UTA Music (formerly The Agency Group Ltd.) (Marc Gerald)

Lirali · Dec 7, 2010

I'm just wondering if anyone has heard anything about the literary branch of The Agency Group, headed up by Marc Gerald. (As distinct from The Literary Agency Group--totally different.)

Their website can be found here, and I know that he's made a number of sales according to Publisher's Marketplace but beyond that I've been able to find almost no information about them other than that they are NOT members of AAR.

Any tips or info would be awesome.

CaoPaux · Dec 8, 2010

Primarily a musical talent agency, with the literary side being books by same. (E.g., rapper 50 Cent and his G-Unit Books.) Submissions by referral only.

Mr. Breadcrumb · Jul 11, 2014

I have no direct knowledge, but it looks like Juliet Mushens at least (their UK literary agent) now specifically mentions taking unsolicited submissions: http://www.theagencygroup.com/departments/literary/submissions/

Saskatoonistan · Jul 11, 2014

Juliet Mushens. Rock star agent. Seriously fantastic agent. Here's here stats from Publisher's Marketplace:

17 Deals in last 12 months.

Deal maker Rankings (selected)
#2 in International rights: UK Fiction
#6 in Children's: Fantasy
#9 in International rights: UK Children's

Some six figure deals in there as well.

She reps my good friend Liz De Jager and fellow Strange Chemistry Books (now defunct, unfortunately) author Laura Lam. Highly awesome agent.

Cel_Fleur · Aug 9, 2014

Yup, Juliet is now taking unsolicited submissions. She sounds like a wonderful agent, though I am a bit overwhelmed by her amazingness... xD

Cel_Fleur · Nov 7, 2014

Ah, got my R from Juliet yesterday (6/11/14). Sent query for Fantasy Romance 9/8/14. Friendly rejection, and not just 'dear author', but likely a form. Anyway, I'd taken a hiatus from that book to focus on my academic studies, so the wait didn't seem long.
Good luck, anyone else querying Juliet. As I said before, she seems like a cool agent

CaoPaux · Feb 1, 2017

Acquired by United Talent Agency in '15. New URL: https://music.utatouring.com/departments/literary/team/

Mr. Gerald's PM page: https://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/Mgerald/

ETA: In '18, Mr. Gerald left to found Europa Content Ltd. (same PM page)

UTA Music (formerly The Agency Group Ltd.) (Marc Gerald)

Lirali

CaoPaux

Mostly Harmless

Mr. Breadcrumb

Saskatoonistan

Still the wrong side of Saskatoon

Cel_Fleur

Braving the query mountains

Cel_Fleur

Braving the query mountains

CaoPaux

Mostly Harmless