Sheil Land Associates in the UK has three literary agents looking for new authors

An Unsuitable Match by 
Catherine Cookson
represented by Sheil Land Associates

Sheil Land Associates

Rm 9-25, LABS House
London, UK

https://www.sheilland.com/

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Sheil Land Associates is a long-established literary, theatrical and film agency dating back to 1962. It ranks as one of the top five literary agencies in the UK. Their staff includes three agents who are open to submissions: 

Gaia Banks has worked in publishing for over 20 years: in translation rights at John Murray, then joining Sheil Land as an agent in 2004. 

“For 17 years I looked after the translation interests of Sheil Land Associates' extensive list of authors and also acted as a primary agent” says Gaia. “I became a primary agent full-time at the start of 2022. I take on one or two new writers a year, and when doing so look for projects with wide international appeal.” 

Gaia represents writing across the spectrum of fiction and nonfiction.

In fiction, her interests include Children's books, General fiction, Mystery, Romance, Suspense/thriller, Fantasy/science fiction, and Own voices literature.

In nonfiction, her interests include Biography, History, Mind/body/spirit, Health, Lifestyle, and Science.

“At the moment,” says Gaia, “I'm particularity interested in fiction and memoir which will ignite reading group discussions, and I'll always have a soft spot for a good romance.” 

Submit to Gaia at: submissions@sheilland.co.uk

For fiction, include the first three chapters (or around fifty pages), a CV, and a one-page synopsis. For nonfiction, send a brief outline of the subject of your work, where it would fit in the market, and why you are suited to write it. Full submission guidelines here.

Piers Blofeld has a wide range of clients writing fiction and nonfiction, both literary and commercial. He’s also a columnist for Writing Magazine. You can check out his YouTube channel where he talks about “10 easy ways to put agents off in your submission letter,” among other topics here.

In fiction his first love is story. He loves strong commercial genre fiction that understands the expectations of the genre and delivers that in spades. In particular he loves a good noir-ish thriller, spy fiction, gritty crime but also saga, romance and romantic comedy.

“At the less genre, more reading group end of the market, I love stories that take me out of myself and feel like something I have never read before.”

In nonfiction he’s looking for strong narrative voices in memoir and history that help connect and root us to the world we live in, as well a big ideas and smart thinking to make us feel less confused about the extraordinary times we live in.

Submit to Piers at: submissions@sheilland.co.uk

For fiction, include the first three chapters (or around fifty pages), a CV, and a one-page synopsis. For nonfiction, send a brief outline of the subject of your work, where it would fit in the market, and why you are suited to write it. Full submission guidelines here.

Ian Drury read modern history at New College, Oxford, before going into publishing: editing partworks and magazines before joining HarperCollins in 1994. In 2003, he became Publishing Director at Weidenfeld & Nicolson.

He published the Sunday Times Top Ten bestsellers REAL BRAVO TWO ZERO (Michael Asher), BLENHEIM (Charles Spencer) and LAST POST (Max Arthur) as well as the landmark history of France in IndoChina, THE LAST VALLEY (Martin Windrow).

​Ian joined Sheil Land Associates in 2007. Of the authors he’s worked with as an agent, Angus Donald was the first to break into the mass market fiction top 20. Robert Fabbri, James Wilde and Mark Lawrence all made the 2011 Top 20 UK hardback debut fiction list.

Ian is best known for Fantasy/SF. But he also loves for historical fiction and action/adventure.

On the nonfiction side he’s looking for history, biography and music.

Submit to Ian at: submissions@sheilland.co.uk

For fiction, include the first three chapters (or around fifty pages), a CV, and a one-page synopsis. For nonfiction, send a brief outline of the subject of your work, where it would fit in the market, and why you are suited to write it. Full submission guidelines here.

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