Sam Copeland An agent with Rogers, Coleridge and White Literary Agency (see other agents at this agency). About Sam Copeland was shortlisted for Literary Agent of the Year at the 2020 and 2021 British Book Awards and selected for the Bookseller's Most Influential People in Publishing in 2020. He was a bookseller for a number of years, before starting in publishing in 2001. He joined Rogers, Coleridge and White in 2006 and was made a director in 2016. He has an extremely diverse list of award-winning and bestselling authors, representing writers of both literary and commercial fiction and all genres (including book group, upmarket fiction, crime and thrillers, speculative fiction and historical fiction), children’s and YA, and a smattering of quality non-fiction, and is always open to submissions of the highest standard. He is excited by debuts!His writers have won or been shortlisted for over 20 major prizes including the Booker, Costa, National Book Awards, Carnegie, Waterstone’s Book of the Year, Waterstone’s Children’s Book of the Year, Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year, Irish Book Awards, CWA Dagger, Dylan Thomas, Theakston’s, Branford Boase, Eisner and Arthur C Clarke and many more. Limited Demographic: Submissions are restricted to people not from the US for Children's and YA fiction. This agent may not respond to all queries. After waiting 56 days, assume your submission will not be accepted. Country & Year Established United Kingdom Agent since 2001 Professional Associations Member of AAA AI Policy Unknown AI policy Collapse section Fiction Open Audience:Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, Children, Middle grades, Young adults.Genres: Open to all/most Genres, including: General Subgenre: Historical Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres Horror Open to all/most Subgenres Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres Suspense/Thriller Open to all/most SubgenresLengths: NovelStyles:Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.Topics: Open to all/most Topics.Submissions:Method: Email. Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Collapse section Nonfiction Open Audience:Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.Lengths: BookStyles:Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream, Personal.Topics: Open to all/most Topics.Submissions:Method: Email. 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Sam Copeland Submission Statistics The statistics in this section are compiled from submission reports sent to us through our submission tracker. They are not provided by the agency or by Duotrope's admins. Information in this section is updated a few times per day. Learn more about the statistics. Filter: Category: All Categories Fiction Nonfiction Group by submission Include outliers Include other agents at the same agency Accuracy We have received 1 report within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information. Pending 1 response is pending (6 days waiting). This only includes pending reports from people who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days Other Information The agent will try to make a decision within 56 days. (100.0 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 56 days.) This agent may not respond to all queries. After waiting the time indicated above, assume your submission will not be accepted. Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 06:55 UTC (2 hours, 48 minutes ago). Work submitted to this agent was also submitted to...This section is available to subscribers only. Sign up and start your free trial today!Members accepted by this agent also had work accepted by...This section is available to subscribers only. Become a member and start your free trial today! Your Submissions This section is available to subscribers only. Join today! Other Agents at this AgencyEleanor Birne DNQSafae El-OuahabiNatasha FairweatherGeorgia GarrettCara JonesTristan KendrickLaurence LaluyauxMatthew MarlandPeter Robinson CLOSEDCaroline Sheldon CLOSEDHonor SpreckleyPeter StrausMatt TurnerZoë WaldiePat White DNQClaire WilsonJon Wood Before SubmittingWe cannot guarantee that the information on this page is correct. We do our best to keep up, but it isn't always possible. 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