literary agent interview Archives

Question & Agent: Julie Gourinchas of Bell Lomax Moreton

April 10, 2026April 9, 2026by Adam1 Comment

Welcome to Debutiful’s Agent Week! We gathered some of our favorite literary agents representing the most exciting debut books and asked them questions about what makes them love a submission, their agenting style, and the books they’re working on.

Julie Gourinchas is a literary agent at Bell Lomax Moreton in the UK. Writers she works with have won or been nominated for the British Book Awards, the Hugo Awards, the Stoker Awards, the BSFA Awards, the Betty Trask Award, and the Saltire National Book Awards, among others.

We dug into why she loves “weird girl lit,” the differences between agent work in the US and the UK, and why she’s an atmospher-first reader.

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Question & Agent: Mariah Stovall of Trellis Literary Management

April 9, 2026April 9, 2026by AdamLeave a Comment

Mariah Stovall is the author of I Love You So Much, It’s Killing Us Both, one of Debutiful’s Best Debut Books of 2024 (and our conversation remains a Top 10 most-listened to podcast episode in our history). She’s also a literary agent with Trellis Literary Management, where she represents everything from literary and upmarket fiction to narrative nonfiction covering arts, history, STEM, linguistics, sports, and philosophy, including Oye by Melissa Mogollon, another Best Debut Book of 2024.

We dug into a long list of what pitches are oversaturated, how publishing isn’t meritocracy nor a circle jerk, and how she balances writing fiction as an author and representing it as an agent.

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