Cindy Bullard

Senior Literary Agent and
Subsidiary Rights

Cindy is open on a highly selective basis to inquiries from established independent authors and publishers seeking representation specifically for subsidiary rights. Projects should already be published and demonstrate significant commercial success, including a substantial number of positive reader reviews, strong sales history, and sustained high rankings in their categories and the broader marketplace.

Please note that subsidiary rights representation is considered only for titles with an established track record and clear potential for expansion into additional markets and formats.

Cindy is currently closed to traditional queries and is not considering unpublished manuscripts for representation. Queries regarding unpublished manuscripts will be deleted without being read. 

Alina Elkin

Literary Agent

Alina joins Birch with 17 years of experience in book publishing. She has acquired translation rights across U.S. and European markets, negotiated agreements for bestselling authors, represented publishers at the Frankfurt, London, and Bologna book fairs, and managed the HarperCollins/Harlequin Russia licensing program. She also published and helped develop Anna Jane, Russia’s No. 1 bestselling fiction author, whose books have a combined print run of more than 6 million copies.

Alina is looking for select new adult and adult fiction. Across categories, she's drawn to emotionally intense stories with a strong hook, morally complicated characters, and heroines who make questionable choices. With a background in international rights, she reads every manuscript with translation potential in mind.

·  Sports romance. New Adult and college-set romances with real heat, especially those centered on sports that still feel fresh on the page: swimming, figure skating, gymnastics, or anything beyond the familiar worlds of hockey and Formula 1.

·  Romance with fanfiction roots. Contemporary or fantasy romance that began in fandom but has been fully transformed into an original story with its own world, characters, and identity.

·  Romantic suspense and romantic thrillers. Stories in which the romance and the danger are inseparable, each sharpening the other. She is drawn to morally complicated characters, villains who pose a genuine threat, and twists that change the reader’s understanding of everything that came before. Colleen Hoover’s Verity is a touchstone, as is Ashley Elston’s First Lie Wins.

·  Dark romantasy. Particularly fairy-tale and myth retellings with sensuality, menace, and bite. Think the gothic atmosphere of Rachel Gillig’s One Dark Window and the darker romantic intensity of Liv Zander’s Crown Me Dead.

·  Upmarket and book club fiction. She is especially drawn to strong female voices and stories about womanhood, dysfunctional families, and intense family relationships, whether contemporary or historical. Her tastes range from Bonnie Garmus’s Lessons in Chemistry and Ann Napolitano’s Hello Beautiful to Liz Moore’s The God of the Woods, Emma Cline’s The Guest, and Caro Claire Burke’s Yesteryear.

She is not a good fit for science fiction, horror, or LitRPG, and she does not represent nonfiction, memoir, screenplays, or short story collections.

Submissions Guidelines: Please send a brief query letter, the first three chapters or the first 10,000 words of your manuscript, and a one- to two-page synopsis to  Alina@BirchLiterary.com.

Rhian MacGillivray

Literary Agent

Rhian is closed to queries.

Rhian joined Birch Literary in July 2025. Before Birch, she worked for more than thirteen years as a Spanish-English translator, editor, and proofreader. 

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I’m looking for adult fiction that falls under the following genres (no YA or children’s, please):

Book club fiction

I’m looking for books with emotional depth and human connections, or ones that will open up a new world to me. For example, I loved diving into videogames in Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, ice skating in The Favourites by Layne Fargo, and tennis in Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

I also enjoy books that explore the relationships between sisters (Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors), and those that explore motherhood and female friendship (So Thrilled For You by Holly Bourne).

Commercial fiction

I’d love to find something with the humor and heart of Jesse Q. Sutanto’s Vera Wong books or Maz Evans’ That’ll Teach Her and Over My Dead Body. Anything that makes me laugh and forget about the real world for a while.

Historical fiction

Historical fiction is one of my first loves. I want to be immersed in another time period through a sense of place and excellent characterization.

Two of my favorite books of all time are In Memoriam by Alice Winn and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. More recently, I loved Tracy Chevalier’s The Glassmaker with its speculative element and Venetian setting.

Romance

In romance, I want to see complexity: conflicts, great pacing, and characters with goals beyond the romance. I’d love to find a really funny romcom. My favorite romance book would have to be Beach Read by Emily Henry.

I’m not a good fit for the fake dating trope as I’ve never been able to get into it. Spice is okay, but it shouldn’t feel gratuitous. No erotica please.

Romantic fantasy

I generally prefer romantic fantasy over romantasy – basically, I want tight pacing in a plot that shines and where the romance is secondary. Think One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig, with its unique magic system.

Fantasy

I love clever fantasies like Babel by R.F. Kuang and The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown, and I appreciate intriguing worldbuilding like that in S.A. Chakraborty’s The City of Brass trilogy.

Not the best fit for steampunk, portal fantasy, or vampires.

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I am not a good fit for: sci-fi, horror, crime, thriller, suspense.

I do not represent non-fiction, memoirs, screenplays, novellas, or short story collections.

Submission guidelines

Please send a short query letter along with the first three chapters or 10,000 words of your manuscript, and a 1-2 page synopsis, all in the body of your email, to rhian@birchliterary.com.

Eric Neuhaus

Film and TV Rights

Eric is a film and television agent representing literary properties for adaptation across both scripted and unscripted formats. With a background as a senior executive and producer in premium documentary and true crime programming, Eric brings a producer’s eye to identifying cinematic potential and thoughtfully positioning literary IP for the screen.

Prior to joining the agency, Eric served as SVP at Glass Entertainment Group, where he developed and executive produced multi-million-dollar projects for major streaming platforms including Netflix, Hulu, and Paramount+, including the Emmy-nominated documentary Bitconned. His work has focused on character-driven, investigative, and culturally resonant storytelling across both television and film.

Having worked closely with streamers, networks, and production partners, Eric understands what makes material stand out in a competitive marketplace and how stories evolve from page to screen. He works in close partnership with authors, journalists, and rights holders to shape adaptation strategy, connect projects with the right creative collaborators, and bring distinctive literary properties to studios, networks, and streaming platforms.

AnnMarie Phillips

Literary Agent

AnnMarie is open to queries 12/26/26.

AnnMarie joined Birch Literary after a successful career as an entrepreneur and business owner. She has opened, managed, and sold several successful businesses, most recently two high-end boutiques.

Her experience building businesses from the ground up has given her a keen eye for identifying potential, understanding audiences, and helping creative ideas find their place in the marketplace.

MSWL

AnnMarie is looking for select adult fiction and nonfiction in the following genres and categories:

Fiction

Paranormal Cozy Mysteries
Cozy mysteries with a paranormal or supernatural element. Especially those featuring witches, psychics, magical communities, enchanted shops, or other supernatural elements woven into a traditional cozy mystery.

Cozy Paranormal Romance
Warm, magical romances with cozy settings, engaging characters, and a strong sense of community. She's especially interested in stories where magic or paranormal elements are an important part of the world while the romance remains central to the story.

Nonfiction

New Age Spirituality & Metaphysics
Books exploring spirituality and metaphysical subjects, including:

• Ascension and spiritual awakening

• Soul contracts

• Age of Aquarius / Aquarian Age themes

• Astrology

• Runes and divination

• Extraterrestrials and UFO/UAP phenomena

• Remote viewing

• Ancient mysteries and ancient civilizations

Wicca, Witchcraft & Paganism 
Accessible books about Wicca, modern witchcraft, pagan practices, ritual, and related spiritual traditions.

Herbalism & Plant Medicine
Practical and informative books covering herbalism, medicinal plants, traditional plant practices, and plant medicine.

Also, thoughtful nonfiction addressing ayahuasca and other traditional plant-medicine practices from historical, cultural, spiritual, or experiential perspectives.

Conspiracy Theories & Unexplained Phenomena
Nonfiction examining government conspiracies, unexplained phenomena, secrecy, and alternative theories, particularly books that offer compelling research, documentation, or a fresh perspective on their subject.

Cookbooks, Food & Wine
Distinctive cookbooks with a clear concept, strong voice, or unique approach to food and cooking.

Submission Guidelines

Please send AnnMarie a query letter with your complete manuscript attached as a Word document.

Your manuscript should be nearly perfect before submitting to AnnMarie. This means there should be no spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors. There should be no plot holes and the manuscript should be complete. Please be sure your manuscript has been thoroughly revised, edited, and proofread before submission. 

Send your polished manuscript to her at annmarie@birchliterary.com.