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Lucy Cleland

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literary fictioncommercial fictionupmarket fictionhistorical fictiongrounded fantasyscience fiction
+14 morebig idea nonfictionnarrative nonfictioncultural criticismhistorypsychologysocial sciencephilosophynatural sciencecurrent affairsjournalismnature and ecologypop cultureself-helptrue crime
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Lucy Cleland is Vice President and Senior Agent at Frances Goldin Literary Agency. Her nonfiction taste is anchored in how culture shapes people and how people shape culture, including big idea books, narrative nonfiction, pop culture and cultural criticism, history, psychology, social science, philosophy, natural science, and select memoir. In fiction she likes sticky or unusual concepts, literary fiction about social issues and human hearts, transportive historical fiction, and genre-bending contemporary work, particularly grounded fantasy and science fiction where a single twist changes the world. Marginalized perspectives are warmly welcomed.
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Submit to Lucy Cleland through the official QueryTracker or QueryManager form linked from the Goldin submissions page. The form asks for a query letter, synopsis, one-sentence pitch, comparable books, AI disclosure, and the first 10 pages, or a full proposal for nonfiction. Goldin asks writers to submit to only one agent at a time.
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Last checked 6 Jul 2026·Last verified: 6 Jul 2026
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Lucy Cleland is a literary agent at Frances Goldin Literary Agency based in US. Their list focuses on genres including literary fiction, commercial fiction, and upmarket fiction. Currently open to submissions, with response guidance listed as Frances Goldin Literary Agency tries to respond in 4-6 weeks; if you do not hear from an agent within 6 weeks, it means they are not the right fit.. Submissions via QueryManager. For current guidelines, check the agent's own submission page linked below.

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Usually responds within Frances Goldin Literary Agency tries to respond in 4-6 weeks; if you do not hear from an agent within 6 weeks, it means they are not the right fit.

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Lucy Cleland is currently closed to memoir, high fantasy/romantasy, and science fiction. She does not represent erotica, YA, MG, children's books, cookbooks, or graphic novels. Goldin does not accept submissions generated or co-written using AI tools and does not handle intolerant work.

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