About Francesca
Francesca Riccardi is a literary agent at Kate Nash Literary Agency and has over fifteen years of experience across the publishing industry. She has previously held publishing sales roles at HarperCollins, Constable & Robinson, Atlantic Books and Canelo. At Atlantic Books she was named a 2017 Bookseller Rising Star. Kate Nash Literary Agency was founded in 2009 and represents authors across commercial fiction, narrative non-fiction and young adult books. It is a member of the Association of Authors' Agents.
What Francesca is looking for
Francesca represents commercial and upmarket fiction and reads widely across all genres. She is particularly interested in books with a strong voice and sense of place, high concept hooks, and novels that show lesser known experiences or female and diverse narratives.
Submissions
At the time of checking (November 2026), Francesca is listed on the agency's submissions page as accepting submissions via QueryTracker, where each agent's open status and genres are shown. The agency welcomes approaches from debut and published authors across many genres, but only for full-length work; it does not consider short stories, novellas, children's books or erotica. Queries and submissions are shared in-house, so a project already declined by another agent at the agency will not be considered.
Compiled from Kate Nash Literary Agency Ltd.'s own website. Check there for the latest before you submit.