Navigating the UK literary agent scene can feel opaque, but it helps to know who’s out there.
This isn’t a definitive list, but these are twenty respected, active agents known for championing strong literary and commercial fiction.
Tangled Prose is your bookish fix – from viral reads to cult classics. News, reviews, trends, and takes. Old favourites, and new finds. Always books.
Query letters walk a tightrope. Too humble and you undersell the work. Too bold and you risk sounding like you’ve written the next Ulysses.
The trick is to find a voice that reflects your book’s tone while presenting yourself as a professional, not a hopeful.