About the Agency
The Andrew Lownie Literary Agency Ltd, founded in 1988, is now one of the UK's leading boutique literary agencies with some two hundred non-fiction and fiction authors and is actively building its fiction list through new agent David Haviland. It prides itself on its personal attention to its clients and specialises both in launching new writers and taking established writers to a new level of recognition.
Books represented have included: The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English: The Oxford Classical Dictionary; The Penguin Companion to the European Union; Norma Major's history of Chequers; the memoirs of Sir John Mills, Alan Whicker, Gloria Hunniford, David Hasselhoff, Emily Lloyd, Kerry Katona and Patrick MacNee; the best-selling fostering series by Cathy Glass and Casey Watson; Sam Faiers’ Living Life the Essex Way; Daniel Tammet’s international best-seller Born on a Blue Day; Laurence Gardner’s The Magdalene Legacy and The Shadow of Solomon, the literary estates of Joyce Cary and Julian MacLaren-Ross; the historians Juliet Barker, Roger Crowley, Tom Devine, Robert Hutchinson, Sean McMeekin, Linda Porter, Geoff Roberts ,Desmond Seward, David Stafford and Christian Wolmar; the wine writer Michael Schuster; crime writers, such as Mei Trow and David Roberts, and thriller writers such as Duncan Falconer.
Featured Author: Mike Sincere
Growing up in the Chicago suburbs, Michael Sincere learned everything he could about the stock market, which played a major role in his life. After losing a small fortune and earning it back, he wrote seven nonfiction business books on investing and trading in stocks and options. He has appeared on CNBC and ABC’s World News Now to talk about his books.In addition to writing books, Michael writes a column about trading and investing for Marketwatch.com. He works as a freelance writer for several major corporations, and also teaches individuals how to invest or trade in the stock market...
Articles and Advices
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The Future of Agenting
Apr 13 2013 |
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Andrew Lownie gives his thoughts on the future of agenting. He will be discussing the issue at the London Book Fair on Tuesday. The publishing landscape is rapidly changing with t... -
Ghostly Reflections
Mar 03 2013 |
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Sixteen of the agency’s ghost writers share their five tips on how they work with their subjects and what they believe is needed to ghost a successful book. Mary Alexander, ghostwriter... -
Some Tips on Approaching an Agent
Jan 26 2013 |
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Andrew Lownie offers some advice on how best to present yourself to an agent. Authors are often angry, frustrated or shocked by the responses or lack of responses from agents and it mi...
Featured Book: Caesar's Footprints
Julius Caesar’s conquest of Gaul in 50 BC ushered in 500 years of Roman rule in northern Europe. The Romans found a land which was still in the Iron Age, and remade it after their own image. Before the Roman occupation, the Gallic tribes lived in wattle and daub huts. Their priests conducted human sacrifices in forbidding groves, and their chieftains nailed the heads of butchered adversaries to their doorposts as trophies of victory. Yet, just half a century after the Roman conquest, the land was visibly different. The Gallic chieftains wore togas, learned Latin, took Roman names,...
