A clear hook for the pitch. For the manuscript, I am drawn to a strong voice, emotional resonance, and propulsion--keep me reading.
I’m drawn to fiction that explores the interior lives of characters under pressure—stories about love, obsession, belonging, loss, and the ways people endure. I represent literary suspense and psychological thrillers as well as lightly speculative work and there may be a horror crossover (think horror for people who don't normally read horror), but I’m equally interested in emotionally immersive upmarket/literary fiction with warmth and/or humor and historical novels that feel timeless rather than purely historical--and I love to learn something about an event or time that isn't popularly known, but should be.
Childrens's books, poetry, romantasy, fantasy
Since 2015, Lori has built a standout list at Aevitas Creative Management, representing bestselling, critically acclaimed storytellers whose work has been widely covered in national media, translated internationally, and optioned for film and television.
Drawing on decades of publishing experience—including her years as an editor at Houghton Mifflin and America’s Test Kitchen—she represents authors such as Wanda M. Morris, Nishita Parekh, and James Beard Award–winning chef Kwame Onwuachi. Her clients’ work has been recognized by the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Good Morning America Book Club, NAACP Image Awards, NPR’s Books We Love, The New York Times Best Mysteries of the Year, and the Crime Writers’ Association’s Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, among others.
Lori specializes in upmarket fiction with propulsive storylines—book club, mystery, suspense, and psychologically layered narratives—and selectively represents cookbooks and literary memoir. Forthcoming projects INTRUSIVE INTENTIONS/Sebastian Plata (Severn House), UNTAMED COAST/Kevin C. Morris (Ballantine); THE SINS OF GOOD PEOPLE/Kelly Young Chang (AKA STORY/ABRAMS); THIS NEVER HAPPENS HERE/Wanda M. Morris (Dutton).