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Maria Brannan

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Greyhound Literary·UK

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Represents
fictionnon-fictionYA
Looking for
Character-driven, high-concept fiction with commercial hook; genre esp fantasy/horror; high-concept thrillers; voice-led contemporary; sweeping historical; romance/romcom; select narrative non-fiction (memoir/history/nature/science)
How to submit
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Maria Brannan is a literary agent at Greyhound Literary based in UK. Their list focuses on fiction, non-fiction, and YA. Currently open to submissions, with responses usually within 6 to 8 weeks. Submissions via Email. For current guidelines, check the agent's own submission page linked below.

Age Categories

Adult, YA

Response Time

Usually responds within 6 to 8 weeks

Notes

Submit per Greyhound guidelines (cover letter in body and attachments); Maria also works on translation rights with Sam. Maria also serves as the agency's Translation Rights Manager, working alongside Rights Director Sam Edenborough.

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Charlie Campbell

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Looking forOriginal fiction and non-fiction with international appeal. Non-fiction: stimulating/voice-led, humour, travel, sport, finance/worlds you can enter. Fiction: predominantly crime and thrillers, also rare comic novels
How to submitEmail charlie@greyhoundliterary.co.uk with a cover letter and pitch in the body of the email. For fiction, attach the first three chapters and a synopsis. For non-fiction, attach a proposal and sample writing. Submit to one agent only, do not send by post.
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Charlotte Atyeo

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Looking forCurrently (Jan 2026) only open to: non-fiction (adult or children) from experts, and non-rhyming picture books (especially author-illustrators)
How to submitEmail charlotte@greyhoundliterary.co.uk with a cover letter and pitch in the body of the email. For fiction, attach the first three chapters and a synopsis. For non-fiction, attach a proposal and sample writing. For children's picture books, attach the full manuscript and sample illustrations if you are also the illustrator.
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Sam Edenborough

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RepresentsScience fiction, fantasy, literary horror, non-fiction
Looking forSam represents science fiction, fantasy, literary horror, and non-fiction for a general audience. He is looking for fantasy with wit and deep world-building, hard SF and cyberpunk exploring big questions about humanity, and work that pushes SFF genre boundaries. He is also interested in upmarket folkloric horror-tinged fiction, fiction and non-fiction engaging with landscape or the sea, books about jazz and classical music with an unconventional approach, and writing by experts who relay complex ideas with verve. He is keen to work with writers whose background, identity, sexuality, cultural experience, or ethnicity have historically been under-represented on publishers' lists in the UK. He does not accept children's or young adult submissions.
How to submitEmail: sam@greyhoundliterary.co.uk
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Salma Begum

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RepresentsFiction, non-fiction
Looking forConfident, immersive, ambitious, narrative-driven writing across fiction and non-fiction. In fiction, she is drawn to epic love stories, novels capturing specific moments in recent history, and tightly plotted narratives that use form to explore the extremes of human psychology and society. She loves love stories in particular — ones that balance emotional depth with humour. In non-fiction, she is seeking subject experts, journalists and memoirists who can write long-form literature, including captivating music writing and ground-shifting investigative journalism.
How to submitEmail salma@greyhoundliterary.co.uk directly. For fiction, include a cover letter with pitch in the body of the email, and attach the first three chapters and a synopsis. For non-fiction, include a cover letter with pitch in the body of the email, and attach a proposal and sample writing. Submit to one Greyhound agent only. Do not send links to cloud storage services.
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Dotti Irving

Greyhound Literary

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RepresentsNon-fiction (primarily)
Looking forNarrative non-fiction, story-driven books that speak to a wider world
How to submitEmail the agent directly using the email address found on her profile page at https://greyhoundliterary.co.uk or agents or dotti-irving. For non-fiction, include a cover letter in the body of the email with a brief pitch, and attach a proposal outlining the book and explaining why you are best-placed to write it, along with sample writing. Submit to one agent only.
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Natalie Galustian

Greyhound Literary

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RepresentsNarrative and commercial non-fiction, literary fiction
Looking forStrong new voices in non-fiction across musical, visual, dramatic, cultural and culinary arts, history, memoir, biography, essays and humour, select fiction and literary-quality short stories
How to submitEmail - natalie@greyhoundliterary.co.uk
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Laura Williams

Greene & Heaton

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RepresentsLiterary fiction, upmarket commercial fiction, historical fiction, romantic comedy, gothic, horror, crime, psychological thriller, speculative fiction, YA, middle grade, memoir, narrative non-fiction, true crime
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Ian Drury

Sheil Land Associates

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How to submitEmail submission@bell-lomax.co.uk with a covering letter in the email body, a short synopsis (including full plot details), and the first three chapters (no more than 50 pages, double spaced) as a Word document or PDF. Do not address the submission to more than one agent.
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Hannah Weatherill

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RepresentsCrime, thriller, horror, romance, contemporary fiction, historical fiction, memoir, narrative non-fiction, cookbooks, food writing, lifestyle, wellbeing, investigative journalism, nature writing
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How to submitHannah is currently closed to submissions.
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Ciara Finan

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How to submitSend your cover letter, synopsis, and first three chapters or 10,000 words for fiction, or a proposal for non-fiction, to ciara.finan@curtisbrown.co.uk. Due to the volume of submissions received, a response to every query is not guaranteed. Writers should keep the agent updated if they receive a full manuscript request or an offer of representation from another agent.
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How to submitSubmit by email only. Fiction submissions should include a cover letter in the body of the email, a short bio, a synopsis, and three sample chapters as separate attachments. Non-fiction submissions should include a cover letter in the body of the email, a short bio, a proposal with chapter breakdown, and three sample chapters as separate attachments. Use the submissions page at https://shesto-literary.com or submissions or to send your materials.
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