Natalie Jerome
Originate Literary Agency
Submission Guidelines
- Submit via
- Submission contact
- originatesubmissions@originateliterary.co.uk
- Looking for
- Big, expansive, emotionally powerful 'game-changing' stories, commercial fiction and non-fiction and children's titles (priority focus on under-represented groups and lower socio-economic backgrounds), stories with cross-media potential
- How to submit
- Email a covering letter, synopsis, and first three chapters to originatesubmissions@originateliterary.co.uk. For illustrated fiction or non-fiction, include sample spreads instead of chapters. A completed manuscript is not required for fiction queries.
- Response time
- Only responds if interested
What They Represent
- Genres
- Fiction, Non-Fiction, YA, Children's
- Age categories
- Adult, YA, Children's
- Location
- UK
What we found
Submissions page requests covering letter and synopsis and first three chapters, illustrated projects: sample spreads. Notes that full manuscript is not required for fiction queries. Jerome represents Sir Lenny Henry's children's publishing and has a particular interest in music-related books, especially producer biographies. She actively seeks writers from outside the traditional publishing industry and has a stated passion for comedy and funny writers.
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