Sara Wigal
Executive Director
I am the Executive Director of Ami McConnell Literary Agency. I am also an Associate Professor and Director of Publishing at Belmont University. I’ve served on the leadership council of Next Chapter Society a section of the Nashville Public Library Foundation. I am also the founder of the Nashville Publishing Meetup (now WriterFest Pros), a group for industry contacts to network without being client-facing. I fundraise for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library through our annual event, A Dolly Good Time.
I am an aspiring historical fiction novelist and writer of the personal essay. Find me on Instagram to get to know me more, but please do not pitch or query me there.
I am a rigorous editor and enjoy working with my authors on their manuscripts, but do expect writers will have been through many drafts already before querying—if not, we're both wasting our time (and I mean that with love and care).
Here’s what I’m looking for:
Adult Fiction: I am interested in fiction featuring complex female protagonists within the following genres:
Mystery/thriller/crime fiction/rural noir (think Liz Moore, Megan Abbott, Peter Swanson, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, S.A. Cosby)
Upmarket and commercial historical fiction set during:
Medieval through Victorian England (please no Regency romance) (Maggie O'Farrell, Philippa Gregory, Diana Gabaldon, Hilary Mantel, Lucy Jago, Lauren Groff, Molly Aitken, Jean Plaidy)
Any time involving witches (Alice Hoffman)
Jewish historical fiction by Jewish writers set in any time except for World War II
Latin American authors with Latine stories written primarily in English but with some Spanish or Spanglish within the text
Sara’s Current List of Client’s Includes: