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What Emily is looking for
Bring Emily a story with characters that never leave you and a narrative that pulls you in, keeping you in the world well after you’ve finished reading. She reads across a wide-range and has a particular interest in; book club, high-concept crime/thriller, upmarket and literary fiction. In fiction, she would love to find a crime/thriller set within a subcult: a modern retelling of British folklore (think Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire ): an unconventional love story: and a character led journey of self-discovery (especially one set within a diasporic community). In both fiction and non-fiction, she loves stories woven into their surroundings, where the setting is as central a character as those
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Is Emily MacDonald open to queries right now?
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What genres does Emily MacDonald represent?
Emily MacDonald represents Science Fiction, Young Adult, Thriller, Crime, Literary Fiction, Upmarket Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction.
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