Samantha Haywood
Transatlantic Literary Agency
Likely Open
Updated: 11/4/2025
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Agent Information
Agent Bio
After working in International Rights at Random House of Canada and Westwood Creative Artists, Samantha Haywood launched her client list with Transatlantic Agency in 2004 and has been President since 2017.
She has nearly two decades in international publishing and ~10 years running Transatlantic Agency, specializing in managing authors’ careers across book and film/TV with a global mandate, represents novelists, memoirists, investigative journalists, graphic novelists and thought leaders, handles international rights for Drawn & Quarterly, and is a founding member and former President of PACLA.
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Submission Requirements
Fiction Requirements
Nonfiction Requirements
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Genres
Genres Represented
Fiction
- Book Club
- Graphic Novels
- Horror
- Literary Fiction
- Mystery
- Romance
- Science Fiction
- Speculative Fiction
- Thrillers
- Upmarket Fiction
Nonfiction
- Big Idea
- Environment
- Feminism
- Inspirational Nonfiction
- Investigative Journalism
- Memoirs
- Social Justice
- True Crime
Genres Not Represented
None listed or not available
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About Transatlantic Literary Agency
Agency Profile
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