About Susan
Susan is an agent at Susan Yearwood Agency, a London-based literary agency that was founded in 2007 and is a member of the Association of Authors' Agents. It represents debut and published writers in adult fiction, non-fiction and children's and YA fiction in the UK and internationally. Susan negotiates contracts with publishers on behalf of authors once they have signed with the agency. Earlier, in the early to mid-nineties, Susan gained experience at Virago, Museum Quilts Plc and Penguin Books Ltd.
What Susan is looking for
Susan is looking for commercial fiction, including romance and saga, crime and thriller, and mystery and suspense, as well as book club fiction, meaning accessible literary fiction. Susan is also interested in children's fiction for readers aged 9 and over, and in teen and YA fiction and non-fiction. Non-fiction interests include business and finance, self-help and well-being, and lifestyle, including cookery. Susan does not read science fiction, short stories or poetry.
Submissions
At the time of checking (November 2026), Susan is always looking for new writers with strong proposals. Email submissions to the address on the agency's website. Put your name and the title or genre in the subject line, attach the first 30 pages (1.5 or double spaced, with page numbers) and send a synopsis separately. Cover emails need a pitch sentence and short description, plus comparative writers from the last three years. Say if other agents are reading the work. Responses are aimed for within two months.
Compiled from Susan Yearwood Literary Agency's own website. Check there for the latest before you submit.
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