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Alice Whitwham

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The Cheney Agency·US

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Represents
literary fictionnarrative non-fictioncultural criticismreportagesocial historycultural history
+2 morememoirpoetry
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Query Letter, Sample Chapters
How to submit
Email
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Alice Whitwham is a literary agent at The Cheney Agency based in US. Their list focuses on genres including literary fiction, narrative non-fiction, and cultural criticism. Currently open to submissions. Submissions via Email. For current guidelines, check the agent's own submission page linked below.

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Alice grew up in London and studied literature at Cambridge University before moving to the US. She has extensive experience in literary publishing including roles at The Chicago Review, The Paris Review, 192 Books, and McNally Jackson Books where she founded Writers In Public.

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