Elizabeth Copps
Confluence Literary Agency
My Manuscript Wish List®
​An internship at a boutique literary agency sparked everything for this starry-eyed book lover. In 2010, Elizabeth Copps drained her savings, left Florida, and moved to New York City to break into publishing. After a decade with Maria Carvainis Agency, she founded Copps Literary Services in 2021 in her current hometown of Englewood, CO. She brings 16 years of publishing experience and an award-winning client list to this new adventure.
Elizabeth’s philosophy is simple: build relationships across the industry that are equitable, transparent, and built to last.
She represents thought-provoking ​upmarket and commercial fiction ​f​or adult, YA, and middle grade​ audiences and is particularly drawn to stories with lush prose, complex characters, and creative genre blends. She gravitates toward boundary-pushing horror + speculative fiction and is interested in the exploration of psychological terror, gothic atmospheres, macabre humor, or horror reflecting our socio-political anxieties. She has a particular soft spot for dark mythology and folklore retellings and unexpected love stories.
Re: exploring genre mash-ups, think:
- Horror x Satire (The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires)
- Gothic x Historical (Mexican Gothic)
- Speculative x Literary (Sea of Tranquility)
- Rom-com x Paranormal (From Bad to Cursed)
- Literary x Mystery/Thriller (Shelter)
While she enjoys elements of magic and grounded fantasy, she does not represent hard sci-fi or epic fantasy projects. Additionally, Elizabeth is not the right agent for cozies, poetry, or political thrillers.
Fun facts about me:
- Because I’m a literary cliché, I am very much a cat person (shout out to Spud & Olive).
- My five-year-old has a larger library than I do.
- I’m based in Denver, so when I’m not working, I’m probably out hiking or camping.
- Nothing gives me more satisfaction than an excellent thrift store find.
- When I was in elementary school, I was on a speed skating team. As in roller skates. And I feel that I should tell you that I…was very bad.
- I shamelessly and joyfully eat an unhealthy amount of Taco Bell.
Submission Guidelines
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Vital Info
I’d like the next…
- Voice-driven horror that plays with fear in smart and unusual ways. Send me macabre humor, gothic settings dripping with atmosphere, and petrifying psychological dramas. Cosmic creepies. Apocalyptic dramas. Female rage. The terrors of parenthood. Anything that taps into our collective grief and anxieties. (Blacktop Wasteland, Baby Teeth, The Push, Tender is the Flesh, Woman Eating, The Vegetarian, The Twisted Ones, Mongrels, Slewfoot, Wilder Girls, The Hunger, The Bone Orchard, Zone One).
- Adult and YA stories that tackle social justice and/or mental health issues (Only The Good Indians, White is For Witching, We Are All So Good At Smiling, The Weight of Our Sky, Darius the Great is Not Okay, Finding Audrey, In the Dream House)
- Myth/folklore/fairytale retellings (the spookier the better– What Moves The Dead, The Girl in Red, The Changeling).
- Gut-busting–and unexpected–romance–featuring quirky characters and unique settings (How to Age Disgracefully, The Dead Romantics, Butcher & Blackbird, Love, Theoretically, )
- Historical or contemporary middle grade stories, particularly those with a ghostly, witchy, and/or magical element. Especially projects that don’t shy away from deeper themes while remaining age-appropriate. (The Circus of Stolen Dreams, Jodie, The Lovely Dark, The Midnight Children, The Miraculous, Ghost Squad, The Magical Imperfect, Yonder, Camp Famous).
My favorites include…
