Najla Mamou is a literary agent with Savvy Literary Services.

Najla is an avid reader and loves great first chapters, immersive world building, deep character profiles, and well-rounded dialogue. In nonfiction, Najla gravitates towards narrative nonfiction, true crime, memoir, biography, identity, business/economics, leadership, and stories inspired by lesser known people, professions and crafts (builders, designers, architects), musicians/artists/creators, daredevils, athletes, etc.

In fiction, she seeks adult and new adult. She is prioritizing realistic sci fi thriller, military sci fi, unique sleuth mystery, intergenerational stories, strong female leads, migration/immigration, underrepresented protagonists (especially from marginalized communities), stories set in distant futures wanting to return to Earth and experiencing humanity, alternating timelines, backwards timelines, or dual timeline that interweaves a present-day investigation with a historical crime. She would also like to see historical featuring BIPOC/underrepresented protagonist or historical fantasy or diaspora.

In both fiction and nonfiction, she seeks underrepresented stories and writers across all genres. Strong loglines and pitches pull her in, and she carefully reviews each project submitted. She considers full manuscripts between 65,000 and 85,000 words. She is not requesting young adult, middle grade or children’s.