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Books

The Books Department at United Agents is one of the UK’s leading literary agencies.

We are a dynamic team made up of literary agents, foreign rights, and book-to-film agents, who look after many of the world’s best-known and most-loved writers and illustrators. Our clients work across a broad range of creative fields and represent every genre, from commercial and literary fiction to acclaimed biography and specialist non-fiction, as well as writers and illustrators of books for children and young adults.

We look after authors and illustrators who have appeared in the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller lists and our clients have won many of the world’s most prestigious literary prizes, including the Booker Prize, the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the Baillie Gifford prize for non-fiction, the Carnegie Medal, and the British Book Awards. We also represent some of the biggest-selling books and debut authors and illustrators of recent years.

While we are proud to count a number of influential voices among our long-term clients, we have a particular passion and reputation for finding and nurturing new talent, and helping to shape burgeoning writing and illustrating careers, selling our clients’ work into markets and languages around the world.

We are always keen to receive new submissions and for more information on how to submit, please see the Submissions page or refer to individual agents’ pages for their personal wishlists and submission guidelines.

From Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers to the most exciting new voices in fiction, non-fiction, and children's literature.

UA - Books (March 26)

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Book to Screen

Our Book to Screen department is dedicated to representing film, television and theatre rights in our clients’ books.

Please email booktoscreen@unitedagents.co.uk and the right person will be in touch as soon as possible.

Submissions

Find out how to submit your work for consideration by our agents.

View Submissions Guidelines
Foreign Rights

Managing translation rights for our clients in markets around the world.

View Foreign Rights
Children's Authors and Illustrators

Representing a world-class list of talent for young readers.

View Children’s & YA
Permissions and Estates

Handling requests and managing the legacies of our clients’ work.

View Permissions and Estates

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