Cara Lee Simpson

Literary Agent @ Peters Fraser + Dunlop

[Leanne Egan 💖 (not here much) @leanneeggg]

When a friend casually sent me a link to this prize, I had almost no hope of winning but decided I’d kick myself if I didn’t try. I have, genuinely, never been more grateful for anything in my life - if you’re queer, unagented, and have an unfinished MS, you have nothing to lose

[Peters Fraser+Dunlop @PFDAgents]

It's back! The PFD Queer Fiction Prize 2024, for unagented LGBTQIA+ writers, opens for entries in one month's time on December 1st. Check the link in our bio for more information on the prize and how to enter, with more details to come... 👀

[Fig Tree @FigTreePenguin]

🧡💙 Cover reveal!💙🧡

Introducing the achingly relatable #AsYoungAsThis, by @RoxanaDunn, for anyone who has ever had to let go of what they thought their life might look like and open themselves up to the dizzying possibilities of chance...

Pre-order: https://t.co/JWJ40k7Abv

[Okechukwu Nzelu @NzeluWrites]

Oh this is WONDERFUL! Thank you so much! 🥰🥰🥰 Congratulations to all the shortlisted writers!

[Sharmaine Lovegrove @SharLovegrove]

We are big fans of the @PolariPrize at @dialoguepub and it's so great to see @NzeluWrites shortlisted.
Congratulations Okechukwu, Here Again Now is a brilliant, bold and breathtaking novel.

[Tufayel Ahmed @tufayel]

🥳 IT'S PUBLICATION DAY! My second novel, Better Left Unsaid, is out NOW in print, ebook & audio. Your support is so appreciated — go and get it! 🙏🏽

🔗 https://t.co/md38Ua6nyt

Big thanks to @MattCainWriter, @thebobpalmer, @hellolaurenho & @theguyliner for the kind endorsements!

[JOFFE BOOKS @JoffeBooks]

We are delighted to announce that Commissioning Editor Steph Carey has signed two sparkling domestic thrillers by C.R. Howell.

[Okechukwu Nzelu @NzeluWrites]

I’m so, so happy that HERE AGAIN NOW has longlisted for the Diverse Book Awards! Thank you so much, this is incredible!

[Peters Fraser+Dunlop @PFDAgents]

Congratulations to @NzeluWrites on being longlisted for the Polari Prize with Here Again Now!

[Okechukwu Nzelu @NzeluWrites]

I’m absolutely delighted that HERE AGAIN NOW has been longlisted for the Polari Book Prize in the midst of so many writers I admire. Congratulations to all the longlistees for this very important prize!

[Dialogue Publishing @dialoguepub]

Congratulations to everyone on the @PolariPrize longlist, but most especially to Dialogue authors @NzeluWrites and @agesbadly 🎉 we are so proud to be your publisher!

#PolariPrize

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

Lelach Rob and @KWBwrites have won the Adult and YA & Children's categories, respectively, for this year's @PFDAgents Queer Fiction Prizes.

Read here: https://t.co/bZBicQq5GT

[Tufayel Ahmed @tufayel]

Here it is: the winners of the @PFDAgents Queer Fiction Prize! I’m so honoured to have judged the adult category with @CaraLeeSimpson; we both were so moved by Lelach Rob’s The Freedom of Birds. I can’t wait for everyone to read this! 🏳️‍🌈 🏆

[Peters Fraser+Dunlop @PFDAgents]

We’re absolutely thrilled to announce the wonderful winners of our PFD Queer Fiction Prize 2023 - Lelach Rob in the adult category and Kristina Rahim in YA & Children’s!

[Atria Mystery Bus @AtriaMysteryBus]

BEFORE YOU KNEW MY NAME by @writerock11 has been named a 2022 @StrandMag Critics Awards nominee for Best Debut!

The Strand Critics Awards will be held virtually in September 2023.

🔗 https://t.co/duAhDFi26a

[Tufayel Ahmed @tufayel]

Look at dem books 😍😍😍 my proofs of Better Left Unsaid just arrived! Preorder it now, out on September 14 friends! https://t.co/md38Ua6nyt

[Peters Fraser+Dunlop @PFDAgents]

We're so excited to announce the shortlists for the PFD Queer Fiction Prize 2023! Huge congratulations to the shortlisted authors, and a big thank you to our judges @pilvanmartin and @tufayel. See the shortlistees below... https://t.co/DEfU9st4ko

[Okechukwu Nzelu @NzeluWrites]

I’m absolutely over the moon that Here Again Now has been shortlisted for the Encore Award!! This is a dream already. Thank you so much and congratulations to the other shortlisted writers!

[Okechukwu Nzelu @NzeluWrites]

“Meanwhile, my fiction book is Here Again Now by Okechukwu Nzelu, an exploration of relationships and grief written in glorious tender prose.” Huge thanks to the very kind Rachel Joyce for this mention. https://t.co/HblyrCBT7d