Upmarket commercial fiction for adults that explores deep emotional relationships in an interesting or unusual way. Compelling voice-driven projects in nonfiction areas such as narrative nonfiction/memoir, lifestyle, relationships, humor, current events, food, wine, and cooking, with a focus on healthy living, lifestyle, culture, parenting, and select self-help topics for adults.
Adult: romance, mystery/suspense/thriller/political thriller, science fiction, horror, erotica.
Danielle has worked in publishing for eighteen years as a former editor. She joined Upstart Crow Literary when it was founded in 2009, specializing in young adult and middle grade fiction, as well as cookbooks, select nonfiction, and literary and upmarket fiction for adults. Thanks to her extensive editorial background, she enjoys working closely with authors to develop projects.
Submissions should be emailed to [email protected] I accept email queries in my query box only at da*****************@***il.com. Please be sure to check out the submissions guidelines on the Upstart Crow website and send your query letter and the first 20 pages of your project, pasted into the body of the email. Please put the title of your project in the subject line of your email.
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