James launches Frog Literary Agency dedicated to representing LGBTQIA+ writers

Andrew James is launching Frog Literary Agency, solely dedicated to representing LGBTQIA+ writers and creators. 

James said Frog’s mission “is to revolutionise queer writing and champion queer representation in mainstream publishing” and will be open to submissions across fiction and non-fiction as well as experimental works that resist categorisation. Although Frog only represents queer writers, an author’s work does not need to have a queer focus.  

Frog also provides a range of editorial services for published and unpublished authors as well as publishers, including manuscript assessment, structural editing, book proposal feedback and authenticity reads. 

James said: “As an editor, I have always been passionate about uplifting LGBTQIA+ voices and foregrounding queer stories and I am thrilled to be launching an agency whose mission is to amplify queer writing. Although queer representation in publishing has improved hugely over the years there is still so much more to be done. I want to see radical, complex and raw stories that move beyond tired stereotypes. I want more intersectionality and more diversity across all genres. And I no longer want queer writers to be pigeonholed into only writing about their marginalised experiences.” 

James has worked in publishing as an editor for over a decade. He was formerly editorial director at Jessica Kingsley Publishers where he established its LGBTQIA+ list and he was former co-chair of the Hachette Pride Employee Network. In 2018, James was selected as a Rising Star by The Bookseller and he was shortlisted for the London Book Fair Trailblazer Award in 2017. His books have won and been shortlisted for the Polari Book Prize, Polari First Book Prize, Polari Children’s & YA Book Prize, Lambda Literary Award, Stonewall Book Award and chosen for World Book Night. 

Frog Literary Agency is open for submissions and welcomes submissions from published and unpublished authors. All submissions should be sent to submissions@frogliterary.agency.