Our writers mean business

Our literary agents specialise in bestselling commercial fiction including thrillers, mysteries, crime, horror, fantasy, women's, chick-lit, accessible literary, comedy, children's and YA fiction. We have film and TV agents in the UK and US who help to bring our bestselling books to the big and small screen.

The Darley Anderson Literary, TV and Film Agency was founded by Darley Anderson in 1988 and is based in London, with an office in Hay on Wye.

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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Recent Bestsellers

The Brookland Girls
Margaret Dickinson

The heartfelt sequel to The Poppy Girls:  It is the early...

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The Searcher
Tana French

Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a remote Irish village would be the perfect...

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The Blackbird
Tim Weaver

DAVID RAKER IS BACK WITH ANOTHER HEART-POUNDING MISSING PERSONS CASE THE SUNDAY...

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Our Journal...

Tuesday 5th September

The Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency: Internship The Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency represents bestselling and award-winning authors and illustrators for children. As the most commercial...

Friday 10th February

As a reader and an agent, I am on the hunt for commercial romantic fiction, specifically for BookTok hungry new adult/20+ markets. I want books with romance at the very heart of the narrative. Messy, cheesy, heartbreaking,...

The most commercially minded agency in London

Our UK literary agents have a long history of producing commercial success for our authors in a broad variety of genres. Many of our writers are among the highest-paid, bestselling authors in the world.