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What Carolyn is looking for
Carolyn would love to see literary fiction (especially speculative and horror), commercial fiction, funny crime fiction, narrative non-fiction by experts in the field – she is open minded to a broad range of topics and styles – as long as it engages her. There are a few things she’s not keen on – medical/disease related memoirs, police procedurals, climate thrillers, military or CIA fiction, cozy mysteries, and books about film and TV behind the scenes.
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Is Carolyn Forde open to queries right now?
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What genres does Carolyn Forde represent?
Carolyn Forde represents Speculative Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Crime, Horror, Literary Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Memoir.
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