Rob Firing

– Social and cultural history or other fun history
– History that connects to today, history that asks questions
– Investigative reporting and narrative journalism
– Popular science when it’s careful and Insightful
– Narrative nonfiction that engages with food, the natural world,
travel, or everyday objects
– Cookbooks with something extra
– Highly applicable prescriptive nonfiction

Please note that due to the sometimes very high volume of inquiries, not all inquiries regarding manuscript submissions will be answered.

If you are submitting a proposal, please submit a synopsis and 20 pages of the manuscript via email to rob@transatlanticagency.com

Attachments will not be opened.

Rob Firing has been working as a promoter and publicist for more than 20 years, 15 of those at HarperCollins as their Senior Director of Publicity, Communications and Speakers’ Bureau. Rob has worked closely with everyone from JK Rowling to Tom Wolfe, from Margaret Trudeau to Margaret Drabble — literally hundreds of writers across many genres. He has won awards for his work from the Canadian Marketing Association and other marketing and PR organizations. He is also the co-author of The Everyday Squash Cook (HarperCollins, 2014), and the author of STEAK REVOLUTION (HarperCollins, 2018), which was a Gourmand World Cookbook Award finalist.