About the Agency
The Andrew Lownie Literary Agency Ltd, founded in 1988, is now one of the UK's leading non-fiction literary agencies with a special emphasis on history and biography. Books represented have included The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English, The Oxford Classical Dictionary, Norma Major's history of Chequers and the memoirs of Sir John Mills, Alan Whicker, Gloria Hunniford and Patrick MacNee.
Featured Author: Roger Howard
Roger Howard is a journalist and author writing on international relations. His previous books include The Oil Hunters: Exploration and Espionage in the Middle East 1880-1939 (2008) and Iran in Crisis? (2004). His articles have appeared in The Guardian, The Times, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Independent on Sunday, Wall Street Journal, Spectator, New Statesman, International Herald Tribune, Jane's Intelligence Review and many other newspapers and journals. He has a specialized knowledge of Middle Eastern defence issues, having written extensively on Iran’s nuclear progr...
Articles and Advices
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Salutations
Jan 15 2012 |
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Andrew Lownie continues his series of how recent submissions have addressed him. Hello dear Andrew, Dear Andrew Lownie and/or Associates, Hi Lonnie, Agent-In-Chief; Dear ... -
What Editors Want 2012
Jan 10 2012 |
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Twenty four editors have kindly explained what they are looking for this year giving a fascinating insight into the commissioning mind. Hugh Andrew, Managing DIrector, Birlinn ... -
What the Dickens...
Dec 25 2011 |
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Ah, coincidence... from Dickens to Didion it's the meat and drink of the writer's art. Even readers know that. But what they don't know - and we do - is just how big a role it plays befor...
Featured Book: Impostors
Impostors tells the stories of the boldest and most notorious impostors of the past 500 years. There are fraudulent claimants to thrones and titles, fantasists, fake natives, criminals and women who lived as men. They are extraordinary characters who led equally extraordinary lives. Princess Caraboo and George Psalmanazar claimed to be visitors from the exotic East at a time when few people travelled further than the next town. Jack Williams served as a Union soldier during the American Civil War, but ‘he’ was actually a woman. John List evaded arrest for 18 years a...