Susan Yearwood

About

Susan runs the Susan Yearwood Agency, representing debut and published writers in adult fiction, non-fiction and children's/young adult fiction.

She gained experience at Virago, Museum Quilts Plc and Penguin Books Ltd in the early to mid-nineties. She founded her agency in 2007, launching debut writers' careers and re-establishing previously published authors.

Genres

Agency submission guidelines

Submissions are accepted by email only, sent to submissions@susanyearwoodagency.com. The agency is looking for commercial fiction including romance and saga, crime/thriller, book club fiction, children's novels aged 9+ to young adult, and non-fiction, particularly business and finance, self-help and well-being, and lifestyle including cookery. Sci-fi, short stories and poetry are not read. Subject line: include the writer's name and the submission title/genre, for example 'Joe Bloggs, The Title (Book Club fiction)'. What to send: attach the first 30 pages from the novel or non-fiction title. Send a synopsis/outline as a separate attachment, indicating in the document title which is the synopsis/outline and which is the chapters. Include a cover email with a pitch sentence and a brief paragraph describing the submission. Mention any comparative writers published over the last three years and describe the writing career so far, if any. Include a paragraph about why the book was written, with relevant personal anecdotes. Formatting: the Word or PDF attachment should be 1.5 or double spaced with page numbers. Other rules: indicate if submitting to other agents simultaneously. If writing fiction and non-fiction, or adult and children's fiction, mention this on submission.

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Clients include

• Zoe A Batemen
• Lucy Basey
• Katie Brewer
• Fil Reid
• Rebecca Adams
• Selina Flavius
• Kimberley Glover
• Angela Cairns
• Sarupa Shah