Julia Silk

In fiction she is looking for smart, compelling writing across the spectrum from commercial to literary, particularly when it opens a door into a previously inaccessible world or experience (Crazy Rich Asians, Prep), exposes our flaws and hypocrisies in new ways (Such a Fun Age, My Year of Rest and Relaxation), or upends expectations with wit and energy (My Sister the Serial Killer, Yellowface). She is also drawn to the combination of the acutely personal and the universal that makes great memoir (Educated, Wild, House of Glass), as well as the blurring of the lines of form and genre in books across categories such as true crime/memoir (The Fact of a Body) and the novel/short stories in A Visit From the Goon Squad. She is a huge fan of upmarket crime and thrillers by writers such as Gillian Flynn, Liz Nugent and Jane Harper, and is also on the lookout for immaculately voiced historical fiction that reflects contemporary preoccupations. And if you have written a novel as simultaneously bittersweet and life-affirming as Catherine Newman's We All Want Impossible Things, please send it to her immediately!

She is a huge fan of upmarket crime and thrillers by writers such as Gillian Flynn, Louise Candlish, Liz Nugent and Jane Harper. She is also on the lookout for immaculately voiced historical fiction that reflects contemporary preoccupations, and novels with elements of light horror, gothc or supernatural elements.

In narrative non-fiction she is drawn to the combination of the acutely personal and the universal that makes great memoir (Educated, Strong Female Character, House of Glass) and is also keen to hear from journalists, academics and experts illuminating new stories and previously unexplored subjects. On the practical side she represents a number of writers in health, wellbeing and lifestyle, and is interested in original evidence-based proposals in this area from experts with a strong platform. She loves to work with writers and on books that shape and change readers’ view of the world. Recent favourite non-fiction reads include Oliver Burkeman's Four Thousand Weeks, Kieran Yates' All the Houses I've Ever Lived In and Patrick Radden Keefe's Empire of Pain.