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Kate Hordern

Kate Hordern Literary Agency

Submission status
Open
Submission route
Email
Response time
Assume no reply = no after 6 weeks
Last checked
11 days ago

About

Kate founded Kate Hordern Literary Agency in Bristol in 1999.

She previously worked for the independent trade publisher Victor Gollancz in London for fourteen years, selling foreign rights. She relocated to Bristol before setting up her own agency.

What they represent

Commercial FictionCrimeFantasyHistorical FictionHistorical Non-FictionMemoirPsychological SuspenseRomantic FantasyScience FictionWomen's Fiction

Looking for

  • fiction across the range, from bookclub through to psychological suspense, crime, speculative, historical, commercial and upmarket women's fiction, with a unique hook, whether that is a very special voice or a high-concept plot or compelling characters or a combination of these
  • history, where the author has the appropriate platform, and memoir

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Clients include

  • G.D. Abson
  • Ruth D’Alessandro
  • Catherine Hanley
  • Ewa Jozefkowicz
  • Will Randall
  • Judy Summers
  • Richard Bassett
  • John Davidson
  • Sven Hassel
  • Julian Lees
  • Abbie Ross
  • Sandy Taylor
  • P.J. Brackston
  • Jeff Dawson
  • David Helton

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

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