Najla Mamou

Najla brings an excitement to read everything that comes in to Savvy Literary Services. She is actively building a portfolio of underrepresented writers in non-fiction and fiction. An editor at heart, she hopes to partner with authors open to collaboration and brainstorming together. She gravitates towards women's fiction, narrative nonfiction, historical fiction, crime/mystery/thriller, bookclub, young adult, speculative, magical realism, and alternative history. She hopes to represent more immigrant stories, older protagonists, and/or BIPOC characters. Najla is an avid reader and loves great first chapters, immersive world building, deep character profiles, and well-rounded dialogue. She volunteers for the Association of American Literary Agents and the Women’s Fiction Writers Association. She teaches workshops at several writing conferences, including Common Mistakes In First Chapters, Writing Rules That Can Be Broken, Self-Editing Before the Query, Getting The History And Voice Right, and many other topics. Prior to joining Savvy Literary, she worked as a project manager for fifteen years. In that role, she took high-level ideas and transformed them into strategic and operational deliverables, on time and within budget. She’ll be applying that skillset to lead and shepherd fiction and non-fiction novels to bookshelves and e-readers across the world. Looking for: Fiction: Historical fiction, women’s fiction, commercial and literary fiction, romance, and some Young Adult. Nonfiction: Narrative nonfiction, biographies, memoirs, as well as select economics and business when centered around a town or city or country.