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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I've got the best agent in London

Martina Cole

There are agents, there are good agents, there are super agents, and then there's Darley Anderson

Lee Child

Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass: Adrian Plass and the Church Weekend: v. 6

Birmingham Blitz Hits The Chelsea Flower Show!

Annie Murray

Martina Cole

Jane Costello

Margaret Dickinson

Bestselling Broken Harbour Wins LA Times Book Prize!

Tana French

Helen Grant

Bittersweet Is No.4 In UK Bestseller List!

Cathy Cassidy

Sean Slater

Chris Carter

David Hewson

Tim Weaver

Emma Kavanagh

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Our Journal...

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...