Non-fiction books on funerary traditions or novels that examine peculiar customs around death, with a slight edge but not overly dark. Speculative fiction and horror that are accessible to general readers, focusing on themes of farmers, cowboys, and cryptids, set in Ireland by Irish writers.
Screenplays
Maria graduated from University College Dublin with a BA in English and Drama and obtained her Masters in Modern Literature from the University of Edinburgh. She worked as a Foreign Rights Assistant at Janklow & Nesbit and interned at Akashic Books before joining InkWell Management. She represents a blend of literary and commercial fiction, speculative fiction, and magical realism, with particular interest in novels that straddle cultural divides and speak to the current cultural moment.
Submissions should be emailed to [email protected] Queries should be emailed to the agent's query email In the body of your email, please include a query letter and a short writing sample (1-2 chapters). Emails with large attachments will be discarded. We currently accept submissions in all genres except screenplays. Due to the volume of queries we receive, we may not be able to respond to your query. If we are interested in reading more, we will respond within two months. No phone calls, please.
Last verified: March 13, 2026
Susanna Lea Associates
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