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Max Edwards

Apple Tree Literary

Submission status
Open
Submission route
Email
Response time
Not stated
Last checked
2 days ago

About

Max founded Apple Tree Literary and represents a diverse range of authors writing non-fiction and fiction.

He has a decade of experience in agenting, having worked at RCW, United Agents and David Higham Associates. Max was a founding agent at Aevitas Creative Management UK, working there for five years before founding Apple Tree Literary.

What they represent

Commercial FictionContemporary FictionFantasyLiterary FictionNarrative Non-FictionOther Non-FictionScience Fiction

Looking for

  • FICTION: literary and speculative fiction of all types, particularly where the two overlap
  • NON-FICTION: untold or unknown stories, and experts writing about fascinating new ways of understanding our world

Not looking for

  • children's fiction below Young Adult
  • TV/ film scripts
  • poetry

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Agency submission guidelines

The agency represents fiction and non-fiction, with separate submission routes for each; both go to the general submissions inbox rather than to any individual agent. FICTION Particularly interested in literary and speculative fiction, especially where the two overlap, and in all adult and young adult fiction. Children's fiction below Young Adult is not represented. What to send: a short covering email, a one-page synopsis, and the first three chapters or 7,500 words of the manuscript, sent to submissions@appletreeliterary.com (not to any individual email address). NON-FICTION Particularly keen to hear from those telling untold or unknown stories, and experts writing about new ways of understanding the world. What to send: a covering email outlining the book, why it has a place on the bookshelf, and why the writer is qualified to write it. A proposal or sample chapter, or the whole work if completed, should be included as an attachment alongside the query. Send to submissions@appletreeliterary.com (not to any individual email address). Not represented: TV/film scripts or poetry.

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