One to One with agent Diana Beaumont (#71)

Diana joined Marjacq in 2017. She started agenting with Rupert Heath Literary Agency in 2011 before moving to UTA. Before that she was senior commissioning editor at Transworld. Diana was chosen as one of The Bookseller’s Rising Stars of 2012. She was shortlisted for Agent of the Year 2019 by the RNA.

Diana represents adult fiction and non-fiction. She is looking for upmarket women's commercial fiction with depth and heart, including reading group, romance, historical, saga, uplit and contemporary stories that are irreverent and make her laugh; accessible literary fiction, high-concept crime fiction and thrillers. On the non-fiction side: memoir, smart, funny feminists, lifestyle and social justice, and is open to anything with a strong, original voice. She also encourages submissions from writers who have been traditionally under-represented.