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Rebecca Ritchie

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A.M. Heath·UK

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Represents
commercial fictioncontemporary fictionreading group fictionhistorical fictionsagapolice procedural
+9 morecrimethrillerpsychological suspensenarrative non-fictioncookeryhealth and wellbeingparentingnaturetravel
Looking for
Fiction across contemporary (funny/romantic/moving/high-concept), reading group, historical, saga, police procedural/crime/thriller/psychological suspense; character-led storytelling (incl unreliable narrators). Non-fiction: cookery; health/wellbeing; parenting; nature; travel; female focus; narrative NF with humour and poignance.
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Rebecca Ritchie is a literary agent at A.M. Heath based in UK. Their list focuses on genres including commercial fiction, contemporary fiction, and reading group fiction. Currently closed to submissions, with response guidance listed as Chase if no response within 6 weeks (agency form). Submissions via Online Form. For current guidelines, check the agent's own submission page linked below.

Age Categories

Adult

Response Time

Response guidance: Chase if no response within 6 weeks (agency form)

Manuscript Wishlist

Fiction across contemporary (funny/romantic/moving/high-concept), reading group, historical, saga, police procedural/crime/thriller/psychological suspense; character-led storytelling (incl unreliable narrators). Non-fiction: cookery; health/wellbeing; parenting; nature; travel; female focus; narrative NF with humour + poignance.

Submission Tips

Submission route: Online form (agency), https://amheath.com/submissions Agent bio states she is currently on maternity leave and closed to submissions; submit to colleagues via A.M. Heath online form. submissions@amheath.com is only for specified cases (offers/full requests/no response after 6 weeks/cookery/illustrated children's).

Notes

She is currently on maternity leave and closed to submissions; submit to colleagues via A.M. Heath online form. submissions@amheath.com is only for specified cases (offers/full requests/no response after 6 weeks/cookery/illustrated children's). Her client list includes Sarra Manning, Holly Miller, Emma Rous, Zoë Folbigg, and Jenny Ashcroft, among many others. Her authors have been shortlisted for and won Romantic Novelists Association Awards and the Comedy Women in Print Book Prize, and several have been Richard and Judy Book Club picks. She particularly enjoys working with debut writers and has taken on several authors before they had finished their first novel.

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