David H Headley

David H Headley
Managing Director

David Headley studied theology in London and Durham before co-founding and becoming the Managing Director of Goldsboro Books, a much admired, leading independent bookseller, based in central London.

David has spent the last 17 years establishing Goldsboro Books and building good relationships with editors within the UK’s major publishing houses. He has gained a reputation for championing debut authors and he created the UK’s largest collectors’ book club and is influential in selling large quantities of hardback fiction in the UK. David has won an award for bookselling and in 2015 he was included in the Top 100 most influential people in publishing by The Bookseller.

David is the managing director of the D H H Literary Agency which he founded in 2008 and represents an eclectic range of best-selling and award-winning authors.

David is actively seeking well written stories with strong characters and an original narrative voice across both general and genre fiction, and is specifically on the lookout for crime / thrillers with a twist and a beautifully told, scene-setting romance. In non-fiction, David represents the categories of food and memoirs.
David is not looking for books for children, young adult [YA], history, poetry, plays, screenplays & short stories / novellas

Follow him on Twitter: @davidhheadley

Submissions:

Please send your cover letter, first three chapters and a one page synopsis to submission@dhhliteraryagency.com. Please ensure your cover letter is in the body of the email and the synopsis and chapters are saved as PDFs and sent as attachments.