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Samantha Brace

An agent with Peters Fraser + Dunlop (see other agents at this agency).

About

Sam Brace is an agent representing books as well as PFD’s contemporary classics authors.

After completing a degree in Classics and English at Memorial University of Newfoundland, she worked within a variety of roles and industries across Canada. She joined Peters Fraser + Dunlop in 2017, after attending the inaugural year of the Columbia Publishing Course at Oxford. Within PFD, Sam worked as Publisher of Agora Books, working on everything from editorial and production to sales and design. There she launched the Lost the Plot Writers Competition as well as the Uncrowned Queens of Crime series, which celebrated forgotten female crime writers. She is now building her list of crime and reading group fiction and running PFD’s Contemporary Classics department.

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United Kingdom

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I’m looking for anything a bit dark and twisty. I’m still chasing the high I got from reading Gillian Flynn that first time, so I’m desperate for psych-suspense and thrillers with a sinister twist.

I also love a mysterious family drama in the style of Eve Chase – weave together a moody historical setting with a few dark family secrets and I’m hooked.

Mostly I’m on the lookout for superb writing that draws me in the from the first sentence, complex characters who I feel for, and explorations of conversation-starting issues.

I also like historical fiction, coming of age stories, and literary fiction, but I always prefer a mystery at the heart.

Just a note that I’m not looking for children’s, YA, fantasy, or sci-fi.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Genres:

General Subgenres: Gothic, Historical
Horror Subgenres: Gothic, Historical, Paranormal, Psychological, Soft Horror, Supernatural
Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Cozy, Crime, Detective, Historical
Suspense/Thriller Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Crime, Domestic Thriller, Historical, Legal Thriller, Psychological

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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Dates

Last Updated: 01 Aug 2026

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