Anna Ange is a junior agent at Liza Dawson Associates who specializes in literary-horror crossovers, queer historical fiction, adult graphic novels, and spooky middle grade — with a taste for the unsettling, the formally inventive, and the gloriously weird.
In brief
Anna joined Liza Dawson Associates in 2024, making her one of the newer agents at the firm, though her client list already skews heavily toward comics and graphic novel work — Ayanna Johnson (Webtoon comic VAMPIRE GIRLFRIENDS) and Janelle Feng (comic series L'ARCHANGE ET LE DIABLE) suggest her graphic novel appetite is not just stated preference but active practice.
Her wishlist and her stated favorite reads align tightly: she gravitates toward literary fiction that generates dread without being genre horror, alongside fiction that is unambiguously horror. Writers should think along the axis of Sayaka Murata, Brian Evenson, and Hanya Yanagihara — not Stephen King.
Her niche personal interests (medieval nuns, the history of rabies, 1920s–30s fashion) are a direct pipeline into what she wants professionally: queer historical fiction before 1900, narrative nonfiction on surprising or overlooked topics, and historical fantasy. Pitches that speak to specificity and research will resonate.
She is explicitly closed to several currently fashionable categories — Greek mythology retellings, found family, queer normative otherworlds — signaling she wants work that pushes against trends rather than riding them.
As of October 10, 2025, Anna is CLOSED to queries. Writers should monitor her agency page directly before submitting.
Lately
Anna's agency page was updated to reflect a closed status as of October 10, 2025, with no announced reopening date. Writers are advised to check the page directly before preparing a submission.
What Anna is looking for
This is Anna's clearest passion. She wants literary-forward novels where the prose and conceptual ambition come first, but where horror, speculative unease, or outright strangeness drives the engine. Think: books that are not shelved in the horror section but make your skin crawl anyway — or books that fully commit to genre horror without apology. Satire with dark or absurdist edges is also welcome. Her touchstone reads (Murata, Evenson, Kleeman, Yanagihara, Butler) define the register: cold, strange, formally interesting, deeply uncomfortable.
Anna actively seeks queer stories set in historical periods, with a particular pull toward the pre-twentieth century. Her personal interest in medieval nuns and specific eras of fashion suggests she responds to work that is genuinely grounded in period detail rather than merely costumed in it. Historical fantasy in this vein is equally welcome. Her confirmed touchstones — Nicola Griffith's Hild and Menewood — set the bar for the kind of immersive, character-driven historical work she admires.
Demonstrated by her actual client work, adult graphic novel fiction is a live and active part of her list. She wants intimate, emotionally scaled stories set against fantastical or historical-fantasy backdrops — not sprawling epics. Horror, gothic, and noir flavors are especially welcome, and romantic subplots are a plus. Art style matters to her: she is drawn to work that is formally distinctive rather than industry-standard. Graphic novels do NOT need to be complete at query time, but she will not consider script-only submissions — at least five completed spreads and rough pages are required.
History and memoir in graphic form are both welcome. The same visual-inventiveness standard applies. Same submission requirements as fiction graphic novels: spreads and rough pages, no script-only queries.
Anna wants nonfiction anchored in surprising, niche subject matter — particularly histories of specific illnesses or medical phenomena, and political or historical writing on the War on Terror. The common thread is specificity: she is not looking for broadly accessible popular nonfiction but rather work that commits fully to an unusual corner of the world. Her stated interest in the history of rabies as a personal fascination is a useful signal for the register she's after.
Anna's middle grade interest is narrow but genuine: she wants autumnal, horror-adjacent work that engages with real, complicated contemporary issues. The mood is spooky and atmospheric rather than scary. Both prose and graphic novel formats are welcome here. This is a selective appetite — the horror-adjacent qualifier and the emphasis on thematic weight are real gates.
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How to query Anna
Anna is CLOSED to queries as of October 10, 2025 — do not submit until her agency page indicates she has reopened.
For prose submissions: send a query letter in the body of the email, a full synopsis as a Word document attachment, and the first three chapters or 25 pages as a separate Word document. Do not paste sample pages into the body of the email.
For graphic novel submissions: send a query with a full story synopsis, at least five completed spreads, and as many rough pages as you have. A general portfolio is also welcome. Completed graphic novels are accepted; script-only queries are not.
Her taste runs cold and strange — query language that leads with atmosphere, premise, and formal qualities will read more fluently to her than plot-summary pitches.
Her personal niche interests (medieval history, medical history, specific historical fashion eras) are not arbitrary: if your queer historical fiction or nonfiction touches any of these, name it early and specifically in your query.
Avoid positioning your work as 'the next [trend].' Her explicit rejections of Greek mythology retellings, found family, and queer normative otherworlds signal that she is actively seeking work that resists the current market moment rather than surfing it.
For graphic novels, art style is a genuine consideration — describe or demonstrate what makes your visual approach distinctive, not just the story.
Her two confirmed current clients are both comics creators, suggesting she is actively building her graphic novel list and may prioritize those queries when she reopens.