Fabienne Schwizer

I’m an agent with Ki Agency, based in London. I joined the agency in 2024 after stints in scouting, editorial and audio. I’ve got an academic background and managed the reviews side of Grimdark Magazine before becoming an agent. I will be actively building my list in 2025.

In fiction I’m looking at adult and YA stories. I am not currently looking for children’s books, and prefer YA on the older side. My heart is in fantasy and horror especially, though I am happy to read most genres (preferably with a bit of the supernatural). That said, women’s fiction, memoir and non-speculative literary fiction are generally hard sells for me, and I’m very picky with romance. Atmosphere and a strong voice are two of the most important elements for me. My favourite stories are commercial and accessible but have something to say. I am keen on stories that centre diverse characters, be that queer, neurodivergent, disabled or BIPOC – and I’d love to hear from writers who are writing in English as a second language. I’m probably not the right agent for very spicy books.

Some books I’ve (re)read recently and loved:

• The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo
• The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
• A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark
• Spear by Nicola Griffith
• You Know Her by Meagan Jennett
• After the Forest by Kell Woods
• Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
• Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
• Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore
• One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

In non-fiction, I’m mainly interested in serious trade books situating themselves in the history/archaeology/sociology area. I want to learn something new about things I’d never even considered looking into. For me, these need to be accessible to a wide audience but solidly researched. I’m probably not the right agent for books that are humour-driven.

Submission Guidelines

The Ki Agency is a boutique literary and scriptwriting agency with a focus on genre fiction. If you are considering sending us your work, please follow the guidelines set out here. We process a huge volume of queries on a rolling basis so queries that come in other formats may not be looked at.

You can find more information on our individual taste and what we’re interested in on our profiles below. Please note that the agency does not cover children’s books or poetry – or any projects created using AI tools. We ask that you submit to one agent only, as we will refer manuscripts internally when they might be more suitable to a colleague.

We consider revise and resubmits (R&Rs) to be invitation only, especially if the agent in question is currently closed to unsolicited queries. While we are happy to look at future manuscripts, we ask that you take the time to work on a new story and hone your craft before re-querying.

Fabienne is open to queries from authors only. She requests you submit a short synopsis and the first three chapters / first 50 pages as a Word document or PDF attachment along with your query letter in the body text. They are keen to get a sense of who you are from your query and happy to accept alternative formats for accessibility reasons. Like Meg, Fabienne accepts submissions via email.

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