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Ed Wood

The Blair Partnership

Submission status
Open
Submission route
Email
Response time
Aims to reply within 12 weeks
Last checked
2 days ago

About

Ed is a literary agent at The Blair Partnership, representing crime, thriller, mystery and book club fiction.

Before joining the agency, he was Publishing Director at Little, Brown, where he published bestselling crime, thriller and book club authors including Mark Billingham and Carl Hiaasen. He later became IP Director at Little, Brown, working with authors on original concepts that led to major rights sales and international bestsellers.

Genres

Commercial FictionCrimeMysteryThriller

Looking for

  • adult commercial fiction that is full of twists, turns, gasps and chills
  • psychological thrillers where nothing is what it seems and there's a unique idea behind the story
  • groundbreaking thrillers where the mystery is a game played with the reader and genres are blurred
  • remarkable, literary crime writing that can cross boundaries
  • cross-genre books such as the meeting point of horror and thriller, or the moment where romance meets horror or thriller, or any other imaginative mash-up geared around mystery
  • a big book club novel with great writing that makes them fall in love with its characters and come out the other side feeling transformed

Agency submission guidelines

Fiction: email your chosen agent directly, including the working title in the subject line. In the email, include a one-line elevator pitch, a short blurb, the target market and genre of your writing, and any competitions or prizes you've won for writing. Attach the first thirty pages of your manuscript and a one-page synopsis in one Word document or PDF. Do not send Pages, Google Docs, WeTransfer or DropBox downloads, and do not post submissions, or they will not be read. Non-fiction: email your chosen agent directly, including the working title in the subject line. Include a one-line elevator pitch, a short blurb, the target market and genre of your writing, and relevant information about you (prizes, social media platform size and engagement, qualifications or career experience). Attach your proposal document and a writing sample in one Word document or PDF. The proposal should be no more than 10,000 words, including why your book is different from what has been published before, why your target market needs your book now, at least three comparable titles, and a writing sample (1-3 chapters). Do not send Pages, Google Docs, WeTransfer or DropBox downloads, and do not post submissions, or they will not be read. Not currently accepting screenplays, short stories or poetry, and only accepting stories written in English. Submit to only one agent. Do not submit material generated wholly or partially by AI.

Agency AI policy

They do not accept material that has been generated wholly or partially by AI.

Links

Clients include

  • Charlotte Essex
  • Sheena Cook
  • Daisy Pearce
  • Tessa Wiles
  • Rachel Rowlinson
  • Craig Robertson
  • Stevie Braste
  • Natalie B Grant
  • The Estate of Nicholas Evans
  • Carrie Becker
  • Sarah Clarke
  • Erin Meryl

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