Adam Gauntlett

Head of the Books Department + Literary Agent

Adam Gauntlett is the Head of the Books Division and represents a wide array of prize-winning, Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling authors. He joined the company in 2010, after completing his Masters in English Literature at King’s College, London.

The Bookseller named Adam 2017’s Shooting Star.

What I'm looking for...

Upmarket-commercial fiction, series crime and thrillers, historical fiction, high-concept fiction, middle grade, narrative non-fiction, true crime, memoir, popular science/psychology and serious history.

Genres aside, Adam is drawn to strong female leads, original voices, quirky and endearing narrators, and well-executed plot twists.

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