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Robert is a founding agent of United Agents. Previously, he trained as a psychologist, worked as a social worker with homeless men and families, ran market stalls in Portobello and Camden, and assisted the Aga Khan before ending up, around 20 years ago, as an assistant to the literary agent Giles Gordon. Giles’ clients included Sue Townsend, Peter Ackroyd, Fay Weldon, Barry Unsworth and Vikram Seth. Robert set up on his own as a literary agent with the Peters Fraser & Dunlop Group (PFD) in 1994 and since then he has built up a list of good quality commercial fiction and non-fiction writers which reflects his broad range of interests. He joined United Agents in the Autumn of 2007. He has spent several years studying non-dual therapy with Peter Fenner and is a qualified trainer and coach. In May 2011 he was awarded the Bookseller Industry Award for Literary Agent of the Year. In June 2012 he was promoted to Head of the Literary Department at United Agents. 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