Query Camille Burns at Diamond Kahn & Woods Literary Agency

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Send a Query to Camille Burns at Diamond Kahn & Woods Literary Agency

Hello! Thank you so much for your interest. I'm always excited to read submissions from potential clients and to find that X factor...

I'm keen to see lots of variety and to not be too prescriptive in what I do and don't want to see. If you feel like your work is something I might like, but can't see the genre listed below, select the closest available. Please do not send picture book, short story, poetry or adult non-fiction/memoir submissions at this time.

Please note: I am currently only accepting submissions from authors based in the UK, Ireland and the Commonwealth.

To submit your work, please fill in the form below and include your elevator pitch, the first 5 chapters of your work and a synopsis in the fields provided. Your synopsis should include the full plot outline (including the ending!) and ideally be 1-2 pages in length. Your elevator (one sentence) pitch should convey your book’s central concept, or hook. It is your answer to the question ‘what’s your novel about?’ but also, crucially, ‘why should the reader care?’ For tips on how to write your elevator pitch, check out this article: https://jerichowriters.com/how-to-write-an-elevator-pitch-for-your-novel/

I do not believe in asking authors to send their material on an exclusive basis, as it is not in your best interests to do so; however, I do ask that you let me know, via QueryManager, if you have had a full request from another agent. Please also use the notification system on QueryManager to let me know when you receive an offer of representation (please do not use this function to inform me of a full request).

Agents need to balance time spent looking at new submissions with work on behalf of their existing clients. Although I can’t promise to do so in a personalized way for every submission, I do respond to every submission. Please don’t be disheartened if you receive a form-like response, or if I'm quick to decline your work - there are many reasons I may not be the right agent for a writer and another agent may respond quite differently.

Best of luck,

Camille

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