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History Literary Agents

Literary agents who represent history. Browse verified listings with submission guidelines, open status, and direct links to agency websites.

135 agents · 96 currently open to submissions

Bill Hamilton
A.M. Heath·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Online form (agency)SourceRecently verified
Charlotte Merritt
Andrew Nurnberg Associates·UK
Open
Non-fiction
Via Email (agency submissions)SourceRecently verified
Darryl Samaraweera
Artellus Ltd·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (central submissions)SourceRecently verified
David Patrikarakos
The Blair Partnership·UK
Open
Commercial FictionUpmarket FictionBook Club FictionCrime FictionThrillerHistorical Fiction+4 more
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Elena Berry
DHH Literary Agency·UK
Open
Literary FictionSpeculative FictionCrime FictionPsychological ThrillersFantasyRomantasy+2 more
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Emma Paterson
Aitken Alexander Associates·UK
Open
Fiction, non-fiction, poetry
Via Email (central submissions)SourceRecently verified
Euan Thorneycroft
A.M. Heath·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Online form (agency)SourceRecently verified
Gyamfia Osei
Andrew Nurnberg Associates·UK
Open
Children's (MG/YA/Crossover), adult commercial fiction, narrative non-fiction
Via Email (agency submissions)SourceRecently verified
Hannah Schofield
LBA Books·UK
Open
Fiction and select non-fiction
Via Online form (via agent page button)SourceRecently verified
Harriet Moore
Aitken Alexander Associates·UK
Open
Literary fiction, narrative non-fiction, poetry
Via Email (central submissions)SourceRecently verified
Ivan Mulcahy
International Creative Agency·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via QueryManager (per ICA)SourceRecently verified
Jenny Savill
Andrew Nurnberg Associates·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction, children's
Via Email (agency submissions)SourceRecently verified
Maggie Cooper
Aevitas Creative Management (ACM UK)·US
Open
Literary FictionHistorical FictionRomanceNonfictionGraphic MemoirJournalism
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Matt Turner
RCW Literary Agency·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (to agent/assistant)SourceRecently verified
Michael Dean
Andrew Nurnberg Associates·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction, film/TV rights, estates
Via Email (general submissions)SourceRecently verified
Monica MacSwan
Aitken Alexander Associates·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (general submissions inbox)SourceRecently verified
Peter Tallack
Curious Minds·UK
Open
Serious non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Sam Copeland
RCW Literary Agency (RCW International)·UK
Open
Literary FictionCommercial FictionCrimeThrillersHistorical FictionChildren's+2 more
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Sophie Gorell Barnes
MBA Literary Agents·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction, audio rights, some playwrights
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Tom Killingbeck
A.M. Heath·UK
Open
Non-fiction
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Antony Topping
Greene & Heaton·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Donald Winchester
Watson, Little Ltd·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (central submissions)SourceRecently verified
Imogen Morrell
Greene & Heaton·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (agency submissions)SourceRecently verified
Judith Murray
Greene & Heaton·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (agency inbox)SourceRecently verified
Kristina Perez
Perez Literary & Entertainment·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via QueryManagerSourceRecently verified
Laura Williams
Greene & Heaton·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction, small YA/MG list
Via Email (agency submissions)SourceRecently verified
Fabienne Schwizer
Ki Agency·UK
Open
adult and YA science fiction, fantasy, horror, related genres, serious non-fiction (broad history)
Via formSourceRecently verified
Adam Gauntlett
Peters Fraser & Dunlop (PFD)·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (to one agent)SourceRecently verified
Andrew Holgate
Andrew Nurnberg Associates·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Abi Fellows
DHH Literary Agency·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Andrew Gordon
David Higham Associates·UK
Open
Non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Amanda Preston
LBA Books·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Anna Power
Johnson & Alcock·UK
Open
Fiction and narrative non-fiction
Via Email (to one agent)SourceRecently verified
Anne Williams
Kate Hordern Literary Agency (KHLA)·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Annette Crossland
A for Authors Agency·UK
Open
Fiction (adult)
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Ben Clark
The Soho Agency·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Caroline Hardman
Hardman & Swainson·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (central submissions)SourceRecently verified
Caroline Michel
Peters Fraser & Dunlop (PFD)·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (to agent/assistant)SourceRecently verified
Carrie Plitt
Felicity Bryan Associates·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Online portalSourceRecently verified
Catherine Clarke
Felicity Bryan Associates·UK
Open
Non-fiction and children's fiction
Via Online portalSourceRecently verified
Charlotte Seymour
Johnson & Alcock·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (to one agent)SourceRecently verified
Claire Conrad
Janklow & Nesbit UK·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Clare Wallace
Darley Anderson·UK
Open
Fiction (and adult graphic novels)
Via Online formSourceRecently verified
Diana Beaumont
DHH Literary Agency·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (to agent)SourceRecently verified
Dorie Simmonds
Dorie Simmonds Agency·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Ed Wilson
Johnson & Alcock·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction, estates
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Emily Sweet
Aevitas Creative Management·UK
Open
Non-fiction
Via Online formSourceRecently verified
Gaia Banks
Sheil Land Associates Ltd·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction, children's
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Giles Milburn
Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Online formSourceRecently verified
Hattie Grunewald
The Blair Partnership·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (to agent)SourceRecently verified
Hellie Ogden
WME Books·UK
Open
Fiction, children's books, non-fiction
Via Online query button (WME site)SourceRecently verified
Ian Drury
Sheil Land Associates·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (agency submissions)SourceRecently verified
Imogen Pelham
Marjacq·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (to agent)SourceRecently verified
Isobel Dixon
Blake Friedmann Literary Agency·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (to agent)SourceRecently verified
James Macdonald Lockhart
James Lockhart Agency·UK
Open
Non-fiction (strong focus) and literary fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Jane Finigan
Lutyens & Rubinstein·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (agency inbox)SourceRecently verified
Jane Graham Maw
Graham Maw Christie Agency·UK
Open
Non-fiction and select fiction
Via Email (category inboxes)SourceRecently verified
Jane Turnbull
Jane Turnbull Literary Agency·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Post (initial submission by letter)SourceRecently verified
Jemima Forrester
David Higham Associates·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (to agent)SourceRecently verified
Jenny Hewson
Lutyens & Rubinstein·UK
Open
Literary fiction, book club fiction, memoir, narrative non-fiction
Via Email (agency inbox)SourceRecently verified
Jessica Woollard
David Higham Associates·UK
Open
Narrative non-fiction, literary fiction (incl international)
Via Email (agent + assistant)SourceRecently verified
Jo Bell
Bell Lomax Moreton·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Joanna Swainson
Hardman & Swainson·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (central submissions)SourceRecently verified
John Baker
Bell Lomax Moreton·UK
Open
Speculative fiction (SFF/fantasy/horror/romantasy etc.)
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Julia Silk
Greyhound Literary·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (to agent)SourceRecently verified
Julian Alexander
The Soho Agency·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Julie Crisp
Julie Crisp Literary Agency·UK
Open
Fiction and children's (per bio)
Via Contact formSourceRecently verified
Juliet Pickering
Blake Friedmann Literary Agency·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (to agent)SourceRecently verified
Kate Hordern
Kate Hordern Literary Agency (KHLA)·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Laura MacDougall
United Agents·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (to agent; copy assistant)SourceRecently verified
Lauren Gardner
Bell Lomax Moreton·UK
Open
Children's and YA fiction, NA/crossover, commercial women's fiction, narrative non-fiction
Via Email (agency)SourceRecently verified
Laurie Robertson
Peters Fraser & Dunlop (PFD)·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction, journalism/serialisation
Via Email (to agent/assistant)SourceRecently verified
Lisa Moylett
Coombs Moylett Maclean (CMM Literary Agency)·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (general submissions)SourceRecently verified
Liza DeBlock
Greenstone Literary Agency·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Online formSourceRecently verified
Maddy Belton
Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency·UK
Open
Fiction (SFF and romance)
Via Online formSourceRecently verified
Maria Brannan
Greyhound Literary·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction, translation rights
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Marina de Pass
The Soho Agency·UK
Open
Adult fiction, select children's/YA and non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Mark Lucas
The Soho Agency·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Natalie Galustian
Greyhound Literary·UK
Open
Narrative and commercial non-fiction, literary fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Nelle Andrew
Rachel Mills Literary (RML)·UK
Open
Fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Paul Feldstein
The Feldstein Agency·UK
Open
Adult fiction and adult non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Philip Patterson
Marjacq·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Piers Blofeld
Sheil Land Associates·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Rebecca Carter
Rebecca Carter Literary·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Robert Dudley
Robert Dudley Agency·UK
Open
Non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Sally Holloway
Felicity Bryan Associates·UK
Open
Non-fiction
Via Online portalSourceRecently verified
Sam Copeland
RCW Literary Agency·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (to agent)SourceRecently verified
Sarah Hornsley
Peters Fraser & Dunlop (PFD)·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (to one agent)SourceRecently verified
Sarah Such
Sarah Such Literary Agency·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Sile Edwards
Andrew Nurnberg Associates·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (agency submissions)SourceRecently verified
Sonia Land
Sheil Land Associates Ltd·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Susan Feldstein
The Feldstein Agency·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Veronique Baxter
David Higham Associates·UK
Open
Fiction, children's, non-fiction
Via Email (to agent)SourceRecently verified
Will Francis
Janklow & Nesbit UK·UK
Open
Fiction and non-fiction (and poetry)
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Faith O'Grady
Lisa Richards Agency·UK
Open
fiction, non-fiction, children's fiction 8+ (per agent page)
Via emailSourceRecently verified
Fiona Lindsay
Limelight Management·UK
Open
fiction (thrillers/crime/historical/suspense/mystery/women's commercial), non-fiction (arts/crafts/cookery/biog/pop science/business/natural history/sport/travel/health)
Via emailSourceRecently verified
Caroline Montgomery
Rupert Crew Ltd·UK
Closed
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (general contact)SourceRecently verified
Clare Alexander
Aitken Alexander Associates·UK
Closed
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Invitation onlySourceRecently verified
Clare Coombes
Liverpool Literary Agency·UK
Closed
Fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Sarah Lazin
Aevitas Creative Management (ACM UK)·US
Closed
BiographyHistoryMemoirPopular CultureMusic WritingJournalism+7 more
Via OtherSourceRecently verified
John Berlyne
Zeno Agency Ltd.·UK
Closed
SFF/fantasy/horror and some crime/thriller/historical
Via Email (agent)SourceRecently verified
Alison Bonomi
LBA Books·UK
Closed
Fiction
Via Email (to chosen agent)SourceRecently verified
Broo Doherty
DHH Literary Agency·UK
Closed
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (to agent when open)SourceRecently verified
Camille Burns
Solas Literary Agency·UK
Closed
Fiction and non-fiction
Via LinkSourceRecently verified
Carol Heaton
Greene & Heaton·UK
Closed
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (agency for other agents)SourceRecently verified
Claudia Young
Greene & Heaton·UK
Closed
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (agency submissions)SourceRecently verified
Juliet Mushens
Mushens Entertainment·UK
Closed
Adult fiction (agent), agency also handles non-fiction
Via Email (agency submissions when open)SourceRecently verified
Marilia Savvides
The Plot Agency·UK
Closed
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (when open)SourceRecently verified
Rebecca Ritchie
A.M. Heath·UK
Closed
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Online form (agency)SourceRecently verified
Robert Kirby
United Agents·UK
Closed
Literary fiction and non-fiction (and broader per UA)
Via Email (per agency guidelines)SourceRecently verified
Tanera Simons
Greenstone Literary Agency·UK
Closed
Fiction
Via Online formSourceRecently verified
Emily Glenister
DHH Literary Agency·UK
Unknown
commercial fiction, upmarket commercial fiction, crime/psychological thriller, historical, gothic, magical realism/urban fantasy, selected non-fiction (per wishlist)
Via emailSourceRecently verified
Becky Sweren
Aevitas Creative Management (ACM UK)·US
Unknown
Investigative JournalismHistoryCurrent AffairsScienceMemoirBiography+1 more
Via FormSourceRecently verified
Jane von Mehren
Aevitas Creative Management (ACM UK)·US
Unknown
Literary FictionHistorical FictionBook Club FictionBusinessHistoryMemoir+2 more
Via FormSourceRecently verified
Jon Wood
RCW Literary Agency·UK
Unknown
Literary FictionCrime FictionThrillerHistorical FictionScience FictionFantasy+6 more
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Jon Wood
RCW Literary Agency (RCW International)·UK
Unknown
Literary FictionCrime FictionThrillerHistorical FictionScience FictionFantasy+6 more
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Kat Aitken
Lexington Literary Agency·UK
Unknown
Literary FictionCrime FictionThrillerNon-FictionCultural CommentaryHistory+3 more
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Laura Nolan
Aevitas Creative Management (ACM UK)·US
Unknown
Narrative NonfictionBiographyMemoirMusic HistorySelf-HelpCookbook+2 more
Via UnknownSourceRecently verified
Lauren Sharp
Aevitas Creative Management (ACM UK)·US
Unknown
Narrative NonfictionHistoryPoliticsCurrent AffairsScienceBiography
Via FormSourceRecently verified
Michael Signorelli
Aevitas Creative Management (ACM UK)·US
Unknown
Literary FictionCommercial FictionCultural HistoryCurrent AffairsMemoirPolitics+3 more
Via FormSourceRecently verified
Todd Shuster
Aevitas Creative Management (ACM UK)·US
Unknown
Literary FictionCommercial FictionMysteryThrillerCurrent AffairsPolitics+5 more
Via UnknownSourceRecently verified
Trevor Dolby
Aevitas Creative Management (ACM UK)·UK
Unknown
BiographyHistoryMilitary HistoryPopular ScienceNarrative HistoryHumour+3 more
Via FormSourceRecently verified
Will Lippincott
Aevitas Creative Management (ACM UK)·US
Unknown
JournalismPoliticsHistoryPop CultureMental HealthTechnology+1 more
Via FormSourceRecently verified
Ciara Finan
Curtis Brown·UK
Unknown
Fantasy, romantasy, rom-coms, book club romance, female-focused psychological thrillers, historical fiction, commercial non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Elena Berry
D H H Literary Agency·UK
Unknown
Fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Doug Young
PEW Literary·UK
Unknown
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (contact)SourceRecently verified
Elly James
HHB Agency·UK
Unknown
Fiction and non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Gordon Wise
Curtis Brown·UK
Unknown
Non-fiction and select fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Jamie Maclean
Coombs Moylett Maclean (CMM)·UK
Unknown
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Online form (site; JS/Wix)SourceRecently verified
Sabhbh Curran
Curtis Brown·UK
Unknown
Fiction and non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Sara Langham
David Higham Associates·UK
Unknown
Fiction and non-fiction
Via Email (per DHA guidelines)SourceRecently verified
Toby Mundy
Aevitas Creative Management·UK
Unknown
Non-fiction
Via Online formSourceRecently verified
Trevor Dolby
Aevitas Creative Management·UK
Unknown
Non-fiction
Via Online formSourceRecently verified
Viola Hayden
Curtis Brown·UK
Unknown
Fiction and non-fiction
Via EmailSourceRecently verified
Catherine Pellegrino
Marjacq·UK
Unknown
children (MG/YA), adult fiction
Via emailSourceRecently verified

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