About Chris
Chris Wellbelove is Joint Managing Director of Aitken Alexander, an independent literary agency. Chris represents writers of fiction and nonfiction from across the literary spectrum, as well as a handful of poets. Named authors Chris represents include Gary Stevenson, Kaliane Bradley, Sophie Elmhirst, the Secret Barrister, Daisy Johnson, Evie Wyld, Luke Kemp and Lewis Dartnell, along with Sir Wayne McGregor, Jessica Andrews, Kevin Jared Hosein, Louisa Toxvaerd Munch, Grace Blakeley, Liz Berry, Kayo Chingonyi and Andrew McMillan.
What Chris is looking for
Almost all of Chris's fiction is literary, ranging from realist to speculative. Chris is looking for literary novels that put plot first and find playful, unexpected ways to explore an idea or a moment in time. Chris is also keen to find work that plays with and elevates genre. In nonfiction, Chris is interested in books on any subject, provided the idea feels original and the telling unique. Chris is not currently taking on new poets.
Submissions
At the time of checking (November 2026), Aitken Alexander is closed to submissions until 1 March 2027. Send work to the agency's general submissions address, marking the subject line for one of its literary agents, and submit to only one agent. Fiction needs the first three chapters or fifty pages with a short synopsis, as Word-compatible attachments. Narrative nonfiction needs a short overview and up to 10,000 words of sample writing. The address is on the agency's website. If there is no reply within three months, the work will not be requested.
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