UK AGENT MARKET
International is the word
Jenny Roche
New and established writers seeking representation are welcome to submit book proposals to London based Hardman and Swainson Literary Agency, which represents authors including Dinah Jefferies and Emma Darwin.
‘We pride ourselves on providing an excellent service to our authors, working closely with them at all stages of their careers… we have an international focus and make it a priority to sell our clients work in as many territories as possible.’
Genres which will be considered are literary, women and historical fiction, crime and thriller, horror, young adult, middle grade, memoir, narrative non-fiction including popular science and history and other quality non-fiction. Not wanted are poetry, plays, screenplays, scripts, books for young children and picture books.
Fiction proposals should consist of a covering email, an attached one page synopsis and the full manuscript. For non-fiction submit a cover email outlining your book, why it should have a place on the bookshelf and your qualifications for writing it. Include also a proposal and sample chapter of the whole work if it is completed.