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Cara Lee Simpson

@CaraLeeSimpson

Literary Agent @ Peters Fraser + Dunlop

Joined January 2021
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When a friend casually sent me a link to this prize, I had almost no hope of winning but decided I’d kick myself if I didn’t try. I have, genuinely, never been more grateful for anything in my life - if you’re queer, unagented, and have an unfinished MS, you have nothing to lose
Peters Fraser+Dunlop (@PFDAgents) profile picturePeters Fraser+Dunlop@PFDAgents1 Nov 2023
It's back! The PFD Queer Fiction Prize 2024, for unagented LGBTQIA+ writers, opens for entries in one month's time on December 1st. Check the link in our bio for more information on the prize and how to enter, with more details to come... 👀
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Peters Fraser+Dunlop@PFDAgents1 Nov 2023
It's back! The PFD Queer Fiction Prize 2024, for unagented LGBTQIA+ writers, opens for entries in one month's time on December 1st. Check the link in our bio for more information on the prize and how to enter, with more details to come... 👀
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Fig Tree@FigTreePenguin7 Nov 2023
🧡💙 Cover reveal!💙🧡 Introducing the achingly relatable #AsYoungAsThis, by @RoxanaDunn, for anyone who has ever had to let go of what they thought their life might look like and open themselves up to the dizzying possibilities of chance... Pre-order: penguin.co.uk/books/455730/a…
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Okechukwu Nzelu@NzeluWrites27 Sep 2023
Oh this is WONDERFUL! Thank you so much! 🥰🥰🥰 Congratulations to all the shortlisted writers!
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We are big fans of the @PolariPrize at @dialoguepub and it's so great to see @NzeluWrites shortlisted. Congratulations Okechukwu, Here Again Now is a brilliant, bold and breathtaking novel.
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Tufayel Ahmed@tufayel20 Sep 2023
🥳 IT'S PUBLICATION DAY! My second novel, Better Left Unsaid, is out NOW in print, ebook & audio. Your support is so appreciated — go and get it! 🙏🏽 🔗 linktr.ee/tufayel Big thanks to @MattCainWriter, @thebobpalmer, @hellolaurenho & @theguyliner for the kind endorsements!
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Text says: "A family drama with a huge amount of heart, I tore through it in about two days. A powerful, hopeful read." Quote by Bobby Palmer, author of Isaac and the Egg.

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Text says: "With insight and sensitivity, Better Left Unsaid explores complicated family dynamics and the eternal push-and-pull conflicts between tradition, repression, grief and the desire for openness, healing and joy. Entertaining, poignant, and eye-opening." Quote by Justin Myers (The Guyliner).

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Text says: ""With its vividly-rendered cast of characters and an intriguing plot that gives up its secrets with great emotional precision, Better Left Unsaid is a layered and powerful story about family and identity. Tufayel Ahmed is a talented and vital voice." Quote by Lauren Ho, author of Last Tang Standing and Lucie Yi is Not a Romantic.

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JOFFE BOOKS@JoffeBooks4 Aug 2023
We are delighted to announce that Commissioning Editor Steph Carey has signed two sparkling domestic thrillers by C.R. Howell.
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Okechukwu Nzelu@NzeluWrites31 Jul 2023
I’m so, so happy that HERE AGAIN NOW has longlisted for the Diverse Book Awards! Thank you so much, this is incredible!
The Diverse Book Awards (@The_DBAwards) profile pictureThe Diverse Book Awards@The_DBAwards31 Jul 2023
The Diverse Book Awards 2023 Longlist - Adult. Sponsored by Peters. See the full longlist (Link in bio) Congratulations to everyone! Please do support these fantastic books. #TheDBAwards #diversebooks
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Congratulations to @NzeluWrites on being longlisted for the Polari Prize with Here Again Now!
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@thebookseller24 Jul 2023
The longlists for the @PolariPrize have been revealed, with books by @Doug_D_Stuart, @JuliaArmfield and @Edward_Enninful in contention. Find out the longlists: buff.ly/3K9MSFs
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Okechukwu Nzelu@NzeluWrites21 Jul 2023
I’m absolutely delighted that HERE AGAIN NOW has been longlisted for the Polari Book Prize in the midst of so many writers I admire. Congratulations to all the longlistees for this very important prize!
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Congratulations to everyone on the @PolariPrize longlist, but most especially to Dialogue authors @NzeluWrites and @agesbadly 🎉 we are so proud to be your publisher! #PolariPrize – at Yorkshire and The Humber, England
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@thebookseller27 Jun 2023
Lelach Rob and @KWBwrites have won the Adult and YA & Children's categories, respectively, for this year's @PFDAgents Queer Fiction Prizes. Read here: buff.ly/3PwwKRO
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Tufayel Ahmed@tufayel27 Jun 2023
Here it is: the winners of the @PFDAgents Queer Fiction Prize! I’m so honoured to have judged the adult category with @CaraLeeSimpson; we both were so moved by Lelach Rob’s The Freedom of Birds. I can’t wait for everyone to read this! 🏳️‍🌈 🏆
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@thebookseller27 Jun 2023
Lelach Rob and @KWBwrites have won the Adult and YA & Children's categories, respectively, for this year's @PFDAgents Queer Fiction Prizes. Read here: buff.ly/3PwwKRO
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We’re absolutely thrilled to announce the wonderful winners of our PFD Queer Fiction Prize 2023 - Lelach Rob in the adult category and Kristina Rahim in YA & Children’s!
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@thebookseller27 Jun 2023
Lelach Rob and @KWBwrites have won the Adult and YA & Children's categories, respectively, for this year's @PFDAgents Queer Fiction Prizes. Read here: buff.ly/3PwwKRO
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BEFORE YOU KNEW MY NAME by @writerock11 has been named a 2022 @StrandMag Critics Awards nominee for Best Debut! The Strand Critics Awards will be held virtually in September 2023. 🔗 strandmag.com/james-lee-burk…
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Tufayel Ahmed@tufayel5 Jun 2023
Look at dem books 😍😍😍 my proofs of Better Left Unsaid just arrived! Preorder it now, out on September 14 friends! linktr.ee/tufayel – at Poplar, London
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We're so excited to announce the shortlists for the PFD Queer Fiction Prize 2023! Huge congratulations to the shortlisted authors, and a big thank you to our judges @pilvanmartin and @tufayel. See the shortlistees below... petersfraserdunlop.com/pfd-q…

PFD Queer Fiction Prize 2023 Shortlists announced - Peters Fraser and Dunlop (PFD) Literary Agents

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Okechukwu Nzelu@NzeluWrites31 May 2023
I’m absolutely over the moon that Here Again Now has been shortlisted for the Encore Award!! This is a dream already. Thank you so much and congratulations to the other shortlisted writers!
Royal Society of Literature (@RSLiterature) profile pictureRoyal Society of Literature@RSLiterature31 May 2023
🎉Introducing the shortlist for the prestigious Encore Award, honouring outstanding achievements in second novels. Selected by judges Maura Dooley, @DaljitNagra4 and @nikeshshukla. Join us in celebrating these remarkable authors! More at: bit.ly/RSL_Encore #EncoreAward2023
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Okechukwu Nzelu@NzeluWrites5 May 2023
“Meanwhile, my fiction book is Here Again Now by Okechukwu Nzelu, an exploration of relationships and grief written in glorious tender prose.” Huge thanks to the very kind Rachel Joyce for this mention. dailymail.co.uk/home/books/a…
WHAT BOOK would writer Rachel Joyce take to a desert island?

WHAT BOOK would writer Rachel Joyce take to a desert island?

Writer Rachel Joyce said that author Jane Austen first gave her the reading bug. She said: 'I had no idea a world could spring so completely out of a book.'

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