Abi Fellows
Literary Agent
Status: OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
I am looking for:
FICTION
✓ Adult and children’s fiction and non-fiction
✓ Middle grade and YA
✓ Under-represented voices
✓ Pacy romcoms
✓ Dark literary novels
✓ Historical stories uncovering forgotten perspectives
NON-FICTION
✓ Non-fiction, which provokes discussion and broadens minds
✓ Literary memoirs, polemic, recovered histories
✓ Culture studies
✓ Commercial self-help
I am not looking for:
✗ Horror
✗ Sci-fi
✗ Fantasy
✗ Cookery
Abi is currently OPEN for submissions.
For fiction, please send your cover letter, one-page synopsis and first three chapters.
For non-fiction, please send a proposal (including overview of book's main idea, information about you the author / why you are the person to write the book, an outline of full book with chapter breakdowns / descriptions and sources, a sample chapter and, if these are available to you, media links, advance praise, comparable titles).
For more information on how to submit, head to our submissions page
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About Abi
Abi has incredibly broad experience in the industry, having started in bookselling at Blackwell's in 2001 following her BA in English Literature at Bristol University. After a stint on the sales team of Faber and Faber and a return to education to complete an MA in modernism and postmodernism at University College London, Abi began her agenting career with Georgina Capel Associates in 2004, assisting the primary agents and handling journalism and translation rights for the team. Abi then moved into literary scouting at RR Ltd for seven years, working with overseas publishers and TV and film production companies in the UK. In 2019 she returned to agenting at The Good Literary Agency, building a list focused on amplifying and championing writers from backgrounds that had traditionally been marginalised. In 2023, Abi joined DHH Literary Agency.
Abi was shortlisted for Literary Agent of the Year at the British Book Awards (aka the Nibbies) in 2023.
Abi also has experience as a school governor with particular involvement in the schools literacy programmes and their work with children who have special educational needs and are disabled. She currently sits on the board of New Writing South, having joined as a Trustee in 2023.