Please note, I am currently closed to queries. Any queries received during this period will go unread. I’ll remove this notice when I reopen. Thanks everyone! I represent mostly adult fiction, and the occasional adult nonfiction or YA fiction project. (All of the things on my fiction wishlist apply to adult and YA.) I’m passionate about #OwnVoices books that celebrate all kinds of diversity. I want strong characters and rich emotions. I gravitate more towards upmarket and literary fiction, though I also enjoy commercial fiction with a strong voice (especially if it’s funny!). I like serious fiction and weird/quirky/funny fiction. I love all kinds of mysteries—from hilarious cozies to dark literary suspense to psychological thrillers to locked room mysteries. I love literary, psychological horror, folk horror, and horror mashups (horror mysteries, horror historical, horror romance, horror comedy, horror westerns). I love all manner of speculative fiction, including magical realism, surrealism, fabulism, and grounded speculative fiction, but I’m not the right agent for straight up fantasy or sci-fi. I like myth/folklore retellings. I love contemporary fiction and historical fiction of the 19 th and 20 th century (especially centered around diverse characters).
More specific fiction wants
a novel about the dancing plague of 1518 doppelgangers creepy dolls Twin Peaks/David Lynch vibes evil children (ala The Bad Seed) I’m looking for prescriptive (business, self-help, health) and narrative nonfiction (memoir, hybrid memoirs, current events, psychology) with a strong platform. More specifically for nonfiction, I’m looking for books on animal or plant psychology/behavior (such as The Hidden Life of Trees or Inside of a Dog ), behavioral economics (such as The Secret Language of Money or Predictably Irrational ), the connection between mind and body/between emotion and biology, narrative nonfiction about the history of something universal (like Rain: A Natural and Cultural History ), American cultural studies that won’t be irrelevant in a few years, (such as studies on race (like The Color of Success or Pushout ) and gender, Islamophobia, white supremacy/white extremists/the alt-right, Black Lives Matter, rape culture and the treatment of rape victims/rape accusers, cat-calling, the dark side of social media (like So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed ), and any other topics that are culturally relevant). Submission Guidelines Submissions should be emailed to submissions@
Submission guidelines for fiction
For all fiction submissions, please send a query letter, synopsis, and the first 20 pages of your manuscript pasted in the body of the email.
Submission guidelines for nonfiction
For all nonfiction submissions, please send a query letter and proposal pasted in the body of the email. Guidelines & Details Vital Info @@ABLiterary Facebook Website Agent
Fiction
BIPOC Literature, Commercial, Crime, Family Saga, Historical, Horror, Humor, LGBTQ, Literary, Magical Realism, Mystery, New Adult, Thriller, Women’s Fiction, Young Adult
Non-Fiction
Crafts/DIY, Health, Journalism, LGBTQ, Memoir, Pop Culture, Psychology, Science, Self-help, True Crime, Wellness
Favorite sub-genres
#ownvoices, #wndb, 1800s+ historical, AAPI Horror, Accessible Literary Fiction, Adult Horror, African Diaspora, Amateur Sleuth Mysteries, Asian American Literature, Asian Diaspora, Asian Horror, BIPOC, BIPOC Horror, BIPOC Mystery, Book Club, Character-Driven Horror, Classic retellings with BIPOC characters, Contemporary YA, Cozy Mystery, Crime Fiction, Dark Female Friendships, East Asian Literature, Fabulism, Feminist Horror, Folklore, Gothic, Gothic Horror, High-Concept Literary Commercial Fiction, Horror Comedy, Immigrant Experiences, LGBT YA, LGBTQ Contemporary, Latine Diaspora, Latinx Horror, Literary Crossover, Literary Fiction, Literary Horror, Literary Noir, Literary Thriller, Literary YA, Magical Realism, Mental Health, Mystery / Crime, Narr