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Ciara Smith

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

About

Before joining Spencerhill Associates, Ciara worked at a boutique literary agency for two years. Ciara holds a BA in Creative Writing and has always enjoyed creating captivating worlds with misunderstood heroines. She is a freelance editor and beta reader. After getting their degree, they worked as an editorial volunteer for Tiger Lily Publishing, Co and well as Wild Ink Publishing. She is disabled, ND, and LGBTQIA+, and strives to put more characters in the world like her who she never saw in the books she loved growing up. Ciara has a wide range of interests, in young adult and adult, from fantasy and science fiction, to romance and horror. Above all, they wish to champion underrepresented voices and have strived to have a diverse list from the very beginning. When not reading, she raises two beautiful girls and two ornery dogs, and other hobbies include knitting, crocheting, baking, and reading tarot and astrology charts.

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Ciara is looking for a wide range of genres across young adult, new adult, and adult. Currently, she is seeking romantasy only in young adult. In all ages, she'd love to see science fiction, fantasy, ancient historical, horror, thrillers, and romance. She's particularly seeking space operas, aliens, new twists on paranormal, workplace or professional rivals to lovers, body horror, and thrillers that made you scared of the human mind. Above all, Ciara champions underrepresented voices, especially neurodivergent and disabled like herself. In all genres, though, she is open to being surprised and loves the creative genre-blends that get sent her way.

Audience:

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

Genres:

General Subgenre: Historical
Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres
Horror Open to all/most Subgenres
Romance Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Romantic Fantasy
Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Dystopian
Suspense/Thriller Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Romantic Suspense

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Society/Culture: See guidelines.

Submissions:

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

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Most recent response reported was received on 06 Nov 2025.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 01 Mar 2025.
Date compiled: 07 Sep 2026 16:11 UTC (3 hours, 8 minutes ago).

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Last Updated: 23 Jul 2026

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