Laurie Dennison

After earning a master’s degree from the University of Florida, I began my career as an English teacher. I then spent over ten years working as a freelance writer and editor in desktop publishing, including serving as a Pitch Wars mentor for five years. In 2022 I attended the Denver Publishing Institute, leading to an internship at Creative Media Agency, Inc. before stepping into my current role as an associate agent and internship coordinator at CMA.

I love upmarket writing, complex characters, and immersive settings. I enjoy upbeat, positive stories but don’t shy away from darker themes. Complicated relationships and family dynamics are a particular interest of mine, and I appreciate character development that is directly and organically integrated with the plot. In nonfiction, I’m interested in authors who are specialists in their fields, have strong platforms, and can help me see the world in a new light.

We live in a diverse world, and I want to see diversity of all types authentically represented in all genres; I’d love to champion minority voices as I build my list.

I’m not looking for picture books, middle grade, military or political thrillers, adult high fantasy or science fiction, horror, dystopian, or business books.

Submission Guidelines

Submissions should be emailed to query@cmalit.com

Please email query@cmalit.com and include the following in the body of the email:

• For fiction, the query letter and first five pages of text.
• If you are writing nonfiction, along with your query please include an extended author bio, the marketing section of your book proposal, and the first five pages of text.
• Remember to write “query” and my name in the subject heading.

We encourage you to address your query to one agent at a time. However, you are welcome to submit to another agent if the first agent passes.

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