Set up in 1967 and shortly afterwards was
joined by Pat White. Rogers, Coleridge and White was founded twenty years
later, when Gill Coleridge left Anthony Sheil Associates to join them in
1987.
Full-length book MSS, including children's books (home 15%, USA 20%,
translation 20%). No unsolicited MSS, and no submissions by fax or email.
Children's fiction and non-fiction (home 15%, USA 20%). Handles novelty
books, picture books, fiction for 5-8 and 9-12 year-olds, teenage fiction,
series fiction, non-fiction and reference.
Submissions should
include a covering letter telling about yourself and the background to the
book. In the case of fiction they should consist of the first three
chapters or approximately the first fifty pages of the work to a natural
break, and a brief synopsis.
Non-fiction
submissions should take the form of a proposal up to twenty pages in length
explaining what the work is about and why you are best placed to write it.
Material should be printed out in 12 point font, in double-spacing and on
one side only of A4 paper.
No unsolicited MSS. No submissions by fax or email. No reading fee. Will
suggest revision.
