Danai Christopoulou

An agent with The Tobias Literary Agency (see other agents at this agency).

About

Danai Christopoulou is a Pushcart Prize nominated SFF author and editor. After a long career as a journalist and copyeditor (their articles and opinion pieces have featured in magazines such as Glamour, House & Garden and Marie Claire since 2004), Danai has been a freelance editor and new talent mentor for mentorships such as QueeryFest. Danai edits for Hugo-nominated magazine khōréō, and reviews short fiction for HavenSpec.
Danai loves speculative fiction of all flavors, from horror and thriller to sci-fi, fantasy and romance, especially from marginalized voices. They are mostly focused on adult fiction, but are interested in Young Adult fiction with crossover appeal. Danai likes their fiction upmarket with nuanced plots, particularly from BIPOC, queer, neurodivergent and other traditionally marginalized groups.
Originally from Greece, Danai currently resides in Sweden.

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United States

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Audience:

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

Genres:

Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres
Horror Open to all/most Subgenres
Romance Open to all/most Subgenres
Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Sexuality/Gender: LGBTQ issues, See guidelines.

Submissions:

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

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We have received 3 reports from 3 different members within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

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1 min | 9.0 mean avg | 2.0 median | 24 max days (13.0 std dev)

Other Information

Most recent response reported was received on 24 Jun 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 31 May 2026.
Date compiled: 07 Sep 2026 19:21 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 08 Jul 2026

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