Nelle Andrew
Rachel Mills Literary (RML)
Submission Guidelines
- Submit via
- Submission contact
- nelle@rmliterary.co.uk
- Looking for
- Actively seeking wide-ranging fiction: excellent writing, compelling plots, diverse/unexpected voices, engrossing reads, especially literary/commercial crossover, romantasy, psychological thrillers/suspense, family dramas, savvy love stories, ambitious crime/thriller, smart historical/speculative/magical realism. Not looking for children's/YA/MG, short story collections, poetry or drama, no straight sci-fi or high fantasy that is not romantasy
- How to submit
- Email nelle@rmliterary.co.uk with a one-page outline, the first 3 chapters or 50 pages, and a covering letter.
- Response time
- Aim to respond within 6-8 weeks
What They Represent
- Genres
- Fiction, Literary Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction
- Age categories
- Adult
- Location
- UK
What we found
Nelle joined RML in 2020 after eleven years as an agent at Peters Fraser and Dunlop and an earlier stint at Macmillan. Her client list includes Sara Collins (Costa Debut Fiction Award winner), Jing-Jing Lee, Beth Underdown (HWA Goldsboro Award winner), and six Richard and Judy Book Club picks including Heidi Perks, Bryony Gordon, and Candice Carty-Williams. She was named Literary Agent of the Year at the 2021 Nibbies (The Bookseller Awards), was a Bookseller Rising Star in 2016, and in 2023 was inducted as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She is also a published author under the name Nelle Davy and is currently a Trustee of the Royal Literary Fund.
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