New Literary Agency

[Paul Whybrow]

Literary agent Juliet Mushens has lots of experience of the book world, having worked for the PDF and UTA agencies.

This year, she's founded her own with Robert Caskie. Called Caskie Mushens, they're looking for submissions. I'll be querying them as Juliet likes crime and thriller novels. Juliet is an active Twitter user, so it's worth checking her current likes and dislikes.

Agency site: Welcome

Twitter: Juliet Mushens (@mushenska) on Twitter

Agent Hunter profile: Juliet Mushens, Literary Agent | What you need to know

Interview, with great advice on querying:
JULIET MUSHENS ON HOW TO APPROACH AN AGENT: DOS AND DON'TS

 

[Marc Joan]

V. interesting! Thank you.

 

[Sea-shore]

Thanks @Paul Whybrow. I know she was an agent for YA (had her on my list of agents for ages and have bought her book about YA creative writing) and will be checking out her agency!

 

[Peggy Lou]

Thanks Paul. And good luck

 

[Paul Whybrow]

Here's another, more recent, article by Juliet Mushens:

Transparency, targeting, Twitter: what it means to be a literary agent now | The Bookseller

I dispute something she says: 'it is undeniable that the face of agenting has changed hugely: we all accept email submissions for one.'

There are still dozens of agencies who only accept hard copy submissions. Some appear to be stuck in the 19th century.

 

[Kitty]

Ah, another one for the list! Thank you.

And @Paul Whybrow I agree, I have come across a few who don't accept e-mail. I suspect they do it deliberately to deter authors because they're not actually looking for clients but at the same time if someone is really keen to work with them they'll pay the postage. I have to admit I cross such agencies off my list and don't bother with them.