Roz Foster is a literary agent with the Frances Goldin Literary Agency. She joined the Goldin Agency in 2019 after six years as a literary agent with the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency. She holds a BA in English Literature from UCSD, an MA in English from Portland State University, and studied Philosophy at the University of Sheffield. SheÕs passionate about books that explore vital human themesÑmorality, purpose, freedom, faith, hierarchy, success, violence, meaning, love, and death. She loves writing that has emotional depth, makes insightful observations, and demonstrates exquisite linguistic skill.

Roz is seeking literary fiction, often with a genre element. SheÕs especially drawn to literary speculative and grounded sci-fi. SheÕs also looking for literary supernatural, mystery, crime, and thriller. She enjoys dark stories with big questions at their core. Some of her favorite authors are Kazuo Ishiguro, JosŽ Saramago, Katie Kitamura, Y_ko Ogawa, Tana French, Karl Ove KnausgŒrd, and Rachel Cusk. In nonfiction, sheÕs interested in narrative nonfiction, history, tech, science, and design.

Recent titles include Scott Alexander HowardÕs THE OTHER VALLEY (Atria & Scribner Canada; television rights to Universal/Working Title); Robin BernsteinÕs FREEMANÕS CHALLENGE: THE MURDER THAT SHOOK AMERICAÕS ORIGINAL PRISON FOR PROFIT (U of Chicago Press); Surekha DaviesÕs HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY (UC Press); Christopher Paul HarrisÕs TO BUILD A BLACK FUTURE (Princeton UP); and Benjamin WeberÕs AMERICAN PURGATORY: PRISON IMPERIALISM AND THE RISE OF MASS INCARCERATION (New Press). Select titles through the Dijkstra Agency include Constance SayersÕs A WITCH IN TIME, THE LADIES OF THE SECRET CIRCUS and THE STAR & THE STRANGE MOON (Redhook); Susan OÕDonovanÕs BECOMING CITIZENS (Penguin Press); and Daniel RussellÕs THE JOY OF SEARCH (MIT Press).