Juliet Mushens

An agent with Mushens Entertainment (see other agents at this agency).

About

Juliet Mushens has been an agent for over a decade. More than a dozen of her clients are Sunday Times bestsellers with half a dozen claiming the number one slot in the last two years alone. Her clients include million-copy no. 1 bestseller Jessie Burton, multi-million copy NY Times bestseller Taran Matharu, record-breaking multi-million copy no. 1 bestseller Richard Osman. The Times ran a piece recognising her as the first agent to represent the number 1, 2 and 3 UK bestsellers in the same week: ‘Star literary agent first to top the charts three times’, a feat she repeated in 2022. Juliet sits on the advisory board of Book Brunch and is currently President of the British Fantasy Society.

Country & Year Established

United Kingdom

Agent since 2011

Professional Associations

Member of AAA

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Human-created work only; no AI use allowed

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Statistics Synopsis

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Fiction Temp Closed

Adult fiction across the genres – from reading group, to SFF, and most things in between. She has had major success selling crime/thriller, historical fiction, fantasy and reading group fiction and is actively focusing on these areas currently. She is naturally drawn to books with high concept hooks, and page-turning plots. She grew up reading a blend of literary classics, doorstopper fantasy and fanfiction – so her taste is broad!

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, Young adults. Excluding: Children, Middle grades.

Genres:

General Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Historical
Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Paranormal
Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres
Romance Subgenre: Romantic Comedy
Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres
Suspense/Thriller Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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Accuracy

We have received 3 reports from 3 different members within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

7 min | 12.0 mean avg | 7.0 median | 22 max days (1,273.5 std dev)

Other Information

The agent will try to make a decision within 42 days.
Most recent response reported was received on 13 Aug 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 06 Aug 2026.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 06:37 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 09 Sep 2026

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