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Crooked Lane Books

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Crooked Lane Books

New York NY
Website:
www.crookedlanebooks.com
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Genres
This publisher is seeking the following genres:

Fiction

Action/Adventure
Crime/Police
Fantasy
  • Fantasy, Contemporary/Urban
  • Fantasy, Magical Realism
Gothic
Historical
Horror
LGBTQ+
Military/Espionage
Multicultural
Mystery
New Adult
Romance
  • Romance, Category
  • Romance, Contemporary
  • Romance, Historical
  • Romance, Paranormal
  • Romance, Thriller/Suspense
Science Fiction
Speculative
Thrillers/Suspense
Upmarket
Western
Women's Fiction

Non-Fiction

True Adventure/Crime
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Author Comments
Comments by authors about this publisher.
PortiaDe
08/18/2026 12:42 PM
I addressed mine to Dear Faith a couple months ago. Other than the automatic acknowledgement, I've never heard back though.

Update: Queried 21.04.2026
Form Rejection: 18.08.2026
Amateur Sleuth mystery 83,000

I'd actually long closed this one in my mind, so was surprised to finally get a response.

KamiWorld
08/18/2026 07:04 AM
Submitted: Time travel romance 7- 14- 2026 88k
justseanna
08/13/2026 09:36 AM
Submitted: 8/13/2026 Historical / magical realism 100k
histficdebut
08/06/2026 12:34 AM
mckeon04, yes, ALFFagan is correct. In your auto-reply there's a link to the query status page. Click on it and then at the top of the query status page there's a contact button that lets you send a short message. One option when you click on it is to let them know you have an offer of publication. If they send you an auto-reply incorrectly congratulating you on getting an agent, click on the other button to go directly to the publisher.
ALFFagan
08/05/2026 03:24 AM
@mckeon04, since they use QueryManager, you should be able to click "Check Your Query Status" on the auto-reply that you received when you queried them. From there, you might be able to send a message.
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07/02/2025 - Now using QueryManager. Genres updated.
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