Robert Kirby
United Agents, Ltd
Likely Closed
Updated: 6/5/2026
Should You Query This Agent?
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Agent Information
Agent Bio
Robert is a founding agent of United Agents.
He joined the Peters Fraser & Dunlop Group in 1994 and left in 2007 to set up United Agents with fellow agents.
In 2011, he received the Bookseller Industry Award for Literary Agent of the Year.
He was promoted to Head of the Literary Department at United Agents in 2012 and named one of the most influential media agents in London in the Evening Standard's Progress 1000 in 2019.
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Submission Requirements
Fiction Requirements
Nonfiction Requirements
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Genres
Genres Represented
Fiction
Not Available or None Listed
Nonfiction
Genres Not Represented
None listed or not available
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About United Agents, Ltd
Agency Profile
United Agents is a leading literary agency, representing authors working across a broad range of genre, from commercial and literary fiction to acclaimed biography and specialist non-fiction, as well as writers and illustrators of books for children and young adults.
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