Jon Curzon
Jon Curzon is a literary agent and director at Selby Howard Literary Agency, which he founded after 10 years at Artellus Ltd. Alongside his colleague Darryl Samaraweera, he works with authors including Fiona Mozley, Kyra Wilder, June Aming, Eoghan Walls, Pascale Petit and Suzannah V. Evans. On the non-fiction side, his clients include historians Chloe Ireton and Sam Ottewill-Soulsby, and memoirists and cultural commentators Eli Davies, Alice Maddicott, Emily Wells, Lois Shearing and Francesca Bratton.
Books Jon has represented have been published in the UK, US, Germany, France, India, the Netherlands, South Korea & Greece – and have been reviewed and featured in the Guardian, The New York Times, The Telegraph, The Times, The TLS, and on Channel 4 News.
In addition to his agenting work, Jon has also worked as a freelance editor for literary consultancies and creative writing courses since 2015.