Anna Boyce

I joined Lutyens and Rubinstein in 2019 working in the bookshop before moving over to the agency full-time in 2022. I work closely with Sarah and Felicity assisting them with their clients and have recently begun to build my own list of authors at L&R.

In fiction, the most important things for me are a strong sense of place, convincing characters and confident, immersive writing. I am looking for contemporary fiction that explores the complexities of modern relationships and actively engages with ideas and the world around us. I am equally keen to find literary fiction with an unusual hook that surprises and delights me, whether that be through speculative elements or unexpected characters and settings.

I am also looking for crime fiction, especially anything character driven and steeped in atmosphere, I love a small town but would also love to see crime novels that are set in unusual locations. In historical fiction I am open to anything that feels gritty and innovative and introduces the reader to the darker, lesser-known parts of our past.

In non-fiction, I am interested in narrative books about art, history and the natural world especially those that encourage the reader to look at the world around them, past or present, in new and enlightening ways.

Non L&R books I have loved recently include When I Sing Mountains Dance by Irene Sola, Martyr by Kaveh Akbar, Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield, Evenings and Weekends by Oisín McKenna, Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico and The God of the Woods by Liz Moore.