![]() ![]() It’s a list of the best publishers who are currently accepting manuscripts. To increase your chances of getting published without the help of literary agents, try contacting the publishers mentioned below. Memoirs belong to the non-fiction narrative writing genre, and not every publishing house is interested in getting them into the market. I’d love to hear from journalists or academics who approach a subject we take for granted in life, re-evaluating it in a new and urgent way.If you’ve written an excellent memoir and search for the best memoir publishers, you’re in the right place. I’m also keen to work with novelists on sharpening their narrator’s voice on a sentence level: I was very happily entertained by Selin in Elif Batuman’s Either/Or and admired Julia May Jonas’ precision in Vladimir. My favourite novel this year was Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin I was heartened to read a story with expansive themes like collaboration, play, appropriation and renewal, rather than focusing solely on romantic relationships or identity. In the new year, I’m excited to read submissions of story-driven literary novels with a distinctive, surprising premise and a sense of adventure. I represent the debut novelist Nicola Dinan, journalist Moya Lothian-McLean and the poet Belinda Zhawi. I am an associate agent building my list at Aitken Alexander. I am interested in writers with a unique voice and books and screenplays with a compelling narrative drive. I have represented literary fiction, crime, thrillers, memoirs, pop culture and comedy and BAFTA nominated adaptations. I’d love to hear from any screenwriters or authors at the quality end of the market. I represent screenwriters and novelists who demonstrate originality, a keen eye for characterisation and complexity of tone and emotion. My own clients for publishing and screen include Willy Vlautin, Clara Salaman, Dom Joly, Craig Silvey and for screen alone: Rebecca Frayn, Kevin Barry and Will Ashon. However, in recent years I have focused more on book-to-screen adaptation and enjoy working with writers across both mediums. My background is in publishing and I started as a literary agent. I specialise in screenwriting as well as book-to-screen adaptations for the agency, helping any of our clients who want to write for screen (including Megan Hunter, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Sebastian Faulks et al). Finally, I’m always interested to hear from new nonfiction writers and to work on projects from their inception – for more on that please see my full bio. ![]() ![]() It would also be exciting next year to work on some quality crime writing: I love writers like Chandler, Simenon, Highsmith, Connelly and Grisham, and there’s space at the agency for a curated crime list that sits in conversation with our many prize-winning and bestselling literary writers. I look for novels of scale that immerse the reader, whether that be through a perspective I’ve not encountered, a gripping central mystery or a high-stakes relationship dynamic, or in a particular place, community or moment in history. I represent fiction across the literary spectrum: I prioritise good writing on the line, but for a novel to really keep me company it must have more than good sentences. All work should be sent to our general submissions email, but p lease read our full submissions guidelines before sending.ĭiscovery is one of the most thrilling parts of an agent’s job, and as we reach the end of 2022 I’ve been reflecting on the exciting new authors we’ve sold over the last 12 months, and thinking about what I’d like to find in 2023. If we sound like the right agency for you, do take the time to get in touch with a sample of your work. What interests us is your talent.īelow you will find a brief description of each of our agents. We want to begin the year with some exciting discoveries and would like to hear from new and emerging writers with no restrictions as to type of book or author. While we receive unsolicited scripts throughout the year, we have decided to start 2023 with a special call for new talent. And we are ably supported by an excellent Finance Department who can ensure proper and timely payments of all money due. Led by each author’s Literary Agent, the senior management of the agency work closely together to help formulate individual strategies for every book and author, including for Translation and Film and TV – unusually for a boutique agency, we have our own TV and Film department, resulting in over 100 books currently at some stage of development for screen. We represent a stellar list of bestselling and prize-winning clients, but we also love to discover new talent, taking special care to position writers not only for their debuts but for the long term. Aitken Alexander specializes in managing writers’ careers across all forms and in all markets around the world. ![]()
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