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Ali Herring

An agent with Spencerhill Associates (see other agents at this agency).

About

Ali joined Spencerhill in 2017. She represents a broad range of upmarket and commercial fiction, and is proud to represent, among others, Bram Stoker Award winner Lora Senf, Carol Award winning inspirational author Kellie VanHorn, and finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award for distinguished science fiction and winner of the Pen New England Susan P. Bloom Children's Book Discovery Award, Kristy Acevedo. A former magazine associate editor, Ali has a diverse background in communications and editorial. She graduated valedictorian of her class at Berry College in 2001, where she obtained her bachelor’s degree in Journalism. She lives in an Atlanta suburb with her husband, three nearly grown children and a clowder of cats. Ali is seeking middle grade and young adult fiction in all genres, science fiction and fantasy, romance, women’s fiction, and inspirational fiction, especially category and single-title romance. She particularly likes high-concept commercial fiction with a literary flair.

Important: During some submission periods, she may only accept queries for certain genres or themes; as always, check the full submission information before submitting.

Country & Year Established

United States
Agent since 2017

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Ali is acquiring middle grade and young adult fiction in all genres, and adult fiction in a limited number of genres. In kidlit, she is especially interested in contemporary fiction, age-appropriate horror, sci-fi, speculative, dystopian, fantasy, mystery and romance. She's open to a MG romance in the vein of Carols and Crushes, and in YA romance, she's interested in everything from rom-coms, to sci-fi romance, to vampires, paranormal, etc. She loves a fast-moving commercial project, but has a soft spot for upmarket fiction where the hook and pacing are strong, but the writing tips a little more literary (especially in MG).

In adult fiction, Ali's interested in contemporary, horror (not gross-out), sci-fi, speculative, fantasy, dystopian, thrillers, suspense, romance and women's fiction, and as a Georgia-native, would love to see more southern fiction. She prefers women's fiction with an element like suspense or adventure that makes it stand out, romance in every iteration, and Christian fiction. In the Christian market, she's looking for women's fiction and single-title romance, and single-title and category romance written for lines like Harlequin, Love Inspired and Love Inspired Suspense. She's always seeking new, diverse voices. She's typically not the best fit for historical romance, high heat and never erotica. She shies away from animal protagonists and Amish romance.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, Middle grades, Young adults.

Genres:

Open to all/most Genres, including:
General Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Women's Fiction
Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Vampire
Romance Subgenre: Vampire
Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Dystopian

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Folklore/Mythology: Ancient mythologies, See guidelines.
Religion/Spirituality: Christianity.

Submissions:

Method: QueryTracker.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 01:18 UTC (5 hours, 22 minutes ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 14 Sep 2026

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