How I changed literary agents
In the space of six years I've had two book deals and two literary agents. Both were amazing, but here's why and how I changed literary agents.
As an author, I am represented by the incredibly talented Hannah Schofield at LBA. Before signing with Hannah in 2023, I had another amazing agent, also called Hannah, at a different agency.
Why did I change literary agents?
The answer is simple, my original agent left the agency I was with and moved into a different publishing role, and though as an author you’re represented by the agency and not the agent, there wasn’t another fiction literary agent to take me on at the time.
I could have stayed and waited until they confirmed the new agent, but writing is incredibly personal and a writer/agent relationship is based on personality and trust. I wanted to work with an agent I had personally reached out to and connected with, as it’s typically a long-term working relationship and I wanted to be sure it would work for me.
Had I stayed at my then agency there was always the risk that the new agent and I wouldn’t click or they wouldn’t love my writing. So, after a lot of thinking, I took a gamble and reached out to a select few agents at different agencies.