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Caroline Dawnay
United Agents, Ltd
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About
Caroline Dawnay is one of the most prominent and senior literary agents in the United Kingdom, based at United Agents in London. She has worked in publishing for decades and represents a distinguished list of literary and nonfiction authors. She is widely respected in the UK publishing industry.
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Dawnay represents serious literary fiction and high-quality narrative nonfiction, with a particular strength in history, biography, and cultural writing. She tends to work with established or highly promising authors rather than debut writers, and her taste leans toward substantive, intellectually serious work.
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