Rebecca Carter
OpenRepresents
Wants to See
Age Categories
Adult
Looking For
Fiction: literary fiction (broadly including book-club) and crime and thriller, excited by risks with voice/form/storytelling, compulsive, ideaful, humane. Non-fiction: original thinkers/writers in history, politics, culture, psychology, science, nature/environment (not straightforward memoir or academic monographs)
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- 18 Apr 2026Recently verified
Notes
Email cover letter in body and attachments. Subject: "Submission: [your name] [TITLE]". Fiction: first 3 chapters or 10k words and short full-book synopsis. Non-fiction: detailed proposal and, if possible, a sample chapter or sample writing. Name the attached files as "[your name] [TITLE] [document type]". Typescript must be 1.5 or double spaced with page numbers. External links will not be opened. No YA, children's, poetry, illustrated books or screenplays, with a few exceptions for existing clients. Submission queries or updates (e.g. to flag other agent interest) go to info@rebeccacarterliterary.com, not the submissions address. Submissions may be directed to Rebecca or to her assistant Tilda, but not both.