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8 agents have named Hamnet as a comparable title on their wishlist, and 6 are open to queries. If you’re pitching something in this lane, these are the agents to know. Always confirm an agent’s submission window before you query.
She loves rich, transporting historical novels — immersive rather than dry, character-led rather than purely event-driven. Her taste stretches from literary his…
View wishlist →She has a specific and enthusiastic appetite here: fictionalized real figures, sweeping love stories, a dash of mystery or suspense, Old Hollywood settings, and…
View wishlist →Bent consistently closes major and pre-empt deals in adult fiction — historical fiction (particularly WWII-set), women's fiction with emotional depth, and liter…
View wishlist →Grimm's core territory. They want fiction with a singular voice and strong emotional stakes — contemporary, historical, speculative, and mysterious all qualify,…
View wishlist →In the adult market specifically, Crockett is looking for historical fiction that surfaces a perspective or angle that feels fresh rather than well-trodden. Her…
View wishlist →Wheeler's broadest and most active category. The key criterion is that fiction must be set in the real world — present, past, or near-future — rather than a ful…
View wishlist →The 1900 cutoff is firm — she prefers eras before heavy industrialization. Crucially, the historical setting must be structurally load-bearing: the time and pla…
View wishlist →Crawford gravitates toward intimate, single-consciousness novels—what she calls 'burrowing deep into one captivating weirdo'—rather than sprawling ensemble cast…
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