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Ed Wilson

Johnson & Alcock Ltd

Submission status
Open
Submission route
Email
Response time
Aims to reply within 12 weeks
Last checked
4 days ago

About

Ed is an agent and director of Johnson & Alcock, representing fiction and non-fiction, from new voices to established authors.

He works editorially with his authors to help make their books the best they can be. He also looks after several of the agency's literary estates, including Beryl Bainbridge, Dick Francis, William Trevor and Elizabeth Taylor. He gives talks to writers' groups and university courses about publishing, and has acted as a mentor and podcast guest.

Genres

Commercial FictionCrimeFantasyHistorical (Non-Fiction)Literary FictionMemoirNarrative Non-FictionOther Non-FictionPoliticsScience FictionSportsThriller

Looking for

  • fiction and non-fiction
  • anything with originality and style
  • literary to commercial writing
  • books with an imaginative setting, strong narrative voice, and compelling premise
  • an active science fiction and fantasy list
  • high concept writing
  • intelligent crime and thrillers
  • books that transcend genre
  • serious politics
  • sweeping narrative history
  • sport
  • natural history
  • quirky memoir
  • popular culture
  • writers that find a new and inventive way into a well-known subject

Not looking for

  • young adult authors
  • children's authors
  • plays
  • film scripts

Agency submission guidelines

Submissions are accepted by email only; physical submissions are not accepted or responded to unless an agent has invited material that way. Writers should check individual agent profiles under the 'team' tab and submit to only one agent at a time, without blind-copying. Most genres of fiction and non-fiction are accepted, but not plays or film scripts. There is no need to call in advance or follow up to confirm receipt. Attachments up to 5MB are accepted by the server. Send a short covering letter, including a blurb for the book and some information about the author. For fiction: a synopsis of the novel (no more than two pages) and the opening 50 pages of the manuscript, usually the first three chapters. For non-fiction: a book proposal including an introduction, chapter breakdown, and some sample material, totalling approximately 50 pages. All submissions should be clear and legible, in Word Doc (.doc or.docx) format, formatted in a standard way (at least 1.5 line spacing, page-numbered, on A4 paper recommended), with contact details included.

Agency AI policy

Submissions must be the original work of the author and not generated, co-written or edited using artificial intelligence.

Links

Clients include

  • Beryl Bainbridge
  • Dick Francis
  • William Trevor
  • Elizabeth Taylor

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