Alexander Rigby
DK / Penguin Random House
My Manuscript Wish List®
Alexander Rigby is a New York Times bestselling editor with over a decade of experience in the book publishing industry. He is an acquiring Executive Editor at DK.
I am seeking more narrative nonfiction, especially in the areas of memoir, essays, nature, travel, pop culture, history, and humor.
I am also beginning to acquire fiction. I love literary fiction, family sagas, magical realism, fast-paced plots, and character-driven stories. A strong setting and sense of place is important to me, and I enjoy stories with a global/international perspective.
I would love to publish works by more diverse authors, especially OWN voices, and members of the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions should be emailed to alex.rigby@dk.com
I am only open to unagented submissions if you have a social media following of 100k or greater.
Vital Info
Favorite sub-genres:
Accessible Literary Fiction, Adult, Art history, BIPOC, Commercial adult fiction, Commercial and Literary, Cross-genre, Dark Humor, Environment, Essay collections, Fantasy Grounded in Reality, Female Friendships, Film/TV, Food Writing, Found Families, Gothic, Health and Wellness, History, Home Arts, Illustrated/Gift, LGBT YA, LGBTQ Contemporary, LGBTQ+, LGBTQIA, Lifestyle, Literary Fiction, Literary Science Fiction, Literary YA & MG, Magical Realism, Marginalized Voices, Monsters, Multigenerational, Multiple POV, Multiple Timelines, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature, Nature Writing, Near future, New Adult, Outdoors, Own Voices, POC, Same-Sex Romance, Sexuality, Time Travel, Travel, Underrepresented Voices, Upmarket Commercial Fiction, Women's Fiction, YA Contemporary, alternate history, character-focused fiction, coming of age, contemporary, cook book, craft, culinary, diverse voices, family saga, family stories, friendship stories, gender, historical, international, light Sci-Fi, literary suspense, love stories, memoir, non-western settings, queer, queer narratives, stories that don't fit neatly into a genre
I’d like the next…
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
My Policeman by Bethan Roberts
Monstrilio by Gerardo Samano Cordova
My favorites include…
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Big Fish by Daniel Wallace
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Every Day by David Levithan
The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
The Humans by Matt Haig
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Hide by Matthew Griffin
All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai
