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Robert Smith Literary Agency·UK

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Represents
non-fictionautobiography and biographyhealthfitness and personal developmenthumour and languageinspirational real lives
+5 morepopular culturehistory and current affairstrue crimewar and militarycrime fiction
Looking for
Nonfiction across a wide range of categories including autobiography and biography, health, fitness and personal development, humour and language, inspirational real lives, popular culture, history and current affairs, true crime, war and military, and crime fiction.
How to submit
The Robert Smith Literary Agency is currently closed to new submissions and is not accepting any new book proposals at this time.
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Last checked 11 Jul 2026·Last verified: 11 Jul 2026
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Robert Smith is a literary agent at Robert Smith Literary Agency based in UK. Their list focuses on genres including non-fiction, autobiography and biography, and health. Currently closed to submissions. Submissions via Email. For current guidelines, check the agent's own submission page linked below.

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Robert Smith began his career at Octopus Books and went on to serve as Publishing Director at Ebury Press and Sidgwick & Jackson, where he worked with authors including Debbie Reynolds, Eartha Kitt, and Bruce Dickinson. He ran his own publishing company, Smith Gryphon Publishers, from 1990 before becoming a literary agent in 1997. Past titles from that imprint include The Diary of Jack the Ripper, which sold half a million copies worldwide. The agency works with Louisa Pritchard Associates for foreign rights and Renée Zuckerbrot Literary Agency as US co-agent.

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