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Katie Grimm
Curtis Brown, Ltd.
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Most generally, I focus on adult literary and upmarket fiction, narrative and creative non-fiction, and literary fiction for young adult and middle grade audiences. Across all genres and ages, I’ll always be interested in the darker and weirder side of the human condition, stories that can be classified as tragicomic, and previously under- or misrepresented experiences and voices. In adult fiction, I look for unique voices and plot that evokes a strong emotion and necessitates a conversation–including contemporary, historical, mysterious and speculative. I always want books with a heartbeat, and I’m delighted when an unusual structure or form functions at a higher level. In non-fiction, I’m also looking for distinct voices (from lyrical to humorous), new perspectives, and deeply researched topics. I enjoy narratives that blend the personal and investigative, and use individual stories as a lens to analyze a systemic problem or timely issue. In children’s fiction, I’m focusing on all types of fantasy that will engross young readers, create wonder, and build empathy. I’m looking for new middle grade classics that I wished I had as a child to take me to faraway lands and guide me through complicated feelings. I’m also looking for literary and speculative young adult novels that use genre tropes in fun and emotionally resonant ways. Topics that always get closer look: beauty and brutality of the natural world, ecological grief, social-ecosystems, absurdities of motherhood, the many forms of desire, friendship as romance, queerness, insular communities, weird history, the Reformation, the Plague, the sea, Space, cults, abductions, twins, monsters, fairy tales, witches, reversal of fortune stories, lies we tell ourselves, and magic in our world or those imagined.
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Please submit your query letter and first chapter or 30 pages (if you have a prologue, you can include both, for alternating POV, please include a chapter from each) via Query Manager: https://QueryManager.com/KGRIMM Guidelines & Details Vital Info @grimmlit Website
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