Maria Brannan

Description

Has very wide ranging tastes in fiction and is interested in writing for adult, new adult/crossover and YA readers. She loves character-driven novels with a commercial bent that spark imagination or discussion and is always looking for stories that explore under-represented and diverse experiences with authenticity and sensitivity. She has a passion for genre fiction – especially all kinds of fantasy, whether that be epic, cosy, dark or romantic– that has memorable characters and vivid world-building; horror with a unique concept or perspective that can send a chill down your spine; and softer, genre-crossing science fiction that explores the experience of being human. She is also keen on voice-led and emotive reading group and upmarket fiction; love stories and rom-coms that make you fall for both the leads; unnerving, twisty crime writing; thrillers with a great hook that will leave you floored and anything with a high concept, speculative or gothic edge. On the nonfiction side, she is drawn to anything that draws the reader into the immediacy and tangibility of an author’s personal experiences; history and biography that explores overlooked or underrepresented people and events; and nature and science writing that evokes fascination and wonder in the reader, books that intrigue and act as a door into underexplored or unfamiliar worlds.