About Will
Will is an agent at Janklow & Nesbit, the agency's UK office. He joined the agency in 2008 and became Managing Director of the UK office in 2013. He started his publishing career at Random House in 2000, after studying at King's College London, and has lived in the US, India and Australia. He regularly lectures on publishing and the changing role of the literary agent at conferences and universities across the UK. His clients have won or been shortlisted for almost all the major book prizes, and have been Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers.
What Will is looking for
Will represents writers of popular science, investigative journalism and history, as well as novelists. The agency calls itself a small, focused boutique with a worldwide outlook, and does not accept postal submissions or consider screenwriters or scripts.
Submissions
Will is listed as accepting submissions at the time of checking (November 2026). Authors should read the guidelines and email their work to the address on the agency's website, naming the author, title and Will in the subject line. Fiction needs a covering letter, a synopsis and either the first three chapters or the first fifty pages. Non-fiction needs a covering letter, a full chapter outline and, if possible, a sample chapter. If the agency wants to read more, it replies within eight weeks.
Compiled from Janklow & Nesbit UK Ltd.'s own website. Check there for the latest before you submit.
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