Elise Dillsworth is a literary agent. Previously she was a commissioning editor at Virago Press. In 2004 she co-founded the Diversity in Publishing Network to encourage people from diverse cultural backgrounds to enter the workforce. In 2012 she established Elise Dillsworth Literary Agency with the keen aim to reflect international writing. Her authors have won or been nominated for many prizes, including the T.S, Eliot Prize, Women’s Prize for Fiction, Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature and the Caine Prize. In 2025 she was shortlisted for Literary Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards.