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In Fiction, her taste runs more commercial than
literary, though her favourite novels often sit in the sweet spot
between the two, like Kiley Reid’s Such A Fun Age, Anna Hope’s
Expectation, or anything by Curtis Sittenfeld. She loves
rom-coms that could be delicious Netflix movies (think: Ali’s Wedding),
and that have strong subplots, as in Head Over Heels by Hannah
Orenstein or Beach Read by Emily Henry.
In the thriller/suspense genre a powerful sense of
place is key – e.g. the insular communities in Black Widows or
Megan Miranda’s novels. She adored My Sister, The Serial Killer,
and loves Jane Harper. She can’t get enough of novels set on
campus, and/or with the backdrop of a performing art – If We Were
Villains is top tier, and she loved the twist on psychopaths in
Never Saw Me Coming.
She’s also looking for meaty YA or crossover
projects like The Miseducation of Cameron Post, The Black Kids,
or Sadie – especially something that plays with formats like
Sadie does. And would love to find a brilliant British YA
contemporary for the Sex Education audience, or something that
feels like a Taylor Swift song!
For the reading-group market, she’s drawn to
novels centred around motherhood, sisterhood, or women’s personal
journeys – often with a side of heartbreak like in The Mothers by
Brit Bennett. She also loves evocative historical novels,
especially if they’re set somewhere other than Britain or
America.
For non-fiction, she’d love to see proposals on
self-development for women in their twenties and thirties, be
that in personal or professional spheres, with the accessible
style of authors such as Laura Whateley, Candice Braithwaite, and
Cate Sevilla. In narrative non-fiction or memoir, she’s
interested in projects that speak to our current moment and often
have a thread of humour, like Are You There God? It’s Me, Ellen.
And is especially keen to see proposals in this area from British
and Irish authors in underrepresented communities.
Hannah is very into history, particularly women’s/domestic/family/social
history and non-Eurocentric history, and would always be happy to
hear from experts in those fields. Non-murdery true crime is
another great love, whether it’s serious, like Empire of Pain, or
ridiculous (My Friend Anna). She wants to be hooked by a story so
outlandish it could be fiction!
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