1-2-1 with Literary Agent Ella Shindler

Literary agent, Curtis Brown

Ella graduated with an MA in Publishing from UCL and a BA in English from University of Cambridge and works closely with Felicity Blunt, along with agents Flo Sandelson and Rosie Pierce. She previously worked for the CEO of Peters, Fraser + Dunlop agency, edited children's books and cookbooks as well as being a bookseller at Hatchards.

Ella is keen to see books with a real sense of fun and sizzling romance as well as moving family dramas and campus novels. She also loves thrillers, suspense and unsettling crime, along with historical, women’s and literary fiction. She is also open to SFF, character driven dystopia and speculative fiction.

In Non-Fiction she is interested in youthful voices taking a new and narrative spin on old ideas, as well as fresh voices on pop culture.

Find out more what Felicity Blunt's office is looking for here.

You must send a cover letter, synopsis and the first 3 chapters in one document to paul@bournemouthwritingfestival.co.uk before 31st March.