The Novelwriter's Toolkit
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Considers Titles in all genres.
Submission Guidelines Authors should include query letter, SAE, synopsis, three sample chapters and biography with submissions, which should be in black type, double-spaced, on one-sided A4.
Recent Sale(s) Billie Jo, Kimberley Chambers (Random House)
Client(s) Max Allen, Peter Clover, Michael Coleman, Laura Denham, Teresa Driscoll, Jacqui Farley, Catherine Fisher, Helen Macgee, Anne Miller, Gareth Owen, Roger Forsdyke, Philip Cross, Bruce Hobson, Alan Wilkinson, Peter Walker, Mark Stay, Robert Sellers
Tips Manuscripts will not be accepted by email or fax.
Real Creatives Worldwide
14 Dean Street, London, W1D 3RS
T 020 7437 4188
E Malcolm.rasala@realcreatives.com Contact Malcolm Rasala, Mark Maco Established 1984
Insider Info Seeking established writers. Obtains new clients by queries or submissions. Does not charge a reading fee.
Considers General and Commercial Fiction titles.
Submission Guidelines Send query letter by post with SAE.
Tips Real Creatives Worldwide specializes in literature, film and television scripts. The initial contact should be to request a writer’s submission agreement. The agency also has a production interest; see their website at: www.tvmyworld.com.
Redhammer Management Ltd
186 Bickenhall Mansions, London, W1U 6BX
T 020 7224 1748
F 020 7224 1802
E info@redhammer.info
W www.redhammer.info
Contact Managing Director, Peter Cox
Insider Info Seeking both new and established writers. Accept simultaneous submissions. Aims to respond to queries, proposals and manuscripts within six weeks. Proposals will be returned if accompanied by SAE. Obtains new clients by queries or submissions. Commission rates of 17.5 per cent for domestic sales and 20 per cent for foreign sales. Does not charge a reading fee.
Considers Action/Adventure, Children’s Fiction, Erotica, Family Saga, Feminist, Gay/Lesbian, Historical, Horror, Humour/Satire, Literary, Mainstream, Mystery, Romance, Science-Fiction, Sports, Thriller, Women’s and Young Adult Fiction titles.
Recent Sale(s) The Joshua Files, MG Harris (Scholastic Children’s Books)
Client(s) Martin Bell, Nicholas Booth, Brian Clegg, Joe Donnelly, Amanda Lees, Michelle Paver, Carole Stone, Justin Wintle
Tips Redhammer Management accepts submissions from previously published writers only. A limited number of unpublished writers may be approached by the agency through Litopia Writers’ Colony and internet writing community at www.litopia.com.
Robin Jones Literary. Agency
6b Marmora Road, East Dulwich, London,
SE22 0RX
T 020 8693 6062
E robinjones@gmail.com
Contact Robin Jones
Established 2008
Insider Info Actively seeking clients, both new and established authors. Commission rates of 15 per cent for domestic sales, 20 per cent for foreign sales, 15 per cent for film. Does not charge a reading fee. Specializes in personal contact, fast response and detailed feedback.
Considers Commercial and Literary Fiction titles.
Submission Guidelines Will accept unsolicited material. Send query letter with SAE, synopsis and three sample chapters.
Client(s) John Parkin, Fred Nath, Sara Mendes da Costa, Ashley Stokes, Geoffrey Newsome, Paul Lyons
Tips Does offer a criticism service. Robin has worked at four literary agencies, been an international literary scout for seven years, and an editorial consultant for five. Very keen on ideas and philosophy, thrillers, journalism and zeitgeist books, history, biography and autobiography.
Robinson Literary Agency
Block A511, The Jam Factory, 27 Green Walk, London, SE1 4TT
T 020 7096 1460
F 020 7243 6326
E info@rlabooks.co.uk
Contact Managing Director, Peter Robinson
Established 2005
Insider Info Seeking both new and established writers. Commission rates vary for domestic sales and are 20 per cent for foreign sales. Does not charge a reading fee.
Considers General Mainstream/Contemporary Fiction titles.
Submission Guidelines Send query letter with SAE.
Tips Robinson Literary Agency will suggest revisions for any submitted work.
Rogers, Coleridge
&White Ltd
20 Powis Mews, London, W11 1JN
T 020 7221 3717
F 020 7229 9084
E info@rcwlitagency.co.uk
W www.rcwlitagency.co.uk
Contact Deborah Rogers (Illustrated, Children’s); Gill Coleridge (Illustrated, Children’s); Pat White Illustrated, Children’s); Peter Straus (Fiction, Biography, Current Affairs, Narrative, History); David Miller (Fiction, Biography, Current Affairs, Narrative, History); Zoe Waldie (Fiction, Biography, Current Affairs, Narrative, History); Catherine Pellegrino (Children’s, Young Adult); Hannah Westland (Debut Fiction, Non-Fiction); Laurence Laluyaux (Foreign Rights)
Established 1987
Insider Info Seeking both new and established writers. Aims to respond to queries and proposals within eight weeks. Proposals will be returned if accompanied by SAE. Obtains new clients by recommendation, conference and queries or submissions. Commission rates of 15 per cent for domestic sales and 20 per cent for foreign sales. *Prior to opening the agency Deborah Rogers was an agent and also working in publishing. Gill Coleridge worked at Anthony Sheil Associates and is also President of the Association of Author’s Agents. Pat White was an editor and rights director for Simon & Schuster. Peter Straus worked at Hodder & Stroughton, Hamish Hamilton and Macmillan.
Considers Titles in most categories of Fiction.
Submission Guidelines Send proposal package with SAE, synopsis, three sample chapters and author biography.
Recent Sale(s) The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, Kate Summerscale (Bloomsbury); Netherland, Joseph O’Neill (Fourth Estate); The Bolter, Frances Osbourne (Little, Brown)
Tips Rogers, Coleridge & White does not accept submissions by fax or email.
Rupert Heath Literary Agency
E emailagency@rupertheath.com
W www.rupertheath.com
Contact Rupert Heath
Established 2000
Insider Info Actively seeking clients. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Proposals will be returned if accompanied by SAE. Obtains new clients by queries or submissions. Commission rates of 15 per cent for domestic sales and 20 per cent for foreign sales. Does not charge a reading fee.
Considers General Mainstream/Contemporary Fiction titles.
Submission Guidelines Send query letter with SAE and one sample chapter by email.
Tips Rupert Heath prefers to receive submissions by email.
Scott Ferris Associates
Brynfield, Reynoldston, Swansea, SA3 1AE
T 01792 390009
E scottferris@macunlimited.net
Contact Gloria Ferris, Rivers Scott
Established 1981
Insider Info Commission rates of 15 per cent for domestic sales and 20 per cent for foreign sales. Charges an arranged reading fee.
Considers General Fiction titles.
Submission Guidelines Send query letter with SAE.
Tips Scott Ferris does not accept unsolicited manuscripts.
Seven Towers
4 St Mura’s Terrace, Strangford Road, East Wall, Dublin 3, Republic of Ireland
E info@seventowers.ie
W www.seventowers.ie
Contact Directors, Sarah Lundberg and Colm Lundberg
Insider Info No unsolicited manuscripts. Catalogue available online.
Considers Children’s and Adult Fiction titles, as well as Graphic works.
Submission Guidelines Accepts proposal package (including outline, synopsis and three sample chapters).
Client(s) Oran Ryan, Ross Hattaway, Conor Farrell, Noel Ó Briain
Tips
Seven Towers is also a small press and publishes limited editions of works of merit, where Seven Towers does not act as agent to the author, for instance works which may have specified areas of interest but which deserve publication, as well as some collections of poetry and short stories to help showcase new writers.
Sheil Land Associates Ltd
(incorporating Richard Scott Simon Ltd 1971 and Christy & Moore Ltd 1912)
52 Doughty Street, London, WC1N 2LS
T 020 7405 9351
F 020 7831 2127
E info@sheilland.co.uk
W www.sheilland.co.uk
Contact Agents UK & US, Sonia Land, Vivien Green, Piers Blofeld, Ian Drury; Film/Theatre/TV, Sophie Janson, Lucy Fawcett; Foreign, Gaia Banks, Emily Dyson
Established 1962
Insider Info Proposals will be returned if accompanied by SAE. Obtains new clients by queries or submissions. Commission rates of 15 per cent for domestic sales and 20 per cent for foreign sales. Does not charge a reading fee.
Considers Literary and Commercial Fiction, Crime/Thrillers, Drama, Humour, Romance, Science-Fiction and Fantasy titles.
Submission Guidelines Send proposal package with SAE, synopsis, two to three sample chapters and author biography. No children’s titles considered.
Client(s) Peter Ackroyd, Benedict Allen, Charles Allen, Pam Ayres, Melvyn Bragg, Steven Carroll, David Cohen, Anna del Conte, Judy Corbalis, Elizabeth Corley, Seamus Deane, Greg Dyke, Rosie Goodwin, Chris Ewan, Jean Goodhind, Robert Green, Susan Hill, Richard Holmes, HRH The Prince of Wales, Ian Johnstone, Irene Karafilly, Richard Mabey, Graham Rice, Robert Rigby, Steve Rider, Martin Riley, Diane Setterfield, Tom Sharpe, Martin Stephen, Jeffrey Tayler, Andrew Taylor, Rose Tremain, Barry Unsworth, Kevin Wells, Prof. Stanley Wells, Neil White, John Wilsher, Paul Wilson and the Estates of Catherine Cookson, Patrick O’Brian, Penelope Mortimer, Jean Rhys, FA Wesley
Tips Sheil Land Associates welcomes new writers and aims to help in the development of their careers.
Shelley Power Literary Agency
13 rue du Pré Saint-Gervais, 75019 Paris, France
T 0033 1 42 38 36 49
F 0033 1 40 40 70 08
E shelley.power@wanadoo.fr Contact Shelley Power
Established 1977
Insider Info Seeking both new and established writers. Currently represents 25 clients. Does not accept simultaneous submissions. Aims to respond to queries and proposals within one week and manuscripts within three weeks. Proposals will be returned if accompanied by SAE. Obtains new clients by recommendation and by queries or submissions. Commission rates of 12.5 per cent for domestic sales, 20 per cent for foreign sales and 20 per cent for film sales. Offers an open-ended written contract with 60 days notice for termination. Does not charge a reading fee.
Considers Crime, Family Saga, Feminist, Glitz, Historical, Literary, Mainstream, Thriller and Women’s/Chick Lit Fiction titles.
Submission Guidelines Send query letter with SAE, outline, three sample chapters and author biography by email. No children’s books, science-fiction or fantasy considered.
Tips Shelley Power is a British agent who lives in, and therefore works from, Paris. She represents English-language authors only.
Shirley Stewart Literary Agency
3rd Floor, 21 Denmark Street, London,
WC2H 8NA
T 020 7836 4440
F 020 7836 3482
Contact Director, Shirley Stewart (Literary) Established 1993
Insider Info Actively seeking clients. Proposals will be returned if accompanied by SAE. Obtains new clients by queries or submissions. Commission rates of 10–15 per cent for domestic sales and 20 per cent for foreign sales. Does not charge a reading fee.
Considers Literary Fiction titles.
Submission Guidelines Send query letter with SAE, synopsis and three sample chapters. No science-fiction, fantasy or children’s titles.
Tips Shirley Stewart Literary Agency does not accept submissions by fax or on disk.
Sinclair-Stevenson
3 South Terrace, London, SW7 2TB
T 020 7581 2550
F 020 7581 2550
Contact Directors, Christopher Sinclair-Stevenson and Deborah Sinclair-Stevenson
Established 1995
Insider Info Seeking both new and established writers. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Proposals will be returned if accompanied by SAE. Obtains new clients by queries or submissions. Commission rates of 10 per cent for domestic sales and 15 per cent for foreign sales. Does not charge a reading fee.
Considers General Fiction titles.
Submission Guidelines Send query letter with SAE and synopsis. No science-fiction, fantasy or children’s titles.
Tips Sinclair-Stevenson also handles estates, and will suggest revisions on authorized submissions.
Sunflower Literary Agency
BP 14, Lauzerte, 82110, France
E submission@sunflowerliteraryagency.com
W www.aaraulit.com
Contact David Sherriff (Submissions and Correspondence); Senior Editor and Agent, Phillip Adams (Action, Psychological and Techno Thrillers), Miss Stone (Literary Novels and Social Satire)
Established 2003
Insider Info Seeking new writers. Does not accept simultaneous submissions. Proposals will be returned if accompanied by SAE. Obtains new clients by queries or submissions. Commission rates are variable.
Considers Crime, Erotic, Literary, Thriller, Psychological/Techno Thrillers, Satirical and Social Satire Fiction titles.
Submission Guidelines Send a brief query by email, conforming to the guidelines on the website. No romance, ‘whodunit’, or spirit-world titles considered.
Tips See website for submissions process, as the agency has very strict submission rules. Sunflower is only interested in new authors, or established authors who are changing genre. The agency does not accept unsolicited manuscripts and is usually closed to all submissions in January and February.
The Susijn Agency Ltd
3rd Floor, 64 Great Titchfield Street, London, W1W 7QH
T 020 7580 6341
F 020 7580 8626
E info@thesusijnagency.com
W www.thesusijnagency.com
Contact Founder and Agent, Laura Susijn; Agent, Nicola Barr
Established 1998
Insider Info Actively seeking clients. Aims to respond to queries and proposals within eight weeks. Proposals will be returned if accompanied by SAE. Obtains new clients by queries or submissions. Commission rates of 15 per cent for domestic sales, 20 per cent for foreign sales and 15 per cent for film sales. Does not charge a reading fee.
Considers Literary Fiction titles.
Submission Guidelines Send proposal package with SAE, synopsis and two sample chapters. No romance, sagas, science-fiction, fantasy, children’s or illustrated titles.
Client(s) Peter Ackroyd, Robin Baker, Jon Butler & Bruno Vincent, Gwynne Dyer, Travis Elborough, Bi Feiyu, Radhika Jha, Kluun, Kolton Lee, Christine Leunens, Yan Lianke, Tessa De Loo, Karel van Loon, Jeffrey Moore, Tor Norretranders, Mineke Schipper, Rowan Simons, Paul Sussman, Shimon Tzabar, Dubravka Ugresic, Alex Wheatle, Simone van der Vlugt, Henk Van Woerden, Adam Zameenzad
Tips The Susijn Agency are specialists in English- and foreign-language world rights and are interested in authors from various cultures with cross-cultural themes. Does not accept submissions by email, but include an email address with manuscripts for a quick reply.
Tamar Karet Literary Agency
56 Priory Road, London, N8 7EX
T 020 8340 6460
E tamar.karet.agent@btinternet.com Contact Tamar Karet
Insider Info Actively seeking clients. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Proposal will be returned if accompanied by SAE. Obtains new clients by queries or submissions. Commission rates of 15 per cent for domestic sales and 20 per cent for foreign sales.
Considers Literary Fiction titles.
Submission Guidelines Send proposals package with
SAE, synopsis, and two to three sample chapters. No science-fiction, academia, horror, military or children’s titles considered.
Tips Tamar Karat does not accept submissions by email, but include an email address with manuscripts for a quick reply.
Tanja Howarth Literary Agency
19 New Row, London, WC2N 4LA
T 020 7240 5553
F 020 7379 0969
E tanja.howarth@btinternet.com Established 1970
Insider Info Actively seeking clients. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Proposals will be returned if accompanied by SAE. Commission rates of 15 per cent for domestic sales, and 20 per cent for foreign sales. Does not charge a reading fee.
Considers General Fiction titles.
Submission Guidelines Send query letter with SAE. No children’s titles considered.
Tips Tanja Howarth Literary Agency specializes in German translation rights. Does not accept unsolicited manuscripts.
Teresa Chris Literary Agency
43 Musard Road, London, W6 8NR
T 020 7386 0633
Contact Director, Teresa Chris Established 1988
Insider Info Actively seeking clients. Accepts simultaneous submissions. Proposals will be returned if accompanied by SAE. Obtains new clients by queries or submissions. Commission rates of 10 per cent for domestic sales and 20
per cent for foreign sales. Does not charge a reading fee.
Considers Crime, Literary and Women’s/Chick Lit Fiction titles.
Submission Guidelines Send query letter with SAE, synopsis, and two to three sample chapters. No genre fiction considered.
Tips Teresa Chris Literary Agency welcomes unsolicited proposals.