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Oscar Janson-Smith

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Oscar Janson-Smith Ltd·UK

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fictionnon-fictioncookerychildren's
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Open to prospective new clients across fiction, non-fiction, cookery and children's; represents journalists, broadcasters, activists, artists, sportspeople, entrepreneurs and content creators
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Oscar Janson-Smith is a literary agent at Oscar Janson-Smith Ltd based in UK. Their list focuses on genres including fiction, non-fiction, and cookery. Currently open to submissions. Submissions via Email. For current guidelines, check the agent's own submission page linked below.

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Adult, Children's

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Oscar has brokered a significant number of six-figure deals for his clients and works with the Intercontinental Literary Agency on foreign rights for select titles, with books sold into more than twenty languages.

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