Gemma Cooper
Gemma Cooper Literary
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Updated: 9/2/2025
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Agent Information
Agent Bio
Gemma Cooper has been a literary agent since 2011 and served as a director at The Bent Agency before founding Gemma Cooper Literary in 2024.
She represents bestselling and award-winning authors whose work has achieved #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller status and won Barnes & Noble Children’s Book Award, Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, and the Australian Book Industry Overall Children’s Book of the Year, with titles shortlisted for the Edgar Award and the Carnegie Medal.
Her list focuses on big-concept, commercial series fiction, and she enjoys championing unpublished books through to publication.
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Submission Requirements
Fiction Requirements
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Genres
Genres Represented
Fiction
- Crime
- Graphic Novels
- Middle Grade - Fiction
- Science Fiction
- Young Adult - Fiction
Nonfiction
Genres Not Represented
- Picture Books
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About Gemma Cooper Literary
Agency Profile
Gemma Cooper Literary (GLC) was founded in 2024 by Gemma Cooper. We represent authors of children’s books, young adult books, and certain adult genres.
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