |
| Directors William Hamilton (managing), Sara Fisher, Sarah Molloy, Victoria Hobbs |
| Full-length MSS. Literary and commercial fiction and non-fiction, children's (home 10-15%, USA 20%, translation 20%), performance rights (15%). No science fiction, screenplays, poetry or short stories except for established clients. No reading fee. Agents in USA and all European countries and Japan. Fiction and non-fiction from age 5 to young adult (home 10-15%, USA 20%, translation 20%). Handles picture books, fiction for 5-8 and 9-12 year-olds, teenage fiction, series fiction, film/TV tie-ins and non-fiction. Also handles adult literary and commercial fiction and non-fiction; 20% of list is for children's market. Submit synopsis and sample chapters. No reading fee. Will suggest revision. Overseas associates in USA, Europe, South America, Japan and the Far East. |
| Authors: Bella Bathurst, Anita Brookner, Helen Cresswell, Patricia Duncker, Geoff Dyer, Katie Fforde, Graham Hancock, Tobias Hill, Conn Iggulden, Hilary Mantel, Maggie O'Farrell, Tim Pears, Susan Price, Adam Thorpe, Barbara Trapido. Founded 1919. Children's authors include Nicholas Allan, Helen Cresswell, Nick Gifford, Joanna Nadin, Susan Price, Maggie Prince, John Singleton, Rose Wilkins, Leslie Wilson, the Estates of Noel Streatfeild and Joan Aiken. Founded 1919. |
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| A.P. Watt Ltd* |
| 20 John Street, London WC1N 2DR |
| Tel No: 020 7405 6774 |
| Fax No: 020 7831 2154 (books) 020 7430 1952 (drama) |
| Email: apw@apwatt.co.uk |
| Web: www.apwatt.co.uk |
| Directors Caradoc King, Linda Shaughnessy, Derek Johns, Georgia Garrett, Nick Harris, Natasha Fairweather, Sheila Crowley |
| Full-length MSS; dramatic works for all media (home 15%, USA and foreign 20% including commission to foreign agent). No poetry. No reading fee. No unsolicited MSS. Adults' and children's full-length MSS; dramatic works for all media (home 15%, USA and foreign 20% including commission to foreign agent). No poetry. No reading fee. No unsolicited MSS. |
| Authors: Quentin Blake, Georgia Byng, Zizou Corder, Grace Dent, Helen Dunmore, Sarah Harrison, Philip Kerr, Dick King-Smith, Philip Pullman, Philip Ridley. Founded 1875. |
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| Abbey Agency (Literary Services) |
| 83 High Street, Graveley, Cambridgeshire, PE19 6PL |
| Tel No: 01480 839150 |
| Email: admin@abbeyagency.com |
| Propietor Faith Dakin |
| General fiction and non-fiction. Full-length MSS (home 10%, overseas 12.5%). Aims to encourage new writers. Send preliminary letter with sae. Reading fee charged for unpublished authors. Founded in 1999 |
| Authors: John Daniels, Derek M. Fox, Stephen Najda, Mike Vardy. |
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| Abner Stein* |
| 10 Roland Gardens, London SW7 3PH |
| Tel No: 020 7373 0456 |
| Fax No: 020 7370 6316 |
| Contact Caspian Dennis, Arabella Stein |
| Fiction, general non-fiction and children's (home 10%, overseas 20%). Not taking on any new clients at present. |
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| Alan Brodie Representation Ltd (incorporating Michael Imison Playwrights) |
| 6th Floor, Fairgate House, 78 New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1HB |
| Tel No: 020 7079 7990 |
| Fax No: 020 7079 7999 |
| Email: info@alanbrodie.com |
| Web: www.alanbrodie.com |
| Directors Alan Brodie, Sarah McNair, Alison Lee |
| Specialises in stage plays, radio, TV, film (home 10%, overseas 15%); no prose fiction or general MSS. Represented in all major countries. No unsolicited scripts; recommendation from known professional required. |
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| Alexandra Nye, Writers & Agents |
| Craigower, 6 Kinnoull Avenue, Dunblane, Perthshire FK15 9JG |
| Tel No: (01786) 825114 |
| Director Alexandra Nye |
| Literary fiction, Scottish history, biographies; no poetry or plays (home 10%, overseas 20%, translation 15%). No phone calls please. Preliminary letter with synopsis preferred; sae essential for return. Reading fee for supply of detailed report on MSS. Founded 1991. |
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| Andrew Lownie Literary Agency* |
| 36 Great Smith St, London, SW1P 3BU |
| Tel No: 0207 222 7574 |
| Fax No: 0207 222 7576 |
| Email: lownie@globalnet.co.uk |
| Web: www.andrewlownie.co.uk |
| Director Andrew Lownie |
| Full-length MSS. Biography, history, reference, current affairs, and packaging journalist and celebrities for the book market (worldwide 15%). No reading fee; will suggest a revision. |
| Authors: Juliet Barker, the Joyce Cary Estate, Tom Devine, Jonathan Fryer, Laurence Gardner, Timothy Good, Lawrence James, Julian Maclaren-Ross Estate, Norma Major, Sir John Mills, Tom Pocock, Nick Pope, Martin Pugh, John Rae, Richard Rudgley, Desmond Seward, David Stafford, Alan Whicker; The Oxford Classical Dictionary , The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English . Founded 1988. |
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| Andrew Mann Ltd* (in association with Jane Conway-Gordon) |
| 1 Old Compton Street, London W1D 5JA |
| Tel No: 020 7734 4751 |
| Fax No: 020 7287 9264 |
| Email: manscript@onetel.com |
| Directors Anne Dewe, Tina Betts, Sacha Elliot |
| Full-length MSS. Scripts for TV, cinema, radio and theatre (home 15%, USA and Europe 20%). Associated with agents worldwide. No reading fee. Unsolicited MSS with preliminary letter, first 3 chapters and sae. Email synopses submissions only; mp attachments. Founded 1968. |
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| Andrew Nurnberg Associates Ltd* |
| Clerkenwell House, 45-47 Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0QX |
| Tel No: 020 7417 8800 |
| Fax No: 020 7417 8812 |
| Email: all@nurnberg.co.uk |
| Specialises in the sale of translation rights. |
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