Toni Morrison
We're currently closed for new submissions while we prioritise exisiting client business and ongoing queries. Thanks for your patience and understanding.
Anne Tyler
When you’ve completed and edited your manuscript (or in the case of non-fiction, your detailed proposal), please use the Contact page to submit to us as follows:
Fill in your ‘Name’ and ‘Email’ address and under ‘Subject’ type the title of your manuscript, its genre and word length.
Into the Message block type and/or paste your submission which should include your cover letter of up to 300 words, the first 6 pages or approx 3,000 words of your novel and a short synopsis of about 500 words (or in the case of non-fiction a chapter plan and one sample chapter).
Please check that the text in the message block has paragraphs and line spaces and if it doesn’t, please type them in manually before pressing send.
We appreciate the thought and care you put into submitting to us.
We wish we could acknowledge receipt and reply to all submissions but unfortunately, due to the large number, that isn’t possible. However, if we like the sample we’ll ask to see the rest of the mss, usually within 8 weeks, and you will hear from us, either way, after we have considered the full mss. We don’t charge a reading fee.
Do read our tips below.
James Baldwin
Please Do
Tell us about past publication and if you’ve won any writing prizes or been mentored on creative writing courses by leading authors.
Say if you’ve been given our name by one of our clients or contacts.
Feel free to submit simultaneously to other agents.
Do message us again via the contact page if another agent has asked to meet you or offered you representation.
Please Don’t
Include more material than we ask for.
Send material about more than one book.
Query or chase us.
Read Kate’s advice on getting published here.