Laetitia Rutherford

An agent with Watson, Little Ltd (see other agents at this agency).

About

In my fifteen years as a literary agent, I have worked with many extraordinary, award-winning writers such as Chris Cleave, Rana Dasgupta, Xiaolu Guo and Evie Wyld, and with many such as Xinran and Diane Wei Liang who write in English as a second language. I firmly believe that what you have to say matters more than your grammar; but also look for brilliance, originality, and accomplishment in your writing. Over my decade at Watson, Little, I have built a successful Crime Fiction list, including Jenny Blackhurst, Alex Marwood and Ajay Chowdhury, all bestselling authors with series in TV development, who have won many awards between them including the Edgar Award, the Macavity Award, the Silver Nielsen Bookscan Award for over 500,000 sales, and Harvill Secker Bloody Scotland Award. Watson, Little is a growing agency with several agents and my forward focus is about curating a small list of Literary writers. Within this, I continue to look for creativity and diversity. I welcome stand-out stories driven by a strong leading idea and emotional depth, with fresh perspectives and transporting arcs. If historical, let your novel speak for today.
Tones of charm and humour also work well for me. I love cats, food and cooking, and nature, and I love how-to-live concepts from experts, activists, or new cultural voices. A deft and delightful eternity-in-a-grain-of-sand concept (seen in books I’ve sold across many languages like A Friend Like Ben or The Power of Chowa) would be a delight to take to readers around the world.

Country & Year Established

United Kingdom

Agent since 2003

Professional Associations

Member of AAA

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Collapse section Fiction Open

My current focus is on literary and upmarket fiction. I am currently not looking for Crime fiction.

Audience:

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

Genres:

General Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Fabulism, Magic Realism

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

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

Collapse section Nonfiction Open

My current focus is on non-fiction (including lifestyle and wellbeing).

Audience:

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

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Children/Family: General, Parenting/Child care.
Health/Medicine.
Lifestyle: General, Mind-body-spirit.
Memoir.
Society/Culture: Pop culture.

Submissions:

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

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The agent will try to make a decision within 42 days. (100.0 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 42 days.)
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 08:03 UTC (1 hour, 41 minutes ago).

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Last Updated: 31 Aug 2026

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