Morgan Wu

I am an assistant editor at Little, Brown, where I acquire literary fiction and narrative nonfiction. I am most interested in works that explore complex, unconventional relationships and characters, human psychology, and underrepresented voices, and I have a soft spot for literary horror and speculative fiction. Prior to joining Little, Brown, I spent several years working in clinical psychology and the nonprofit world. I began my publishing career as an intern at Grove/Atlantic.

As a side effect of my former career, I’m especially drawn to books with rich psychological exploration or unconventional, complex interpersonal relationships—what I call “psychological X-rays” of their characters. I also love projects that explore LGBTQ+ themes, motherhood and daughterhood, and POC stories.

Within fiction, I am looking for:

1. literary fiction with a genre bent, particularly speculative fiction and literary horror, such as Bunny by Mona Awad, A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers, Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield, and The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley; and
2. accessible literary fiction with rich characters, such as The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue, Vladimir by Julia May Jonas, The Idiot by Elif Batuman, Assembly by Natasha Brown, and Writers & Lovers by Lily King.

Within nonfiction, I am looking for authors with a strong point of view and storytelling ability. I am drawn to:

1. works with beautiful writing, a big hook, and psychological themes, such as What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo, Why Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Miller, The Recovering by Leslie Jamison, and Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker; and
2. the macabre, such as Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty, All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell, and Ghostland by Colin Dickey.

Authors I’ve had the pleasure of working with include Jeremy Atherton Lin, Congressman James E. Clyburn, Jimin Han, Youngmi Mayer, Kim Stanley Robinson, former U.S. ambassador to Russia John J. Sullivan, and David Treuer.

Books I have published include Ghost Fish by Stuart Pennebaker, the Los Angeles Times bestseller Dinner with King Tut by Sam Kean, and the New York Times bestseller The Eyes of Gaza by Plestia Alaqad.

Submission Guidelines

Submissions should be emailed to morgan.wu@hbgusa.com

Agented submissions only, please.