Our Team

Madeleine Milburn has been on the committee of the Association of Authors’ Agents (AAA) and has appeared on The Bookseller’s list of the 150 most influential people in the book trade every year since 2017. Since founding the agency in 2012, Madeleine was awarded Literary Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2018 and was shortlisted again in 2020.…

Chloe joined the MM Agency in 2019 from Northbank Talent, where she spent four years. She began her career at Titan Books in publicity, where she worked on the campaign for Vicious by V.E. Schwab, amongst books by other prominent SFF authors. Her list includes No.1 Sunday Times bestselling Katie Kirby (the Lottie Brooks series) and Heba Al-Wasity (Weavingshaw), No.1…

Liv is a Director & Literary Agent specialising in literary, upmarket and book club fiction. She is always excited to discover bold, original voices and stories from around the world. Since joining MMA in 2020, Liv has built a list of prizewinning authors and standout emerging voices, including writers such as Oisín McKenna, Julia Armfield and Sufiyaan Salam. Her clients…

Emma Bal represents a dynamic non-fiction list, securing many major deals for her clients around the world. She champions leading experts including historians, archaeologists, economists, investigative journalists, philosophers, environmentalists, psychologists and scientists. Her list includes prize-winning World War II historian Rebecca Clifford (The Lingfield Children), data historian Roopika Risam (Data Empire, a Barack Obama 2026 Summer Reading Pick), award-winning Studio…

After reading Law and Politics at university, Rachel joined the agency in 2019. As a literary agent, she represents a list of literary, upmarket and book club fiction, working with award-winning novelists as well as New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling brands. She represents the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize shortlistee Hanako Footman, Foyle Young Poet of the Year winner…

Maddy joined Madeleine Milburn Agency in 2022 to build a list specialising in SFF and romance. Her list includes bestselling authors Lucy Jane Wood, Alexandra Christo and No.1 Sunday Times bestselling Maithree Wijesekara. She represents adult and YA fantasy, science fiction, horror and romance alongside some select middle grade.

Callen joined MMA in January 2026 from Bell Lomax Moreton where he worked previously, first as an assistant and then as maternity cover for a senior agent’s list, before building a Children’s, YA and New Adult list of his own. As someone who grew up in foster care, Callen graduated Bath Spa University’s MA in Writing for Young People in…