LOOKING FOR: MG, YA, ADULT FICTION, ADULT NON-FICTION, NON-FICTION FOR 7+
Megan Carroll is looking for writers in a variety of areas, and from a wide
range of backgrounds – she is particularly keen to hear from Black, Asian, and
LGBTQIA+ writers. Her main areas of focus this year are adult fiction and
non-fiction, as well as non-fiction for 7+, and MG and YA fiction.
In Fiction, Megan is keen to see high-concept love stories (think The Flat Share
or The Lock In) for both commercial and reading group readers. She’d love to see
those familiar romance tropes – enemies to lovers, friends to lovers, love
triangles, forbidden love etc. – with underrepresented characters at the centre.
She is also looking for historical fiction and gothic horror (think Laura
Purcell, Stacey Halls and Silvia Moreno-Garcia) – anything that has a creepy,
uneasy undertone is likely for Megan’s list.
Megan is also actively looking for upmarket fiction and would love to see
layered family drama, contemporary stories about life today and darkly comic
novels that explore a specific time, place or experience.
In Non-Fiction, Megan is keen to hear from experts in their field talking about
topics relating to film, music, true crime, popular culture, history and issues
from largely unrepresented perspectives. She is keen to see memoir, narrative
non-fiction and essay collections.
In Children’s and YA, she is keen to see contemporary YA with humour, and
romance at the heart – fun and emotional stories that appeal to the interests
and issues of the teenage readers. She’d also love to see thrillers and horror
stories for this age group too. It’s unlikely that high fantasy novels for YA
readers will be right for her, but she is keen to see stories with fantasy
elements in a real world setting.
On the younger end, Megan is looking for funny, contemporary middle grade –
think Louise Rennison and Karen McCombie – and anything creepy and spooky for
8-12 year old readers too. She’d love to find something like Lemony Snicket’s A
Series of Unfortunate Events and is keen to find original adventure stories in
both fantasy and realistic settings.
Megan would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the first
three chapters or 5,000 words of your manuscript in a single word document.
(In addition to the paid sessions, Megan is kindly offering one free session for
low income/under-represented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk
[agent121@iaminprint.co.uk] to apply, outlining your case for this option which
is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print).
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document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that
I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent
meeting.
The submission deadline is: Wednesday 22 May 2024