About Louise
Louise Buckley is an Associate Literary Agent at Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency, and also works as an Editorial Consultant. She joined the agency as an Associate Literary Agent in 2024. Louise has worked in publishing for over fifteen years, following an MA in Creative Writing and a year as a bookseller for Waterstones. She spent a year at Dorling Kindersley, then almost five years in the commercial fiction division at Pan Macmillan. She was previously an Associate Literary Agent at Zeno Agency Ltd.
What Louise is looking for
Louise is looking for literary and book-club novels, especially those featuring working-class people or children in difficult circumstances. She likes relationship-driven novels and very smart literary crime, and welcomes dystopian fiction with a fresh take on a classic trope. For non-fiction, she is interested in adult submissions from experts or thought leaders in nature writing, climate change, psychology, self-help, science and parenting. She is not currently looking for romantasy, epic traditional fantasy, space opera, children's books, short stories or novellas, police procedurals or memoir, nor books featuring war, Covid, AI or robots.
Submissions
At the time of checking (November 2026), submissions for Louise are closed until February 2027, when the agency reopens every other month from the 1st to the 7th. Submissions are made through the agency's online submission form and should include a cover letter, the first three chapters (or the first 10,000 words, whichever is shorter) and a synopsis. A gentle nudge is welcome after eight weeks without a response. Submissions sent by post will not be read.
Compiled from Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency Ltd.'s own website. Check there for the latest before you submit.
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