Alec Shane

Alec Shane majored in English at Brown University, a degree he put to immediate use by moving to Los Angeles after graduation to become a professional stunt man. Realizing that he prefers books to breakaway glass, he moved to New York City in 2008 to pursue a career in publishing. Alec quickly found a home at Writers House Literary Agency and is now aggressively building his own list.

On the nonfiction side, Alec would love to see humor, biography, history (particularly military history), true crime, “guy” reads, and all things sports. In fiction, Alec is looking for mystery, thrillers (though he’s experiencing terrorist fatigue at the moment), suspense, horror, historical fiction, literary fiction, and middle grade and young adult fiction.

In the horror genre specifically, Alec would love to learn about monsters, legends, and evils from other cultures; he's not opposed to the occasional vampire or demon story, but that isn't his focus right now. He's also on the lookout for a female serial killer (or just female villains in general), haunted houses, abandoned asylums, and towns harboring secrets. In juvenile horror, if it's fast-paced and features a group of kids biting off more than they can chew, he's in.  

He doesn’t want romance, straight sci-fi, high fantasy, picture books, self-help, women’s fiction, food, or memoir.