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What Cecilia is looking for
Cecilia is acquiring a wide range of both fiction and non-fiction on the adult side. In terms of non-fiction, no title is too serious or too accessible for her taste, and she is seeking original and provocative expert-led proposals in psychology, history, current affairs, science, politics, narrative journalism, nature and the environment, wellness, spirituality, business and economics, mathematics, parenting, lifestyle, pop culture, and memoir. As for fiction, Cecilia’s taste gravitates towards books by women, for women, whether commercial, upmarket, or literary. She can’t get enough of: family sagas, female friendship, edgy psychological suspense, closed-setting novels, anti-heroines, smar
Notable sales & clients
- The Witches of Moonshyne Manor by Bianca Marais
- Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19 by Kari Nixon
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What genres does Cecilia Lyra represent?
Cecilia Lyra represents Speculative Fiction, Romance, Thriller, Upmarket Fiction, Memoir, Nonfiction.
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