Alec Shane majored in English at Brown University, a degree he put to immediate use by moving to Los Angeles after graduation to become a professional stuntman. Realizing that he prefers books to breakaway glass, he moved to New York City in 2008 to pursue a career in publishing. Alec quickly found a home at Writers House Literary Agency and is now aggressively building his own list. On the nonfiction side, Alec would love to see humor, biography, history (particularly military history), true crime, “guy” reads, and all things sports. In fiction, Alec is looking for mystery, thrillers (though he’s experiencing terrorist fatigue at the moment), suspense, horror, historical fiction, literary fiction, and middle grade and Young Adult fiction. He doesn’t want Romance, straight sci-fi, high fantasy, picture books, self-help, women’s fiction, food, or travel memoir.
Fun facts about me
I’m a huge Patriots fan and moonlight as a wannabe sportswriter for the SBNation blog. It has been incredibly therapeutic, but has done little to quell my mania. I’m a huge dog guy – and by that I mean I love dogs, and I especially love huge dogs. St. Bernards, Newfoundlands, Mastiffs… if your manuscript has a big, oafish, slobbering dog in it, I’m yours. Little dogs that yip and can fit inside of a purse…not so much. I’m about 60% sure I saw a ghost once. I’m not sure, and there are certainly other explanations for what happened that night on the beach…but I don’t know. If an author can convince me one way or another as to the existence of ghosts, I’m all ears. I’m staunchly anti-Hollywood remake of any kind. If it was a movie I loved as a kid, I refuse to see a new version of it as an adult. It needs to stop. Nobody understands how terrifying Zelda from the Pet Sematary movie is and it drives me nuts. I hate cheese. This might be the one facet of who I am that I’m most ashamed of. I also hate wine. I’ve had cheap wine, expensive wine, domestic wine, foreign wine. I’ve swirled it and sniffed it and chewed it and everything else you do with it. Not for me. I feel no shame in this whatsoever. Submission Guidelines Submissions should be emailed to ashane@ I accept e-mail and snail-mail queries (although email is preferable), and will usually respond within 5-8 weeks. Please send the first 10 pages of your manuscript, along with your query letter, to as **** @ ********** with “Query for Alec Shane: TITLE” as your subject heading – no attachments please! I no longer accept snail mail submissions. Guidelines & Details Vital Info ashane@ @alecdshane Linkedin Website Agent
Fiction
Action/Adventure, BIPOC Crime Fiction, BIPOC Literature, BIPOC Mystery, BIPOC Thriller, Caribbean Literature, Children's, Commercial, Contemporary, Crime, Domestic Thriller, East Asian Literature, Eco-Fiction, Folklore, General, Graphic Novel, Historical, Horror, LGBTQ, Literary, Middle Grade, Military, Mystery, Neo-Western, Psychological Thriller, Religious, South Asian Literature, South East Asian Literature, Speculative, Speculative Literary, Thriller, Upmarket Speculative, West African Literature, Western, Young Adult
Non-Fiction
Bible Studies, Biography, Fitness, Health, History, Humor, Illustrated, Pop Culture, Science, Self-help, Spiritual, Sports, True Crime, Wellness
Favorite sub-genres
"Big Idea/Think", #ownvoices, #wndb, AAPI Fantasy, AAPI Horror, AAPI Sci-Fi, Accessible Literary Fiction, Action-Adventure, Adult Horror, Adult SFF, Adventure, African Diaspora, African Fantasy, African Sci-Fi, Africanfuturism, Amateur Sleuth Mysteries, Asian American Literature, Asian Diaspora, Asian Fantasy, Asian Horror, Asian Sci-Fi, Author-Illustrator, Author-Illustrators, BIPOC, BIPOC Fantasy, BIPOC Horror, BIPOC Mystery, BIPOC Sci-Fi, Bible studies, Biography, Career Development, Caribbean Literature, Character-Driven Horror, Character-driven SciFi, Children's, Children's Nonfiction, Children's and Young Adult Fiction and Nonfi