Liza Deblock
- Submission status
- Open
- Submission route
- Response time
- Aims to reply within 10 weeks
- Last checked
- 4 days ago
About
Liza is a literary agent at Greenstone Literary, representing both fiction and non-fiction authors.
She began her publishing career as an assistant at Eccles Fisher Associates in 2018, before moving into literary agenting at a boutique agency. She built a curated list of authors, selling their rights in the UK, US and beyond. Liza was a Bookseller Rising Star in 2022 and works with Black Girl Writers.
Genres
Looking for
- commercial, book club, and edging on literary novels
- a good thriller set in an unusual location, or with a speculative edge, or even with characters whose jobs are unique and distinct
- a book based on real historical figures that we need to rethink, reevaluate, or reimagine
- another genre slipping into historical fiction - gothic, magical, fantastical, or even better, haunted
- something set within archives
- an elegant love story with a speculative edge - time travel, magic, grounded fantasy, a unique setting
- romcoms with smart writing, lots of steam, and enemies-to-lovers and slow-burn tropes
- fantasy with a unique magic system, a new world, romantic threads, unusual creatures, and anything inspired by folklore from across the world
- experts in their fields, or creator's with exciting content to share
- food writing - food memoir or cookbooks
- something relating to women's health, particularly around maternal, sports, or mental health
- any submission that rethinks a popular or accepted train of thought
Not looking for
- novellas
- unfinished manuscripts
- sci-fi
- erotica
- graphic novels
- children's books
- middle grade
- poetry
Agency submission guidelines
Submissions are made via the agency's online submissions form; email submissions are discouraged as they take longer to process. Submit to one agent only, not to all agents simultaneously (material is shared internally between agents as appropriate). What to send: a query letter (including a short author bio, elevator pitch and blurb, comparative titles, and relevant information such as previous publications or simultaneous submissions), a synopsis (a detailed overview including spoilers), and a manuscript sample of the opening three chapters or 50 pages, whichever is longer. Formatting: files should be Word documents or PDFs only; no other format is accepted. If the 50-page sample ends mid-chapter or mid-sentence, it should be trimmed to end just before or after the cut-off. Not accepted: screenplays, picture books, children's books, young adult or Middle Grade.
Links
Clients include
- Sally Abé
- Dominic Franks
- Stacey Thomas
- Natalie Chandler
- Carys Green
- Pim Wangtechawat
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