Helen Lane
The Booker Albert Literary Agency
My Manuscript Wish List®
Helen Lane is a Junior Agent at The Booker Albert Literary Agency. She is also an editor at Jericho Writers. She has a BSc in Environmental Science from the University of East Anglia and a postgrad qualification in Acoustics. She is passionate about books and has spent the last decade working with manuscripts. She lives in London with her family and the world’s naughtiest cocker spaniel.
Helen represents (Adult) Fantasy, Sci Fi, Horror, Romance, Action & Adventure & Thrillers. She also represents YA Fantasy.
She is slightly obsessed with monster stories (especially if they have giant sharks or squids). And stories set in extreme environments such as the arctic, jungle, caves, ocean, and mountains.
She DOES NOT want to read about affairs or abuse in any genre. (My husband likes me to add here that this is nothing to do with him, I just don’t like sad stories).
Her favourite authors are Mira Grant, Greig Beck, James Rollins, Matthew Reilly, Darcy Coates, Andy Weir, James S. A. Corey, Patricia Briggs & Kelley Armstrong.
To make querying more accessible she does not require personalisation in the letter, comparison titles or a synopsis. But if you have them already, please include them.
You can find her on
She is now closed to queries.
Fun facts about me:
My current MSWL is:
Natural disasters like volcanic eruptions (from an action and adventure POV).
High heat romance where sex is a focus in the story not just a few scenes.
A story where the MC is both gay and Christian and both parts of their identity are embraced by people around them. But coming out is NOT the main story line.
A horror/sci fi about cave diving.
A book set in the Arctic/Antarctic (she would be happy to have this as a Historical novel).
A thriller set in an isolated town (if they are snowed in, or have a storm or flood coming, even better).
A story about mountain climbing.
I’m searching for the perfect space opera.
In Fantasy I’m looking for something a bit different. I am less likely to be interested in Fae stories or Royalty.
Submissions should be emailed to http://QueryManager.com/HelenLane
Vital Info
Favorite sub-genres:
Paranormal Romance
I’d like the next…
Jack West or Scarecrow series by Matthew Reilly,
Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare,
Into the Drowning deep by Mira Grant,
Sigma series by James Rollins,
The Wilde and Chase series by Andy McDermott,
Anything that can be compared to a Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Caine or Cassandra Clare novel.
Anything that can be compared to a Greig Beck novel or Steve Alten’s Meg series.
Same for Darcy Coates.
My favorites include…
Films or shows she would watch over and over again: Jaws, Outbreak, The Cave, Sanctum, Scream, Buffy, Grey’s Anatomy, Vampire Diaries.
Recent favourite books: Under the Surface by Diane Urban, The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness, Hail Mary by Andy Weir, The September House by Clarissa Orlando, Paradise-1 by David Wellington, The Ocean Dark by Christopher Golden, From Below and Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates, Babel by R.F. Kuang, Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Book Lovers by Emily Henry, Whalefall by Daniel Kraus, Shifters series by Rachel Vincent, Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R. Ward, The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey.
