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Gillon Aitken

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Aitken Alexander Associates·UK

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Submit work to submissions@aitkenalexander.co.uk, marking the subject line for the attention of one literary agent. For fiction, send the first three chapters or fifty pages together with a short synopsis as Microsoft Word compatible attachments, along with a cover letter including a book description, previous writing credits or qualifications if applicable, and a brief biographical note. For narrative non-fiction, send a short overview and up to ten thousand words of sample writing. For subject-led non-fiction, send a proposal of approximately five thousand words outlining the book and your credentials, along with no less than five thousand words of sample writing. Include details of simultaneous submissions or other agent interest. Ensure contact information is provided.
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Gillon Aitken is a literary agent at Aitken Alexander Associates based in UK. Currently open to submissions, with responses usually within Three months. Submissions via Email. For current guidelines, check the agent's own submission page linked below.

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Usually responds within Three months

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Aitken Alexander Associates is a boutique agency with a strong track record in discovering debut talent; recent finds from the submissions inbox include Natasha Brown, Cherie Jones, and Ailsa McFarlane, all of whom were sold to publishers in the UK, US, and in translation. The agency is highly selective and does not correspond with writers whose work it does not wish to pursue. Screenwriting submissions are handled specifically by Lesley Thorne and are open to writers of comparable calibre to the agency's existing novelists and non-fiction authors.

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