Suzie Townsend

Suzie Townsend was a high school English teacher for six years before changing careers and joining FinePrint Literary Management as an intern. She represents everything from children's books (chapter books to YA, both fiction and non-fiction) to adult fiction (speculative, fantasy, urban fantasy, science fiction, and romance, especially paranormal). She's interested in strong characters and voice driven stories that will keep her up at night.

Suzie gravitates towards strong female protagonists, complex plot lines with underlying political, moral, or philosophical issues, and stories which break out of the typical tropes of their genre, like Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel series. She is also interested in select narrative non-fiction (with special interest in food, memoir, pets, pop culture, and teaching). She's not interested in screenplays, poetry, or picture books. She lives in Brooklyn with two dogs who know that chewing on shoes is okay but chewing on books is not.