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Rachel Petty

The Blair Partnership

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

About

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.

Genres

Children's BooksFantasyHorrorMiddle GradeOther Non-FictionRomanceThrillerYoung Adult

Looking for

  • ambitious storytelling, a bold approach to structure and voice and a fresh take on genre
  • submissions from author/illustrators and people from underrepresented and marginalised communities
  • ROMANCE as the primary focus in anything young adult
  • high concept, diverse contemporary young adult romance of the sort that will launch a thousand ships
  • horror and thrillers (or a combination of both, especially with a twist)
  • hooky young adult fantasy/speculative (but only with excellent world building with a simple, clever pitch)
  • hilarious middle grade
  • anything that has the potential to jump off the page and onto the screen

Not looking for

  • picturebook submissions

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

  • Sue H Cunningham
  • Rose Lihou
  • Kari Trogen
  • Margaret McDonald
  • Hazel Gardner
  • Megan Hopkins
  • Alexander Slater
  • Jodie Abrahams
  • Lee Lennox
  • Penelope O’Neill
  • Tom Woods
  • Kareen Griffiths
  • Isaac Hamilton-McKenzie
  • Lulee Ma
  • Bea Ingalls

Other agents at The Blair Partnership