I am building an exciting non-fiction and literary fiction list, and I also work across DHA managing director Lizzy Kremer’s list.

I am actively looking for non-fiction work that appeals to broad audiences. I am drawn to work that helps us understand ourselves, equipping readers with knowledge about the bodies we exist in, the contexts we come from, and the world we live in.

I welcome submissions across genres, but particularly in the fields of of cultural commentary and popular culture, sex, sexuality and relationships, health and wellbeing (including interesting approaches to self-help and self-development), modern history, and work with an inclusive feminist angle, or which seeks to amplify stories that ordinarily sit on the margins. I am open to the form this takes, whether practical or narrative. I also really enjoy working with writers who have built meaningful online platforms and communities, and finding creative ways to use those platforms to support writing careers.

Favourites of mine across genres include The New Age of Sexism by Laura Bates, Love In Exile by Shon Faye, How To Know A Person by David Brooks, We Don’t Know Ourselves by Fintan O’Toole, The Holocaust: An Unfinished History by Dan Stone, and anything by Philippe Sands. I also love work by thinkers such as Maggie Nelson, Roxane Gay and Lauren Elkin.

I am also actively building a literary fiction list. I look for clever plotting, lyrical writing, and humour. My favourite novels can be enjoyed solely for the immersiveness of the story itself, but they can also be engaged with on a thoughtful and intellectual level if the reader wishes to. And they’re usually pretty funny.

I am always drawn to nuanced interrogations of social, political and historical themes. I particularly like work that deals with the legacies of conflict and history, and I’ll always love literary thrillers and sweeping love stories.

As examples of my taste, my favourite novels include The Bee Sting by Paul Murray; Close To Home by Michael Magee; Moving Kings by Joshua Cohen; Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar; Evenings and Weekends by Oisín McKenna; Flashlight by Susan Choi; Confessions by Catherine Airey; In Memoriam by Alice Winn, and Trespasses by Louise Kennedy. I thought Every One Still Here by Liadan Ní Chuinn was absolutely fantastic.

I also have a soft spot for zeitgeisty, contemporary fiction with an addictive voice, like Green Dot by Madeleine Gray, The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue, and Good Material by Dolly Alderton. I thought Lily King’s Heart the Lover was masterful.