Gabrielle Demblon

In fiction, I’m drawn to bold hooks and flawed characters, stories that start conversations and challenge assumptions, like Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters, All Fours by Miranda July, Big Swiss by Jen Beagin, and Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte.

I love atmospheric, character-led stories about overlooked or uncomfortable aspects of history and popular culture, like The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden, Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan, Box Hill by Adam Mars Jones, Fire Rush by Jacqueline Crooks, Scatterlings by Rešoketšwe Manenzhe, and The Manningtree Witches by AK Blakemore.

I’m looking for literary speculative/high concept fiction from queer/female/transnational perspectives, in the vein of Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel, Toward Eternity by Anton Hur, Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, and Triangulum by Masande Ntshanga. I’d also like to find horror reminiscent of works by Carmen Maria Machado, Eliza Clark or Julia Armfield.

In thrillers, I am drawn to atmospheric mysteries involving family secrets, small communities, or epic natural settings, in the vein of Tana French or The God of the Woods by Liz Moore.

In nonfiction, I’d love to work with experts, academics, journalists, or influencers specializing in dating and relationships, personal finance, career guidance, queer family formation, fashion, cultural history, economics, food, or music, especially from a unique or unusual perspective.