Anne Williams
- Submission status
- Open
- Submission route
- Response time
- Assume no reply = no after 6 weeks
- Last checked
- 2 days ago
About
Anne spent over fifteen years as a commissioning editor before joining Kate Hordern Literary Agency.
She worked at Michael Joseph and then for thirteen years at Headline, where she was Co-Publisher of the Review imprint and Publisher of the main Headline imprint. She commissioned bestselling authors including Sheila O'Flanagan and Lyn Andrews, and prize-winning crime writers such as Barbara Nadel, Manda Scott and Caroline Graham. Anne joined Kate Hordern Literary Agency in 2009.
Genres
Looking for
- well-written, engrossing fiction for which she feels she can find a market
- a plot that will keep her engaged, characters she cares about and a world that is intriguing or attractive enough for her to want to spend time in
- women's fiction, be it contemporary or set further into the past
- crime and thrillers
- 'new nature writing', a personal enthusiasm
Agency submission guidelines
Submissions accepted by e-mail only, from authors resident in the UK; no postal submissions. Include a pitch telling why a prospective reader should read your book, an outline or synopsis, and the first three chapters. Kate Harden: kate@khla.co.uk Anne Williams: anne@khla.co.uk
Links
Clients include
- Jo Allen
- Amy Carver
- Kathryn Hughes
- Eva Macrae
- Lyn Andrews
- Nicola Chester
- Victoria Jenkins
- Lynne McEwan
- Rachel Barnett
- Mary Gibson
- Naomi Kelsey
- Gill Thompson
- Sam Carrington
- Julie Houston
- Joy Kluver
