Molly Jamieson

Molly joined United Agents in 2017 as an assistant. She is now an Associate Agent and continues to work closely with Jodie Hodges and Emily Talbot on their lists of children’s authors and illustrators as well as building her own list.

She has a particular interest in scifi and fantasy across both adult and children’s books. For a sense of her taste, she has recently read and enjoyed Sistersong by Lucy Holland, Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, Uprooted by Naomi Novik, The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang, and Once Upon A Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber. She loves anything with high stakes, characters you would follow anywhere, big stories, expansive worldbuilding, breathless romance, and threads of adventure running throughout. She would be keen to see gothic horror and folk horror, stories that mess with your mind, rather than showcasing gratuitous violence. In this space, she is a fan of Laura Purcell's books (The Silent Companions, The Corset), Mike Flanagan's TV shows (The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, The Fall of the House of Usher), and A24 movies like Midsommar and The Witch.

She is also looking for commercial romantic fiction in all shapes and forms. She has a real soft spot for classic tropes, a great sense of humour, and anything with a clear pitch that makes you sit up and take notice, but in the end it all comes down to chemistry. In this area, she has recently read and loved The Hating Game by Sally Thorne, Book Lovers by Emily Henry, The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren, and The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood.

Please send a cover letter, synopsis, and first three chapters to MJamieson@unitedagents.co.uk