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Judith Murray

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Greene & Heaton·UK

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Represents
fiction and non-fiction
Looking for
Romance; upmarket crime/thrillers; uncanny/eerie/weird literary; gothic/supernatural elements; voiced historical; memoir and narrative non-fiction; health/wellbeing proposals from experts
How to submit
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Judith Murray is a literary agent at Greene & Heaton based in UK. Their list focuses on fiction and non-fiction. Currently open to submissions, with responses usually within If interested within 8 weeks (agency). Submissions via Email. For current guidelines, check the agent's own submission page linked below.

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Usually responds within If interested within 8 weeks (agency)

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Agent page requests full manuscript and synopsis when submitting to her; agency submissions explain attachments and subject line naming preferred agent.

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