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Antony Harwood Literary Agency·UK

Agent profile summary

Represents
fiction and non-fiction
Looking for
Most genres/categories for adults and younger readers (excludes plays, screenplays, poetry, 'self-help' non-fiction, picture books)
How to submit
Email
Recently verified·Last verified: 3 Jun 2026

Antony Harwood is a literary agent at Antony Harwood Literary Agency based in UK. Their list focuses on fiction and non-fiction. Currently open to submissions, with responses usually within Usually within a few weeks (cannot respond to all). Submissions via Email. For current guidelines, check the agent's own submission page linked below.

Age Categories

Adult, YA, Middle Grade, Children's

Response Time

Usually within a few weeks (cannot respond to all)

Manuscript Wishlist

Most genres/categories for adults and younger readers (excludes plays, screenplays, poetry, 'self-help' non-fiction, picture books)

Submission Tips

Submission route: Email, mail@antonyharwood.com Email brief outline + opening 3 chapters (~10,000 words). No postal submissions; no authors based outside the UK.

Notes

Email brief outline and opening 3 chapters (~10,000 words). No postal submissions; no authors based outside the UK. The agency was founded in 2000 and is based in Oxford. Antony Harwood previously worked at Chatto & Windus and was a director at both Wylie, Aitken & Stone and Curtis Brown, and worked with authors including Angela Carter, Hilary Mantel, and Iris Murdoch. The agency also includes agent Jo Williamson, who focuses on children's and YA fiction, and Louise Harwood, who reads new submissions and provides editorial feedback on promising work.

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