David H Headley
Managing Director & Literary Agent
Status: OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
I am looking for:
FICTION
✓ Character-driven debuts
✓ Sweeping stories with big universal themes
✓ High concepts
✓ Thought-provoking stories
✓ Uplifting fiction
✓ Original narrative voices
✓ Emotional journeys
I am not looking for:
✗ Sci-Fi
✗ Fantasy
✗ Children’s books
✗ YA
✗ Poetry
✗ Plays
✗ Screenplays
✗ Short stories / novellas
✗ Non-fiction of any kind
David is currently OPEN for submissions.
Please send your cover letter, one-page synopsis and first three chapters as attachments; not in the body of the email.
For more information on how to submit, head to our submissions page
DAVID’S CLIENTS
About David
Originally from a working class background in York, David Headley studied theology in London and Durham before co-founding and becoming the Managing Director of Goldsboro Books, a much admired, leading independent bookseller, based in central London.
David has spent the last 23 years establishing Goldsboro Books and becoming a well-regarded agent, forging strong relationships with publishing houses throughout the UK. He created the UK’s largest collectors’ book club and is influential in selling large quantities of hardback fiction in the UK. David has won awards for bookselling, and in the last ten years, has been included in the Top 100 most influential people in publishing by The Bookseller, a number of times.
David is the Managing Director of the D H H Literary Agency which he founded in 2008 and represents an eclectic range of best-selling and award-winning authors.