Diana Beaumont

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DHH Literary Agency·UK

Represents

fiction and non-fiction

Wants to See

Fiction: high-concept crime/thrillers; female-led commercial; upmarket commercial; book club; contemporary women's stories; romance; underrepresented voices; fresh-take historical; funny smart romcoms; sagas; gothic; sweeping love stories. Non-fiction: humour; memoir; lifestyle; social justice/polemic; cookery. Not horror/ghosts; not SFF; not YA/children; not sport/true crime; no short stories/novellas; no poetry/screenplay.

Age Categories

Adult

Looking For

Fiction: high-concept crime/thrillers, female-led commercial, upmarket commercial, book club, contemporary women's stories, romance, underrepresented voices, fresh-take historical, funny smart romcoms, sagas, gothic, sweeping love stories. Non-fiction: humour, memoir, lifestyle, social justice/polemic, cookery. Not horror/ghosts, not SFF, not YA/children, not sport/true crime, no short stories/novellas, no poetry/screenplay

Submission Details

Submit via: Email
Response time: DHH aims 8-16 weeks; assume pass after 16 weeks
Last verified: 5 Apr 2026Recently verified

Notes

Submissions should include a cover letter, the first three chapters, and a one-page synopsis, all as Word attachments. Diana does not represent horror, ghosts, SFF, YA, children's, sport, true crime, short stories, novellas, poetry, or screenplays. DHH aims to respond within 8 to 16 weeks; no response after 16 weeks should be treated as a pass.

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