Megan Carroll - Editor
Megan Carroll is a literary agent with over a decade of experience in the industry. She has been working at Watson, Little Ltd since 2014, first as an assistant and now as a full-time agent.
She represents commercial writing across all ages, and her clients include well-established writers of romance and saga Sophie Claire and Rosie Archer, as well as new talent like Lauren Ford and Luci Adams. She also represents bestselling women’s fiction authors Fiona O’Brien and Rose Alexander/Alex Day. Her non-fiction list includes journalists and social media personalities; Elias Jahshan and Ben Pechey, among others.
Her children’s list features the much-loved estates of Margaret Mahy and Jean and Gareth Adamson as well as award-winning Hiba Noor Khan (Jhalak Prize, Indie Book Award) and emerging Middle Grade talent like Hayley Hoskins and Jeremy Williams.
Her tastes span many genres and Megan is keen to read anything across women’s fiction – including novels in the romance, book club and upmarket space – YA, and MG. In her 11 years at the agency, she has read or worked on almost every type of fiction and non-fiction project and is open to looking at everything.
Testimonials
- Helen V
Why We Love Working With Megan
We have worked with Megan on multiple services, from agent one-to-ones to live events, and we are delighted to be working with her across our editorial services. Megan’s agenting experience makes her a valuable addition to our team of freelance editors, and will be using her expertise in our structural editing services and Agent Submission Pack Reviews. We also work with Megan’s agency, Watson, Little Ltd, who are one of our partner agencies for our Ultimate Novel Writing Programme tutored course
What Megan Says About Editing
I am keen to help authors in both the beginning, middle and end stages of their work. As a literary agent, I am well placed to dive into agent submission packs and offer a close look at opening pages to get a project ready to send out and give you an insight into what agents are looking for in their inboxes.
Over my 11 years in publishing, I have a developed a particular love for getting stuck into a first draft and helping shape a story in its infancy – I love nothing more than throwing ideas back and forth and figuring out the shape a story needs to take to give it the best commercial shot at success.
I love discussing pace, themes, dialogue and voice with a particular focus on plot and ensuring that there’s a clear hook to get attention from an agent. editor and eventual reader. Editing is all about bringing out the best in the author, and making sure their vision is protected whilst also pushing them forward and ensuring they are improving their craft with each and every step.
