• Sheila Crowley
  
• Curtis Brown Group
  
• Marianne Gunn O'Connor 

 Sheila Crowley

Literary Agent Sheila Crowley began her career in publishing at Poolbeg in Dublin before moving to the UK in 1991, and went on to hold several key positions in sales and marketing at Harper Collins, Reed, Hodder & Stoughton and most recently as Literary Director of AP Watt Ltd.

Sheila has a very broad knowledge of the UK and international markets, and has masterminded many No.1 best-sellers.

She focuses primarily on women’s commercial fiction, thrillers, mbs (mind, body, spirit), sport and celebrity books, young adult and children's fiction and general mass-market non-fiction.

Sheila, who moved from Hodder to become a literary agent, joined Curtis Brown from AP Watt on 1st September 2008.

Most of Sheila's authors have moved with her and Sheila said "after five successful years building my author list, I felt the time was right to move to a bigger agency and one that would embrace the more commercial angle of the authors I represent. It is a challenging time in the industry but there is a real ‘buzz’ at Curtis Brown who recently attracted major bestselling authors to the agency, and I know that my authors and I will benefit from the move.”.

Jonny Geller of Curtis Brown said “We are all very excited to welcome Sheila with her wealth of experience in publishing and agenting. She will be a fabulous addition to our team and we look forward to welcoming her amazing list of authors.”

Some of the authors moving include

Curtis Brown Group Ltd
Haymarket House
28 - 29 Haymarket
London SW1Y 4SP

Tel: +44 (0)20 7393 4400
Fax: +44(0)20 7393 4401
Email: cb@curtisbrown.co.uk

They represent many of the most significant and acclaimed writers of the last century and numerous of the most prominent and influential of today’s authors.

Their agents represent a wide variety of best-selling and prize-winning authors, journalists and writers. They also have a thriving foreign rights department - handling translation sales in over thirty territories – and a dedicated ‘book-to-film’ section handling film and TV rights for our author’s works, which make Curtis Brown an international market leader.

Curtis Brown are one of the few agencies who do accept unsolicited manuscripts.

See their website for full details www.curtisbrown.co.uk

Send manuscripts addressed to "SUBMISSIONS DEPARTMENT" including:

• A covering letter
• A brief synopsis
• Three chapters of the work on A4 paper, in double-spaced type on one side of the sheet only (do not bind or staple your work
• ... and remember to print your name and a contact number/email address on the cover of your manuscript). 

Morrison Chambers
Suite 17
32 Nassau Street
Dublin 2
Republic of Ireland.

Her full details are listed in ‘Writing for Success’ by Patricia O’Reilly, The Writers Handbook and similar publications

Marianne Gunn O’Connor is one of Ireland and the U.K.’s top agents

Founded in 1996, Marianne’s Literary Agency specialises in Commercial and literary fiction, non-fiction, biography, children's fiction.

Marianne Gunn O’Connor represents writers such as: