I’m looking primarily for nuanced and compelling work that digs deep into a wide range of emotions across all genres, including literary, upmarket, book club fiction, and romance, as well as select nonfiction. Also, I will always have a soft spot for speculative and magical realism. I’m automatically drawn to stories that help me discover and explore new aspects about people, the way we (dis)connect, what haunts us (literally and metaphorically) and how we confront it, and stories of resiliency. If you can describe your story as “edgy,” or “gritty,” or “offbeat” chances are it’s up my alley. In nonfiction, whether it’s pop culture, narrative, or memoir, I love anything that teaches me how to be a better human, look at the world through a fresh lens, or hits at the heart of the zeitgeist. Across the board, she’s always looking for diverse voices and experiences.
I’m not a good fit for
historical romance, domestic suspense, hard sci-fi, deep fantasy with complex world building, middle grade, children’s, and YA Some recent (and some older) favorites that I would consider top of my wishlist. So get in touch if you could compare your book to: Fiction: Margot’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe; The Wedding People by Allison Espach; Good Material by Dolly Alderton; Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors; Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters; Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez; How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang; Seven Days in June by Tia Williams; The Favorites by Layne Fargo; Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett; Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield; We Play Ourselves by Jen Silverman; Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang; To the Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage Nonfiction: Dead Weight by Emmeline Clein; Strangers to Ourselves by Rachel Aviv; Butts by Heather Radke; South to America by Imani Perry; Evicted by Matthew Desmond; Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond; Tacky by Rax King; First Love by Lilly Dancyger; Girlhood by Melissa Febos; Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez; Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert
My growing list of clients includes
Rachel Attias, Olivia Crandall, Marina Gross-Hoy, Michelle Gurule, Virginia Hanusik, Victoria Hulbert, Aamina Khan, and Piper Lane.
Fun facts about me
Graduated from the College of William & Mary in Virginia | from the Appalachian mountain region of VA/TN | watch way too much romance-related reality TV | an amateur dance fan (ballet, contemporary, modern, give me it all!) | if I hadn’t gone into book publishing, I would have been a marine biologist Submission Guidelines Submissions should be emailed to
To submit your work
Please query Hannah via Query Tracker, and she will respond within 4-6 weeks. Guidelines & Details Vital Info hstrouth@ @hannah_strouth Website Agent, Associate Literary Agent
Fiction
Commercial, Family Saga, General, Gothic, Historical, Horror, Humor, LGBTQ, Literary, Magical Realism, Mystery, Psychological Thriller, Romance, Romcom, Short Story, Speculative Literary, Thriller, Upmarket Speculative, Women’s Fiction
Non-Fiction
Cultural criticism, Fashion, Feminism and women\'s issues, Humor, Journalism, LGBTQ, Memoir, Pop Culture, Psychology, Relationships and family, Wellness, Witches/Witchcraft
Favorite sub-genres
Accessible Literary Fiction, Book Club, Cultural Criticism, Ensemble Casts, Essays, Female Friendships, Feminism, Humor, Intersectional Feminism, Magical Realism, Mental Health, Pop Culture, Pop History, Psychological Thrillers, Relationships, Rom-com, RomCom, Sexuality, Social Issues, Southern Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Upmarket Commercial Fiction, Upmarket Fiction, Upmarket Women's Fiction, campus novel, coming of age, found family, friendship stories I’d like the next…