The Marsh Agency represents writing from all over the world, with a specialism in international rights sales. There are authors for whom we sell translation rights only, and those for whom we also sell English language rights. We also sell both English and translation rights on behalf of many literary agents in the UK, Republic of Ireland, US and South Africa, and translation rights only on behalf of publishers.
We are a team of expert agents, with more than 75 years’ experience between us, who regularly meet with publishers based in the UK and also attend major book fairs and undertake overseas trips to make deals, pitch books, maintain and develop relationships with customers and acquire relevant market intelligence.
The agents are ably supported by an experienced staff handling diary management, contract, permissions and tax form administration, and client accounts.
The Marsh Agency was founded in 1994 by Susie Nicklin and her late husband Paul Marsh.
Email contact details: hello@marsh-agency.co.uk
Most of our clients join us through recommendations, so we are not accepting any unsolicited manuscripts at this time in order to give our full attention to our current clients. We would recommend authors looking for representation talk first to Cornerstones a UK literary consultancy with a division in the USA who work mainly by word of mouth within the industry. They offer professional editorial feedback, are a teaching-focussed company, and scout for agents. If and when your manuscript is ready to submit to agents they may refer you back to us.
We are members of the Association of Authors’ Agents and subscribe to its code of practice.