Jenny Brown Associates

Leading literary agency
From Scotland to the World
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latest news

Debut Prize: We are pleased to announce that we are running a prize for debut writers over the age of 50. The prize will include a place at a writer’s retreat and mentorship, and for the runner-up, one-to-one mentorship. We will be announcing full details of how to submit in April, and accepting submissions 1–31 May 2023. Please check back here or on social media for more information.

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submissions

How to submit your work

We love reading new work but, as a small agency, we can only consider submissions at certain points of the year. Please check back for our 2023 submission information.

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Jenny Brown

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our latest authors

Aurora Cespón

Aurora Cespón

Born in London to economic immigrants from Galicia, Aurora Cespón is author of ‘The Blue Chaffinch’, set at the outset of the Spanish Civil War.

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Jock Eldon

Jock Eldon

Author Jock Eldon has worked as a psychotherapist and organisational psychologist for over 30 years and is currently working on his debut novel.

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Jenny Lecoat

Jenny Lecoat

Former stand-up comic, presenter, actor and feature writer Jenny Lecoat is a screenwriter and author of The Girl from the Channel Islands.

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Kate Lord Brown

Kate Lord Brown

Author Kate Lord Brown has written six novels including The Perfume Garden, which was shortlisted for UK Romantic Novel of the Year.

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Tracey Doxey

Tracey Doxey

Author Tracey Doxey’s passion lies in combining Fair Isle knitting, writing and travel. She writes and teaches online colour blending workshops for Fair Isle knitting.

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Sandy Winterbottom

Sandy Winterbottom

Sandy Winterbottom spent most of her career as an academic, teaching and researching in the Environmental Sciences at Stirling University. In 2010, she left to work in the renewables industry but following a life-changing trip to South Georgia and the Antarctic in...

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international rights

We sell translation rights directly to publishers throughout the world for fiction and non-fiction titles via our network of sub-agents and relationships with literary scouts.

We have secured deals in more than 20 languages into established markets such as Germany, Spain, France, Holland, Italy, and Scandinavia, as well as emerging markets including China and Korea.

See our list of agents across the world

about us

Founded in 2002, Jenny Brown Associates is the leading agency in Scotland and one of the foremost independent literary agencies in the UK.