Elise Dillsworth

Elise Dillsworth is a literary agent based in the UK. Her agency represents literary fiction and non-fiction. Her authors have won or been nominated for many awards, including the Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, AKO Caine Prize, T. S. Eliot Prize, Forward Prize and the Women’s Prize for Fiction. She co-founded the Diversity in Publishing Network in 2004. She has co-facilitated workshops for the AKO Caine Prize and has been a judge for several prizes. Elise was shortlisted for Literary Agent of the Year at the 2025 British Book Awards. She was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2026.