Juliet Pickering’s literary career began at Waterstones before she joined the AP Watt Literary Agency in 2003. Ten years later, she moved to Blake Friedmann, and became vice head of the Book Department in 2017, and later a director in 2020. She represents a wide range of authors, including Diane Abbott MP, Sue Cook, Lucy Mangan, and Sue Moorcroft.
In the past, she has judged the Bristol Short Story Prize, the Manchester Fiction Prize, and she’s also on the board of
