Suzannah Ball

Suzannah has been at WME since 2019 and is based in the London office. She is a 2025 Bookseller Rising Star and is excited to be building her list with an emphasis on all things romance, horror, fantasy and speculative fiction - anything that expands the real world or draws readers into a new fantastical world will be right up her street. In general, she’s proud to work with authors who have a vivid imagination and are able to tap into a reader’s deepest desires.

Suzannah represents adult and crossover fiction as well as a select list of non-fiction, and is keen to work closely with both debut and experienced authors to help them develop material and ideas. Some of her clients include Instant Sunday Times Bestselling author Jennifer Delaney, #1 NYT Bestseller Philippa Rice, and founder of Rare Birds books Rachel Wood, among many others. And alongside her US colleagues, she represents the UK interests of various clients including Sarah A. Parker, SenLinYu, Callie Hart, and romance authors Ivy Fairbanks, Chelsea Curto, Annie Crown and Peyton Corinne. She loves working with authors from across the world and finding their books the right home outside of their primary market.

In general, she’s on the lookout for a story that will immediately sweep her away and writing that pulls at the heartstrings, especially if it can make her cry. In fiction specifically, she wants to find writing that sparks joy, be that through comedy, quirky coming of age stories, or swoon-worthy romance (send her all the tropes!), and is open to a wide range of both commercial and literary writing. It’s just essential then when it comes to love stories, be it small town or epic, she wants to feel the raw gut punch of real romance. She’s also a fan of books with a darker edge; anything gothic, uncanny, or with vampires, and loves losing herself in speculative fiction and fantasy. Some of her favourite authors in the space include Erin Morgenstern, Deborah Harkness, Sarah J. Maas, and Diana Wynne Jones. But across all genres, most importantly she wants to read a beautifully crafted story with a strong narrative voice.

In non-fiction, she is obsessed with all things pop culture, entertainment, and the arts.

She reads widely, but some books she has recently enjoyed are ATMOSPHERE by Taylor Jenkins Reid, IN AT THE DEEP END by Kate Davies, THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morgenstern, ONE DARK WINDOW by Rachel Gillig, and the entire catalogue of Emily Henry and Lucy Score. Stories that have characters you can really root for or love stories that make you want to fall in love will be high up on her wish list.