Caro Clarke
- Submission status
- Open
- Submission route
- Response time
- Assume no reply = no after 12 weeks
- Last checked
- 2 days ago
About
Caro is the founder and literary agent at Portobello Literary.
They founded the agency in 2022 after twelve years working in publishing houses, including Transworld and Canongate Books, where they were a Senior Rights Manager. They were named Rights Professional of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2021. In 2019, they co-founded the Nan Shepherd Prize for underrepresented nature writers.
Genres
Looking for
- adult fiction and non-fiction
- niche literary novels, speculative fiction and fantasy, gripping crime and novels with wide appeal
- narrative non-fiction, memoir, popular science, big ideas, travel, culture, essays, queer culture and intersectional feminism
- food writing and cookbooks
- nature writing of any type
- writers from underrepresented backgrounds
Not looking for
- children's books (picture books to young adult)
Agency submission guidelines
The agency does not accept postal submissions and does not accept submissions originated, written or edited by AI technology. To send in your submission, address your email to Caro at submissions@portobelloliterary.co.uk with: a synopsis of your book, and a short biography. For fiction: the first three chapters or the first 50 pages of your manuscript along with the total word count. For non-fiction: a chapter outline and three sample chapters no longer than 50 pages. It is helpful if your name and book title are both in the file name and within the files in the header or footer. The agency is not looking for children's books (picture books to young adult) at this time.
Agency AI policy
They do not accept submissions originated, written or edited by Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology.
Links
- Websiteportobelloliterary.co.uk
- Submissionsportobelloliterary.co.uk
- Emailsubmissions@portobelloliterary.co.uk
Clients include
- Polly Atkin
- Louis Bailey
- Laura Basu
- Victoria Bennett
- Meg Bertera-Berwick
- Fiona Black
- Gill Booles
- Jenny Chamarette
- Rachel Charlton-Dailey
- Mona Dash
- Joe Donnelly
- Samantha Dooey-Miles
- Ashley Douglas
- Stuart Eggleton
- Laura Elliott