See what it took to publish my first novel

Welcome to my personal list of literary agents and publishers / editors who acquire commercial fiction (literary and genre for adults). The list helped me find a literary agent who robbed me, and editors who published me. More about this list...

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McClelland & Stewart (Penguin Random House Canada)
www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/imprints/MS/mcclelland-stewart
Open Submissions year-round, send to:
mcclellandsubmissions@prh.com
mcclellandsubmissions@penguinrandomhouse.com
Kelly Joseph
Joe Lee
Jared Bland
Haley Cullingham
hcullingham@penguinrandomhouse.com
Jordan Ginsberg
Anita Chong
achong@penguinrandomhouse.ca

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MacLehose Press (Hachette)
www.maclehosepress.com
Katharina Bielenberg, Publisher
Paul Engles, Editor
paul.engles@hachette.co.uk

Mostly novels in translation but also English originals

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Mansfield Press
www.mansfieldpress.net
25 Mansfield Avenue Toronto, ON M6J 2A9
Denis De Klerck
Submit to: denis@mansfieldpress.net

Canadian authors only

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Mariner | Clarion (Formerly HMH Books)
www.marinerbooks.com
Rakia Clark Executive Editor
rakia.clark@hmhco.com
Millicent Bennett
millicent.bennet@hmhco.com
Gabriella Abbate
Rick Wolff
Naomi Gibbs
Jaime Levine
jlevine@hmhco.com
Jessica Vestuto
Nicole Angeloro
Katherine Nintzel
Ivy Givens

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MCD Books (FSG)
www.mcdbooks.com
Jackson Howard
Daphne Durham
Sean McDonald
Lydia Zoells

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Medallion Press
26609 Castleview Way
Wesley Chapel, Fl 33543
www.medallionpress.com
Submissions Editor: Kerry Estevez
kerry@medallionpress.com
Christy Phillippe
c/o Medallion Press
8988 South Sheridan Road, Ste. L,
Box 216
Tulsa, OK 74133
christy@medallionpress.com

FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY in 2018:
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/78450-medallion-press-files-for-chapter-7-bankruptcy.html

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Melville House
46 John St. Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA
www.mhpbooks.com
Athena Bryan
Alyea Canada
Carl Bromley
carl@mhpbooks.com

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Penguin Michael Joseph Books PMJ (Penguin Random House UK)
80 Strand, London, WC2R 0RL
www.penguin.co.uk/company/publishers/michael-joseph.html
Maxine Hitchcock
Clio Cornish
CCornish@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk
Ariel Pakier
apakier@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk
Grace Long
glong@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk
Joel Richardson, Publisher
Rebecca Hilsdon
Jillian Taylor
Ruth Atkins
Jessica Leek, Publisher

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Midnight Ink
2143 Wooddale Drive
Woodbury, MN, 55125-2989
www.midnightinkbooks.com
Bill Krause
billk@llewellyn.com

CLOSED:
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/78358-llewellyn-to-shut-down-midnight-ink-fiction-imprint.html

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Milkweed Editions
www.milkweed.org
https://milkweededitions.submittable.com/

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Mills & Boon (Harlequin | Harper Collins)
1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF United Kingdom
Open Submissions for romance novels:
www.millsandboon.co.uk/pages/aspiring-authors

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Mira Books, (Harlequin HarperCollins),
195 Broadway, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10007
Bay Adelaide Centre, East Tower, 22 Adelaide Street West, 41st Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5H 4E3
www.mirabooks.com
Margot Mallinson
Margot.Mallinson@HarperCollins.com
April Osborn
april.osborn@harpercollins.com
Dina Davis
Leah Mol
Margaret Marbury
Nicole Brebner
Nicole.Brebner@HarperCollins.com

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Monkfish Book Publishing
22 East Market Street, Suite 304 Rhinebeck, NY 12572
www.monkfishpublishing.com
Query: paul@monkfishpublishing.com

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Moonflower Publishing
Unit 303, The Pill Box, 115 Coventry Road, London E2 6GH, UK
www.moonflowerbooks.co.uk
submissions@moonflowerbooks.co.uk
Christi Daugherty, Writer, Publisher, Editor
Jasmine Poole, Submissions

Open submissions for: crime, romance, historical, coming of age, graphic novels, fantasy, and thrillers

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Mundania Press
www.mundania.com
Mundania Press is a publisher of select fiction novels and short stories. We offer romance, science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, and paranormal.

CLOSED?

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Waterbrook Multnomah Publishers, Inc.,
Part of RandomHouse.com
Suspense, Christian themes, mostly protestant viewpoint

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Muswell Press
www.muswell-press.co.uk
Sarah and Kate Beal, Publishers
Send submissions to info@muswell-press.co.uk
We publish contemporary fiction, crime, travel, memoir and narrative non-fiction

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Myriad Editions (New Internationalist)
www.myriadeditions.com
Corinne Pearlman, Editor
Agented and unagented submissions: submissions@myriadeditions.com
Submissions from debut authors preferred

Literary fiction: contemporary and historical
Crime fiction: psychological and political thrillers with strong female characters

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Myrmidon Books
www.myrmidonbooks.com
Rotterdam House 116 Quayside Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 3DY
Unagented Open Submissions sent to:
Ed Handyside
ed@myrmidonbooks.com

Must submit through an agent if you are agented.

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New Horizon Press
P.O. Box 669
Far Hills, NJ 07931
(908) 604-6311
www.newhorizonpressbooks.com
Query to: nhp@newhorizonpressbooks.com
Include in Subject line: "Attn: Ms. P. Patty"
True crime, Psychological thrillers

CLOSED in 2021

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New Island Books
www.newisland.ie
Edwin Higel, Publisher
Aoife K Walsh, Commissioning Editor
Mariel Deegan

Submissions: "You will need a Google account to complete the submission form online. In the absence of a Google account, please get in touch with the press at info@newisland.ie to request a form."

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The New Press
www.thenewpress.com
FirstinitialLastname@
Emily Albarillo
Ishan Desai-Geller
Zakia Henderson-Brown

Open Submissions: Use online form on website, or submit to:
Acquisitions Editor, The New Press 120 Wall Street, 31st Floor New York, NY 10005

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New Star Books
107 – 3477 Commercial St. Vancouver, BC V5N 4E8
www.newstarbooks.com
Rolf Maurer, Publisher
info@newstarbooks.com

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Night Shade Books (Start Publishing)
https://nightshade.start-publishing.com/
Sci-fi, fantasy, horror.
Meghan Kilduff
kilduff@start-media.com

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Northodox Press
www.northodox.co.uk
Ted O'Connor Commissioning Editor
Open submissions, send to: submissions@northodox.co.uk
Submit a 5000-word extract or the first three chapters, a blurb and a short author bio of no more than 200 words
Crime Fiction

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Northwestern University Press
nupress.northwestern.edu
Jameka Williams
jameka.williams@northwestern.edu
Marisa Siegel, Fiction Acquisitions
marisa.siegel@northwestern.edu

https://nupress.northwestern.edu/quick-links/submissions/

A trade book proposal (fiction, creative nonfiction, or other) should contain the following items: A cover letter; a short description of the work; a detailed description of the work; the table of contents, with chapter summaries (if applicable); a total word count; a summary of any previously published material included in the manuscript (if applicable); a list of comparable books in print with an explanation of what makes your book original; an estimated delivery date for a complete manuscript; a manuscript excerpt of at least ten and not more than thirty pages; a description of any illustrations or figures you plan to include; a current CV or résumé with full author contact information; and whether or not you are agented (and contact information for an agent if applicable). Do not send full manuscripts unless requested by an editor.

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W.W. Norton Co., Inc.,
500 Fifth Ave.,
New York, NY 10110.
www.wwnorton.com
John Glusman
Denise Scarfi
Helen Thomaides
hthomaides@wwnorton.com
Drew Weitman
Mo Crist
mcrist@wwnorton.com
Tom Mayer
tmayer@wwnorton.com
Nancy Palmquist
npalmquist@wwnorton.com
Robert Weil
rweil@wwnorton.com
Peter Miller
Dan Gerstle
Nick Curley
Cordelia Calvert
Gina Iaquinta
Haley Bracken
Carine Zambrano

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Oceanview Publishing
www.oceanviewpub.com
submissions@oceanviewpub.com

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Octopus Brazen (Hachette)
www.octopusbooks.co.uk
Romilly Morgan, Publishing Director

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Oldcastle Books
18 Coleswood Road
Harpenden AL5 1EQ UK
www.oldcastlebooks.com
www.noexit.co.uk
firstname@oldcastlebooks.com

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Old Street Publishing
8 Hurlingham Business Park Sulivan Road London SW6 3DU
www.oldstreetpublishing.co.uk
Query to: info@oldstreetpublishing.co.uk
Ben Yarde-Buller
ben.yb@​oldstreetpublishing.co.uk.

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One More Chapter (HarperCollins UK)
www.onemorechapter.com
https://onemorechapter.submittable.com/submit
Digital First Publisher
Charlotte Ledger
charlotte.ledger@harpercollins.co.uk
Kimberley Young
Kimberley Young - Executive Publisher
Kathryn Cheshire
Bethan Morgan
bethan.morgan@harpercollins.co.uk
Jennie Rothwell
jennie.rothwell@harpercollins.co.uk

Periodic open submissions

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One World Publications | Point Blank
10 Bloomsbury Street London, WC1B 3SR United Kingdom
www.oneworld-publications.com
submissions@oneworld-publications.com
Juliet Mabey, Publisher
Jenny Parrott (Point Blank)
jparrott@oneworld-publications.com
Katie Jennings (Rock the Boat Imprint, Kid Lit only)
kjennings@oneworld-publications.com
Rosalind Porter
Victory Matsui (US)

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Open Books
www.open-bks.com
submissions@open-bks.com
David Ross

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Open Road Media
www.openroadmedia.com
Nita Taublib

Ebooks

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Orenda Books
16 Carson Road London SE21 8HU
www.orendabooks.co.uk
Submit to: westcamel@orendabooks.co.uk
Karen Sullivan
West Camel

Literary fiction, with a heavy emphasis on crime/thrillers

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Orion Dash (Hachette)
Digital First Imprint
www.hachette.co.uk/landing-page/orion-dash/
Open Submissions: dashdigital@orionbooks.co.uk
Rhea Kurien

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Orion Trapeze | Orion Fiction (Hachette)
www.orionbooks.co.uk/imprint/orion/page/about-orion/orion-trapeze/
Katie Espiner, Publisher
Sareeta Domingo Publishing Director
Anna Valentine, Managing Director
Rachel Neely TURNED TO AGENTING
rachel.neely@orionbooks.co.uk
Sam Eades
sam.eades@orionbooks.co.uk
Francesca Pathak MOVED TO PAN FICTION
Francesca.Pathak@orionbooks.co.uk
Victoria Oundjian NOW WITH LAKE UNION
Victoria.Oundjian@hachette.co.uk
Katie Brown
katie.brown@hachette.co.uk
Emad Akhtar
Emad.Akhtar@hachette.co.uk
Charlotte Mursell
Blake Friedmann
blake.friedmann@hachette.co.uk
Zoe Yang
zoe.yang@orionbooks.co.uk
Rhea Kurien (Orion Fiction)

Orion Phoenix (Hachette)
Francesca Main, Publisher

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Other Press
267 Fifth Avenue, 6th Floor New York, NY 10016
www.otherpress.com
Judith Gurewich, literary thrillers
judithgurewich@earthlink.net
Janice Goldklang
jgoldklang@otherpress.com
Alex (Alexandra) Poreda
Corinna Barsan
Katie Henderson
Gage Desser

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The Overlook Press (Abrams)
141 Wooster Street
New York, NY 10012
Tel: (212) 673-2210
Fax: (212) 673-2296
PART OF ABRAMS:
www.abramsbooks.com
firstinitiallastname@abramsbooks.com
Chelsea Cutchens
ccutchens@abramsbooks.com

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