Submissions

Our submission policy is as follows:

Please submit a one page query letter via e-mail.

The query letter should describe your work as well as your background. Please do not send attachments. However a first chapter pasted into the body of an e-mail query is acceptable. Please do not submit to more than one agent at this agency. (We urge you to consider each agent's emphasis before submitting.)

Due to the tremendous number of queries we receive, we are not able to respond to everyone. We will get back to you within four weeks, but only if interested. Thank you in advance for your submission.

querypriest@aaronpriest.com for Aaron Priest
Specific interests: Thrillers, commercial fiction, biographies.

querychilds@aaronpriest.com for Lucy Childs
Specific interests: Literary & commercial fiction, memoir, edgy women's fiction.

queryvance@aaronpriest.com for Lisa Erbach Vance
Specific interests: General fiction, international fiction, thrillers, upmarket women's fiction, historical fiction, narrative non-fiction, memoir.

querykenealy@aaronpriest.com for Nicole Kenealy
Specific interests: Literary fiction, women's fiction, gay/lesbian fiction, young adult fiction, "upscale" horror, pop-culture/political non-fiction, and works in translation.

Please note:
For all four agents: no poetry, no screenplays, no sci-fi and with the exception of Nicole Kenealy, no horror.