Exclusive: Ymu literary chief Amanda Harris will leave the British agency next year to launch her own business.

Harris has been with the London-headquartered agency, which reps the likes of Simon Cowell, since 2019 and two years later set up Ymu Literary, becoming Global Managing Director of the division at the same time.

We can reveal she will leave Ymu in spring 2025 and is planning to set up a currently unnamed talent business of her own. Ymu confirmed the departure, which was described as “completely amicable.”

She will continue to work with Ymu on “special projects” in her new capacity, one source close to company told us. The search for her replacement at Ymu Literary has begun.

Since Harris took on Ymu’s literary operations, the unit has Ymu Literary has published several bestselling books from the likes of singer Paloma Faith, The Traitors presenter Claudia Winkleman, comedian Matt Lucas, Britain...