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Abigail Fenton
The Ampersand Agency
Open to submissions
Submission Guidelines
- Submit via
- Submission contact
- abigail@theampersandagency.co.uk
- Looking for
- Adult fiction across genres, with a particular interest in book-club reads, crime and thrillers, and women's fiction and romance of all kinds. Loves high-concept hooks, page-turning plots, and books that pose compelling questions. Does not want children's fiction, SFF, or short stories.
- How to submit
- Email abigail@theampersandagency.co.uk with the first three chapters or approximately 50 pages, a brief synopsis, and some biographical details. Attach chapters and synopsis as Word documents — do not paste text into the email body and do not send PDFs. Do not send material via WeTransfer, Dropbox, or similar file-transfer services.
What They Represent
- Genres
- Book-Club Fiction, Crime, Thrillers, Women's Fiction, Romance
- Age categories
- Adult
- Location
- UK
What we found
Abigail joined Ampersand in September 2025 after more than a decade in editorial at Hachette and HarperCollins, where she was most recently Editorial Director for HQ Digital, followed by a period as a freelance editor and book coach. She will not consider children's fiction, SFF, or short stories. The agency does not represent unpublished authors based in the USA.
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