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What Amelia is looking for
Amelia Atlas represents both fiction and nonfiction, with a particular interest in literary fiction and narrative nonfiction in the areas of history, current affairs, science, investigative journalism, and cultural criticism. Authors she represents have appeared on the New York Times bestseller list and have been short- or longlisted for the National Book Award, the International Booker Prize, the NBCC Awards, the NBA “5 Under 35 Award,” and the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, among others. In fiction, she’s looking for bold voices and writers with a strong point of view; in nonfiction, she seeks perspective-changing ideas packaged in narrative form; in both, she aspires to represent b
Notable sales & clients
- Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami
- The Jersey Brothers by Sally Freeman
- Conjure Women by Sadia Atakora
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What genres does Amelia Atlas represent?
Amelia Atlas represents Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction.
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