Okay, so I am an Australian author, but so far I have only queried American and British agents (for a number of reasons, primarily because these markets are much larger, and also the number of Aus agents is much smaller). There is not a whole lot of resources about this topic online, and my primary question is: will this hurt my chances of being repped by an international agent? On most submission guidelines it doesn't specify that you need to reside in America / Britain etc., but I wonder if this does impact their decision? Would I be best trying my luck with Australian agents first?
Querying an international agent?
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There aren't very many Australian agents from what I understand.
I don't think it would impact your chances. Clients live all over the place relative to their agents. I queried in the UK and abroad in the USA, too. My agent is Canadian and works remotely for her American agency while I live in the UK so
I don't think it would impact your chances. Clients live all over the place relative to their agents. I queried in the UK and abroad in the USA, too. My agent is Canadian and works remotely for her American agency while I live in the UK so
It won't hurt your chances at all. I'm in the UK and my agent is in New York, and it works fine. You might want to check that Australia has a tax treaty with the US the same as we have, but as a Commonwealth country I'm pretty sure you will have.
I'm in Australia, too, and I query US and UK agents all the time. No one cares where I live.
I haven't been successful with agents so far, but I have been published by a UK traditional publisher. The internet has removed any previous long distance issues.
I haven't been successful with agents so far, but I have been published by a UK traditional publisher. The internet has removed any previous long distance issues.
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I'm Canadian, but my agent is American, and she's got clients from the UK and from Oz, so location isn't really much of a limitation anymore.
It's not entirely inconsequential. I'm in Australia, and one of the questions my UK agent asked was whether it would be possible to pop over there if required.
ETA: I didn't get the sense that it would have been a deal-breaker if I'd said no, but still. Just putting it out there...
ETA: I didn't get the sense that it would have been a deal-breaker if I'd said no, but still. Just putting it out there...
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