Fiona Baird

Fiona joined WME in 2016 and is based in London. She is actively taking on new clients, in addition to offering UK representation to our diverse roster of US-based authors.

Her clients include Sara Veale, Cailey Rizzo, Maya Kulukundis and Martha Fitzgerald. Alongside her US colleagues she represents in the UK: Curtis Sittenfeld, Kiley Reid, Megha Majumdar, Brené Brown, Glennon Doyle, Yaa Gyasi, Kim Ghattas, Jean Hanff Korelitz, Dani Shapiro, Sloane Crosley, Cecilia Rabess and Tressie McMillan Cottom, among many others.

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Fiona represents adult fiction and non-fiction and is actively taking on new clients. In fiction, she is looking for literary and upmarket book club novels, as well as completed short story collections. Fiona is drawn to exquisite writing that can delicately balance warmth and darkness and deliver a satisfying reading experience. She likes stories that are beautifully crafted and prioritize character and relationships. Here are some novels she has loved recently: ‘Our Evenings’ by Alan Hollinghurst; ‘The Wedding People’ by Alison Espach; ‘The Safekeep’ by Yael can de Wouden; ‘Kala’ by Colin Walsh and ‘The Anthropologists’ by Ayşegül Savaş.

In non-fiction, she is looking for narrative work that is either investigative or personal, and keen to find creative or scholarly criticism, contemporary journalistic voices, as well as extraordinary memoir. Fiona loves comedy and theatre and is very open to looking at new work from writers who have traditionally written for live audiences and are interested in moving into traditional publishing.

In all forms she loves intelligent, compelling, and ambitious writing that can elegantly combine our need for both humanity and humour.

For fiction and completed works of non-fiction, please submit a query letter, synopsis and the first three chapters of your work.

For non-fiction on proposal, please send through a query letter and the full proposal.

Please include your bio as part of all submissions.