Caroline Hardman
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Age Categories
Adult
Looking For
Fiction: literary, upmarket commercial, book club, historical, crime, thrillers (no sci-fi/fantasy/children's). Non-fiction: serious/pop science, psychology, feminism, big ideas/current affairs, health/body/mind, personal development, selective lifestyle, narrative/memoir
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- If no response within 8 weeks treat as pass
- Last verified
- 8 Apr 2026Recently verified
Notes
Submissions: choose one agent name in cover email and send to central submissions address. Fiction requires cover email and 1-page synopsis and full manuscript (attachment). Non-fiction requires cover email and proposal and sample chapter (or whole work if complete). No TV/film scripts or poetry. Caroline co-founded Hardman & Swainson and previously worked at the Christopher Little Literary Agency and The Marsh Agency, where she specialised in translation rights. She holds a first-class BA and an MA with distinction in English Literature from the University of Leeds. Her client list includes authors such as Helen Fields, Dinah Jefferies, Liz Trenow, and Rebecca Wait, among many others across literary fiction and serious non-fiction.