Camille Burns
Prior to joining DKW in 2023, Camille worked at David Higham Associates as Agent’s Assistant to Jane Gregory and in the Children’s Translation Rights team. She has also worked in editorial for an academic publisher, in rights and marketing for an audiobook publisher and as an intern at Felicity Bryan Literary Agency. Camille loves engaging with narratives on a structural level in order to draw out their best qualities. She has varied taste with a particular interest in children’s and YA fiction and non-fiction, as well as adult non-fiction.
Camille has an MSc in Publishing from Edinburgh Napier University and an MA in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh. She was Secretary of the Association of Authors’ Agents, as well as Co-Chair for the AAA’s Bridge Committee for early career agents and assistants, from late 2021 to early 2024. She also previously volunteered at the Story Museum in Oxford.
See the full list of Camille’s clients here.
Submissions
Camille says:
I’m looking to grow my list with a particular focus on middle grade, young adult and adult/crossover fiction, as well as non-fiction for all ages. I’m keen to not be too prescriptive in what I’m looking for and so will let the books I’ve read and loved (some recent, others old favourites) be the guide to my personal taste.
MG: Lockwood and Co by Jonathan Stroud, October, October by Katya Balen, The Last Bear by Hannah Gold, A Pinch of Magic by Michelle Harrison, A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge
YA: The Great Godden by Meg Rosoff, This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi, The Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley, I’ll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson, Hello Now by Jenny Valentine
Crossover/Adult: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, Every Summer After by Carley Fortune, Swan Song by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott, The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Non-Fiction: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake, The Gendered Brain by Gina Rippon, My Heart is My Own by John Guy, Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez.
Check out my MSWL here, for more information.
Submissions should be submitted via Query Manager: https://QueryManager.com/Camille