Hattie Grünewald
- Submission status
- Open
- Submission route
- Response time
- Aims to reply within 12 weeks
- Last checked
- 2 days ago
About
Hattie represents commercial and upmarket fiction, including book club fiction, crime and thriller, historical and contemporary fiction, and some non-fiction in the areas of lifestyle and personal development.
She is currently open to commercial and upmarket fiction submissions with a strong pitch, believable characters and an engaging voice. Hattie is particularly keen to see novels for the book club market with conversation-starting topics and a “you need to read this” quality, including multi-layered family dramas, high-concept love stories and classic storytelling. She seeks sexy and funny rom-coms, unusual escapist historical fiction often featuring mysteries or love stories, ambitious detective fiction, puzzle-y mysteries, humorous cosy crime with series potential and regional crime.
Genres
Looking for
- commercial and upmarket fiction
- non-fiction in the areas of lifestyle and personal development
- novels for the book club market with a conversation-starting topic with a "you need to read this" quality, including captivating and multi-layered family dramas, high concept love stories and classic storytelling, and if it's sweeping, romantic and timeless
- commercial women's and romantic fiction, especially sexy and funny rom-coms, the tropier the better
- historical fiction with unusual, escapist settings or characters that are often overlooked by history, especially if they feature a mystery or a love story
- ambitious, immaculately-plotted detective fiction, high-concept or puzzle-y mysteries and humorous yet clever cosy crime, regional crime stories, a strong sense of character, novels that use the crime genre to explore broader social issues, and crime novels with series potential
- books from marginalised authors
- LGBTQ+ stories
- books that aren't afraid to call themselves feminist
- books about mental health
- books by disabled or chronically ill authors
Not looking for
- children's fiction
- science fiction
- fantasy
- horror
- action thrillers
- sport books
- poetry
- short stories
- books with talking animals
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.
Clients include
- Anbara Salam
- Catherine Miller
- Celine Saintclare
- Ed Winters (Earthling Ed)
- Emma J. Bell
- Jennifer Stone
- Lauren Sharkey
- Lizzy Dent
- Marina Gerner
- Mark Freeman
- Nancy Tucker
- Rebecca Denton
- Rob Perry
- Roxane Dhand
- Ruthy Mason
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Ed Wood
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.
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Emily Barrett
Emily is a literary agent at The Blair Partnership, representing non-fiction for big, mainstream audiences. Before becoming an agent, she spent a decade working at HarperCollins, Orion and Little, Brown, latterly as Publisher of Sphere Non-Fiction. Books she edited during that time included Sunday Times bestsellers, prize nominees and winners, titles translated into multiple languages and works that sold TV options. This gives her broad insider experience across non-fiction publishing.
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Rachel Petty
Rachel represents children's fiction and non-fiction up to young adult and crossover. Before joining The Blair Partnership, she was editorial director at Macmillan Children's Books. There she worked with authors including Frances Hardinge, Chris Riddell and Tomi Adeyemi.
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