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Georgina Simmonds

Red Kite Literary

Submission status
Open
Submission route
Email
Response time
Assume no reply = no after 12 weeks
Last checked
15 days ago

About

Georgina is an agent and founding partner at Red Kite Literary, representing adult fiction and selected non-fiction.

She trained as a solicitor specialising in commercial and IP law before moving into publishing at Curtis Brown, and later worked at Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency as an associate rights agent and then agent. She combines close editorial work with her legal background to advocate for her clients.

What they represent

Contemporary FictionCrimeFantasyHistorical FictionHistorical Non-FictionHorrorLiterary FictionMemoirNarrative Non-FictionOther Non-FictionPoliticsPsychological SuspenseRomanceRomantic FantasyScience FictionThriller

Looking for

  • literary and accessible literary/upmarket fiction (contemporary, historical or even with a science fiction and fantasy edge to it)
  • anything character driven with a strong voice, but also huge sweeping narratives that cover multiple generations and decades
  • quality romance and romantasy and an amazing upmarket/literary love story
  • high-concept book-club fiction
  • crime/police procedural
  • literary thrillers/suspense and the occasional ghost story (particularly around Christmas)
  • beautiful narrative non-fiction (that reads like fiction)
  • important and compelling memoir
  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • big ideas books
  • art
  • nature
  • nutrition
  • science
  • smart or unusual ideas from authors who want to change the narrative

Not looking for

  • children's or young adult

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Agency submission guidelines

Red Kite Literary considers submissions by email only. What to send: the first three chapters or the first 10,000 words of the manuscript, along with a synopsis. Include a pitch and a bio in the body of the email. Where to send: fiction and non-fiction submissions go to either enrichetta.submissions@redkiteliterary.com or georgina.submissions@redkiteliterary.com. Illustrators send a portfolio and bio to submissions@redkiteliterary.com. Subject line: use the format TITLE/name and surname for text submissions, or PORTFOLIO/name and surname for illustrator submissions. If a full manuscript is requested or an offer of representation is made, add "offer of representation" or "full ms request" to the subject line when following up.

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