Louise Buckley

An agent with Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency (see other agents at this agency).

About

Louise Buckley has worked in publishing for fifteen years. She was inspired to enter the publishing industry after completing an MA in Creative Writing and then spent a hugely enjoyable year working as a bookseller for Waterstones, wishing that she could have a hand in publishing books.
After a year working at Dorling Kindersley, she then spent almost five years working in the commercial fiction division at Pan Macmillan, where she published a mix of commercial bestsellers and award-winning authors.
Most recently, she was an Associate Literary Agent at Zeno Agency Ltd. As an agent she represented a roster of commercial and literary fiction, and select non-fiction, including Anne Griffin’s When All is Said, which spent five weeks at number one in Ireland and sold into 17 territories.
She is delighted to be working with Hannah at Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency.

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Country & Year Established

United Kingdom

Agent since 2016

Professional Associations

Member of AAA

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In the ‘Fiction’ section, please can the existing text be replaced with the following:I am currently really enjoying the horror resurgence and would love some more horror for my list. I’m looking for all types of horror. I would also love to see some dark academia. Think If We Were Villains or In My Dreams I Hold a Knife. I am looking for literary and book-club novels, especially novels that represent working-class people or children going through difficult circumstances (think Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, My Name is Leon by Kit de Waal or Boys Don’t Cry by FÍona Scarlett). And I’m all for relationship-driven novels that emphasise messy relationships, like Blue Sisters, or mix humour and heart with something a little darker, like The Wedding People by Alison Espach. I would love to see a literary crime novel, too; something very smart. I love a ‘high-concept’ time-slip/time-travel or parallel universes story, especially if it’s a romance, too. I’d love to see some rom-coms (favourite authors include Emily Henry, Kirsty Greenwood and the inimitable Mhairi McFarlane), cosy romance in the vein of The Pumpkin Spice Café or with a stunning location like The Riviera House Swap by Gillian Harvey or The Start of Something Wonderful by Jessica Redland, and cosy rom-coms with a Christmas slant. I would LOVE to see some cosy fantasy. Think witches, magical bookshops, talking cats. I really enjoyed Legends and Lattes and The House in the Cerulean Sea. I also enjoy novels set in the real world but featuring a hefty dose of magic or the supernatural. I am a huge fan of dystopian fiction and would love to find some that offers a fresh take on a classic trope – something that mixes the compulsiveness of The Hunger Games with the bold and philosophical ideas in The Giver, but for adults. More generally, I would also love to see novels with a disabled protagonist or someone (like myself) who is living with an invisible disability.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Genres:

General Subgenre: Magic Realism
Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Historical, Supernatural
Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Cozy
Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Time Travel
Suspense/Thriller Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Health/Medicine: See guidelines.
Society/Culture: See guidelines.
Other: See guidelines.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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In non-fiction, I would love to see any submissions from experts or thought leaders in the following areas:
Nature writing. For example, a nature memoir
Climate change
Psychology and human behaviour
Self-help
Psychiatry or neuroscience
Health. I’m especially interested in diet, exercise, longevity and how to stay metabolically healthy
Well-being
MBS (for example, the mind-body connection e.g. meditation, trauma release, Eastern modalities and energy practices such as acupuncture and tapping, or anything that sits at the intersection between science and spirituality)
Parenting
Neurodiversity
Science
Gardening and permaculture
Art history if very commercial

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

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

Topics:

Children/Family: Parenting/Child care.
Health/Medicine: General, See guidelines.
Lifestyle: Gardening, Mind-body-spirit, Self-help.
Psychology.
Science.
Visual Arts: General, See guidelines.
Other: See guidelines.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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We have received 5 reports from 5 different members within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

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9 min | 69.8 mean avg | 92.0 median | 118 max days (54.7 std dev)

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The agent will try to make a decision within 56 days. (60.0 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 56 days.)
Most recent response reported was received on 01 Feb 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 01 Nov 2025.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 03:22 UTC (6 hours, 46 minutes ago).

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Last Updated: 13 Jul 2026

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