Submissions
I am currently open to submissions.
Please use the form below to submit your work.
For Children’s and Adult Fiction please submit:
A cover letter
Synopsis
The first five chapters
For Graphic Novels in all age ranges please submit:
A cover letter
Synopsis
Five pages of rough layouts
One finished artwork page
Optional: a sample of 15 pages of script
Please Note: For Graphic Novels, I am currently only considering Author-Illustrators (or Author/Illustrator pairings).
MSWL
In all areas, I am dedicated to championing traditionally under-represented stories and authors. This includes writers from Black, Asian, Mixed Heritage and Minority Ethnic backgrounds; disabled and neurodiverse writers; LGBTQ+ writers; and working class writers. I am actively seeking writers and stories from diverse backgrounds and viewpoints, so please do submit if that’s you!
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I am looking for mainly YA and Crossover, with some room for outstanding Middle Grade. In all these areas I am looking for commercial, plot-driven ideas with a great hook.
Please no Picture Books or Chapter Books.
Some books I love: All That's Left in the World by Erik J Brown; The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness; Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas; Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi; The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave; Holes by Louis Sachar; Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo; Gone by Michael Grant; His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman; Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell; The Dark Lady by Akala; Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan; The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper; Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer.
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I specialise in Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Magical Realism, Horror and Speculative Fiction. I am particularly looking for works that cross genre lines or subvert reader expectations.
Some books I love: Babel by R. F. Kuang; Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell; Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik; Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah; Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovich; The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers; The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin; Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree; Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrel by Susanna Clarke; The Girl With All The Gifts by M. R. Carey; One Last Stop by Casey Mcquiston; Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao; The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch; The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern; the Familiar by Leigh Bardugo; Kindred by Octavia E. Butler; Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin; all and anything by Terry Pratchett!
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I am open to author-illustrated graphic novels across age ranges. In Children’s, I’m looking for fast, funny and action-packed Chapter Books and Middle Grade. In YA, I’m drawn to grounded or contemporary SFF, queer stories and fairytale or folktale inspired works.
Some books I love: Homebody by Theo Parish; Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe; Lumber Janes by N. D. Stevens et al; On A Sunbeam by Tillie Walden; Through The Woods by Emma Carrol; The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen; Heartstopper by Alice Oseman; El Deafo by Cece Bell; Roller Girls by Victoria Jamieson; Skyward by Joe Henderson and Lee Garbett; Faith by Jody Houser.