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Ciara Finan
Curtis Brown
Open to submissions
Submission Guidelines
- Submit via
- Submission contact
- ciara.finan@curtisbrown.co.uk
- Looking for
- Dark fantasy, romantasy (commercial and upmarket), dark academia, political intrigue, genre-blending (horror/romance, fantasy/horror), psychological thrillers with a dark edge, unhinged female protagonists, stories from underrepresented backgrounds. Interested in previously self-published authors within these genres and fanfiction authors writing original fiction
- How to submit
- Send your cover letter, synopsis, and first three chapters or 10,000 words for fiction, or a proposal for non-fiction, to ciara.finan@curtisbrown.co.uk. Due to the volume of submissions received, a response to every query is not guaranteed. Writers should keep the agent updated if they receive a full manuscript request or an offer of representation from another agent.
- Response time
- Only responds if interested
What They Represent
- Genres
- Fantasy, Romantasy, Rom-Coms, Book Club Romance, Female-Focused Psychological Thrillers, Historical Fiction, Commercial Non-Fiction
- Age categories
- Adult, YA
- Location
- UK
What we found
Ciara Finan signed the 2025 Caledonia Novel Award winner Daniel Laing for his novel Magnella, signalling an active interest in discovering debut novelists through competitions. She is noted for her openness to previously self-published authors and fanfiction writers transitioning to original fiction.
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