Victoria Harris (they/them/theirs) is a literary agent with The Caldwell Agency.

Victoria has worked in the publishing industry for over 6 years on the editorial side of things. In their downtime, they like to write fiction (currently working on a novel about queer love) and perform with their band (Late Stage Dirtbags). Victoria lives in Southern California with their chosen family: their wife, one of their best friends, and their 5-pound chihuahua, Bug.

“I’m primarily seeking adult literary and upmarket fiction, particularly stories that feature LGBTQ+ and BIPOC characters. I’m also open to literary-leaning queer romance, soft sci-fi, and historical fiction set in the recent past. When it comes to nonfiction, I’m interested in memoirs.”

Things she is drawn to in stories:

LGBTQ+ characters
BIPOC characters
mentally ill characters
neurodivergent characters
chronically ill and physically disabled characters
characters who’ve had difficult childhoods
characters who are repressed
characters who’ve felt like an outsider for their whole life
chosen family
friends to lovers
pining
late-stage coming of age stories
dysfunctional family dynamics

Her favorite contemporary authors and their books that drew them in:

Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
Elaine Castillo, America Is Not the Heart
Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk
Ling Ma, Severance
Kazuo Ishiguro, Klara and the Sun
Chinelo Okparanta, Under the Udala Trees
NoViolet Bulawayo, We Need New Names
Nicole Dennis-Benn, Here Comes the Sun
Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House
Maggie Nelson, The Argonauts