John Jarrold
John Jarrold (independent agent)
Submission Guidelines
- Submit via
- Submission contact
- j.jarrold@btinternet.com
- Looking for
- Adult SF, fantasy and horror novelists only (no YA/children's, no non-fiction, no screenwriters)
- How to submit
- Email the first six chapters as a Word document attachment to j.jarrold@btinternet.com, along with one paragraph about the work and comparisons with two or three recently successful authors in the same genre. You may also include publishing background and questions.
- Response time
- Follow up by email if not dealt with within two weeks.
What They Represent
- Genres
- SF, Fantasy, Horror
- Age categories
- Adult
- Location
- UK
What we found
Submission guidelines (on homepage): email first SIX chapters as a Word document attachment and one paragraph about the work and comparisons with 2-3 recently successful authors in the genre, no reading fee. Jarrold ran three SF and fantasy imprints in the UK from 1988 onward and has edited authors including Michael Moorcock, Ken MacLeod, Robert Holdstock, and Guy Gavriel Kay. Current clients include Ramsey Campbell, Philip Palmer, and Neil Williamson. He also operates a separate paid editorial service for fiction and non-fiction, which is entirely distinct from the literary agency.
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