@edwoodagent
Literary Agent and Director of Fiction Development at The Blair Partnership. Crime, thriller, mystery, book club, gothic. All views my own. Submissions: https://www.theblairpartnership.com/literary-submissions/
Take that Richard Osman!
Our latest Not-So-Secret Agents Substack, by me - 'What agents and editors REALLY mean in their rejection letters' open.substack.com/pub/thenotso...
You’ve changed.
Really proud of this guy, one of the absolute finest UK crime writers around. I was his publisher for a decade and the books were unbelivably good right from the first draft every single time. Billingham is the best.
I've never done an Excel LBF to my knowledge, only Earl's Court and Olympia. I'm excited by the novelty. But it will take me 2 minutes longer from Cambridge, which is a crime.
Best possible result. I feel like we gazed into Stephen’s soul - and found nothing but goodness. #TheTraitors
What am I and other Blair Partnership agents looking for this year? Find out on our Substack! For me, it's all about mystery and emotion...
thenotsosecretagents.substack.com/p/what-novel...
Harriet giving it full Liam Neeson in Taken is everything. I knew she’d be good, but what a dream. #TheTraitors
It's my one year anniversary of starting as an agent at The Blair Partnership. I'm proud to have found fantastic authors and wonderful homes for them, and I have some AMAZING books going out on submission in the coming months. Roll on 2026.
By series nine of #TheTraitors it will be 20 spies all sitting round pretending to be estate agents.
Wait, Harriet Tyce is on The Traitors? Amazing! Watching someone you know on it will be such a different experience. Go Harriet!
I’ve now had the cold from hell for four days straight. Thanks to convelescing, I also finished another Lisa Jewell and can’t remember which others I’ve read…
When Harry Met Sally is possibly my favourite film (it's unchangable, perfect), and The Princess Bride well up there too. Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, Misery... So few directors can claim a purple patch as rich or varied.
He knows us too well.
I told our five-year-old that my wife and I are going on a date tonight and asked what he thinks we’ll be doing.
“Um, doing crosswords? Sitting down doing crosswords and drinking tea and reading books. Boring books.”
I so need to get out more.
Excellent! And damn right too.
I’m not a publisher any more! I’m an agent now. But I will ALWAYS read your spy fiction.
Radiohead at the O2 last night. Jaw-dropping, hairs standing up on your arm music.
I'm dying to know if he started right there in the middle of the trilogy. Feels like the kind of rebellious thing he might do.
NIce to hear from you, by the way! Hope all's well.
@eadbrookes.bsky.social Hello Adam - Mick Jagger is a fan of Spy Games! www.thetimes.com/uk/get-brita...
That Celebrity Traitors finale was even better than expected. It had everything you could hope for and more. Wonderful.
Thanks Eva, very kind!
The latest Not-So-Secret Agents Substack from @tpbagency.bsky.social written by me, on comparison titles: why they’re a thing, how they’re used in queries, what pitfalls to avoid, and how to master them.
open.substack.com/pub/thenotso...
Oooh, what are you working on?
My first takeaway from the Frankfurt Book Fair is how much I respect solo diners in hotel bars who order dessert. You do you lone wanderer!
What's Hot: Horror is our latest Substack, by me but mainly by fantastic publishers Sophie Robinson of @torbooksuk.bsky.social and Anna Jackson of Orbit. What's hot now, what's oversaturated, and what are the emerging trends? Find out here.
open.substack.com/pub/thenotso...
Interesting that I received an 'opt-in' contract addendum from Bloomsbury for a book I wrote years ago with Nick Rennison which does not feature the word 'AI' in the email. Only once you open the addendum does it explain what you're opting into. Authors need this stuff to be very, very clear.
I feel like this won’t help get my crossword answer. Cheers Google AI.
New client signed! We're talking intense literary body horror entwined with Scottish folklore... Delicious.
Every publisher's nightmare. And it's happened to us all at one time or another.