Bridgette Kam

I’m on the lookout for upmarket & book club novels (propulsive storytelling with beautiful and accessible language) and strongly encourage those submissions. I’m seeking high stakes contemporary novels with a big and unique hook (a secret, a mystery, a critical event and its fallout) that ask timely questions, spark important conversations, and subvert expectations. Novels that keep me reading tend to explore felt and flawed characters, complex motivations, layered relational dynamics, and diasporas and communities, whether set against grand and sweeping landscapes or cozy and intimate settings. Through reading, I want to feel, laugh, cry, and be more surprised by what I don’t know than sure of what I already know. I also enjoy historical fiction (that’s a key way I learn history!) and stories that center on pivotal events during lesser-known-to-me time periods. As someone who always has a classic in her TBR pile, retellings or reimaginings of global classics interest me, as well as stories inspired by mythology and folklore (though I’m not looking for sci-fi or fantasy).

I’m very keen to work with journalists, researchers, field experts, thought leaders, and emerging writers on full-length book projects about business, food, health & wellness, history, personal growth/self-improvement, pop culture, religion/spirituality, science, sociology, and sports. I’m looking for strongly researched books that illuminate, investigate, challenge, build on current cultural conversation, and encourage deep reflection, as well as practical books that combine expert insights, lived wisdom, and reader takeaway.