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Harriet Moore

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Aitken Alexander Associates·UK

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Represents
literary fictionnarrative non-fictionpoetry
Looking for
Literary fiction with clarity, energy and intention, ambitious structure/craft, tactile/idiosyncratic sentences, strange/spooked books, big family novels and love stories, literary genre-bending. Non-fiction: literary biography, social/cultural/oral history, creative scholarship, memoir/essay, interests include art, design, psychoanalysis, food, women's lives
How to submit
Email submissions@aitkenalexander.co.uk with subject line marked FAO Harriet Moore. Include a cover letter with a short book description, any writing credits or qualifications, and a brief bio. For fiction, attach the first three chapters or 50 pages plus a short synopsis. For narrative non-fiction, attach a short overview and up to 10,000 words of sample writing. For subject-led non-fiction, attach a proposal of approximately 5,000 words and at least 5,000 words of sample writing. Attachments should be Microsoft Word compatible. Submit to one agent only, no postal submissions. If you have not heard back within three months, treat this as a pass.
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Harriet Moore is a literary agent at Aitken Alexander Associates based in UK. Their list focuses on literary fiction, narrative non-fiction, and poetry. Currently open to submissions, with responses usually within If no reply within 3 months treat as pass. Submissions via Email. For current guidelines, check the agent's own submission page linked below.

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Adult

Response Time

Usually responds within If no reply within 3 months treat as pass

Manuscript Wishlist

Literary fiction with clarity/energy/intention; ambitious structure/craft; tactile/idiosyncratic sentences; strange/spooked books; big family novels and love stories; literary genre-bending. Non-fiction: literary biography; social/cultural/oral history; creative scholarship; memoir/essay; interests include art/design/psychoanalysis/food/women's lives.

Submission Tips

Submission route: Email (central submissions), submissions@aitkenalexander.co.uk (FAO Harriet Moore) Aitken Alexander submissions: email submissions@aitkenalexander.co.uk and mark subject line FAO one agent; send cover letter + short synopsis + first three chapters or 50 pages (Word attachments preferred). One agent only; no postal. Agency responds only if pursuing.

Notes

Aitken Alexander submissions: email submissions@aitkenalexander.co.uk and mark subject line FAO one agent; send cover letter and short synopsis and first three chapters or 50 pages (Word attachments preferred). One agent only; no postal. Agency responds only if pursuing. Recent new talent discovered through the agency's general submissions inbox includes Natasha Brown, Cherie Jones, and Ailsa McFarlane, all of whose work sold to UK, US, and international publishers — a useful signal that the agency genuinely reads unsolicited submissions. Writers should note that simultaneous submissions to other agencies are acceptable but must be disclosed, and any subsequent agent interest received while the manuscript is under consideration should also be flagged.

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