Clare Coombes

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Adult

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Historical fiction, crime fiction, psychological thrillers and women's fiction, open to great adult fiction with a strong hook. Excludes non-fiction, children's and YA. Encourages under-represented writers from the North of England

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8 Apr 2026Recently verified

Notes

Clare will reopen submissions on 1 March 2026. She founded the first Liverpool-based literary agency in 2020, has over 20 years of professional writing and editing experience, and has published two novels: Definitions (2015) and We Are of Dust (2018), the latter of which received development funding from the Liverpool Film Office for a TV adaptation. She accepts submissions only from writers born or currently living in the North of England, with the geographic boundary defined as from the southern edges of Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Yorkshire up to the Scottish border, including Northumberland and Cumbria — exceptions apply for writers coming through Jericho Writers or I AM in Print programmes.