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Literary agents looking for books about working class

Phrasemill lists literary agents who want working class, based on what they say on their public websites. “working class” is a theme tag; its identifier is working-class. 11 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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  • Jade Kavanagh

    Darley Anderson Literary, TV and Film Agency · London

    Says: “working-class stories that reflect the people I grew up with”

    Jade represents a list of thriller, horror and book club authors. She represents a growing list of authors writing book club fiction, suspense, thrillers and horror. Since then, Jade has continued to build a dynamic li…

  • Hannah Sheppard

    Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency · GB

    I represent both adult and children’s fiction (as well as a small amount of non-fiction) and, more than anything, I want to be entertained by a great story while caring deeply about your characters. In general I love bo…

  • Louise Buckley

    Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency · GB

    Says: “novels that represent working-class people”

    I am looking for literary and book-club novels, especially novels that represent working-class people or children going through difficult circumstances (think Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, My Name is Leon by Kit de Waa…

  • Kieron Fairweather

    Peters Fraser & Dunlop · London

    Says: “stories about and by the working-class”

    Having worked alongside Caroline and her roster of clients for the past few years, I am now actively looking to build a list across both fiction and non-fiction. In non-fiction, my taste is for the narrative. I’m intere…

  • Nicola Barr

    Rye Literary · GB

    I have over the years represented many bestselling commercial fiction authors, award-winning crime fiction, women’s fiction and literary fiction and am still very much on the lookout for well-written fiction in these gen…

  • Erik Hane

    Headwater Literary Management · US

    Says: “history that has at least a partial focus on labor struggles or capitalism as a fundamental force in American life”

    I love what might get classified in pitch terms as “adult literary fiction,” and it’s what I read the most away from work, but I am interested in acquiring both upmarket and commercial fiction as well. I'm interested in…

  • Michelle Gayle

    The Blair Partnership · GB

    Says: “stories that depict the struggles of the working class”

    I am passionate about telling stories that depict the struggles of women, minorities and the working class.

  • Rach Crawford

    Wolf Literary Services · US

    Says: “working class characters”

    Rach represents literary and upmarket fiction and narrative nonfiction. In nonfiction she is drawn above all else to lyrical writing and rigorous thinking, and is interested in climate change, nature, ecology, geopoliti…

  • Eddie Schneider

    JABberwocky Literary Agency · US

    Says: “engage in areas beyond and outside the middle-class concerns”

    What I desire most are books that can help with this, whether in a straightforward way like narrative nonfiction, or an oblique way like a fantasy or science fiction novel—I'm always on the lookout for books that are gro…

  • Tommy Dean

    Talcott Notch Literary Services · US

    Says: “Stories of blue-collar workers”

  • Mary Alice Stewart

    Enliven Endeavors, LLC · US

    I am looking to acquire writing—literary fiction, non-fiction, poetry—of singular cadence, in language and feeling, with a special interest in history, interdisciplinary thought, character/voice-driven narrative, working…

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