Nelle Andrew

Rachel Mills Literary

Submission status
Closed (conditions apply)
When to submit
Submissions reopen 14th September 2026
Submission route
Email
Response time
Aims to reply within 8 weeks
Last checked
2 days ago

About

Nelle is a literary agent at Rachel Mills Literary, representing 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. Before that, she worked at Macmillan publishers.

Genres

Romantic Fantasy

Looking for

  • Literary/Commercial Crossover Fiction
  • Reading Group or Book Club Fiction
  • Love Stories
  • Smart Romance
  • romantasy
  • epic but accessible Fantasy
  • gothic
  • Issue-led Horror
  • Historical Plus
  • Unpredictable Crime and Thriller
  • Propulsive Literary Novels
  • speculative

Not looking for

  • non fiction
  • children's books
  • short stories
  • poetry
  • script
  • sci-fi

Agency submission guidelines

For Rachel Mills: email her and include as much detail about yourself and the project as possible, ideally with at least one sample chapter. For Nelle Andrew: email her a one page outline of story, the first 3 chapters or 50 pages and a covering letter. She does not accept non-fiction, any children's books, short stories, poetry, script, or sci-fi. Note: as of the page text, Nelle is not accepting submissions from August 1st until mid September, and manuscripts should not be submitted until September 14th (date/year not specified, so currency uncertain).

Agency AI policy

They are unable to represent work generated in whole or in part by AI. They will also not review submissions with an AI generated cover letter.

Clients include

  • Sara Collins
  • Jing-Jing Lee
  • Beth Underdown
  • Heidi Perks
  • Bryony Gordon
  • Candice Carty-Williams