Nonfiction projects exploring personal journeys, subcultures, struggles for justice, and serious reported nonfiction. Fiction seeking literary or upmarket works with a speculative twist, romcoms that are smart and playful, and fantasy with brisk pacing. Young adult looking for low fantasy, magical creatures, and young detectives.
Ali Lake is a literary agent at O'Connor Literary Agency who studied English and French Literature at Columbia University, graduating summa cum laude in 2017. She has held positions at ICM Partners (now part of Creative Artists Agency) performing royalty and contract analysis, and at Janklow & Nesbit Associates supporting senior literary agents while building her own list. She joined O'Connor Literary Agency as a literary agent in June 2023.
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