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Our Literary Agents.
A year ago, Peters, Fraser + Dunlop contacted me, taking note of the quality of work coming out of The Novelry through our creative writing courses, and asked whether an association might be useful for all parties. So, I went to meet with Tessa David and Tim Bates of PFD on New Oxford Street and we had a chat about the kind of writing that excites us all. We agreed to work together to progress talent coming out of The Novelry, and I asked them for one thing; that the Novelry's graduates get VIP treatment. When I submit work on my writers' behalf, the agency should give us an expression of interest within two weeks.
Since then other agents have been in touch with The Novelry asking to be on our list for first sight of great novels as they emerge hot from our oven, and I've made contact with agents I know to be wonderful advocates of their writers' work in genres useful to my writers. The same deal applies to all - no slush pile! A two-week reading and...
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The Author.
Louise Dean
Founder of The Novelry.
Louise Dean is the award-winning Booker longlisted author of novels published internationally. Winner Society of Authors Betty Trask Prize. Winner Le Prince Maurice. An Oprah Book Club Choice. Longlisted for The Guardian First Book and The International Dublin Literary Award,
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