Desires
At the moment, I’m actively building my cookbook and food writing list, and I want it all– think of me for everything from academic books about foodways to narrative-nonfiction about food history to unique and ambitious debut cookbooks. I am also searching for the next great piece of literary true crime; Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil was one of the first adult nonfiction books to grab me, and I’ll always be looking for books that compare favorably!
Bio
Lauren MacLeod is a Nashville-based senior literary agent with Aevitas Creative Management. Lauren’s primary interests are cookbooks, food writing, narrative nonfiction, pop-culture, true crime, memoir, young adult fiction and nonfiction, and middle-grade novels. She serves on the Association of American Literary Agents board of directors, where she sits on the copyright and contracts committees and co-chairs the communications committee. Before joining ACM, she was named Vice President of The Strothman Agency. She graduated cum laude from Emerson College, receiving a BFA in Writing, Literature, and Publishing.
Personal Website
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Fun facts about me
Our dog is named after the man who helped officiate our Las Vegas wedding ceremony: Elvis. Submission Guidelines Submissions should be emailed to At this time I am only accepting submissions for food writing, cookbooks, pop-culture and true crime. I currently only consider MG & YA, memoir, history, and narrative nonfiction via referral. Guidelines & Details Vital Info @Lauren_MacLeod Website Agent
Non-Fiction
Biography, Cookbooks, History, Journalism, LGBTQ, Memoir, Pop Culture, True Crime
Favorite sub-genres
Diversity, Feminism, Food Writing, LGBTQ+ I’d like the next… James Beard Winner! My favorites include…
TV
Yellowjackets, Succession, Broad City, The Crown, UnREAL, Veep, Mad Men, A woefully incompletely list of books I’ve loved enough to demand other people I love read them, in no particular order: A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers; I’ll Be Gone in the Dark; The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater; Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret ; The Trees by Percival Everett; Mexican Gothic Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente; People Who Eat Darkness