Emily Sweet is a hands-on, creative and energetic London-based agent. Prior to working as a literary agent and consultant, Emily spent ten years as an editor in trade publishing houses. Having worked for both medium and large companies, she has a strong sense of what appeals to publishers and consumers, as well as a detailed and thorough editorial eye.
Focusing primarily on non-fiction, Emily enjoys taking a personal, collaborative approach to working with authors, helping clients across all platforms and placing them with a wide range of publishers - including 4th Estate, Bloomsbury, Ebury, Faber, Fig Tree, Thorson’s, Seven Dials, Bookouture, Orion, Quadrille, Hardie Grant, Murdoch, Kyle Books, Pavilion, Oneworld, Icon, Legend and Jacaranda.
As an agent, Emily helps with multiple aspects of her authors’ careers and tailors each relationship carefully to ensure that - whether in terms of editorial services, book representation or wider media opportunities - all clients receive the expertise and enthusiasm they deserve.
Emily is proud of her broad and dynamic client list, and regularly sees her authors winning and featuring on a diverse range of prize shortlists, including the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards and the Guild of Food Writers Awards, through to the Walter Scott Prize and the Victor Turner Prize for Ethnographic Writing.
Now an agent with Aevitas Creative (ACM), Emily has the support of a large and expert team selling audio and translation rights, as well as a specialist TV and film department who develop manuscripts and book content for film, TV and streaming content in both the UK and US.
Emily welcomes proposals for lifestyle and cookery books, as well as those covering history, memoir, biography, current affairs and topical non-fiction.