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James McGowan

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BookEnds Literary Agency·US

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Represents
adult fantasyspeculative fictionthrillersuspensebook club fiction
Looking for
James is currently looking for adult fantasy, speculative fiction, thrillers, suspense, and book club fiction. He seeks works from diverse, marginalized, and/or underrepresented voices and is eager to find plot-driven books with strong characters, commercial hooks, and memorable prose.
How to submit
Submit through QueryManager form linked from agent profile. Include query letter and other requested information as specified in the form. Query only one BookEnds agent at a time.
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Last checked 11 Aug 2026·Last verified: 11 Aug 2026
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James McGowan is a literary agent at BookEnds Literary Agency based in US. Their list focuses on genres including adult fantasy, speculative fiction, and thriller. Currently open to submissions, with responses usually within Aims to respond to queries within a week, requested manuscripts within 4-8 weeks. Submissions via QueryManager. For current guidelines, check the agent's own submission page linked below.

Age Categories

Adult

Response Time

Usually responds within Aims to respond to queries within a week, requested manuscripts within 4-8 weeks

Notes

BookEnds policy is to reply to all submissions and queries. If you receive a pass from one BookEnds agent, you are free to query another, but only one at a time. Not looking for books featuring creatures like elves or fae, military, spies, CIA/FBI/police main characters, war stories, nonfiction, true crime, short story collections, novellas, novels in verse, or hard science fiction.

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