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The Darley Anderson Literary, TV and Film Agency was founded by Darley Anderson in 1988 and is based in London with a regional office in the book town of Hay-on-Wye.

The Agency handles a broad range of bestselling fiction including thrillers, mysteries, crime, horror, fantasy, women's, chick-lit, accessible literary, comedy and a growing list of non fiction and children’s fiction.

We welcome new submissions...

Please send a query letter, including a brief biography, a synopsis and the first three chapters with a SAE.

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Friday 10th May

This month the winning monster came from Rhoslyn Salisbury in Cheltenham. She has just moved house and said ‘I’m sitting in the bath preoccupied with the thought that there’s a monster constructed of the...

Friday 26th April

No. 2 – With Your Protagonist Looking Into a Mirror The other day as I stared at my reflection in the bathroom mirror of my north London flat I recalled that my hair is fine and dyed a darker brunette then...