Lori Galvin
Aevitas Creative Management
My Manuscript Wish List®
I represent both fiction and nonfiction writers for the adult market. For fiction, I am especially interested in working with writers of crime (suspense, thrillers, and mysteries plus crossovers into horror); bookclub fiction/upmarket commercial fiction, women’s fiction and literary crime and suspense. I’m drawn to novels with voice and emotion and I’m a passionate advocate for all voices. And for nonfiction, I am interested in working with food writers, writers of true crime, as well as personal development and memoir with established platforms.
Fun facts about me:
I ran an inn in Maine for six months and lived to talk about it.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions should be emailed to http://QueryMe.Online/QueryLoriGalvin
I do not represent previously published books, even if it was offered for a short time online.
Please note that word counts for adult novels run 65k-100k words, give or take.
Vital Info
Favorite sub-genres:
Upmarket Women's Fiction, upmarket genre fiction
I’d like the next…
Submissions that grab my attention are voice driven, propulsive, and resonate emotionally.
Book club novels rich in family dynamics or relationships of all kinds— stories with character so vivid, you can’t stop thinking about them.
Novels of suspense with great twists or a fresh approach such as those by Mark Edwards, Samantha Downing, Catherine Ryan Howard, Danya Kukafka, PJ Vernon
High-concept novels that possess a propulsive pace and airtight plot.
Supernatural thrillers or thrillers with a hint of (or some) horror such as Simone St. James’s The Broken Girls, Alex North’s The Whisper Man, Alma Katsu’s The Hunger or The Deep.
Compassionate novels of crimes or misdemeanors that often provide the reader insight into the human condition. Authors I admire who do this well are Tim Johnston, Dennis Lehane, and Walter Mosley.
Spy or spy-like novels where the protagonist isn’t necessarily a trained spy/investigator. Examples include Holly Watt’s To the Lions, John le Carre’s The Night Manager, and Chris Bohjalian’s The Red Lotus.
Historical fiction that resonates with today–I also love dual past/present timelines.
Speculative fiction and science fiction that is grounded Kazuo Ishiguro, Lily Brooks Dalton, Andy Weir are a few writers whose work resonates with me.
Novels with multiverses or time travel like Octavia Butler’s The Kindred
Retellings of classics or fairytales aimed at adults
WHAT I DON’T REPRESENT
Children’s books and poetry, fantasy, sci fi that isn’t grounded in the near future
