Olivia Maidment

About Olivia

Olivia Maidment is a Director and Literary Agent at Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV and Film Agency, a London-based agency founded in 2012 by Madeleine Milburn. She joined the agency in 2020 and has since built a list of clients. Her clients include recipients and shortlisted writers from awards including the Polari Prize, the Nero Book Award and the RSL Encore Award, among them Oisín McKenna, Julia Armfield and Sufiyaan Salam. She sold UK and Commonwealth rights to McKenna's third novel, Boom Time, and a fourth book, to 4th Estate.

What Olivia is looking for

Olivia is looking for literary and upmarket fiction that is ambitious, has an emotional core and can connect with readers. She is also open to speculative fiction and magical realism where the fantastical elements are rooted in character and emotional truth, and to literary thrillers with atmosphere and psychological depth. Her specialisms are literary, upmarket and book club fiction, and she is actively seeking new clients with a focus on debut fiction. The agency does not accept TV, film or theatre scripts, poetry, picture books or AI-generated material.

Submissions

At the time of checking (November 2026), all agents are open to submissions, and Olivia is an option on the adult fiction form. Address the work to the agent who best suits it, and use the agency's own forms, as other routes are not considered. Manuscripts go in Word, 1.5 or double spaced. For adult fiction, send a one-page synopsis with the first three chapters or first 10,000 words in one document. The agency takes up to 12 weeks to consider a manuscript.

Compiled from Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV and Film Agency's own website. Check there for the latest before you submit.

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