Isabel Atherton

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Looking for: Isabel Atherton is an experienced literary agent and founder of Creative Authors. The agency represents commercially strong titles in fashion, biography especially music, autobiography, crafts, health, cookery, children's picture books, history, natural history, popular culture, true crime, select fiction, and illustrators. Creative Authors is not currently looking for new fiction clients but is considering well-crafted nonfiction and illustrated books. It is not looking for fantasy, science fiction, poetry, short stories, plays, scripts, or fiction at present.
How to submit: Submit through the Creative Authors Join Us form with publishing history and CV, synopsis, and three sample chapters. Creative Authors does not accept paper submissions, does not charge a reading fee, and asks writers not to telephone about unsolicited submissions.
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Isabel Atherton is a literary agent at Creative Authors based in UK. Their list focuses on genres including nonfiction, illustrated books, and fashion. Currently open to submissions, with response guidance listed as If you do not receive a response from Creative Authors within 6 weeks, assume the agency is not interested.. Submissions via Online Form. For current guidelines, check the agent's own submission page linked below.

Age Categories

Adult, Picture Book

Response Time

Usually responds within If you do not receive a response from Creative Authors within 6 weeks, assume the agency is not interested.

Notes

Submissions via the Join Us form (attachments Word/PDF). Not looking for fantasy, science fiction, poetry, short stories, plays, scripts. No paper submissions.

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