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What Laura is looking for
Laura is always keen to hear from new writers and is particularly keen to find: an epic family saga in the vein of Maeve Binchy or Rosamunde Pilcher; an engrossing, compelling love story (especially it it centres on queer or other under-represented voices and stories); a novel - whether commercial or literary - that focusses on ENM or poly relationships; an engrossing historical novel; novels about friendships or sisters; literary fiction that plays with form and structure. In non-fiction, Laura is looking for ‘big ideas’ books as well more narrative non-fiction (by which I mean non-fiction that reads like fiction) on a wide range of topics. She’d love to hear from authors writing in the are
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What genres does Laura Macdougall represent?
Laura Macdougall represents Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction.
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