Our fiction agent @hgweatherill is open to submissions! We’re looking for brilliant concepts, ambitious storytelling, confident voices and believable characters. Sound like your novel? Stay tuned for some examples of what we’re looking for and how to submit… #mswl #askagent

First up, we’re looking for contemporary novels that have something to say about modern life…

SUCH A FUN AGE and QUEENIE are brilliant examples of this!

We’re also on the hunt for historical novels. Specifically, we’re looking for new concepts offering different perspectives and previously untold stories, preferably set in the 19th or 20th centuries.

We’d also love to see some dual timeline novels involving secrets and objects from the past, or gothic settings with hints of the supernatural – think MEXICAN GOTHIC and THE FAMILIARS.

Love stories! First loves, last loves, impossible loves, crossed paths and missed connections.

From ONE DAY IN DECEMBER, to US, to UNDER THE UDALA TREES and THE NIGHTINGALE. Actually, novels about any kind of relationship, whether romantic, familial or platonic.

We love a good thriller! If you’ve got a fresh take on the genre, whether that’s a new and exciting character or a different setting, then we want to see it!

We’re especially interested in novels about the dark side of friendship – e.g. SOCIAL CREATURE by Tara Isabella Burton or THE SECRET HISTORY for a new generation

And last on the list, we are on the hunt for some lightly speculative novels. Think BLACK MIRROR in book form – something that shows us our world, but with a twist.

Good examples of this are THE ONE by John Marrs and STATION ELEVEN by Emily St John Mandel.

And if your novel in progress doesn’t fit into any of these categories, feel free to try us anyway.

For more information on how to submit please visit https://www.northbanktalent.com/contact/ . We can’t wait to read your work! #mswl #askagent