TWO SPACES LEFT! 10 August Eli Keren #Agent121. Looking for: FICTION, NON-FICTION

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LOOKING FOR: FICTION, NON-FICTION

Eli Keren started his publishing career at Curtis Brown before joining United Agents as an assistant in 2016. In 2021 he became an associate literary agent, representing a growing list of clients across fiction and non-fiction, actively seeking books that are going to make a positive impact in the world in some way, big or small. His role as an agent at Curious Minds Literary Agency began in 2024.

Before working in books, Eli was a research scientist designing and synthesising novel drugs (white coat and everything), and science books remain a particular passion of his. In 2022 he wrote and taught a HOW TO WRITE A PROPOSAL course, and in 2023 was elected treasurer of the Association of Authors’ Agents, and in 2024 he judged the inaugural Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship.

Eli specialises in helping academics, scientists and researchers to bring their area of expertise to the mass-market in authoritative, ideas-led books in the fields of smart science and current affairs. He is particularly interested in popular science and cultural history, as well as issues-led books and social justice. Eli only occasionally works with memoir. 

He is very keen to see non-fiction LGBTQ+ themed books. He enjoys books written by writers who are obsessed with a niche subject and skilled enough communicators to make others fall in love with their subject too. Ultimately he wants to find books that are going to change the world for the better. 

As an experienced editor of fiction, Eli has always been drawn to books with mystery and flawed characters at their core, books that have the reader second-guessing themselves with every page turn. He loves to be kept guessing with a slow, controlled mystery like you might expect from Nicci French, and his favourite recent(ish) thriller is still Jane Harper's THE DRY, with its oppressive atmosphere and killer twist. Historical fiction that transports him to another place and time entirely is always a winner, the more commercial the better, especially a good historical mystery or romance. On the speculative side, recent favourites include AM Shine's THE WATCHERS and Qntm's THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DEPARTMENT - books that hold their mysteries tightly and fight against ever letting the reader fully in.

Eli would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 -2 page synopsis and the first 5,000 words of your completed manuscript in a single word document.

(In addition to the paid sessions, Eli is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print). 

By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting.

The submission deadline is: Monday 3 August 2026