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2nd January 2006, 11:03 AM
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| Admin and Tea-boy  Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK: SCOTLAND:
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| UK literary agents who specialise in science fiction and fantasy UK literary agents who specialise in science fiction and fantasy You'll notice that not many are listed here. Although other agencies will work with science fiction and fantasy manuscripts, they are not many, and many more actively state that they will not accept submissions for the genre. What does this mean? It means that you have to be all the more professional in your approach to literary agents in the first place. Please also note that these agencies are looking for submissions for novels. Short stories are of little financial worth to an agency, and publishers tend to only risk issuing anthologies when they know the author name will sell, or else it is associated with a well publicised competition, such as the Nebula Short Story Awards. And you need to be magazine printed to enter for that. NOTE: All of the ones listed are reputable established agencies, that do not ask for reading fees, and who recover their main fees as percentantile royalties from books sales of the authors they represent. Mic Cheetham Literary Agency 11-12 Dover Street London W1S 4LJ Tel: 020 7495 2002 Fax: 020 7495 5777 Director: Mic Cheetham Takes: General and literary fiction, science fiction, some non-fiction. works with the Marsh Agency for foreign rights. Fees: home 10%, overseas 20% Website: http://www.miccheetham.com/ No unsolicited manuscripts Dorian Literary Agency (DLA) Upper Thornhill 27 Church Road St Marychurch Torquay Devon TQ1 4QY Tel/fax: 01803 312095 Proprietor: Mrs D. Lumley Takes: women's fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and horror, crime, thrillers, and mainstream Fees: home 10%, USA 15%, translation 20-25% No unsolicited manuscripts Londond Independent Books 26 Chalcot Crescent London NW1 8YD Tel: 020 7706 0486 Fax: 020 7724 3122 Proprietor: Carolyn Whitaker Takes: Commercial, fantasy, and etenage fiction. Fees: home 15%, overseas 20% Marjacq Scripts 34 Devonshire Place London W1G 6JW Tel: 020 7935 9499 Fax: 020 7935 9115 Takes: Crime, thrillers, science fiction, women's commercial fiction Fees: home 10%, overseas 20% Website: http://www.marjacq.com/ PFD (incorporating A.D. Peters & Co. Ltd, Fraser and Dunlop Scripts Ltd, Fraser & Dunlop Ltd, June Hall Literary Agency Ltd, Watergate Film Services Ltd) Drury House 34-43 Russell Street London WC2b 5HA Tel: 020 7344 1000 Fax: 020 7836 9539 Takes: Full range of fiction Fees: home 10%, overseas 20% Website: http://www.pfd.co.uk Sheil Land Associates Ltd (incorporating Richard Scott Simon Ltd 1971 and Christy & Moore Ltd 1912) 43 Doughty Street London WC1N 2LF Tel: 020 7405 9351 Fax: 020 7831 2127 Takes: commercial fiction and non-fiction, including military, history, fantasy, romance, rime, thrillers Fees: home 15%, overseas 20% Website: http://www.sheilland.co.uk Artellus Limited 30 Dorset House Gloucester Place London NW1 5AD Tel: 020 7935 6972 Fax: 020 7487 5957 Takes: crime, science fiction, historical, contemporary and literary fiction; non-fiction Fees: home 10%, overseas 20% John Jarrold Top Flat 117 All Saints Street Hastings East Sussex TN34 3BG 01424 440653 Takes: science fiction, fantasy Fees: home 15%, overseas 20% http://www.sff.net/people/john-jarrold/about.html |
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14th August 2007, 03:16 AM
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| KSeriphyn Designs  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia, New South Wales
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| Re: UK literary agents who specialise in science fiction and fantasy Thanks for the list Brian. The percentages are reasonable too. In Australia, a few agents I was interested in wanted 20 - 22% for local authors! |
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13th September 2007, 08:56 AM
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| Scorpiomale Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: UK: ENGLAND:
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| Re: UK literary agents who specialise in science fiction and fantasy Hi there I am currently looking for an agent for a science-fiction / fantasy / adventure story. I am new at all of this but would like my work to be published and maybe eventually become a film. |
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6th April 2008, 09:10 PM
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| weaver of the unseen  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Greater London
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| Re: UK literary agents who specialise in science fiction and fantasy Anubis Literary Agency 6 Birdhaven Close, Lighthorne, Warwick CV35 0BE Tel No: 01926 642588 Fax No: 01926 642588 Email: writestuff@btinternet.com Contact Steve Calcutt Genre fiction: crime, thrillers, horror, science fiction, fantasy (home 15%, USA/translation 20%). No other material considered. Send 50pp, a one-page synopsis and sae (essential). No reading fee. No telephone calls. Works with the Marsh Agency Ltd on translation rights. For information about agency writers' seminars contact: writestuff2@btinternet.com. Authors: Clients include Lesley Asquith, Christopher Golden, J.F. Gonzalez, Anthea Ingham, Tim Lebbon, Sarah Pinborough, Adam Roberts, Steve Savile, Brett A. Savory. Founded 1994. |
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29th July 2008, 02:02 PM
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| weaver of the unseen Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Greater London
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| Re: UK literary agents who specialise in science fiction and fantasy In 1971 Diana Tyler and Michael Bakewell formed MBA Literary Agents Ltd to promote the work of writers for television, radio, film and theatre, the media in which they both worked following a period in BBC drama departments. The agency flourished through their excellent contacts and soon expanded into fiction, non-fiction and fantasy/science fiction books. Michael left the firm in 1974 but steady growth under managing director Diana Tyler has enabled a wide range of writers in all fields, more recently including children's books, to work on cross-media projects. MBA's ethos is exemplified by the absolute commitment of all members of the agency to nurturing and building long-term successful careers for each client. Registered in England No. 1021584, VAT No. 234 6063 79 Registered office: 8 Fairfax Mansions, Finchley Road, London NW3 6JY Member of Association of Authors’ Agents and The Personal Managers’ Association Associate Member of The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain MBA Literary Agents Limited |
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24th October 2008, 04:11 PM
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| Registered User  Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Greater London
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| Re: UK literary agents who specialise in science fiction and fantasy Since PFD imploded last year I think their genre agents were part of the mass exodus to United Agents At any rate, Robery Kirby, (who represents Joe Abercrombie, John Clute, Alasdiar Reynolds, Christopher Priest and more) is with UA, so they should be added to the list. They do take email subs but have some specific requirements, so check their guidelines (of course you will  )United Agents 12-26 Lexington Street London, W1F 0LE t. +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 f. +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 (can't put up the web or mail parts as my posts count dropped after the crash, but just google United Agents and you'll get there) |
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