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18 days ago

About

Emma is a literary agent at Janklow & Nesbit, representing literary to commercial fiction.

She studied Psychology and Law before joining the agency in 2019, becoming a primary agent in 2024. Her clients include Chukwuebuka Ibeh, Dr. Ally Louks and Grace Murray. She enjoys championing new writers and nurturing long-term careers.

Looking for

  • upmarket literary/book club fiction
  • romantic dramas
  • glossy beach reads
  • complex female friendships
  • family dramas that explore the complexities of love, loyalty, secrets, and how past events influence choices characters make in the present
  • love stories that subvert traditional tropes
  • high-concept novels that explore alternate realities or choices
  • anything that can be defined as your “go-to” summer escape, whilst tapping into emotional themes around female desire, ambition, self-discovery, and so forth
  • thriller/suspense that focuses on dark atmospheres, mysterious disappearances, and jaw-dropping twists
  • voice-driven novels that “haunt” and play with unreliability or memory, bringing a psychologically fractured view of the past, that speaks to something of universal importance
  • campus novel

Not looking for

  • anything that has been written
  • or assisted
  • by AI

Clients include

  • Chukwuebuka Ibeh
  • Dr. Ally Louks
  • Grace Murray
  • Olivia Petter
  • T.J. Payne
  • Liana Cincotti
  • Aisha Muharrar
  • Dawnie Walton
  • Hermione Hoby
  • Darrow Farr

Agency submission guidelines

Postal submissions are not accepted, and screenwriters or scripts are not considered. Submissions should be titled (document and email) with full name and title of work. Sample material should be in size 12, reasonable font, double-spaced. Fiction submissions should include a covering letter, synopsis, and either the first three chapters or the first fifty pages (whichever the writer feels is appropriate); the covering letter and synopsis should ideally be no longer than a page each. Non-fiction submissions should include a covering letter (ideally no longer than a page), a full outline setting out the aims of each chapter, and if possible a sample chapter. Poetry submissions should include a covering letter (ideally no longer than a page), a short pitch and a small sample of 3-5 poems. The covering letter should be included in the body of the email, with other components as attachments; Word attachments are preferred, though PDFs are also acceptable. External links in emails cannot be opened for security reasons, so work must be attached directly to the email. Submissions should be sent to submissions@janklow.co.uk, including name, title of work and the name of the agent the writer wishes to submit to in the subject line. Work should be submitted to only one agent at the agency. Writers should notify the agency if they receive full manuscript requests elsewhere, by replying to the initial submission email, ideally with submission materials attached.

Agency AI policy

They do not accept submissions that have been written or assisted by AI.

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