About Julie
Julie Gourinchas is a French-American literary agent at The Bell Lomax Moreton Agency Ltd., which was founded in 2000. Her list is selective and focuses on upmarket adult fiction. As of 2026 she is a member of the Association of Authors' Agents Bridge Committee, where her focus includes junior agent development and growth. Writers she represents have won or been nominated for the British Book Awards, the Hugo Awards, the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the Stoker Awards, and she has represented multiple Sunday Times bestselling titles.
What Julie is looking for
Julie is looking for upmarket adult fiction with commercial drive and appeal. Upmarket speculative fiction is her sweet spot, though she is genre agnostic within book club, upmarket and literary fiction, and above all she wants hooky, high-concept work. She also welcomes upmarket literary horror, body horror and cosmic Lovecraftian themes, along with narrative non-fiction on politics, history and the social sciences. She is not looking for young adult, middle grade or children's books, nor for work made, reviewed or developed with AI. She avoids cookie-cutter dystopian fiction, pulpy crime and straightforward romance.
Submissions
Julie accepts queries in the first week (days 1 to 7) of each month, through QueryManager only; emails are deleted unread. BIPOC and global majority authors may query year-round through a form. At the time of checking (November 2026), the monthly window was the rule for other writers. For fiction, send a short plot synopsis, the first three double-spaced chapters (50 pages maximum) and a covering letter listing previous publications. No reading fee is charged, and the agency replies within eight to twelve weeks only if interested.
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