Sandra Sawicka joined the agency in 2014.  Her main interests are genre fiction (SFF, speculative, crime, horror) and a bit of YA. She also handles translation rights for all authors represented by Marjacq.

She would love to see: crime with a speculative edge, Southern Gothic, campus novels, road novels, spooky mysteries, ghost stories, high concept, YA adventure, anti-heroes, adventure space operas, atmospheric historical crime/mystery, popular science non-fiction (especially linguistics, cybernetics, and astronomy).

Jo represents across all ages in children’s publishing from picture books to YA. She is particularly keen on classic Middle Grade adventures, thought-provoking YA and books that reflect our multi-cultural society. Above all, anything with characters whose voices and stories linger long after the book is finished.

Alice was the Rights Agent at Madeleine Milburn Ltd, but is now growing the children’s & YA list at her very own ASH agency. She began her career as a bookseller before working at The Agency for three years, where she gained an invaluable insight into the publishing industry. Whilst at The Agency she negotiated multiple UK deals and helped sell rights across the world in titles including A Kestrel for A Knave, the Paddington books and Malorie Blackman’s books. Along with books, she has a passion for films and spent some time as a film critic.

Alice is actively looking for: Middle Grade for 9-12 (standalone and with series potential); tween stories to fit between MG and YA; New Adult; illustrators and graphic artists; brilliant world-building; diverse and marginalised authors across all ages and genres.

Chloe is looking for books that capture the pure joy, pain and wonder of growing up. Being a child or a teenager is a unique time in life when you’re discovering the world around you and who you are for the first time, and Chloe is seeking the special and rare talent able to capture that spirit on a page.

Actively looking for: Gothic; horror; sci-fi and fantasy with a strong hook; romance; thriller, magical middle-grade; adventure; contemporary middle-grade with a big heart; funny books across all ages; interesting/inspiring non-fiction across all ages; diverse authors.

Silvia Molteni is the dedicated children’s and YA books Agent at PFD and is currently building her own list of clients. The Bookseller named Silvia 2019’s Rising Star.

Silvia is actively looking for Middle Grade novels, strong and diverse voices with brave narratives and contemporary and realistic settings, edgy, funny and moving Middle Grade fiction.

She is also looking for YA fiction across all genres, but her wish list at the moment also involves finding a great psychological thriller. She’s on the hunt for non-fiction books aimed at children and YA – from memoirs to manuals, popular science and humorous books.

Silvia is drawn to voice-driven and character-driven narratives, LGBTQI storylines and characters, endearing narrators, magical realism and upmarket literary fiction.

Mark Gottlieb is a highly ranked literary agent both in overall deals and other individual categories. During his time at Trident Media Group, Mark has represented numerous New York Times bestselling authors, as well as award-winning authors, and has optioned and sold books to film and TV production companies. He previously ran the agency’s audiobook department, in addition to working in foreign rights.

Mark Gottlieb is actively seeking submissions in all categories and genres and looking forward to bringing new and established authors to the curious minds of their future readers.

Jessica Felleman represents a range of fiction and non-fiction. On the nonfiction side, she looks for projects with a strong, relatable, and often humorous voice, and prescriptive titles that offer realistic advice or new perspectives that help readers better understand themselves and the world.

Jessica looks for fiction featuring compelling and underserved voices that focus on strong characters and interesting worlds, including commercial and literary fiction, fiction that balances on the edge of genre, and some science fiction and fantasy. She loves fresh stories about magic, complicated families, everyday people doing extraordinary things, and unforgettable places.

Millie Hoskins joined United Agents in 2014 and has been building her list for the last three years, whilst continuing to work with some of the agency’s long-standing clients, like Quentin Blake, Philip Pullman and JP Delaney.

She wants to find exciting new writers of fiction, with an interest in both literary and commercial, and anything in between! The only genre she isn’t looking to take on more of right now is fantasy/sci fi. She represents a range of non-fiction but is most interested in narrative at the moment.

Florence is keen to find non-fiction writers who speak to a younger, millennial audience – whether that’s a journalist who is looking to expand an idea, or perhaps an activist with a social media platform. She is actively looking for writers who are under-represented in the publishing world, through non-traditional channels, and she’s always interested in environmental and social issues. No children’s or YA, please.

Rachel is looking for compelling voices, unpatronizing writing and vivid, complex characters. International settings and traditions, unconventional narratives, and progressive and/or radical social commentary are bound to get her attention. She’s particularly interested in writers from underrepresented backgrounds, especially if those stories are genre fiction, lifestyle or comic non-fiction, for both adults and children.

Rachel is particularly on the look-out for funny, commercial and high-concept middle-grade series.  She’s also looking for bold, voice-driven and emotionally engaging non-fiction across both adult and children’s.

Please note that Rachel doesn’t currently represent picture books, except for existing clients.

Anna is a book editor and former literary agent with the Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency, one of the most prestigious agencies in London. She has over ten years’ experience in the publishing industry. Anna specialises in commercial fiction: crime and thrillers, mystery, ‘up-lit’, historical fiction and book-club reads. She has worked with writers such as Gail Honeyman, Fiona Barton, Elizabeth Kay and Elizabeth Macneil on their novels ahead of their publishing deals. You can see her portfolio here.

She is also a big reader of inspirational non-fiction, and has represented writers such as James Reeves and Gabrielle Brown, Mimi Kuo-Deemer, Michelle Elman and Katherine May on their publishing journeys.

Katie’s taste is very broad and ranges from literary fiction to juicy beach reads, but upmarket commercial writing is what she’s most interested in reading right now. While she has a soft spot for her roots and books set in the American South (and her adopted home, New York City), she’s particularly keen to read stories that transport her somewhere new, whether real or imagined.

Katie reads widely and is open to anything with writing that grips her, but she does particularly love fiction about food and families, thrillers with complicated characters and a unique hook, campus novels, historical fiction starring strong women, quirky coming of age stories, and literary works that reveal a darker side of human nature.

Katie’s taste is very broad and ranges from literary fiction to juicy beach reads, but upmarket commercial writing is what she’s most interested in reading right now. While she has a soft spot for her roots and books set in the American South (and her adopted home, New York City), she’s particularly keen to read stories that transport her somewhere new, whether real or imagined.

Katie reads widely and is open to anything with writing that grips her, but she does particularly love fiction about food and families, thrillers with complicated characters and a unique hook, campus novels, historical fiction starring strong women, quirky coming of age stories, and literary works that reveal a darker side of human nature.

Julie is an editor with over fifteen years’ experience working for three major houses across a broad spectrum of commercial titles within fiction and non-fiction. For nine years, she headed up the UK arm of one of the largest global brands of science fiction and fantasy, Tor. She’s worked on bestselling and award-winning authors such as Ann Cleeves, Peter F. Hamilton, China Miéville, Neal Asher, Amanda Hocking, Naomi Novik and TV/Game partnerships including Halo, The Returned, The Walking Dead and Twin Peaks.

As an agent, Julie is actively looking to build her list and she’s looking for historical fiction, crime/thrillers, book club fiction and science fiction and fantasy. Her clients include: John Gwynne, Heather Child, Den Patrick and Nick Setchfield.

Laura joined Greene & Heaton as an agent in 2018. She worked at Peters Fraser and Dunlop from 2011, after completing a degree in Classics at Oxford. She is currently looking for novels across the spectrum of literary and commercial fiction, from voice-led literary novels to love stories to domestic family dramas to psychological thrillers. She’s always on the lookout for meditative, beautiful novels about modern life, as well as books in the upmarket/reading group space, either funny or moving, or a bit of both. She also loves dark stories, including gothic novels, ghost stories, horror and anything sinister.

Laura is also looking for historical fiction with contemporary resonance, and occasionally represents young adult novels. On the non-fiction side, she is keen to consider narrative non-fiction of all kinds, particularly untold stories across popular science, history, social issues, mental health and popular culture. She is also always on the look-out for memoirs by extraordinary people.

Marina loves upmarket, commercial and accessible literary fiction in all its forms – from twisty crime and thrillers to smart rom-coms and big, sweeping love stories to historical fiction. She is actively looking to take on clients in this area.

Marina would love to find a contemporary UK crime detective series that comes at the genre a little differently. She would also love to read more thrillers with claustrophobic settings, as well as more female-lead historical fiction with a feminist angle.