Helen DeWitt


Lightning Rods is handled by Edward Orloff of McCormick Literary, (212) 691-9726, email eo@mccormicklit.com

For anything else you can email me at helen DOT dewitt AT gmx DOT net, with a few provisos.

For personal and professional reasons, I can’t take time from my own writing to give blurbs or references; I also can’t read other people’s work. Please don’t ask. I’m not currently giving interviews, but if you drop me a line I will make a note to get in touch when my work leaves time to talk to people.

Your Name Here is going to be published in February 2025 by Deep Vellum, so if you were thinking of asking to buy a pdf please wait and buy the book.

The film rights to The Last Samurai are under option to Tony Ganz of Wolf Productions. The current extension runs through March 12, 2025. The film rights to The English Understand Wool are under option to Marc Evans Productions; the current option runs through December 31, 2024. The film rights to Lightning Rods are available; if you’re interested, Edward Orloff is the person to contact.

Readers who would like to support my work (AKA the retreating mirage that is the shiny new book) can buy me a coffee at Ko-fi.com/dewitt

Need a hi-res photo for an interview/profile/other journalism?  Aileen Son says you can use the photo below provided you give her a credit.  If you’re a publisher and want a photo for your book or catalogue, please contact her (aileenson AT gmail DOT com) to discuss a fee.

DISAMBIGUATION:

I sometimes get emails from people who have a film they would like to submit to a film festival, or some similar request that would make sense if I had anything to do with the film world (I don’t).  The person these requests are probably meant for is Helen de Witt the film curator, whose email address is helen.dewitt@hfp.org.uk.