Alex Adsett is a literary agent and publishing consultant.  She has twenty years’ experience working in the publishing and bookselling industry and has managed Alex Adsett Literary since 2008.

As an agent she specialises in genre and commercial fiction. She is focused on finding exceptional manuscripts for adults, young adults and children, including crime and mystery, romance, science fiction, fantasy, middle grade, picture books, and narrative non-fiction.

Alex represents a select stable of authors including Jodi McAlister, Marlee Jane Ward, Isobelle Carmody, Sasha Wasley, and Catherine Pelosi.

As a consultant, Alex offers strategic and commercial contract advice to authors and publishers, helping negotiate publishing contracts in line with industry standards.

She regularly speaks about copyright and contracts at conferences around Australia, and is often to be found on twitter at @alexadsett or via her website www.alexadsett.com.au.