About Caro
Caro Clarke is the founder and literary agent at Portobello Literary, an agency based in Edinburgh. Caro founded the agency in 2022, after twelve years in publishing at Transworld (PRH) and Canongate Books, where Caro was a Senior Rights Manager. Caro won the British Book Awards' Rights Professional of the Year title in 2021 and was named a Bookseller Rising Star in 2024, and serves as Chair of the Association of Scottish Literary Agents. Authors Caro has worked with have won or been nominated for major prizes, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Wainwright Prize and the Saltire National Book Awards.
Submissions
Manuscripts and other content can be sent to Portobello Literary by post, by email or via the agency's website, and the email address is on the agency's website. Whether the agency is open to new submissions was not confirmed at the time of checking (November 2026).
Compiled from Portobello Literary's own website. Check there for the latest before you submit.