Emily Glenister
Director & Literary Agent
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Emily Glenister trained to be an actress at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating in 2010 before working as a theatrical agent and assistant in offices that represented the likes of Charlotte Rampling, Sir Roger Moore, Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow.
In 2020, after assisting David Headley for four years in all aspects of the agency, Emily was made an Agent in 2020 before becoming a Director of the company in 2022.
Emily's client list includes Sunday Times top ten bestseller Heather Darwent, TikTok sensation Suzie Edge and top ten Kindle bestseller, Becca Day.
In 2020, after assisting David Headley for four years in all aspects of the agency, Emily was made an Agent in 2020 before becoming a Director of the company in 2022.
Emily's client list includes Sunday Times top ten bestseller Heather Darwent, TikTok sensation Suzie Edge and top ten Kindle bestseller, Becca Day.
MANUSCRIPT WISHLIST
Emily is looking for female-led commercial and upmarket commercial fiction, with a very strong emphasis on diverse / own voices. She loves crime / psychological thrillers and is desperately searching for fresh and unique ideas in this area (such as Nikki May’s Wahala, Gillian McAllister’s Wrong Place, Wrong Time or The Club by Ellery Lloyd) - even better if it has a speculative twist; witty, contemporary and observant romcoms (ie anything and everything by Mhairi McFarlane or Confessions of a Forty-Something F*** Up by Alexandra Potter) and epic love stories are a personal favourite (those akin to Lucinda Riley's works or The Return by Anita Frank).
She is also on the lookout for smart and quick-witted historical fiction, with a female-focus (much like Philippa Gregory or Sarah Waters), and is a fan of a dual timeline narrative, if done well - as well as book club fiction along the lines of Jessie Burton, Taylor Jenkins Reid, R. F. Kuang's Yellowface and Girl Crush by Florence Given. She is also partial to a little magical realism & urban fantasy (think Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library and the works of Alice Hoffman) and fun retellings from Arthurian Legends to Ancient Greece.
Finally, if an original horror novel / ghost story landed in her inbox (for example, Riley Sager or C. J. Tudor), she would be utterly delighted as she’s a bit of a weirdo and loves to be creeped out. But for these to work, it must be clever and genuinely haunting with a definitive sense of dread.
In non-fiction, Emily is keen to expand her list and is looking in the areas of history (specifically the monarchy, medicine and women), pop culture, biographies / autobiographies / memoir (either from or about those with an established public platform) and most eagerly, true crime - like one of those addictive Netflix documentaries, but in book form.
Emily is not looking for short stories / novellas, poetry, police procedural, screenplays, children's books / YA (though if it has strong crossover appeal, do send) or Sci-Fi / straight fantasy.
She is also on the lookout for smart and quick-witted historical fiction, with a female-focus (much like Philippa Gregory or Sarah Waters), and is a fan of a dual timeline narrative, if done well - as well as book club fiction along the lines of Jessie Burton, Taylor Jenkins Reid, R. F. Kuang's Yellowface and Girl Crush by Florence Given. She is also partial to a little magical realism & urban fantasy (think Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library and the works of Alice Hoffman) and fun retellings from Arthurian Legends to Ancient Greece.
Finally, if an original horror novel / ghost story landed in her inbox (for example, Riley Sager or C. J. Tudor), she would be utterly delighted as she’s a bit of a weirdo and loves to be creeped out. But for these to work, it must be clever and genuinely haunting with a definitive sense of dread.
In non-fiction, Emily is keen to expand her list and is looking in the areas of history (specifically the monarchy, medicine and women), pop culture, biographies / autobiographies / memoir (either from or about those with an established public platform) and most eagerly, true crime - like one of those addictive Netflix documentaries, but in book form.
Emily is not looking for short stories / novellas, poetry, police procedural, screenplays, children's books / YA (though if it has strong crossover appeal, do send) or Sci-Fi / straight fantasy.
SUBMIT TO EMILY
eg.submission@dhhliteraryagency.com (the 'eg' is part of the email address)
For fiction, please send your cover letter, one-page synopsis and first three chapters.
For non-fiction, please send a proposal (including overview of book's main idea, information about you the author / why you are the person to write the book, an outline of full book with chapter breakdowns / descriptions and sources, a sample chapter and, if these are available to you, media links, advance praise, comparable titles).
For fiction, please send your cover letter, one-page synopsis and first three chapters.
For non-fiction, please send a proposal (including overview of book's main idea, information about you the author / why you are the person to write the book, an outline of full book with chapter breakdowns / descriptions and sources, a sample chapter and, if these are available to you, media links, advance praise, comparable titles).
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