UK Popular science Literary Agents

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UK popular science asks the writer to be accurate without sounding trapped in the lab. Agents want authority, curiosity, and a trade shape: physics, medicine, psychology, climate, technology, and natural history all need different kinds of translation. Think Brian Cox, Carlo Rovelli, or Oliver Sacks, not a lecture transcript.

This UK page shows agents who explicitly represent popular science. The broad search toggle catches more who'd consider it under narrative non-fiction, nature, health, business, psychology, or science-adjacent cultural writing.

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Adam Gauntlett

Peters Fraser and Dunlop (PFD)

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Represents

Fiction and non-fiction

Looking for

Upmarket-commercial fiction, series crime/thrillers, historical fiction, high-concept fiction, narrative non-fiction, true crime, memoir, popular science/psychology, serious history

How to submit

Email agauntlett@pfd.co.uk with a cover letter, full synopsis, and first three chapters (approximately 50 pages). Non-fiction submissions should include a detailed proposal and a cover letter with CV.

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