Rachel Mills: email her with as much detail about yourself and the project as possible, ideally including at least one sample chapter. She is looking for commercial and upmarket non-fiction (areas include psychology, popular science, well-being, narrative non-fiction, biography, food, sustainability, health) and is not looking for fiction or memoir. Nelle Andrew: email her a one-page outline of the story, the first 3 chapters or 50 pages, and a covering letter. She is looking for literary/commercial crossover fiction, book club fiction, romance, romantasy, fantasy, gothic, issue-led horror, historical, crime and thriller, and speculative fiction, but does not accept non-fiction, children's books, short stories, poetry, scripts or sci-fi.
They are unable to represent work generated in whole or in part by AI, and will not review submissions with an AI generated cover letter.
Nelle is a literary agent at Rachel Mills Literary who represents internationally bestselling and award-winning authors across fiction and non-fiction. She joined RML in 2020, having previously worked as an agent at Peters Fraser and Dunlop for eleven years and before that at Macmillan. She is now a Trustee for the Royal Literary Fund.
Genres:Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy · Historical Fiction +5 more
Rachel is the founder and director of RML, which she established in 2019. She previously worked as a literary agent at Furniss Lawton and as Agent and International Business Director at Peters Fraser and Dunlop, where she sat on the Executive Board. Before that she worked in publishing at Penguin and Random House. Over twenty years in the industry, she has secured major publishing and screen deals for a wide range of authors.
Genres:Biography · Food & Drink · Health & Wellness · Narrative Non-Fiction · Other Non-Fiction
