Nicole Cunningham

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Represents: adult fictionliterary fictionupmarket fictionbook club fictionmagical realismgrounded fantasythrillersromanceessayscultural criticismnarrative nonfiction
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Looking for: Nicole Cunningham is a literary agent at Trellis Literary Management. She represents adult fiction across literary, upmarket, and book club categories, as well as select nonfiction. She is drawn to immersive, smart, voice-driven writing, line-level quality and control, propulsive plots with deep character work, upmarket novels with magical or speculative elements, grounded fantasy, thrillers with a strong sense of place, book club novels with heart and bite, literary or upmarket fiction with romance at its center, high-concept hooks with literary sensibility, fresh essay collections, cultural criticism, and well-researched entertaining narrative nonfiction.
How to submit: Submit to Nicole Cunningham through her official QueryManager or QueryTracker form. Trellis accepts unsolicited submissions only through QueryManager. Do not submit to multiple Trellis agents during the 8-12 week review window. Nicole's form asks for author details, why Trellis, title, word count, genre, query letter, synopsis, one-paragraph pitch, comparable books, AI disclosure, and the first 20 pages or full nonfiction proposal.
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Nicole Cunningham is a literary agent at Trellis Literary Management based in US. Their list focuses on genres including adult fiction, literary fiction, and upmarket fiction. Currently open to submissions, with response guidance listed as Trellis contacts writers within 8-12 weeks if interested. If you have not heard within 12 weeks, you may submit to another Trellis agent.. Submissions via QueryManager. For current guidelines, check the agent's own submission page linked below.

Age Categories

Adult

Response Time

Usually responds within Trellis contacts writers within 8-12 weeks if interested. If you have not heard within 12 weeks, you may submit to another Trellis agent.

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