Haley Warrington is a junior agent at The Booker Albert Literary Agency who brings a reader's passion for emotionally-driven romance and genre-blending fiction to her nascent agenting career, with a particular appetite for stories that make her ugly-cry.
In brief
Haley is a new agent — she has no confirmed sales record yet, making her a ground-floor opportunity for debut authors willing to grow with her.
Her taste skews heavily toward contemporary and New Adult romance with emotional gut-punches; grief, second chances, and found family are recurring obsessions across her wishlist.
She is also a working romance novelist herself (two novels forthcoming from Lake Country Press), which signals she will engage with craft and voice at a granular level.
Her TV touchstones — Gossip Girl, Reign, The Vampire Diaries, You — reveal a consistent pull toward atmospheric, drama-rich, slightly gothic or morally complex worlds wrapped around a central romance.
As a junior agent actively building her list, she is likely to be more accessible and more responsive to debut voices than an established agent with a full roster.
Lately
Haley publicly noted her love of stories with grief at the center, second-chance romance, and cross-generational love that spans multiple time periods — emphasizing she wants to be emotionally wrecked by what she reads.
What Haley is looking for
This is her home genre — she writes it herself and reads it obsessively. She wants emotionally rich stories with heat, humor, and staying power. Second-chance romance and found-family threads are explicit priorities. Think sharp banter and a story you can't shake after the last page. Authors like Emily Henry, Christina Lauren, and Hannah Grace are her stated benchmarks for voice and commercial appeal.
She has a specific, articulated craving here: protagonists who find each other across multiple time periods, fated to connect no matter what era they land in. This is a niche but passionate wish — a writer who can pull off reincarnation romance or multi-timeline love stories with emotional weight should put this at the top of their pitch.
Rich-world social dynamics, scheming, status anxiety — but with a genuine love story at the center, not just as decoration. The Reign and Vampire Diaries references suggest she is equally drawn to historical or supernatural settings as long as the drama and romance are central. LGBTQ+ takes on this subgenre are explicitly welcomed.
She wants fantasy as a flavor layered into a romance, not a full secondary-world epic. Magical realism, paranormal romance, and light fantasy romance are the sweet spot. Hard pass on anything that leads with world-building over character and emotional arc.
She lists crime fiction, psychological thrillers, domestic thrillers, and BIPOC mystery and thriller as categories she is open to. Her touchstone is the ensemble-cast, twist-driven energy of Knives Out and One of Us Is Lying. LGBTQ+ and BIPOC voices in this space are especially welcome. Romantic suspense and romantic thriller — where mystery and romance genuinely intertwine — also fit her list.
Commercial women's fiction and family sagas are on her list, particularly when grief, emotional reckoning, or found-family dynamics are central. She gravitates toward stories that sit at the intersection of heart and plot — literary for the feelings, commercial in pacing.
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How to query Haley
Address her by name and make clear you have read her wishlist — she is new enough that a personalized query will stand out sharply from a mass submission.
Lead with the emotional core of your story: what will make her cry, laugh, or obsess? She has said she evaluates books by the feelings they evoke, so your pitch must sell the feeling before it sells the plot.
If your book has a second-chance structure, a found-family subplot, a grief arc, or a multi-timeline conceit, flag those elements early and explicitly — they are her stated sweet spots.
TV comps are fair game and likely to resonate: if your book shares DNA with Gossip Girl, Reign, The Vampire Diaries, or You, say so directly and explain how.
For romance-adjacent thriller or mystery submissions, name your BIPOC or LGBTQ+ protagonist and framing upfront — diversity in these subgenres is explicitly part of her wishlist.
Keep the fantasy element in its place: if you are pitching a romance with magical realism or paranormal elements, frame it as romance-first, magic-second so she knows it's not high fantasy.
She is a junior agent, so do not let a lack of a long sales record deter you — building together is part of the pitch. Debut authors and early-career writers are well-positioned here.
Query her directly at the email address listed on the agency's submission page, and double-check that the form or address is still current before hitting send.