Denise Zaza

As an editor with more than thirty years of industry experience, Denise Zaza knows a carefully crafted plot and well-motivated characters are key for lasting publishing success. Formerly with Harlequin Books, a global publisher of commercial fiction novels and a division of HarperCollins, she was responsible for the Harlequin Intrigue mystery romance imprint. She worked with hundreds of authors and agents over the decades including several New York Times bestsellers. Now, she’s sharing that wealth of knowledge with Crooked Lane Books as an editor at large acquiring fast-paced commercial crime fiction.

For Crooked Lane, she is interested in:

• Commercial crime fiction
• Mystery: Particularly those with complex plots and unexpected twists
• Psychological thrillers
• Southern gothic novels
• Animal sleuth cozies

Submission Guidelines

For unagented authors, please send your submission to Crooked Lane through Query Tracker at querytracker.net/query/CLB_Submissions.

For agents, please send to my Crooked Lane email.

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