Agent profile summary
- Represents
- fiction and narrative non-fiction
- Looking for
- All types of fiction and narrative non-fiction (agency-wide)
- How to submit
- Email - submissions@thenorthlitagency.com
Last checked 26 May 2026·Last verified: 26 May 2026
Allan Guthrie is a literary agent at The North Literary Agency based in UK. Their list focuses on fiction and narrative non-fiction. Check the official source for current submission availability. Submissions via Email. For current guidelines, check the agent's own submission page linked below.
Age Categories
Adult
Notes
Submission email must include preferred agent name in subject line; attach synopsis (<400 words) and first 15,000 words (fiction) OR proposal and writing sample up to 15,000 words (non-fiction). No post. Not represented: academic writing, poetry, self-help, picture books, screenplays. Allan Guthrie is himself an award-winning crime novelist — winner of the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year 2007 — with works including Kiss Her Goodbye (Edgar-nominated) and the Kindle bestsellers Killing Mum and Bye Bye Baby.
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