Milly Reilly

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Adult

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Broad non-fiction including memoir, creative non-fiction, food, art, comedy, the natural world, psychology, health, and the social and political. In fiction, character-driven literary fiction that is brutally honest, exploring inner lives and social dynamics, with darkness and complexity but not without hope, and writing that is playful and poetic. Does not represent children's, YA, sci-fi, fantasy or crime.

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7 Apr 2026Recently verified

Notes

Milly joined Colwill & Peddle in 2023 after more than six years at Jo Unwin Literary Agency. Her clients have won or been shortlisted for prizes including the Orwell Prize for Political Writing, the British Academy Book Prize, the Gordon Burn Prize, and the Bread and Roses Award. She is based in Norwich and particularly welcomes submissions from authors in East Anglia.