Welcome to DKW
DKW is a dynamic and creative boutique literary agency providing a personal and professional management service to authors of outstanding fiction and non-fiction.
We provide a bespoke service and build lasting careers for our writers by matching them with the right editors and publishing houses, and negotiating the best possible publishing deals on their behalf. We handle everything from book representation to film and TV adaptations and other media rights.
Latest news
Barrington Stoke scoops novel from ‘master of sci-fi horror’ Dan Smith
Barrington Stoke has scooped The Deadsoul Project, the first instalment in “The Night House Files” series, a “thrilling” teen science fiction from Dan Smith. Publisher Ailsa Bathgate acquired world rights from Ella Diamond Kahn at Diamond Kahn & Woods Literary Agency for publication in February 2025. The Deadsoul Project is billed as a “fast-paced [and] tense” novel […]
Catriona Silvey’s LOVE AND OTHER PARADOXES to be published by William Morrow and HarperVoyager
Author of Meet Me In Another Life Catriona Silvey’s LOVE AND OTHER PARADOXES will be published in early 2025 by HarperVoyager in the UK and by William Morrow in the US. Cambridge University, 2005. Student Joe Greene pens verses in the margins of his notebook, dreaming of a future where his words will echo through the […]
Daniel Aubrey’s DARK ISLAND shortlisted for two awards
DKW are delighted to announce that Daniel Aubrey’s debut novel Dark Island has been shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize 2024 and for the inaugural McDermid Debut Award, as part of the Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival! Stay tuned for the winners to be revealed later this summer! Dark Island was published by HarperNorth on 25th April […]
Paramount+ greenlights 6-part series adaptation of AFTER DARK by Jayne Cowie
Starring Sarah Parish, Doctor Who’s Mandip Gill, Mitchell Robertson and singer Alexandra Burke, Curfew is set in a society where all men live under ‘The Women’s Safety Act’, meaning they are bound by a strict curfew from 7PM to 7AM every night, with their movements tracked by an ankle tag 24 hours a day. When a woman’s body is discovered, brutally murdered […]
Submissions
Submissions
We are always excited to read submissions from potential new clients. We welcome and actively encourage submissions from authors of all backgrounds, including those currently under-represented in publishing.
Whilst we do consider submissions from international authors, given that we are based in the United Kingdom, we feel that US-based authors will generally be better served by a US-based agent.
For guidelines on how to submit to each agent, please see their individual preferences on their agent pages (above). Please do not send your work to more than one of us. If we feel that your submission is more suited to another agent within the agency, we will pass it on to them.
We do not believe in asking authors to send us their material on an exclusive basis, as it is not in your best interests to do so; however, we do ask that you let us know if another agent is considering your full manuscript.
We do not charge a reading fee.
Contact
For translation, TV, film and other media rights information, please see the Rights page.
All other enquiries should be directed to info@dkwlitagency.co.uk. Please note submissions sent to this email address will not be read.
Address:
Diamond Kahn & Woods Literary Agency Ltd.,
Salisbury House,
29 Finsbury Circus,
London EC2M 5QQ
Tel: 0203 514 6544