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Michael Alcock

The last time the agent had an active listing on Duotrope, the agent was affiliated with Johnson & Alcock Ltd (see other agents at this agency).

Permanently Closed: This agent is no longer accepting queries (May 2026). We provide the following information as an archive.

About

Michael Alcock began his publishing career at Oxford University Press, and was publishing director at Macmillan, Aurum Press and Boxtree before founding his own literary agency in 1997. This merged with John Johnson Ltd in 2003 to form Johnson & Alcock.

Country & Year Established

United Kingdom
Agent since 1997

Professional Associations

Member of AAA

AI Policy

Human-created work only; no AI use allowed

Nonfiction Closed

Michael’s client list covers non-fiction mainly in the fields of history and biography, current affairs, food, health, the arts and popular science.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults. Excluding: Children.

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Health/Medicine.
History: General, Biographies.
Lifestyle: Food and Drink.
Memoir.
Performing Arts.
Psychology.
Science.
Society/Culture: Current events.
Visual Arts.

Submissions:

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

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Michael Alcock Submission Statistics

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This listing is inactive and does not have any submission reports for the past 12 months.

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Dates

Last Updated: 22 May 2026

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