Laura Crockett

I’m Laura Crockett, Senior Literary Agent and Foreign Rights Manager at TriadaUS Literary Agency. For more information about the projects I work on, feel free to check out my Publishers Marketplace page. You can also browse my book reviews on my personal blog, Scribbles & Wanderlust, which I update each year with my even more in-depth MSWL. ​I’m seeking a variety of adult fiction and young adult fiction, and diversity within those categories as well. Let’s dive in!

Adult Fiction: I love character-driven stories first and foremost, with beautiful writing, emotional investment, and interesting, unique circumstances.

With fantasy, I enjoy incredible world-building with lush settings and authentic characterization, historical fantasy, horror fantasy, gothic fantasy, dark academia, and fantasy inspired by fairytales and other cultures’ mythology (though please, not Greek or Roman). Authors like RF Kuang, SA Chakraborty, VE Schwab, KS Villoso, Erin Morgenstern, Louisa Morgan, Naomi Novik, Rebecca Ross, Alexis Henderson, Alix E. Harrow, and T Kingfisher fit the bill.

In women’s fiction, I’m looking for something heartfelt with complex moral dilemmas. I also adore historical novels that spotlight unique points/women in history and/or meatier topics. Ultimately, I want the book club, upmarket fiction that readers will pick up again and again for years to come. Authors like Kate Morton, Kate Quinn, Fiona Davis, Ariel Lawhon, and Gail Honeyman are great examples of this. I’m also a sucker for humorous, millennial-driven women’s fiction, like Abby Jimenez, Beth O’Leary, Uzma Jalaluddin, and Mhairi McFarlane, and books like Maame and The Collected Regrets of Clover.

YA Fiction: Once more, I’m very much a character-driven reader and love to invest my time with the character’s journey and growth.

In fantasy, I enjoy incredible world-building with lush settings and authentic characterization, historical fantasy, horror fantasy, gothic, dark academia, and fantasy inspired by fairytales and other cultures’ mythology (again, please, not Greek or Roman). Some of my favorites include A Magic Steeped in Poison, Six Crimson Cranes, The Lie Tree, Curious Tides, House of Hollow, and Divine Rivals.

YA contemporary realistic fiction that grabs my attention include strong female friendships, falling in love, humor, and perseverance through adversity. Books that come to mind include Happily Ever Afters, A Pho Love Story, When Dimple Met Rishi, and Dumplin’.

Will Not Take: nonfiction, memoirs, screenplays, poetry, picture books, illustrated work, graphic novels, thriller/suspense, paranormal, smut, erotica, new adult, urban fantasy

Submission Guidelines

Submissions should be emailed to laura@triadaus.com

Send your query letter and first 10 pages pasted in the body of the email to laura [at] triadaus [dot] com. Please put “Query” in the subject line. No attachments.