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Maven Literary Management was founded by Amanda Harris in 2025. Her vision is to empower authors with information and confidence, and champion their work across the world.

We help stories and ideas take flight.

We represent award-winning journalists, world-leading academics, thought-leaders, and spellbinding storytellers — voices that challenge, inspire, and leave a lasting impact.

Translation rights are represented by the Rachel Mills Agency, while North American rights are placed through leading US literary agencies or sold directly by the Maven team. For Film & TV rights, we work with a number of specialist agencies to provide a bespoke representation offering for our clients.

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Amanda Harris

Literary Agent and Founder of Maven Literary Management

Amanda won Literary Agent of the Year in 2025. She has worked in publishing at houses including Pan Macmillan, Simon & Schuster and Hachette. She founded two imprints and has edited and published an eclectic list of high-profile, award-winning and bestselling authors. She has been an agent for six years, and has represented more than 50 Sunday Times bestsellers. She is currently Chair of the Book Society.

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