Erin Niumata
Folio Literary Management LLC
My Manuscript Wish List®
My Manuscript Wish List® Items
Looking for commercial nonfiction, from prescriptive and practical to narrative and memoir, as well as a select list of fiction including mysteries, rom-coms, and commercial women’s fiction.
Erin Niumata has been in publishing for over three decades. She started as an editorial assistant at Simon and Schuster in the Touchstone/Fireside division for several years; then moved over to Harper Collins as an editor, and then she went to Avalon Books as the Editorial Director. Erin has edited many authors including Leon Uris, Stuart Woods, Erica Jong, Brenda Maddox, Lawrence Otis Graham, Joan Rivers, and more. She has represented NY Times bestselling cowboy romance writer Carolyn Brown, Discovery Channel’s Fast N Loud, North America, and Cash Cab; TLC’s The Cake Boss, Diesel Brothers, and Extreme Couponing; Animal Planet’s Too Cute, Finding Bigfoot, River Monsters, and Puppy Bowl; NASA’s Above and Beyond; Science Channel’s How It’s Made; Smithsonian Institute’s The Red Planet, inspirational speaker Josh Shipp, viral content creator Tyler Merritt, skin care expert and co-founder of SoKo Glam Charlotte Cho, Hello Fears internet sensation Michelle Poler, Average People Problems founder Sam Matt, chef/baker Grant Melton, humorist Jen Lancaster, humorist Jennifer Mann, blogger Anna Lind Thomas, and many more. She’s worked on multiple NY Times Bestsellers.
Fun facts about me:
Grew up in the Bahamas
Lives in London, England
Holds a MA in Creative Writing
Researching: Doctorate in “Women’s Fiction, women in publishing” and the evolution of the female protagonist in literature
Submission Guidelines
Submissions should be emailed to https://QueryManager.com/ErinNiumata
I am open for submissions until the end of October 2024. I’ll reopen again in the new year.
Vital Info
Favorite sub-genres:
"Big Idea/Think", #ownvoices, 'big think', Adult, Adult Rom Com, BIPOC, BIPOC Horror, BIPOC Mystery, Book Club, Books about books, Character-Driven Horror, Commercial Women's Fiction, Commercial adult fiction, Commercial and Literary, Complicated Relationships, Contemporary Romance, Dark Female Friendships, Dark Humor, Dark topics with a light touch, Diverse Protagonists, Fabulism, Female Friendships, Feminism, Feminist, Feminist Horror, First Person, High Concept, High-Concept Literary Commercial Fiction, Horror Comedy, LGBTQ+, Magic Realism, Magical Realism, Marginalized Voices, Minority Voices, Modern Dating, Modern Retellings of Fairy Tales, Mothers and Daughters, Multicultural, Multicultural Romance, Multicultural and Diverse Thriller and Mystery, Mysteries, Mystery / Crime, Narrative, Narrative Nonfiction, Neurodiversity, Pop Culture, Psychological Horror, Psychological Suspense, Psychological Thrillers, Relationships, RomCom, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Romantic Drama, Romantic Suspense, Romantic Thriller, Series Romance, Shakespeare Retellings, Smart Beach Reads, Speculative, Speculative Fiction, Speculative Thriller, Strong Females, Supernatural Elements, Thriller, Thrillers, Upmarket Commercial Fiction, Upmarket Fiction, Upmarket Women's Fiction, Wellness, Women's Fiction, Women's Issues, award-winners!, beach reads, book club fiction, character-focused fiction, character-focused stories, comedy, coming of age, commercial, commerical, commerical women's fiction, contemporary, contemporary women's fiction, diverse, diverse and own voices, diverse heroines, diverse voices, dramedy, enemies to lovers, feminine narratives, friendship, friendship stories, high concept fiction, horror, love stories, mystery, narrative non-fiction, quirky, slow burn, slow burn romance, small-town romance, traditional mysteries, upmarket/book club with female protagonist, witchcraft
I’d like the next…
Looking for commercial nonfiction, from prescriptive and practical to narrative and memoir, as well as a select list of fiction including mysteries, rom-coms, and commercial women’s fiction.
I’d love to find the next:
Yellowface
7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
How To Kill Your Family
Lessons in Chemistry
The Maid
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Black Cake
Happy Place
