Congratulations to Johanna Spiers who has been signed by Amanda Preston at the LBA literary agency.
Johanna, who won 3rd prize in last year’s Bristol Short Story Prize, posted her reaction on Facebook about the news: “This is a lifetime dream come true and I cannot tell you all how happy and excited I am.”
Agent, Amanda Preston, who will be representing Johanna, tweeted: “Thrilled to be working with the incredibly talented @JohannaSpiers and can’t wait to start shouting about her brilliant novel.”
We wish Johanna great success with her novel and look forward to seeing it in bookshops in the near future.
Johanna Spiers won 3rd prize in the 2022 Bristol Short Story Prize for her story, OldFish. It also won the 2022 Sansom Award for Bristol-based writers. The story is available in our latest anthology and was published online by Bristol 24/7, here: https://www.bristol247.com/culture/books/johanna-spiers-old-fish/