Drew Gilmour
Achilles Literary Agency
My Manuscript Wish List®
Mostly closed to unsolicited queries. I occasionally invite cold queries that are an undeniable fit. Happy to have you reach out and introduce yourself first, and if we connect happy to read your work. Referrals welcome.
I like Fantasy (including progression fantasy and LITRPG) with real emotional stakes, great world building, smart systems, and characters who level up in ways that cost them something.
Fun facts about me:
I’m a Canadian Tax lawyer as well as an agent.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions should be emailed to drew@fantasybookagent.com
Please reach out to email me and introduce yourself if you are serious about making a submission. Please do not send a copy of your work or a synopsis in your first email. Some topics that I like to hear about are a book you love that most people haven’t read and why it matters to your craft, what you have done outside of writing, what you are looking for in an agent.
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Vital Info
Favorite sub-genres:
Adult SFF, Apocalyptic, Cozy Fantasy, Cyberpunk, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Grounded in Reality, Fantasy Romance, Fantasy YA, Gothic Fantasy, Grounded fantasy, High Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Historical Fantasy; Fantasy Grounded In Reality, Literary Fantasy, Low Fantasy, MG Fantasy, Middle Grade Fantasy, Portal fantasy, Post-apocalyptic, Science Fiction and Fantasy Favorite sub-genres: Absolutely all of them!, Soft Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, YA Fantasy, YA Historical Fantasy, YA fantasy/light sci-fi, alternate history, dark fantasy, gaslamp fantasy, light fantasy, non-Western fantasy, science fantasy, traditional fantasy
I’d like the next…
book that you would recommend to all of your friends.
My favorites include…
(of authors I don’t represent) Wheel of Time, My Brilliant Friend, Unbearable Lightness of Being, Chrome Yellow, Free Fall.
