Send a Query to Victoria Harris at The Caldwell Agency

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My heart belongs to stories that feature LGBTQ+ and BIPOC protagonists.

I’m primarily seeking adult literary and upmarket fiction. I’m also open to literary-leaning queer romance, soft sci-fi set in the near future, and historical fiction set in the recent past. When it comes to nonfiction, I’m interested in memoirs.

A little about me: Before I joined The Caldwell Agency, I worked in the editorial side of the publishing industry for over six years. I have an MFA in Fiction Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. In my downtime, I like to write (currently working on a novel) and perform with my band (Late Stage Dirtbags). I live in Southern California with my chosen family: my wife, one of my best friends, and my one-eyed chihuahua, Bug.

Thank you for considering me!

Victoria (they/them)

Things I’m drawn to in stories:

  • LGBTQ+ characters

  • BIPOC characters

  • mentally ill characters

  • neurodivergent characters

  • chronically ill and physically disabled characters

  • characters who’ve had difficult childhoods

  • characters who are repressed

  • characters who’ve felt like outsiders for their whole lives

  • characters who want something or someone desperately

  • late-stage coming of age stories

  • dysfunctional family dynamics

  • chosen family and close friendships (whether wholesome, complicated, or toxic)

  • friends to lovers

I’m not a good fit for:

  • White, male, cishet* protagonists

  • Cishet* romance

  • Sports romance

  • Fake dating

  • Science fiction set in the distant future, on a version of earth that is unrecognizable, or in space

  • Fantasy of any kind

  • Action/adventure

*Cishet = Cisgender and heterosexual

My favorite contemporary authors and their books that drew me in:

  • Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

  • Elaine Castillo, America Is Not the Heart

  • Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk

  • Ling Ma, Severance

  • Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun

  • Chinelo Okparanta, Under the Udala Trees

  • NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names

  • Nicole Dennis-Benn, Here Comes the Sun

  • Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

  • Maggie Nelson, The Argonauts

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