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Zoe Ross

Open
United Agents·UK

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Represents
literary fictionnarrative non-fiction
Looking for
Literary fiction and narrative non-fiction; award-winning food writers; academics; stylish prose; sly humour; complex characterisation; challenging ideas and identity
How to submit
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Zoe Ross is a literary agent at United Agents based in UK. Their list focuses on literary fiction and narrative non-fiction. Currently open to submissions. Submissions via Email. For current guidelines, check the agent's own submission page linked below.

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Zoe Ross describes her list as eclectic, favouring strange, ingenious, surprising, and subversive voices.

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