![]() It’s also similar to the way non-fiction is shelved by interest rather than author.Īndy: I’d like to go through each of the genres and have you describe them and tell me what publishers are looking for now. ![]() That’s really why the term genre fiction was coined-to differentiate these specific genres from general commercial or literary fiction. ![]() If one is a reader of mysteries, then it makes sense that a bookstore would shelve all mysteries together to increase overall sales. Laurie: The term, genre fiction, is used by marketing folks inside publishing and bookstores to help book buyers, also called readers, find the type of books they like to read. Today I’d like to talk to Laurie about genre fiction.Īndy: Laurie, can you give us a definition of genre fiction? I mean, don’t all book subjects fit into a genre? She has a fantastic blog, Agent Savant at:, which is a good place to start learning about genre fiction. ![]() ![]() Laurie has been a literary agent for 5 years and works at the Larsen Pomada Agency in San Francisco. That is a term of art for such categories as: romance, thrillers, mysteries, fantasy, horror, westerns, science fiction, etc. Laurie McLean is a literary agent specializing in genre fiction. ![]()
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