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Literary agents looking for books about survival

Phrasemill lists literary agents who want survival, based on what they say on their public websites. “survival” is a theme tag; its identifier is survival. 8 agents currently want it. Agents whose websites say they are closed to submissions are omitted. The quoted evidence for each tag is on the agent's profile. How it works.

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  • Marina de Pass

    Says: “…richly drawn characters; but also characters who are not what they seem; cults; against-the-odds survival; dry humour; a light dusting of myths and folklore; animals, preferably dogs; chemistry…”

    Marina is actively building her list of authors writing upmarket commercial, reading group and accessible literary fiction, alongside a select and eclectic children’s, YA & non-fiction list. She is looking for big stori…

  • Rachel Beck

    Liza Dawson Associates · US

    Says: “…media to extracurricular burnout); books that explore cult life or extreme religion; 9/11 survival stories; anything about Anne Frank Retellings of classics such as A Tale of Two Cities, To Kill a…”

    I believe that the right book can change or heal a life, and I want to find those. But I’m also interested in lighter fiction that helps me escape or simply makes me laugh after a tough day. Or nonfiction that teaches me…

  • Lily Kovacs

    Curtis Brown Group · GB

    Says: “survival plot lines”

    In terms of fiction, my favourite kind of stories blend narratives around suspense, mystery and psychological drama, and I especially love when this involves post-apocalyptic or survival plot lines. I'm also a big fan o…

  • Marina De Pass

    The Soho Agency · London

    Marina is actively building her list of authors writing upmarket commercial, reading group and accessible literary fiction, alongside a select and eclectic children's, YA & non-fiction list. She is looking for big stori…

  • Melissa Sarver White

    Folio Literary Management · US

    Says: “people fighting injustices or societal circumstances just to survive”

    What I love most about being an agent is finding new voices that can express something in a fresh way or learning about a new subject matter that makes me view the world differently. As a literary agent and the Director…

  • Erin Gray

    The Kepner Agency · US

    I’m interested in your adult literary, upmarket, historical, and survival fiction; family sagas; Westerns; mysteries, crime novels, and thrillers; narrative nonfiction; novellas; and short story collections. I’ve been kn…

  • Tommy Dean

    Talcott Notch Literary Services · US

    Says: “who want to survive another day”

  • Matthew Friedman

    Butterbird Prod

    Says: “Friedman Global Expert on Modern Slavery writing stories about people fighting for their lives (under contract) Where Were You?”

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