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Assistant to\u00a0<\/span>Gordon Wise<\/","bio":"

I joined Curtis Brown in 2022 and am an Associate Agent working alongside Gordon Wise. You can see my list of clients below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

In non-fiction, I am looking for History and Big Ideas, Philosophy and Self-Help, Nature and Environmental Writing, and Sport. I am drawn to nature writing with a strong voice and a compelling message such as the writing of James Rebanks, Chloe Dalton, and Merlon Sheldrake. In History and Ideas, I am interested in fresh perspectives on classic topics, as well as absorbing narratives that embed the reader in another time and place; Tom Holland\u2019s <\/span>Dominion, <\/i>Lea Ypi's <\/span>Free, <\/i>David Grann's The Wager<\/i>,\u00a0<\/i><\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/i>Jonathan Freedland's <\/span>The Escape Artist <\/i>are both exceptional examples of this.<\/span>\u00a0<\/i>Finally, I want to see fascinating stories from the world of sport, whether that be in the journalistic style of\u00a0<\/span>Football Against the Enemy <\/i>and<\/span>\u00a0Moneyball, <\/i>or as an autobiography with substance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

I am also looking for fiction that is expansive, stylistic, and packed with well-drawn and complex characters. I tend to reach for books which confront big themes through a riveting storytelling; recently I have enjoyed J L Carr's A Month in the Country<\/span>, Karl Ove Knausgaard's\u00a0The Morning Star,<\/i> Jonathan Franzen\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Crossroads\u00a0<\/i>and Ian McEwan\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Lessons<\/i>. I am also interested in beautifully written and enthralling historical fiction, such as Sarah Perry's The Essex Serpent<\/i> and of course, Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall<\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Before joining Curtis Brown, I worked for Albatross Agency in Stockholm and as a scout at Eccles Fisher Associates. Prior to publishing, I taught English Literature at secondary schools in London.\u00a0Please see our office Instagram for latest updates of what we are up to:\u00a0https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gordonelliotbooks\/?hl=en<\/span><\/p>

You can see the authors I represent below.\u00a0<\/p>

If you'd like to submit your work to me, please send your cover letter, synopsis and first three chapters\/10,000 words (for fiction) or proposal (for non-fiction) to elliot.prior@curtisbrown.co.uk<\/b><\/b><\/p>","profile_photo":88074,"show_clients":false,"links":{},"meta_tags":"elliot-prior","media_urls":{"88074":{"uuid":"bd35082d-4e7a-4758-a6fa-8a7a4ed5b48e","protected":false,"urls":{"original":"\/media\/bd35082d-4e7a-4758-a6fa-8a7a4ed5b48e\/show\/original","horizontal":"\/media\/bd35082d-4e7a-4758-a6fa-8a7a4ed5b48e\/show\/horizontal","700x373":"\/media\/bd35082d-4e7a-4758-a6fa-8a7a4ed5b48e\/show\/700x373","262x140":"\/media\/bd35082d-4e7a-4758-a6fa-8a7a4ed5b48e\/show\/262x140","square":"\/media\/bd35082d-4e7a-4758-a6fa-8a7a4ed5b48e\/show\/square","700x700":"\/media\/bd35082d-4e7a-4758-a6fa-8a7a4ed5b48e\/show\/700x700","328x328":"\/media\/bd35082d-4e7a-4758-a6fa-8a7a4ed5b48e\/show\/328x328","139x139":"\/media\/bd35082d-4e7a-4758-a6fa-8a7a4ed5b48e\/show\/139x139","73x73":"\/media\/bd35082d-4e7a-4758-a6fa-8a7a4ed5b48e\/show\/73x73","vertical":"\/media\/bd35082d-4e7a-4758-a6fa-8a7a4ed5b48e\/show\/vertical","600x732":"\/media\/bd35082d-4e7a-4758-a6fa-8a7a4ed5b48e\/show\/600x732","300x360":"\/media\/bd35082d-4e7a-4758-a6fa-8a7a4ed5b48e\/show\/300x360","650x650":"\/media\/bd35082d-4e7a-4758-a6fa-8a7a4ed5b48e\/show\/650x650"}}}}