ABOUT US
The North was founded in October 2017 by a group of agents with decades of experience in the book world: not only as agents, but as booksellers and publishers – and even a writer. We’re a small agency, but we think our list of best-sellers and award winners shows that we punch above our weight. In a business dominated by large London publishers and agencies, we’re proud to be one of very few literary agencies based in the north; though our reach is global, with writers published in more than 30 territories around the world.
SUBMIT
Eli Lee wins Best First Novel at the Writers' Guild Awards
Huge congratulations to Eli Lee, who won Best First Novel at the 2022 Writers' Guild Awards for A Strange and Brilliant Light.
Read more about Eli's prize-winning novel here.
Michael Joseph snaps up Ward's superyacht thriller
Penguin Michael Joseph has snapped up an 'unputdownable superyacht' thriller, A Stranger on Board, by Cameron Ward.
'The must-have summer thriller follows ex-marine Sarah French, as she takes up a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work aboard a luxury superyacht,' PMJ said of the thriller. 'But as they head into open water, tensions between the crew quickly build. And when someone goes missing, Sarah has a terrifying realisation. One of them is a killer. And all of them are suspects.'
Cassell publish Buzzcocks' Pete Shelley’s 'lost tapes'
Published for the first time and with the blessing of Pete’s estate, Ever Fallen In Love: The Lost Buzzcocks Tapes is a tribute to a founding member of punk and a chance to hear one of music’s true visionaries tell his own story at last.
‘Lots of great stories… A fascinating insight’ – John Maher, Buzzcocks
‘Perfectly executed, highly detailed, incredibly interesting’ – Henry Rollins, Black Flag
My Amy by Tyler James – out today
Written with a searing honesty and published for the tenth anniversary of Amy Winehouse's death, My Amy by Tyler James is an evocative portrait of unbreakable lifelong friendship – and a devastating study into fame, addiction and self-sabotage.
Walker Books pre-empts trilogy from Ann Sei Lin
Walker Books is to release a 'pacy teen fantasy adventure' from debut author Ann Sei Lin, after securing the Rebel Skies series in a pre-empt.
The first adventure story, also named Rebel Skies, follows 14-year-old Kurara, a lifelong servant on board the Midori – a giant flying banquet hall. But when her party trick of making paper come to life turns out to be a power treasured across the empire, she joins a skyship and its motley crew to become a Crafter... Read more.
C R Robertson to Hodder
Editorial director Eve Hall acquired world all language rights to The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill and a second book, following a three-publisher bidding war, from Mark Stanton at The North Literary Agency... Read more.
Win for Christina Courtenay
Congratulations to Christina Courtenay! Christina has won the Fantasy Romantic Novel Award at the 2021 RNAs for her dual-timeline Viking adventure Echoes of the Runes, published by Headline Review.
Two in Shortlist for 2021 Romantic Novel Awards
We're thrilled to announce that not one but two North authors have been shortlisted for the 2021 Romantic Novel Awards.
Vicki Beeby has been shortlisted for the Romantic Saga Award for her novel The Ops Room Girls.
And Christina Courtenay has made the Fantasy Romantic Novel Award shortlist with Echoes of the Runes.
Huge congratulations to both. What a way to kick off 2021!
Adam Southward to Headline
Headline have snapped up The Stranger Next Door, the latest novel from bestselling Kindle author Adam Southward.
This fast-paced, twisty thriller asks how well we really know those closest to us...
BSFA Award 2020 Longlist
Eli Lee's debut novel, A Strange and Brilliant Light, will be published by Jo Fletcher Books, Quercus in July 2021.
The cover artwork, by Sinjin Lee, has been longlisted for the BSFA Award for Best Artwork.
Afraid of the Christmas Lights
Eighteen bestselling crime writers, including North author Adam Southward, have contributed to an anthology to raise money for domestic abuse charities in the wake of a “shadow pandemic” created by Covid-19.
Afraid of the Christmas Lights is an eclectic mix of festive shorts, featuring contemporary crime writers such as Mark Billingham, Val McDermid, Sophie Hannah and Harriet Tyce... Read more.
CHRISTMAS CRIME FROM FIONA SHERLOCK
Hodder Studio will publishTwelve Motives for Murder by Fiona Sherlock in audio and ebook on the 10th December, followed by a print edition in autumn 2021. Sara Adams acquired World Rights in two books from Lina Langlee at the North Literary Agency... Read more