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: Nadene Ghouri
Nadene Ghouri is an award-winning journalist, writer and presenter.Today she is a regular voice on BBC radio 4 current affairs, reporting on flagship weekly programmes such as Crossing Continents and The Report. She also writes ground breaking global investigations for the Mail on Sunday’s LIVE magazine and has previously been a reporter for Al Jazeera English.She is co-author of Letters to my Daughters, the memoirs of female Afghan MP Fawzia Koofi. The book has been described as ‘spell-binding’, ‘powerful’ and ‘gripping’. It is now on release acros...
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: Tyler's Story (no 8)
‘Casey,’ asks John Fulshaw. ‘Can you come to the police station? I know it’s unusual, but we need you to meet Tyler. He’s 13 and has just been arrested. He stabbed his step mother, apparently, and she won’t have him home. I’m afraid I had no-one else to call.’ So begins Casey’s relationship with Tyler. She’s on her way home from hospital when she takes the call, where she’s just dropped her father off to have a major operation, so It’s not the best time - she’s already feeling teary and anxiou...
