Level Best Books: Market Spotlight
For this market spotlight, we look at Level Best Books, an independent publisher that specializes in crime fiction.
Based in Maryland, Level Best Books is an independent book publisher that specializes in crime fiction (both novels and short story anthologies). Founded in 2003, this publisher also publishes some nonfiction and has three imprints: Historia (historical mysteries), New Arc Books (romance, suspense, literary, fantasy, and science fiction), and Level Elevate (younger readers).
The editors say, "Level Best Books is committed to publishing quality crime fiction and bringing new voices and stories to a wide audience of readers. Our focus is to partner with our authors to create stories that entertain and inspire as many readers as possible."
What They're Looking For
Level Best Books is seeking crime fiction novels in the categories of mystery, thriller, suspense, historical, traditional, and contemporary. Plus, there are additional opportunities with their imprints.
The editors say, "We are also interested in nonfiction works related to the mystery and crime writing community, or collections of short stories or multi-authored anthologies. Both authors represented by agents and unagented writers are welcome to submit."
How to Submit
Potential authors should submit their work via their online submissions form here.
Learn more by reading their submissions guidelines here.
Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Editor of Writer's Digest, which includes managing the content on WritersDigest.com and programming virtual conferences. He's the author of 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms: 100+ Poetic Form Definitions and Examples for Poets, Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, and more. Also, he's the editor of Writer's Market, Poet's Market, and Guide to Literary Agents. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.
