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Page last updated: 8th Aug, 2008

Query Letters

UK agents are usually happy to see a standard query letter including the story title, word count and genre.  I like to include one or two short paragraphs on the nature and style of the story itself.  Whatever you do, keep it to a single page.

There's much more variation with agents in the USA. Queery Shark is a useful site for devising a query letter.

In all cases check out the agent's (or publisher's) requirements beforehand.  There are some websites listed on my Links page.