I am actively building a list of literary and upmarket fiction and non-fiction. I am very focused on the editorial process and enjoy working closely with my authors on their books.

Generally, I am looking for wonderful, clear writing with beauty at its heart. I would love to find a really wild idea that is immaculate on the page, or something that feels fresh and exciting, such as Rita Bullwinkel’s Headshot or Sheena Patel’s I’m a Fan. I have recently loved Miranda July’s All Fours and Catherine Newman’s We all Want Impossible Things and am on the lookout for expansive, messy family stories.

I am currently particularly interested in fiction that is engaged in science and the awe of the universe, for example Martin MacInnes’s In Ascension, Orbital by Samantha Harvey or Bewilderment by Richard Powers. I also love speculative and genre bending fiction and books about ghosts and hauntings as well as novels that play with form and structure.  I am Homeless if This is Not my Home by Lorrie Moore, The Echoes by Evie Wyld and Piranesi by Susanna Clarke are good examples. I am always interested in books that play with form and structure, for example, Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser or the work of Ali Smith, as well as dark comedies and books on the edges of horror. Please note I am not looking for genre-based SFF. 

In historical fiction, I am drawn to novels which find new ways of telling old stories, examples include The Safe Keep by Yael van der  Wouden, Matrix by Lauren Groff and The Colony by Audrey Magee. I would like to find a great love story set against the backdrop of historical events such as Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck or In Memoriam by Alice Winn – as well as a swoony contemporary love story!

I love literary crime and would like to find a detective novel or thriller such as Sebastian Barry’s Old God’s Time, Eleanor Catton’s Birnam Wood or Kate Atkinson’s Jackson Brodie series. I’m also keen to find a spy novel – something in the vein of the TV series The Americans would be perfect!

In non-fiction, I am always looking to learn new things. I am interested in 21st century concerns in a post-Covid world but am really open to any subject. I would love to find a graphic novel on any subject and/ or a work of fiction or non-fiction concerned with art and/ or artists. Recent examples I have enjoyed greatly include Claire Dederer’s Monsters, Hisham Matar’s A Month in Siena and Laura Cummings’ Thunderclap.