ERIN CLYBURN

Erin Clyburn joined Howland Literary in 2022 after three years with The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency. She holds a BA in English Literature from Mississippi State University and an MA in Children’s Literature from Hollins University. Erin represents middle grade and young adult fiction and adult fiction and nonfiction. In middle grade, Erin is looking for horror, mystery, grounded stories with a speculative element, magical realism/fabulism, big-hearted contemporary, and adventure stories. In YA fiction, she is looking for horror, mystery, thriller, grounded stories with a speculative element, magical realism/fabulism, and Southern gothic. In adult fiction, she is looking for literary and upmarket projects in speculative fiction, horror, mystery, psychological thrillers, domestic thrillers, magical realism/fabulism, and Southern gothic, as well as commercial psychological and domestic thrillers. In nonfiction, she's interested in intersectional perspectives and is looking for deeply researched narrative nonfiction and deep dives into topics including medicine, pop science, nature/environment, food and culinary history, and pop culture, specifically video games and music.