Abi Fellows

Submission status: Open
Submission route: Email
Response time: Assume no reply = no after 16 weeks
Last checked: 13 days ago

About

Abi is a literary agent at DHH Literary Agency.

She has broad experience across bookselling, publishing and literary scouting, having worked at Blackwell's, Faber and Faber, Georgina Capel Associates and RR Ltd before returning to agenting at The Good Literary Agency in 2019, building a list focused on writers from marginalised backgrounds. She joined DHH Literary Agency in 2023.

What they represent

Looking for

adult and children's fiction and non-fiction
middle grade and young adult
under-represented voices
pacy romcoms
dark literary novels
historical stories uncovering forgotten perspectives
non-fiction, which provokes discussion and broadens minds
literary memoirs, polemic, recovered histories
culture studies
commercial self-help

Not looking for

Clients include

Tasneem Abdur-Rashid
Paula Akpan
Kathryn Aldridge-Morris
Carolina Are
Karen Arthur
Dean Atta
Katie Baskerville
Ross Berkeley Simpson
Stela Brinzeanu
Caroline Butterwick
Aaron Dale
K Devan
Sharan Dhaliwal
Preeti Dhillon
Lauren du Plessis

Agency submission guidelines

Submissions should be sent to one chosen agent only, electronically; postal submissions are not considered and will be discarded. What to send: a covering letter describing the novel (including total word count), where it sits in the market, and information about the writer and their writing ambitions. Synopsis: a single page synopsis is preferred, outlining the whole story without cliffhangers. Writing sample: the first three chapters or about 10,000 words, typed (size 12 is ideal) and double spaced. AI use: submissions, including the covering letter and synopsis, must be the original work of the author. Submissions generated, written, co-written or edited using artificial intelligence technology cannot be accepted. No reading fee is charged.

Agency AI policy

They do not accept submissions generated, written, co-written or edited using artificial intelligence technology. Submissions must be the original work of the author.

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