Joanna Swainson
Hardman & Swainson Literary Agency
Likely Open
Updated: 9/2/2025
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Caroline loves discovering and developing new writers, working editorially to hone manuscripts, placing them with the right editors and selling rights globally.
She co‑founded Hardman & Swainson after agent roles at the Christopher Little Literary Agency and The Marsh Agency (where she specialised in translation rights), represents a growing list of critically‑praised, up‑and‑coming and bestselling authors (many she has worked with from debut), grew up in south Manchester, and holds a 1st‑class BA and an MA with distinction in English Literature from the University of Leeds.
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