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6 agents have named The Idiot as a comparable title on their wishlist, and 2 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 wants literary fiction with a confident, distinctive voice and a clear-eyed social perspective — work that is witty and observant rather than purely interio…
View wishlist →Intergenerational stories rooted in specific cultural worlds — particularly Turkish, Iranian, and broader Middle Eastern or Asian contexts, though she is explic…
View wishlist →She also actively seeks witty, carefully observed literary and upmarket fiction that captures something true about love or contemporary life. Sharp social intel…
View wishlist →McGrath's clearest passion. They want voice-driven novels with stark, distinctive prose — work that is subversive, cerebral, darkly comic, or deliberately unset…
View wishlist →BIPOC fiction and East Asian literature are specifically named in his categories, and the breadth of his personal reading (Adichie, Ling Ma, Elif Batuman) confi…
View wishlist →Her clearest priority. She wants fiction with a powerful, distinctive narrative voice and characters who are psychologically complex — people caught in difficul…
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