Andrew Silvers
I was actually offered representation with AG Partners but the main reason I didn't sign with them is because like you said they aren't very well known but then I suppose the agent Iam with now had to start somewhere.
He did say to me that he was in the middle of securing a deal for an irish author at a New York publishing house, he mentioned the name but I can't remember off by heart, I'll try and find out for you and another with Harper Collins and a couple of poetry deals as well. He didn't charge any reading fees or any other fees, he said that if I were to sign with them, he would help me polish up my ms before submitting to publishers and he did seem to work very hard. He was in the office at ten oclock on a friday night replying to my emails straight after I had sent them and was up at eleven oclock on a sunday night at one point. This is just my opinion and feel free to take anything you want out of it but yes he did offer me good advice and help. Oh and actually after I had queried him, he responded within twenty minutes and requested the first thirty odd pages of my ms, this was about twelve oclock midday and when I checked my emails at around seven that evening he had read it and offered me advice on it. It wasn't perfect and he did build it up to be brilliant or anything but he liked the idea and said if I was to sign with him, the next thing on his list would be to help me polish it up properly and he expected it to take roughly about a month or so to do this. Iam not saying he will respond to you so quickly nor offer representation but this was just my experience