I’m primarily looking for literary and upmarket fiction and am interested in explorations of gender, queer fiction, coming of age stories, campus novels, family sagas, domestic fiction in the vein of Tessa Hadley and Alice Munro, emotionally and intellectually adventurous work, examinations of privilege, voice-driven (especially funny) fiction, and stories that take readers into rarified or esoteric worlds. I’m also looking for grounded speculative fiction, smart and plotty upmarket fiction with a point to make (in the vein of Liz Moore), and translated fiction. Examples: any Ben Lerner, Kazuo Ishiguro, Tana French, Bruce Holsinger, Jonathan Tropper, Boy Parts, Big Swiss, The Girls, Exciting Times, The Line of Beauty, Milk Fed, Prep, The New Me, Almost Famous Women, Either/Or, Vladimir, How Should a Person Be?, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, The Privileges, All Fours, The Bee Sting, Bright Young Women, Mrs. S, Biography of X, In Memoriam Nonfiction: Cultural criticism, narrative nonfiction, journalism Authors I work with include: Sean Thor Conroe, Tao Lin, Madison Newbound, Nash Jenkins, Zoe Dubno, Nico Walker, Brock Colyar Submission Guidelines Submissions should be emailed to julie.flanagan@ Please include the first 50 pages of your manuscript as a Word attachment. Vital Info julie.flanagan@ Agent
Fiction
LGBTQ, Literary, Short Story
Non-Fiction
Journalism, Pop Culture
Favorite sub-genres
Accessible Literary Fiction, Adult, Adult Horror, BIPOC, Book Club, campus novel, character-focused fiction, classic retellings, coming of age, dark academia I’d like the next… The New Me. Voicey novels with a sense of place are a huge draw fiction that explores Greek life unflinching examination of masculinity the next Kazuo Ishiguro I’d love to find the next Convenience Store Woman fanfiction writer writing literary or upmarket fiction Tana French Edith Wharton (looking for a modern Undine Spragg!) coming of age, at all ages My favorites include… Broad City, The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Mad Men, Yellowjackets, Girls, Community Whit Stillman