The oldest literary agency in the United States was established in 1893.
Since that time, the industry has grown to such an extent that there are now believed to be over 1000 literary agencies across the country. This in itself makes collating them into a database a challenging enterprise for anyone.
To help writers see a condensed list of agencies to contact, those that charge a reading fee have been excluded from this list.
However those that do not accept unsolicited manuscripts have been included. Their doors are only open to writers who are referred to them, or via pitch events.
Where they do not have a main agency account on Twitter, the individual accounts of their literary agents are provided instead. But please do not pitch them on Twitter. Always stick to the individual requirements of the agency.
If you are unsure of any of the genre and sub-genre categories, a guide to the definitions can be found here.
Unless otherwise indicated these 133 US literary agencies are based in New York.
To view their website, send them an e-mail, or follow them on Twitter, simply click on the relevant links provided.
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Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises
The agency is based in Portland, Oregon.
Genres: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Children's Books | Picture Books | YA | Non-Fiction | Memoirs | Women's Issues | Self-Help | Parenting | Social Issues | Psychology | Popular Culture | History | Biography | Lifestyle | Health | Cookery | Gardening | Gift Books
Does not accept: Romance, Horror, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Westerns, Adventure, Spy Fiction, Apocalyptic, Religious, Techno Thrillers, or Poetry.
E-mail submissions only: Genre specified.
Fiction | Non-Fiction: b.amster.assistant@gmail.com
Children's Books | YA: b.amster.kidsbooks@gmail.com
Address to 'Submissions' and manuscript will be passed to a suitable agent.
Fiction | YA: Query letter, and the first 3 pages.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, and the full proposal.
Picture Books: Query letter, and the full manuscript.
All within the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
The agency also has an office in Los Angeles.
Twitter: Literary agents Betsy Amster @BetsyAmster
Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
The agency has offices in New York, Nashville, and Los Angeles.
*No unsolicited manuscripts*
Jennifer Azantian Literary Agency
The agency is based in San Diego, California.
Genres: Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Psychological Horror | New Adult | Middle Grade | YA
E-mail submissions only: queries@azantianlitagency.com
Address to sole agent:
Jennifer Azantian: Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Psychological Horror | New Adult | Middle Grade | YA
In New Adult, MG, and YA, Jennifer is particularly looking for psychological horror.
Query letter, synopsis, and the first 10-15 pages. All within the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Subject heading of e-mail:
Put 'Referred' if a fellow agent or publisher has informed you to contact her.
Put 'Requested' if Jennifer herself asked for your submission via a conference or convention.
Put 'Exclusive' if you are waiting for her to respond before contacting any other agencies.
Twitter: Literary agents Jennifer Azantian @jenazantian
Genres: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Thrillers | Mysteries | Romantic Suspense | Women’s Fiction | Non-Fiction | History | Biography | Popular Science | Psychology | Spirituality | Religion | Health & Nutrition | Women’s Issues | True Crime | Memoir | Humor | Sports | Politics | Current Affairs
Does not accept: Children's Books, Cookery, Gardening, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, or Historical Romance.
Postal submissions: Loretta Barrett Books, Inc. 220 East 23rd Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10010
E-mail submissions: LBBQuery@gmail.com
Addressed to one agent only:
Loretta A. Barrett: Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Thrillers | Non-Fiction | Psychology | Science and Technology | Religion | Spirituality | Current Events | History | Politics | Women’s Issues | Memoir
Nick Mullendore: Literary Fiction | Scientific Thrillers | Noir | Non-Fiction | Politics | Current Affairs | Science | Popular Culture | Sports
Query letter, synopsis, and a chapter outline (for both Fiction and Non-Fiction), all content within the body of e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Genres: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Women's | Romance | Historical | New Adult | YA | Middle Grade | Non-Fiction | Memoir | Children's
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified
Jenny Bent: Literary | Commercial | Women's | Historical | Romance | Ghost Stories | Suspense | Crime | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Humor | Memoir | queries@thebentagency.com
Molly Ker Hawn: YA | Middle Grade | hawnqueries@thebentagency.com
Gemma Cooper: Chapter Books | Middle Grade | Picture Books | YA | Children's Non-Fiction | cooperqueries@thebentagency.com
Nicole Barr: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | Narrative Non-Fiction | Memoir | YA | barrqueries@thebentagency.com
Victoria Cappello: Historical Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Women's | Contemporary Romance | Humor | New Adult | YA | cappelloqueries@thebentagency.com
Heather Flaherty: Middle Grade | New Adult | YA | Non-Fiction | Teen Memoir | Popular Culture | Humor | flahertyqueries@thebentagency.com
Louise Fury: Currently closed to unsolicited queries
Rachel Horowitz: Currently closed to unsolicited queries
Sarah Manning: Literary | Commercial | Women's | Crime | YA | Non-Fiction | Popular Culture | Cookbooks | manningqueries@thebentagency.com
Fiction | Non-Fiction: Query letter, and the first 10 pages. All within the body of an e-mail.
Picture Books: Query letter, and the complete text. All within the body of an e-mail.
Illustrators: Query letter, website link to work, and 2-3 samples as JPEGs or PDFs.
Twitter: Literary agents Jenny Bent @jennybent Molly Ker Hawn @mollykh Gemma Cooper @gemma_cooper Louise Fury @louisefury Victoria Cappello @VLCappello Sarah Manning @SarahManning123 Heather Flaherty @HeddaFlaherty
The agency is based in Los Angeles, California.
Genres: Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
Does not represent: Science-Fiction, Horror, Romance, Westerns, Techno-Thrillers, Screenplays, or Poetry.
Postal submissions: BJ Robbins Literary Agency, 5130 Bellaire Avenue, N. Hollywood, CA 91607
E-mail submissions: Agent specified.
BJ Robbins: General Fiction | Mysteries | Non-Fiction | Biography | Sports | African-American | Science | Popular Culture | Health | History | Travel | Memoir | robbinsliterary@gmail.com
Fiction: Query letter, synopsis, and the first 50 pages.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, bio, a book proposal, and 2 sample chapters.
If sending electronically, all material must be pasted into the email. No attachments will be opened.
Genres: Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | YA | Non-Fiction | Self-Help | Business | Humor | Current Events | Cookery | Memoir | Family | Health & Diet | Spirituality | Psychology | History
Does not accept: Children's Books, or Poetry.
Postal submissions: Annie Bomke Literary Agency, P. O. Box 3759, San Diego, CA 92163
E-mail submissions: submissions@abliterary.com
Address to sole agent:
Annie Bomke
Fiction: Query letter, synopsis, the first 2 chapters, and an SASE if mailing.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, full proposal, and an SASE if mailing.
Twitter: @ABLiterary
Genres: Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified.
Put the 'Genre' in the subject heading.
Jessica Faust: Mysteries (including Cozies) | Thrillers (including Psychological) | Suspense (including Romantic) | Historical | Sports-Themed Romance | Women's Fiction | Strong Female Protagonist Fiction | YA |
Kim Lionetti: Historical & Contemporary Romance | Women's Fiction | Cozy Mysteries | Contemporary New Adult | YA
Jessica Alvarez: Women's Fiction | Romance (no paranormal) | Romantic Suspense | Female-Focused Erotica
Moe Ferrara: Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Historical & Contemporary Romance | LGBTQ Romance | Middle Grade | YA
Tracy Marchini: Middle Grade | Picture Book | YA | Illustrators
Natascha Morris:Middle Grade | Picture Book | YA
Rachel Brooks: Romance | Women's | Cozy Mysteries | YA
Naomi Davis: Fiction | Middle Grade | YA
Amanda Jain: Mystery | Romance | Women's | Historical
Beth Campbell: Urban Fantasy | Science-Fiction | Suspense | Romantic Suspense | Mysteries | Diverse Characters in Fiction | YA
All agents must be approached using their online Query Manager Form on their website. Click on each agent name on the site to go to their individual submission form.
Twitter: Literary agents Jessica Faust @BookEndsJessica Kim Lionetti @BookEndsKim Jessica Alvarez @AgentJessicaA Beth Campell @Campbele_E Moe Ferrara @inthesestones
The Booker Albert Literary Agency
The agency is based in York, Pennsylvania.
Genres: Romance | Historical Fiction | Fantasy | New Adult | Middle Grade | YA
E-mail submissions only: query@thebookeralbertagency.com
Put 'Query: Name of Book and Author' and 'Name of Agent to Query'
Brittany Booker Carter: Romance | Fantasy | Erotica | New Adult | MG | YA
Jordy Albert: Romance | Paranormal | Middle Grade | New Adult | YA
Jen Hunt: Historical | Science-Fiction | Fantasy
Query letter (including genre and word count), synopsis, and the first 10 pages. All within the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Font must be 12 point Times New Roman.
Twitter: Literary agents Brittany Booker Carter @bookers_32 Jordy Albert @bluedragonfly81 Jen Hunt @Jen_Corkill
The agency is based in Santa Rosa, California.
Genres: Fiction | YA | Middle Grade | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions: representation@booksandsuch.biz
Put in subject heading the 'Name of Preferred Agent.'
Janet Kobobel Grant: Fiction | Non-Fiction
Rachel Kent: Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction
Cynthia Ruchti: Fiction | Non-Fiction
Rachelle Gardner: Fiction | Teens | Non-Fiction
Query letter only. No attachments will be opened. If interested they will request more material.
Twitter: Literary agents Janet Kobobel Grant @JanetKGrant Rachelle Gardner @RachelleGardner Rachel Kent @RachelLKent
Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
*No unsolicited manuscripts*
The agency is based in San Diego, California.
Genres: Women's Fiction | Romance | Historical Fiction | Suspense | Mysteries & Thrillers | Urban Fantasy | Erotic Fiction | Children's Books | YA | Non-Fiction | Business | Relationships | Biography | Memoir | Self-Help | Parenting | Narrative Humor
Does not accept: Horror, Westerns, New Age, Religion, Crafts, Cookery, or Poetry.
E-mail submissions only: queries@bradfordlit.com
Put 'QUERY: Title of Manuscript' in the subject heading, and address to one agent only:
Laura Bradford: Women's Fiction | Historical Fiction | Suspense | Paranormal | Romance | Mysteries & Thrillers | Erotic | Urban Fantasy | YA | Select Non-Fiction
Natalie Fischer Lakosil: Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Historical Fiction | Multi-Cultural | Paranormal | Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Thrillers | Dark Contemporary | Romance | Children's Books | Picture Books | Middle Grade | Select Non-Fiction
Sarah LaPolla: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Science-Fiction | Mysteries | Magical Realism | Middle Grade | YA
Kari Sutherland: Literary Fiction | Women's | Historical | Fantasy | Children's Books | YA
Jennifer Chen Tran: Women's | Middle Grade | YA | Graphic Novels
Fiction: Query letter, synopsis, and a sample chapter. All within the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Non-Fiction: Full proposal, synopsis, and a sample chapter. All within the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Twitter: Literary agents Laura Bradford @bradfordlit Natalie Fischer Lakosil @Natalie_Lakosil Sarah LaPolla @sarahlapolla
Andrea Brown Literary Agency, Inc.
Genres: Fiction | Children's Books | Middle Grade | YA | Illustrators | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified.
Put 'Query' and 'Name of Preferred Agent' in the subject heading.
Andrea Brown: Fiction | Children's Books | Illustrators | andrea@andreabrownlit.com
Laura Rennert: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Fantasy | Paranormal | Multi-Cultural | Thrillers | Science-Fiction | Horror | Gothic | Steampunk | Subversive Fairy Tales | lauraqueries@gmail.com
Caryn Wiseman: Children's Books | Middle Grade | Picture Books | YA | Non-Fiction | caryn@andreabrownlit.com
Jennifer Laughran: Middle Grade | YA | jennL@andreabrownlit.com
Jennifer Rofé : Children's Books | Middle Grade | Picture Books | YA | Urban Fantasy | Science-Fiction | jennifer@andreabrownlit.com
Kelly Sonnack: Children's Books | Illustrators | Middle Grade | Picture Books | YA | Graphic Novels | Thrillers | Light Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Non-Ficion | kelly@andreabrownlit.com
Jennifer Laughran: YA | Middle Grade | jennL@andreabrownlit.com
Jamie Weiss Chilton: Children's Books | Teens | Picture Books | jamie@andreabrownlit.com
Jennifer Mattson: Children's Books | Middle Grade | Picture Books | YA | jmatt@andreabrownlit.com
Kathleen Rushall: Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
Fiction: Query letter, and the first 10 pages.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, a proposal, and a sample chapter.
Illustrators: Query letter, 2-3 illustration samples as JPEGs, and a link to online portfolio.
Picture Books: Query letter, and the full manuscript.
Graphic Novels: Query letter, summary, and 2-3 sample page spreads as JPEG or PDF documents.
All queries must be within the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
The agency has offices in New York, San Diego, Chicago, and San Francisco.
Twitter: Literary agents Kelly Sonnack @KSonnack Jamie Weiss Chilton @jwchilton
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Kimberley Cameron & Associates
The agency is based in Tiburon, California.
Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: info@kimberleycameron.com
Put 'Author Submission' in the subject heading.
Address to one agent only:
Kimberley Cameron: Fiction | Non-Fiction
Elizabeth Kracht: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | YA | Non-Fiction | Pets | Memoir | Well-Being
Pooja Menon: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Historical Fiction | Women's Fiction | Fantasy | YA | Non-Fiction | Adventure & Travel | Memoir | Journalism | Self-Help
Mary C. Moore: Romance | Thrillers | Science-Fiction | Fantasy | YA
Dorian Maffei: Only through Twitter pitch conferences
Query letter (within the body of an e-mail), synopsis, and the first 50 pages. Both as Word or PDF documents.
Twitter: Literary agents Elizabeth Kracht @ElizabethKracht Pooja Menon @FriscoDreamer
Genres: Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
Does not represent: Picture Books, Science-Fiction, or Poetry.
Postal submissions: Maria Carvainis Agency, Inc., Attention: Query Department, 1270 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2320, New York, NY 10020
E-mail submissions: mca@mariacarvainisagency.com
Fiction: Query letter, synopsis, and 2 sample chapters.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, bio, and a book proposal.
Mark all queries for the attention of the 'Query Department' and it will be passed to a suitable agent.
Twitter: Literary agents Elizabeth Copps @escopps
Genres: Fiction | Children's Books | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: The Doe Coover Agency, P.O. Box 668, Winchester, MA 01890
E-mail submissions: info@doecooveragency.com
Address to one agent:
Doe Coover: Non-Fiction | Cookbooks | Business Books | Health | Social Issues | Medicine | Science | History | Popular Reference | Family Psychology
Colleen Mohyde: Literary Fiction | Non-Fiction | Biography | Business | Health | Sports | Psychology | Music | History | Politics
All agents:
Fiction: Query letter, synopsis, bio, and the first 50 pages.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, a proposal, a bio, a table of contents, and the marketing potential.
Picture Books: Query letter, synopsis, and the full manuscript.
The agency is based in Rolling Hills Estate, California.
Genres: Picture Books | Chapter Books | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
*No unsolicited manuscripts*
The agency only takes on clients based on referrals, or those that attend the 'A Path to Publishing' video chat platform.
Twitter: Literary agents Jill Corcoran @JillCorcoran
Cornerstone Literary Agency, Inc
Genres: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: Cornerstone Literary Inc., 4525 Wilshire Blvd, Ste. 208, Los Angeles, CA 90010
E-mail submissions: info@cornerstoneliterary.com
Put 'Query' in the subject heading.
Address to only agent currently accepting:
Helen Breitwieser: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Horror | Romance | Mysteries & Thrillers | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Cookery | Entertainment | Health & Fitness | Travel | Women's Issues | Multi-Cultural
Query letter, and the first 10 pages. Both within the body of an e-mail. Send an SASE if mailing.
Twitter: Literary agent Helen Breitwieser @HelenBreit
Genres: Fiction | Middle Grade | Picture Books | YA | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: query@corvisieroagency.com
Put 'Query for' and the 'Name of Preferred Agent' in the subject heading.
Marisa A. Corvisiero: Romance | Thrillers | Paranormal | Fantasy | Science-Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Spiritual | Self-Improvement | Parenting | Science | Cookery | Business
Saritza Hernandez: Romance | Steampunk | Paranormal | Fantasy | Science-Fiction | Historical | Erotica | YA
Marisa and Saritza: Query letter, synopsis, and the first 5 pages as a Word document attachment.
Cate Hart: Commercial | Historical | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
Veronica Park: Romance | YA
Kelly Peterson: Middle Grade | YA
Justin Wells: Middle Grade | YA
Kaitlyn Johnson: Romance | Historical | Middle Grade | YA
Kortney Price: Middle Grade | YA
Query letter, synopsis, and the first 5 pages. All within the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Twitter: @CorvisieroLit
Genres: Fiction | Children's Books | Illustrators | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions: Agent specified.
Postal submissions: Curtis Brown Ltd, Attn: Query Department, Ten Astor Place, New York, NY 10003
Address to one agent only:
Noah Ballard: Literary | Thrillers | Non-Fiction | Narrative | nb@cbltd.com
Query letter and the first 10 pages.
Ginger Clark: Sci-Fi | Fantasy | Paranormal Romance | Literary Horror | Middle Grade | YA | gc@cbltd.com
Query letter only.
Kerry D’Agostino: Literary | Commercial | Non-Fiction | Narrative | Memoir | kd@cbltd.com
Query letter, synopsis, and the first 3 chapters.
Katherine Fausset: Literary | Commercial | Non-Fiction | Journalism | Popular Science | Narrative | Memoir | kf@cbltd.com
Query letter and the full manuscript as a Word or PDF attachment. If sending Non-Fiction send the entire proposal as an attachment.
Steve Kasdin: Historical | Mysteries | Thrillers | Romantic Suspense | YA | Non-Fiction | Narrative | History | Current Affairs | Biography | skasdin@cbltd.com
Query letter, synopsis, bio, and the first 50 pages as a Word or PDF attachment.
Mitchell Waters: Literary | Commercial | Mysteries | YA | Non-Fiction | History | Biography | Self-Help | Cookery | Popular Culture | Memoir | mswaters@cbltd.com
Sarah Gerton: Middle Grade | YA | sg@cbltd.com
Query letter and first ten page. All within the body of an email.
Jonathan Lyons: Non-Fiction | submission form
Monika Woods: Literary | Commercial | Non-Fiction | Cookbooks | mmw@cbltd.com
Query letter and first ten page. All within the body of an email.
Steven Salpeter: Literary | Fantasy | Graphic Novels | Historical | Thrillers | YA | Non-Fiction | submission form
Twitter: @CurtisBrownLtd
The agency is based in Weston, Connecticut.
Genres: Commercial Fiction | Historical Fiction | Science-Fiction | Romance | Crime Fiction | Graphic Novels | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified.
Only 3 agents currently accepting:
Bob Diforio: Fiction | Non-Fiction | bob@d4eo.com
Query letter, and sample chapters or a proposal. All within the body of an e-mail.
Prefers to only see queries from writers with published works, or based on a referral from an existing client.
Pam Victorio: Romance | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Popular Science | Popular Culture | Closed to submissions
Joyce Holland: Closed for submissions
Jessie Devine: Middle Grade | YA | submission form
Julie Dinneen: Literary | Commercial | Women's | YA | jdinneen.submissions@gmail.com
Twitter: Literary agents Bob Diforio @d4eo Pam Victorio @BookaliciousPam
The agency is based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Genres: Non-Fiction | Business | Popular Culture | Biography | Social Issues | Religion & Spirituality | Memoir
E-mail submissions only: submissions@danielliterarygroup.com
Address to sole agent:
Greg Daniel
Query letter, a proposal, comparable books, and a bio. All within the body of an e-mail.
Twitter: Literary agent Greg Daniel @DanielLiterary
Darhansoff & Verrill Literary Agents
Genres: Fiction | Children's Books | Middle Grade | YA | Graphic Novels | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: Darhansoff and Verrill, 236 West 26th Street, Suite 802, New York, NY 10001
E-mail submissions: submissions@dvagency.com
Address to one agent:
Liz Darhansoff: Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction
Chuck Verrill: Suspense | Non-Fiction
Michele Mortimer: Literary Fiction | Women's Fiction | Crime | Mysteries & Thrillers | YA | Children's Books | Middle Grade | Non-Fiction | Sports | Lifestyle | Food | Cookery | Women's Issues | Popular Culture | Technology | Music | Graphic Novels
Query letter only. If interested agency will request more materials.
Liza Dawson Associates Literary Agency
Genres: Fiction | Middle Grade | Illustrators | YA | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: Liza Dawson Associates, 350 Seventh Avenue, Suite 2003, New York, NY 10001
E-mail submissions: Agent specified.
Liza Dawson: Literary Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Historical Fiction | Non-Fiction | History | Psychology | Politics | Parenting | Memoir | queryliza@LizaDawsonAssociates.com
Query letter only.
Caitlin Blasdell: Commercial Fiction | Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Mysteries & Thrillers | Women's Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | queryCaitlin@LizaDawsonAssociates.com
Query letter only.
Hannah Bowman: Commercial Fiction | Science-Fiction | Romance | Fantasy | Women's Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | YA | Non-Fiction | Mathmatics | Science | Spirtuality | queryHannah@LizaDawsonAssociates.com
Monica Odom: Literary | Non-Fiction | querymonica@lizadawsonassociates.com
Caitie Flum: Commercial | Historical | Romance | Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Middle Grade | YA | Closed to submissions
Twitter: @LizaDawsonAssoc
The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency
Genres: Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified.
Jennifer De Chiara: Literary | Commercial | Women's | Mysteries | Thrillers | Children's Books | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Health | Memoir | Celebrity | Popular Culture | Screenplays | jenndec@aol.com
Stephen Fraser: Fiction | Picture Books | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Art History | Travel | Film | stephenafraser@verizon.net
Marie Lamba: Commercial | Women's | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Memoir | marie.jdlit@gmail.com
Whitley Abell: Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | submission form
Alex Barba: Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Middle Grade | YA | Closed for submissions
Cari Lamba: Commercial | Middle Grade | Picture Books | cari.jdlit@gmail.com
Query letter and first 20 pages. All within the body of the e-mail.
David Laurell: Fiction | Non-Fiction | dclaurell@gmail.com
Query letter and first 20 pages. All within the body of the e-mail.
Damian McNicholl: Fiction | Non-Fiction | damianmcnichollvarney@gmail.com
Query letter and first 5 pages. All within the body of the e-mail.
Alexandra Weiss: Romance | YA | alexweiss.jdlit@gmail.com
Query letter and first 20 pages. All within the body of the e-mail.
Roseanne Wells: Literary | Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Smart Detective Books | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Narrative | Science | Memoir | Self-Improvement | History | Travel | Humor | Cookery | Religion | queryroseanne@gmail.com
Query letter and the first 10 pages. All within the body of the e-mail.
Twitter: Literary agents Jennifer De Chiara @4writers
Genres: Fiction | Children's Books | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: Defiore and Company, 47 East 19th Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10003
E-mail submissions: Agent specfied.
Put 'Query' and in the subject heading.
Brian DeFiore: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Non-Fiction | Memoir | Popular Culture | Science | Sports | Self-Help | Cookery | Lifestyle | Humor | Querybrian@defioreandco.com
Query letter only (within the body of an e-mail).
Laurie Abkemeier: Narrative Non-Fiction | History | Science | Medicine | Nature | Sociology | LMA@defioreandco.com
Query letter only (within the body of an e-mail).
Adam Schear: Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction | Thrillers | YA | Non-Fiction | Memoirs | Politics | Science | Popular Culture | Current Events | AJS@defioreandco.com
Query letter, bio, and the first 5 pages. All within the body of an e-mail.
Matthew Elblonk: Literary Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | Popular Culture | Music | Humor | Science | matthew@defioreandco.com
Query letter, bio, and the first 5 pages. All within the body of an e-mail.
Caryn Karmatz Rudy: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Non-Fiction | Lifestyle | Parenting | Women's Issues | Memoir | ckr@defioreandco.com
Query letter, bio, and the first 5 pages. All within the body of an e-mail.
Rebecca Strauss: Commercial | Women's | Fantasy | Romance | Science-Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | rebecca@defliterary.com
Query letter, bio, and the first 5 pages. All within the body of an e-mail.
Lisa Gallagher: Fiction | Non-Fiction | lgsubmissions@defliterary.com
Query letter, bio, full manuscript as a Word Document attachment.
Nicole Tourtelot: Fiction | Non-Fiction | nicole@defliterary.com
Query letter and the first 5 pages. All within an email.
Cassie Hanjian: Commercial | Women's | Historical | Cozy Mysteries | Contemporary Romance | Psychological Suspense | New Adult | Non-Fiction | Parenting | Mind, Body & Spirit | Inspirational Memoir | Narrative Nonfiction (food-related topics only) | Cookbooks | querycassie@defliterary.com
Query letter and the first 5 pages. All within an email.
Meredith Kaffel: Literary Fiction | Women's Fiction | Thrillers | Children's Books | Middle Grade | YA | Picture Books | Illustrators | Non-Fiction | Popular Culture | Humor | History | Relationships | Psychology | Sociology | Technology | Science | meredith@defioreandco.com
Query letter, bio, and the first 5 pages. All within the body of an e-mail. Illustrators send a link to online portfolio.
Twitter: Literary agents Brian DeFiore @DeFiore Laurie Abkemeier @LaurieAbkemeier Adam Schear @adamschear Matthew Elblonk @Nerktwin Caryn Karmatz Rudy @ckragent Meredith Kaffel @mere215
Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
The agency is based in Del Mar, California.
Genres: Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified.
Sandra Dijkstra: Referrals only
Elise Capron: Referrals only
Jill Marr: Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Historical Fiction | Non-Fiction | Self-Help | Inspirational | Cookery | Memoir | History | Sports | Current Events | Health & Nutrition | Popular Culture | Humor | Music | jmsubmissions@dijkstraagency.com
Thao Le: Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Horror | YA | thao@dijkstraagency.com
Roz Foster: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Science-Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | Sociology | Politics | History | Science | Design | Current Affairs | Business | Cultural Studies | roz@dijkstraagency.com
Jessica Watterson: Romance | New Adult | jessica@dijkstraagency.com
Jennifer Kim: Literary | Short Story Collections | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | jennifer@dijkstraagency.com
Fiction: Query letter, synopsis, the first 10-15 pages, and a brief bio. All within the body of an e-mail.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, outline of chapters (not a complete proposal), the first 10-15 pages, and a brief bio. All within the body of an e-mail.
Twitter: Literary agents Elise Capron @EliseCapron Jill Marr @jilliganjonze Thao Le @ThaoLe8 Jessica Watterson @JessWatterson Roz Foster @RozFoster
Genres: Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: mail@donadio.com
Address to one agent:
Neil Olson: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Non-Fiction | History | Biography | Science & Nature
Edward Hibbert: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Non-Fiction | Biography | Performing Arts
Query letter, synopsis, and the first 3 chapters (or first 25 pages).
Twitter: @DonadioandOlson
Genres: Fiction | Children's Books | Middle Grade | YA | Illustrators | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: Dunham Literary, Inc., 110 William Street, Suite 2202, New York, NY 10038
E-mail submissions: query@dunhamlit.com
Put the 'Name of Preferred Agent' in the subject heading.
Jennie Dunham: Fiction | Children's Books | Illustrators | Non-Fiction
Query letter only.
Bridget Smith: Literary Fiction | Women's Fiction | Historical Fiction | Fantasy | Science-Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | History | Science
Query letter, and the first 5 pages. All within the body of an e-mail.
Leslie Zampetti: Romance | Historial | Women's | Middle Grade | YA
Query letter only.
Twitter: Literary agent Leslie Zampetti @leslie_zampetti Bridget Smith @bredalot
Dystel & Goderich Literary Management
Genres: Fiction | Graphic Novels | Middle Grade | Picture Books | YA | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified.
Miriam Goderich: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Non-Fiction | Popular Culture | Psychology | History | Biography | Science | Art | Business | Memoir | miriam@dystel.com
Michael Bourret: Commercial Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Food & Cocktails | Politics | History | Religion | Science | Current Events | Tennis | mbourret@dystel.com
Stacey Kendall Glick: Commercial Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Cookery | Parenting | Popular Culture | Lifestyle | Health & Fitness | Memoir | Psychology | Self-Help | sglick@dystel.com
Sharon Pelletier: Commercial | Literary | Women's | Non-Fiction | spelletier@dystel.com
Mike Hoogland: Thrillers | Science-Fiction | Romance | Crime | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | mhoogland@dystel.com
Jim McCarthy: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Romance | Paranormal | Non-Fiction | Memoir | jmccarthy@dystel.com
Amy Bishop: Women's | Historical | Gothic | Non-Fiction | abishop@dystel.com
Lauren E. Abramo: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Paranormal | Non-Fiction | Popular Culture | Politics | Current Affairs | Science | Media | History | labramo@dystel.com
Kemi Faderin: Medieval Historical Fiction | YA | kfaderin@dystel.com
Kieryn Ziegler: Middle Grade | YA | kziegler@dystel.com
Jessica Papin: Literary | Commercial | Non-Fiction | jpapin@dystel.com
John Rudolph: Commercial Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Picture Books | Illustrators | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Music | Sports | Performing Arts | Health | Science | Business | Memoir | Military History | Humor | jrudolph@dystel.com
The agency has offices in New York and Los Angeles.
Twitter: @DGLM
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The agency is based in Washington, D.C.
Genres: Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Mysteries | Romance
E-mail submissions only: queries@elaineenglish.com
Address to sole agent:
Elaine P. English
Query letter only (within the body of an e-mail). If interested the agency will request sample chapters.
Elaine is also an attornery and offers legal services to all writers.
Genres: YA | Non-Fiction | Crafts
Postal submissions: The Epstein Literary Agency P.O. Box 484 Kensington, MD 20891
E-mail submissions: Kate@Epsteinliterary.com
Put 'Query: Book Title' in the subject heading.
Address to sole agent:
Kate Epstein
Query letter, and the first 1-3 pages. All within the body of an e-mail. Send SASE if mailing.
Twitter: @EpsteinLiterary
Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified.
Peter Rubie: Literary Fiction | Narrative Non-Fiction | Popular Science | Spirituality | History | Biography | Popular Culture | Business | Technology | Parenting | Health | Self Help | Music | Food | peter@fineprintlit.com
Stephany Evans: Literary Fiction | Romance | Women's Fiction | Mystery | Paranormal | Historical Fiction | Non-Fiction | Health & Wellness | Spirituality | Lifestyle | Fitness | Memoir | stephany@fineprintlit.com
Rachel Coyne: Historical Fiction | Fantasy | Urban Fantasy | Science-Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | rachel@fineprintlit.com
Query letter, synopsis, and the first 3-5 pages. All within the body of an e-mail.
Laura Wood: Non-Fiction | Science | Nature | Business | History | Religion | laura@fineprintlit.com
Query letter only, in the body of an e-mail.
*Agents currently closed to submissions*
Janet Reid
June Clark
Unless specified above, the following submission guidelines apply:
Fiction: Query letter, synopsis, and the first 2 chapters. All within the body of an e-mail.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, a proposal, and 2 sample chapters. All within the body of an e-mail.
Twitter: @FinePrintLit Literary agents Peter Rubie @PeterRubie Stephany Evans @firerooster Janet Reid @Janet_Reid June Clark @JRifClark
Genres: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Children's Books | YA | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: Fletcher & Company, 78 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10011
E-mail submissions: info@fletcherandco.com
Address to one agent only:
Christy Fletcher: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Mysteries | Non-Fiction | Biography | Business | Religion | History | Cookery | Journalism | Science | Lifestyle | Sports | Current Affairs | Popular Culture | Memoir
Melissa Chinchillo: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Multi-Cultural | Children's Books | YA
Gráinne Fox: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Non-Fiction | Current Affairs | Travel | Food | Multi-Cultural | Journalism | Lifestyle | Popular Culture
Rebecca Gradinger: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | Current Affairs | Health & Fitness | Cultural Issues | Self-Help | Women's Issues | Parenting | Medical | Humor | Popular Culture | Memoir
Lisa Grubka: Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction | Women's Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | Science | Parenting | Cookery | Journalism | Humor | Women's Issues | Travel | Lifestyle | Psychology | Cultural Issues | Popular Culture | Memoir
Donald Lamm: Literary Fiction | Non-Fiction | History | Business | Science
Query letter, synopsis, and an SASE. If sending electronically all materials within the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Twitter: @fletcherco
Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified.
Erin Niumata: Women's | Romance | erin@foliolit.com
Query only. If interested Erin will request materials later.
*Erin reopened to queries on Feb 14th 2014*
Scott Hoffman: Fiction | YA | Middle Grade | Non-Fiction | using online form
Jeff Kleinman: Fiction | Non-Fiction | Art | History | Military | Business | Memoir | Animals | Nature | Biography | Humor | Crime | Health | Psychology | Popular-Culture | Self-Help | Celebrity | jkleinman@foliolit.com
Query letter, and the first 2-3 pages. All within the body of an e-mail. For Non-Fiction a summary of the book proposal, and 1-2 pages of a sample chapter.
Paige Wheeler: Commercial Fiction | Women’s Fiction | Mystery | Thriller | Romance | Non-Fiction | pwheeler@foliolit.com
Claudia Cross: Romance | Women’s Fiction | Non-Fiction | Religious | Cookery | claudia@foliolitmanagement.com
Query letter, and the first 10 pages. All within the body of an e-mail. Put 'Query - Title of Your Book' in the subject heading.
Jita Fumich: Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Fantasy | Romance | Non-Fiction | jita@foliolit.com
Query letter, and the first 5 pages. For Non-Fiction, the first 5 pages of proposal. All within the body of an e-mail. Put 'QUERY - TITLE OF BOOK' in subject heading.
Michael Harriot: Non-Fiction | Graphic Novels | michael@foliolit.com
Query letter, and a sample chapter as a Word document.
Erin Harris: Literary Fiction | Women's Fiction | Book Club Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | eharris@foliolitmanagement.com
Query letter, bio, and the first 10 pages of fiction or non-fiction proposal as a Word document attachment.
Molly Jaffa: YA | Middle Grade | molly@foliolit.com
Query letter, and the first 10 pages. All within the body of an e-mail. Put 'Query' in the subject heading.
Steve Troha: Literary Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | steve@foliolitmanagement.com
Query letter, and the first 10 pages. All within the body of an e-mail. Put 'Query' in the subject heading.
Emily van Beek: YA | Middle Grade | Picture Books | using online form
Melissa Sarver: Literary Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | using online form
Michelle Brower: Literary Fiction | Women's | Thrillers | Horror | Non-Fiction | using online form
Katherine Latshaw: Literary Fiction | Middle Grade | Non-Fiction | Fashion | Cookery | Parenting | Popular Culture | Memoir | Crafts | Blog-to-Books | klatshaw@foliolitmanagement.com
Twitter: @FolioLiterary
Genres: Fiction | YA | Picture Books | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: Foundry Literary + Media, Submissions, 33 West 17th Street, PH, New York, New York 10011
Address letter to one agent:
Peter H. McGuigan: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Non-Fiction | Popular Culture | Niche History | Biography | Music | Science
Yfat Reiss Gendell: Commercial Fiction | Historical Fiction | Science-Fiction | Thrillers | Non-Fiction | Memoir | Adventure & Travel
Stéphanie Abou: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Non-Fiction | Popular Culture | Health | Science | Parenting | Women's Issues
Hannah Brown Gordon: Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | Memoir | History | Current Events | Science | Psychology | Popular Culture
Stephen Barbara: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | YA | Picture Books | Non-Fiction
David R. Patterson: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Non-Fiction
Brandi Bowles: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
Fiction: Query letter, synopsis, bio, the first 3 chapters, and an SASE.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, bio, table of contents, 2 sample chapters, and an SASE.
E-mail submissions: Only two agents accept electronic queries.
Chris Park: Fiction | Non-Fiction | Memoir | Sports | Christian | Humor | Current Events | cpsubmissions@foundrymedia.com
Mollie Glick: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | Science | Psychology | Cultural History | Memoir | Current Events | mglick@foundrymedia.com
All material within the body of an e-mail.
Twitter: @foundrymedia
Genres: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Non-Fiction | Memoir
Postal submissions: The Friedrich Agency, 19 West 21st Street, Suite 201, New York, NY 10010
E-mail submissions: Agent specified.
Molly Friedrich: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Thrillers | Historical Fiction | Multi-Cultural | Short Stories | Humor & Satire | Family Saga | Non-Fiction | Memoir | mfriedrich@friedrichagency.com
Lucy Carson: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Non-Fiction | Memoir | lcarson@friedrichagency.com
Twitter: Literary agents Lucy Carson @LucyACarson
Fredrica S. Friedman & Co, Inc
Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
Does not accept: Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Children's Books, or Poetry.
E-mail submissions only: submissions@fredricafriedman.com
Address to sole agent:
Fredrica S. Friedman
Fiction: Query letter, synopsis, and the first 10 pages. All within the body of an e-mail.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, proposal, and a bio. All within the body of an e-mail.
The agency is based in San Diego, California
Genres: Fiction | Children's Books | Middle Grade | YA | Picture Books | Illustrators | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: submissions@fullcircleliterary.com
Put 'Query' and the 'Name of the Preferred Agent' in the subject heading.
Adriana Dominguez: Literary Fiction | Women's Fiction | Historical Fiction | Middle Grade | Picture Books | YA | Non-Fiction | Popular Culture | How-To
Taylor Martindale: YA | Paranormal | Urban Fantasy | Women's Fiction | Historical Fiction
Stefanie von Borstel: Children's Books | Middle Grade | Picture Books | Illustrators | Non-Fiction | Parenting | How-To | Design & Lifestyle
Fiction: Query letter, and the first 10 pages. All within the body of an e-mail.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, a proposal, and a sample chapter. All within the body of an e-mail.
Twitter: Literary agents Adriana Dominguez @VocesBlog Taylor Martindale @TayMartindale
The agency is based in San Francisco, California.
Genres: Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Graphic Novels | Illustrators | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified.
Laurie McLean: Romance | Fantasy | Science-Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Suspense | Horror | Middle Grade | YA | querylaurie@fuseliterary.com
*Laurie is currently closed to unsolicited queries. Only open to referrals*
Gordon Warnock: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Graphic Novels | YA | Non-Fiction | Memoir | Cookery | Politics | Popular Science | Popular Culture | Self-Help | Humor | Pets | Business | querygordon@fuseliterary.com
Query letter, and the first chapter for fiction and memoir. All other non-fiction query letter only. All within the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Jen Karsbaek: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Historical | Romance | Mysteries & Thrillers | Fantasy | queryjen@fuseliterary.com
Query letter, synopsis, and the first 10 pages. All within the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Emily Keyes: Commercial Fiction | Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Women's | New Adult | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Popular Culture | Humor | queryemily@fuseliterary.com
Query letter and the first 10 pages. All within the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Michelle Richter: Literary Fiction | Book Club | Commercial Women's| Thrillers | Mysteries | Non-Fiction | Fashion | Film & Television | Sociology | Science | Medicine | Economics | querymichelle@fuseliterary.com
Query letter, synopsis, and the first 20 pages as a Word document.
Sara Sciuto: Middle Grade | YA | Picture Books | Non-Fiction | Craft & Design | How-To | Lifestyle | Popular Culture
Twitter: @FuseLiterary
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Gelfman Schneider Literary Agency, Inc.
Genres: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Historical Fiction | Women's Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | Humor | Memoir | Politics | Science | Current Affairs |
Postal submissions: Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents, Inc., 850 Seventh Avenue, Suite 903, New York, NY, 10019
Address to one agent:
Deborah Schneider: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Historical Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Crime Fiction | Non-Fiction | Politics | Health & Fitness | Women's Issues | History | Biography | Psychology
Jane Gelfman: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Historical Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers
Heather Mitchell: Commercial Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Historical Fiction | Non-Fiction | Memoir
Query letter, synopsis, 1 sample chapter, and an SASE.
Only one agent accepts electronic queries:
Victoria Marini: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Mysteries & Suspense | YA | Non-Fiction | Popular Culture | victoria.gsliterary@gmail.com
Query letter, synopsis or proposal, and the first 3 chapters (no more than 40 pages). All within the body of an e-mail.
Twitter: Literary agents Deborah Schneider @deborschneider Jane Gelfman @JaneGelfman Victoria Marini @LitAgentMarini
Genres: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | Memoirs | Biography | Sports | History | Science
Postal submissions: The Gernert Company, 136 East 57th Street, New York, NY 10022
E-mail submissions: info@thegernertco.com
Put 'Query' and 'Name of Preferred Agent' in the subject heading.
David Gernert: Commercial Fiction | Non-Fiction | Sports | Popular Culture | Drama & Music | Celebrity
Sarah Burnes: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
Stephanie Cabot: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Historical Fiction
Seth Fishman: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Science-Fiction | Fantasy | YA | Graphic Novels
Logan Garrison: YA
Chris Parris-Lamb: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Family Saga | Historical Fiction | Non-Fiction | Popular Culture Sports | Celebrity
Andy Kifer: Literary Fiction | Science-Fiction | Non-Fiction
Will Roberts: Literary Fiction | Non-Fiction | Politics | History
Erika Storella: Literary Fiction | Non-Fiction | Memoir | History | Art | Sociology
Anna Worrall: Historical Fiction | Women’s Fiction | Non-Fiction
Query letter, and a sample chapter. Send SASE if mailing.
Twitter: @TheGernertCo
Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
The agency has offices in New York, and Los Angeles.
*No unsolicited manuscripts*
Twitter: Literary agent Joseph Veltre (Head of New York Book Department) @veltre
Genres: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Historical Fiction | Romance | YA | Urban Fantasy | Non-Fiction | Memoirs | Popular Culture | Social Issues | Animals | Parenting | Food | Lifestyle
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified.
Irene Goodman: Historical Fiction | Female-Driven Thrillers High Concept Women's Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | Popular Culture | Social Issues | Animals | Parenting | Food | Judaica | Anglophilia | Francophilia | lifestyle | irene.queries@irenegoodman.com
Miriam Kriss: Commercial Fiction | Romance | Urban Fantasy | YA | miriam.queries@irenegoodman.com
Barbara Poelle: Literary Fiction | Thrillers | Mysteries | Historical Romance | YA | barbara.queries@irenegoodman.com
Rachel Ekstrom: Thrillers | Mysteries | Women's Fiction | Romance | YA | Non-Fiction | rachel.queries@irenegoodman.com
Query letter, synopsis, and the first 10 pages. All within the body of an e-mail.
Twitter: Literary agents Irene Goodman @igagency Miriam Kriss @MiriamKriss Barbara Poelle @Bpoelle Rachel Ekstrom @EkstromRachel
The Greenhouse Literary Agency
Genres: Children's Books | Middle Grade | YA
E-mail submissions only: submissions@greenhouseliterary.com
Address to one agent only:
Sarah Davies: Middle Grade | YA
John Cusick: Middle Grade | YA
Query letter (synopsis included), and the first chapter (or first 5 pages). All within the body of an e-mail. Any e-mails with attachments will be deleted.
The agency also has a London office.
Twitter: Literary agents Sarah Davies @SarahGreenhouse John Cusick @johnmcusick
The agency is based in Puyallup, Washington.
Genres: Women's Fiction | Romance
Does not accept: Fantasy, Science-Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Erotica, Middle Grade, YA, or Non-Fiction.
E-mail submissions only: scott@greyhausagency.com or using Single Title Romance Form or Harlequin Romance Form
Address to sole agent:
Scott C. Eagan
Query letter only. If using online form then a 250 word book premise.
All queries must adhere to the agency guidelines before submission.
Twitter: @greyhausagency
The agency is based in Newton, Massachusetts.
Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Using online form.
Query letter only (within the body of the form).
The Charlotte Gusay Literary Agency
The agency is based in Los Angeles, California.
Genres: Fiction | Children's Books | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: gusay1@ca.rr.com
Query letter only (in the body of an e-mail). If interested the agency will request the first 50 pages for Fiction, or the first 3 chapters for Non-Fiction.
Twitter: @CharGusay
Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified.
Put 'Query' and 'Name of Preferred Agent' in the subject heading.
William Reiss: Fiction | Historical Fiction | YA | Middle Grade | Suspense | Non-Fiction | Biography | Nature Writing | reiss@jhalit.com
Moses Cardona: Commercial Fiction | Suspense | Business | Science| Multi-Cultural Fiction | moses@jhalit.com
Warren Frazier: Literary Fiction | Business | Science | Technology | frazier@jhalit.com
Anne Hawkins: Literary Fiction | Thrillers | Women's Fiction | Non-Fiction | Science | History | Medicine | Public Policy | Women's Issues | ahawkins@jhalit.com
Fiction: Query letter, brief bio, and the first 3 chapters. All as a single Word document.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, brief bio, and a proposal. All as a single Word document.
The agency was established in 1893, and is the oldest literary agency in the US.
Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: Hill Nadell Literary Agency, 6442 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 201, Los Angeles California 90038
E-mail submissions: queries@hillnadell.com
Bonnie Nadell: Literary | Thrillers | Upmarket Women’s | Non-Fiction | Food | Current Affairs | Narrative | Memoir
Dara Hyde: Literary | Genre Fiction | YA | Graphic Novels | Non-Fiction | Narrative | Memoir
Query letter, synopsis, and the first 5-10 pages. All within the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Twitter: Literary agents Dara Hyde @dzhyde
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Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: ICM Partners, 730 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10019
Only two agents currently accepting:
Lisa Bankoff: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Historical Fiction | Non-Fiction | Memoir | Religion | Biography | History | Food & Lifestyle | Science | Adventure| Current Affairs | Psychology | Nature & Excology | Women's Issues
Query letter, and an SASE.
Tina Wexler: Middle Grade | YA | Picture Books | Non-Fiction | Memoir | Cookery | Beauty | Narrative | Parenting | Humor
The agency has offices in New York, and Los Angeles.
Twitter: Literary agent Tina Wexler @Tina_Wexler
The agency is based in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Genres: Fiction | New Adult | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified.
Michelle L. Johnson: Commercial Fiction | Suspense | Mysteries & Thrillers | Horror | Fantasy | Paranormal | Romance | YA | query@inklingsliterary.com
*Michelle is currently closed to all submissions.*
Dr. Jamie Bodnar Drowley: Commercial Fiction | Paranormal | Fantasy | Horror | Science-Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Romance | Historical | Middle Grade | YA | query@inklingsliterary.com
Margaret Bail: Romance (Except Christian or Inspirational) | Science-Fiction | Mysteries | Thrillers | Historical | Westerns | Fantasy | Non-Fiction | True Crime | Cookery | Memoir | query@inklingsliterary.com
Whitley Abell: Upmarket Women's Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | query@inklingsliterary.com
Naomi Davis: Romance | New Adult | YA | Non-Fiction | query@inklingsliterary.com
Alex Barba: YA
*Alex is currently closed to submissions.*
Query letter, synopsis, and the first 5 pages. All within the body of an email. No attachments will be opened.
Twitter: Literary agents Michelle L. Johnson @MJsRetweet Dr. Jamie Bodnar Drowley @jbdrowley Margaret Bail @MKDB Whitley Abell @whitleyabell Naomi Davis @NaomisLitPix
Genres: Fiction | Graphic Novels | Short Stories | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: submissions@inkwellmanagement.com
Address to one agent only:
Kimberly Witherspoon: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Non-Fiction
Lizz Blaise: Literary Fiction | Women's | Suspense | Thrillers | YA
Allison Hunter: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Non-Fiction | Cultural Studies | Cookery | Memoir
Alexis Hurley: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Non-Fiction | Memoir
Nathaniel Jacks: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's | Historical | Short Stories | YA | Non-Fiction | Biography | Travel | Religion | Food & Drink | Entertainment | History | Humor | Current Affairs | Business | Memoir
Jacqueline Murphy: Non-Fiction
David Forrer: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | Suspense | Thrillers | Historical | Non-Fiction | Humor | Popular History
Charlie Olsen: Graphic Novels | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
Eliza Rothstein: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Non-Fiction | Food | Popular Science | Memoir
Monika Woods: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | Science | Popular Culture | Memoir | Current Affairs
David Hale Smith (Dallas): Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | Thrillers | Non-Fiction
Catherine Drayton (Australia): Women's Fiction | Children's Books | YA
All agents: Query letter and the first 1-2 chapters. All within the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Must agree to their policy before sending any work.
The agency has agents based in Australia, Boston, and Dallas.
Twitter: @Inkwellmgmt Literary agents Kimberly Witherspoon @kwspoon Lizz Blaise @evblaise Allison Hunter @AllisonSHunter David Forrer @DForrerLitAgent Charlie Olsen @ComicsisPeople Eliza Rothstein @elizaloren Monika Woods @booksijustread David Hale Smith @davidhalesmith Catherine Drayton @cjdrayton
Generes: Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: JABberwocky Literary Agency, 24-16 Queens Plaza South, Ste. 505, Long Island City, NY 11101-4620
E-mail submissions: Agent specified.
Address to only agent currently accepting:
Eddie Schneider: Literary fiction | Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Graphic Novels | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Science | History | Social Issues | queryeddie@awfulagent.com
Query letter, and synopsis. Both within the body of an e-mail. Or with an SASE if mailing. No sample chapters.
Twitter: @awfulagent
Genres: Fiction | Graphic Novels | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: Janklow & Nesbit Associates, 445 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022
E-mail submissions: submissions@janklow.com
Address to one agent only:
Alexandra Machinist: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Romance | Suspense | YA | Non-Fiction
Julie Just: Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
Richard Morris: Literary Fiction | Non-Fiction | Business | Food | Science | Faith | Cultural History
PJ Mark: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Non-Fiction | Journalism | Memoir | Popular Culture | Essays | Cultural Criticism
Paul Lucas: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Thrillers | Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Graphic Novels | Non-Fiction | History | Biography | Popular Science
Fiction: Query letter, synopsis, and the first 10 pages.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, and the full proposal.
If sending electronically, all materials must be within the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Twitter: Literary agent Alexandra Machinist @amachinist Paul Lucas @canonizer
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Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
Does not accept: Poetry, Romance, Horror, Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Picture Books.
Postal submissions only: The Karpfinger Agency, 357 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011
Fiction: Query letter, the first 10 pages, and an SAE.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, 10 page proposal, 3 samples of your published articles related to the book, and an SAE.
The agency is based in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
Genres: Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified
Natasha Kern: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Romance | Suspense | Mysteries & Thrillers | Historical Fiction | Comedy | YA | Non-Fiction | Self-Help | Spirituality | Health | queries@natashakern.com
Athena Kern: Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Romance | Thrillers | Christian Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | Memoir | queries@natashakern.com
Put 'Query - Title of Your Book' in the subject heading.
Fiction: Query letter, bio, synopsis including how the book ends, and the first 5-10 pages. All within the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Non-Fiction: Query letter (3-5 pages) including: 1 page concept, the market for the book, competing books, marketing plan, projected word count, whether or not a full proposal is available, and a sample chapter. All within the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
The agency only accept submissions from residents of the US and Canada.
Twitter: Literary agents Athena Kern @athenavkern
Genres: Fiction | Children's Fiction | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: Harvey Klinger, Inc. 300 West 55th Street, Suite 11V, New York, NY 10019
One agent only accepts postal queries:
Harvey Klinger: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions: Agent specified.
David Dunton: Literary Fiction | YA | Middle Grade | Non-Fiction | Music | Popular Culture | Memoir | Food | david@harveyklinger.com
Sara Crowe: Fiction | Children's Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | sara@harveyklinger.com
Andrea Somberg: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | YA | Middle Grade | Womens Fiction | Romance | Thrillers & Mystery | Paranormal | Fantasy | Science-Fiction | Non-Fiction | Popular Science | Popular Culture | Humor | Parenting | Self-Help | Lifestyle | Travel | Interior Design | Crafts | Cookery | Health & Fitness | Business | Sports | andrea@harveyklinger.com
Twitter: Literary agents Harvey Klinger @harveyklinger Sara Crowe @saraagent Andrea Somberg @andreasomberg
Kneerim, Williams & Bloom Literary Agency
Genres: Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions: Agent specified.
Put 'Query' in the subject heading.
Jill Kneerim: Literary Fiction | Non-Fiction | Memoir | History | Religion | Psychology | Anthropology | Women's Issues | Biography | jill@kwblit.com
Brettne Bloom: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | Women's Issues | Memoir | History | Current Events | Biography | Travel | Parenting | Science | Parenting | Popular Culture | Cookery | Personal Growth | bloom@kwblit.com
Kathryn Beaumount: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Non-Fiction | Memoir | Personal Growth | Women's Issues | History | Travel | Current Events | beaumont@kwblit.com
Katherine Flynn: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Historical Fiction | Crime Fiction | Non-Fiction | History | Biography | Current Affairs | Adventure | Nature | Popular Culture | Science | Psychology | flynn@kwblit.com
Query letter (within the body of an e-mail). If interested the agent will request sample chapters.
The agency has offices in Boston and New York.
Twitter: @KWLit
Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
Does not accept: Children's Books, Poetry, Picture Books, Biography, History.
E-mail submissions only: Submissions@KnightAgency.net
Address to the Submissions Coordinator:
Melissa Jeglinski.
Query letter only. If interested they will request sample chapters.
Twitter: @KnightAgency
The agency is based in Denver, Colorado.
Genres: Fiction | Midle Grade | YA
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified.
Kate Testerman: Middle Grade | YA | katequery@ktliterary.com
Sara Megibow: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Romance | Women's Fiction | Fantasy | Science-Fiction | YA | saraquery@ktliterary.com
Renee Nyen: Middle Grade | YA | reneequery@ktliterary.com
Query letter and the first 3 chapters. All within the body of an e-mail. Attachments will not be opened.
Twitter: Literary agents Kate Testerman @DaphneUn Sara Megibow @SaraMegibow Renee Nyen @Renee_Nyen
Genres: Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: Larsen-Pomada Literary Agents, 1029 Jones Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
E-mail submissions: Agent specified.
Michael Larsen: Non-Fiction | How-To | Self-Help | Business | Personal Finance | Popular Culture | Biography | History | Current Affairs | Health | Spirituality | Inspirational | larsenpoma@aol.com
Query letter only, and an SASE if mailing.
Elizabeth Pomada: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Romance | Women's Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Narrative Non-Fiction | larsenpoma@aol.com
Query letter, a 2 page synopsis, and the first 10 pages. All within the body of an e-mail, and must be a 14-point font. If interested she will want to read the manuscript on an exclusive basis.
Established in 1972, they are the oldest literary agency in Northern California.
Twitter: Literary agents Mike Larson @mikelarsen2
Levine Greenberg Literary Agency, Inc.
Genres: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Women's Fiction | Romance Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Business & Economics | Cookery | Politics | Science & Nature | Pets | Craft & Hobbies | Sports | Health | Psychology | History | Technology | Humor | Parenting | Self-Help | Popular Culture | Travel
E-mail submissions only: submit@levinegreenberg.com or the preferred online form which includes further details.
Address to 'Submissions' do not query agents directly,
Query letter (within body of e-mail), and no more than 50 pages as a Word or PDF attachment.
Twitter: Literary agents Kerry Sparks @Kerry_Sparks Monika Verma @MonikaVermaLG Danielle Svetcov @dsvetcov Arielle Eckstut @TheBookDoctors
Genres: Literary Fiction | Mystery | Crime | Romance | Historical | New Adult | YA
E-mail submissions only: literarycounsel@gmail.com
Address to one agent only:
Frances Black: Literary Fiction | Contemporary & Historical Romance | Mysteries | New Adult
Jennifer Mishler: New Adult | YA
Put 'Query' and 'Genre' in the subject heading.
Query letter, synopsis and the first 3 chapters as a Word document. Do not paste into the e-mail. Synopsis and chapters must be a Word document attachment.
*They only accept queries on the 1st and 2nd of each month*
Twitter: @literarycounsel
Genres: Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: Lowenstein Associates, 121 West 27th Street, Suite 501, New York, NY 10001
E-mail submissions: assistant@bookhaven.com
Put 'QUERY' and the 'Name of the Preferred Agent' in the subject heading.
Barbara Lowenstein: Fiction | Non-Fiction | Fitness | Business | Women's Issues | Psychology | Health | Science | Social Issues
Emily Gref: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Fantasy | Science-Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Linguistics | Anthropology | History | Memoirs | Biography
Fiction: Query letter, synopsis, and the first 10 pages.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, a table of contents, and the full proposal.
All within the body of an e-mail. Send an SASE if mailing.
Twitter: Literary agents Emily Gref @skycornerless
Genres: Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: The Steve Laube Agency 5025 N. Central Ave., #635 Phoenix, AZ 85012-1502
E-mail submissions: Agent specified.
Steve Laube: Christian Fiction | Women’s | Romance | Thrillers | Suspense | Literary | Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Supernatural | YA | Non-Fiction | Christian | Military | Historical | krichards@stevelaube.com
Tamela Hancock Murray: Christian Fiction | Christian Non-Fiction | ewilson@stevelaube.com
Karen Ball: Christian Fiction | Christian Non-Fiction | pwhitson@stevelaube.com
Dan Balow: Christian Fiction | Christian Non-Fiction | vseem@stevelaube.com
Christian Fiction: Query letter and a synopsis.
Christian Non-Fiction: Query letter, synopsis, and a chapter by chapter outline.
If sending my mail, include an SASE.
The agency predominately represents authors writing and exploring Christian themes across Fiction and Non-Fiction.
Twitter: Literary agents Steve Laube @stevelaubeagent Tamela Hancock Murrary @Tamela_Murray Karen Ball @KarenBall1 Dan Balow @danbalow
Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Using online form
Twitter: @LyonsLiterary
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Genres: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Mystery | Suspense | Horror | Romance | Historical Fiction
Postal submissions: Donald Maass Literary Agency, Suite 801, 121 West 27th Street, New York, NY 10001
E-mail submissions: Agent specified.
Donald Maass: Fiction | info@maassagency.com
Jennifer Jackson: Women's Fiction | Romance | Mystery & Suspence | YA | query.jjackson@maassagency.com
Cameron McClure: Literary Fiction | Mystery & Suspense | Urban Fantasy | Multi-Cultural | Non-Fiction | cmcclure@maassagency.com
Katie Shea: Literary Fiction | Women's Fiction | Non-Fiction | Memoir | Food | Popular Culture | Health & Lifestyle | YA | kshea@maassagency.com
Amy Boggs: Fantasy | Science-Fiction | Paranormal Romance | Steampunk | YA | Children's Books | Historical | Westerns | aboggs@maassagency.com
Jennifer Udden: Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Mysteries | judden@maassagency.com
All agents: Query letter, synopsis, and the first 5 pages. All within the body of an e-mail.
Twitter: Literary agents Donald Maass @DonMaass Jennifer Jackson @arcaedia Cameron McClure @BookCannibal Katie Shea @AgentShea Amy Boggs @notjustanyboggs Stacia Decker @StaciaDecker Jennifer Udden @suddenlyjen
Genres: Fiction | YA | New Adult | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: submissions@carolmannagency.com
Address to one agent only:
Gareth Esersky: Non-Fiction | Health & Nutrition | Parenting | Spirituality | Judaica | Psychology | Memoir
Myrsini Stephanides: Women's | YA | New Adult | Non-Fiction | Popular Culture | Music | Humor | Popular Science | Cookery | Memoir
Joanne Wyckoff: Literary | Non-Fiction | Women's Issues | History | Education | Science | Health & Wellness | Sports | Humor | Food | Popular Culture | Natural History | Animals | Religion | African American Issues | joanne@carolmannagency.com
Lydia Blyfield: YA | Non-Fiction
Fiction: Query letter, synopsis, bio, and the first 25 pages.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, synopsis, and bio.
All material should be pasted into the e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Twitter: @carolmannagency
Manus & Associates Literary Agency, Inc
Genres: Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction
Does not accept: Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Children's Book, or Poetry.
Postal submissions: Manus & Associates Literary Agency, Inc., 425 Sherman Avenue, Suite 200, Palo Alto, CA 94306
Fiction: Query letter, synopsis, the first 30 pages, and an SASE.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, a full proposal, and an SASE.
E-mail submissions: Agent specified
Janet Wilkens Manus: Mysteries & Thrillers | Suspense | Non-Fiction | True Crime | Health | Cookery | Popular Psychology | Religion | Memoirs | manuslitny@aol.com
Stephanie Lee: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Multi-Cultural | YA | Non-Fiction | Self-Help | Generation X and Y | Popular Science | slee@manuslit.com
Penny Nelson: Non-Fiction | Lifestyle | Social Issues | Current Events | Journalistic | Academic | Sports | Memoirs | Natural Sciences | Politics | penny@manuslit.com
Dena Fischer: Literary Fiction | Non-Fiction | Memoir | dena@manuslit.com
Query letter only (within the body of an e-mail). No samples or attachments if an electronic query. Only accept materials by post.
Marsal Lyon Literary Agency, LLC
Genres: Commercial Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Women's Fiction | Romance | Paranormal | Science-Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Sports | Biography | Memoir | Finance | Relationships | Investigative Journalism | Lifestyle | Parenting | Pets | Popular Culture | Women's Issues | Science & Nature | Current Events | Music | Psychology | Self-Help
Postal submissions: Marsal Lyon Literary Agency LLC, PMB 121, 665 San Rodolfo Dr. 124, Solana Beach, CA 92075
E-mail submissions: Agent specified.
Jill Marsal: Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Paranormal | Romance | Family Saga | Non-Fiction | Current Events | Business | Health | Relationships | Parenting | Psychology | Self-Help | History | Jill@MarsalLyonLiteraryAgency.com
Kevan Lyon: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Romance | YA | Non-Fiction | Current Events | Memoir | Environment | Parenting | Pets | Women's Issues | Kevan@MarsalLyonLiteraryAgency.com
Kathleen Rushall: Commercial Fiction | Historical Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Science-Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Parenting | Cookery | Crafts | Business | Alternative Medicine | Humor | Popular Culture | Women's Issues | Kathleen@MarsalLyonLiteraryAgency.com
Deborah Ritchken: Non-Fiction | Lifestyle | Food | Design | Women's Issues | Biography | Current Events | Popular Culture | French Setting | query@MarsalLyonLiteraryAgency.com
Fiction: Query letter, synopsis, and the first 10 pages.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, and full proposal.
If sending by mail include an SASE.
Twitter: Literary agents Jill Marsal @jillmarsal Kevan Lyon @kevanlyon Kathleen Rushall @katrushall
Genres: Fiction | YA | Middle Grade | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions only: McIntosh & Otis, Inc., Attn: (*Adult Fiction | Adult Non-Fiction | or Children's*), 353 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10016
Fiction: Query letter, synopsis, a bio, the first 2 chapters, and an SAE.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, a proposal, a bio, the first 2 chapters, and an SASE.
YA | Middle Grade: Query letter, the first 3 pages, and an SASE.
Twitter: Literary agents Edward Necarsulmer @edwardnecarsulm Rebecca Strauss @RebeccaLiterary
Howard Morhaim Literary Agency, Inc.
Genres: Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified.
Kate McKean: Literary Fiction | Women's Fiction | Paranormal | Romance | Urban Fantasy | YA | Middle Grade | Narrative Non-Fiction | Sports | Food | Popular Culture | Crafts | kmckean@morhaimliterary.com
*Kate is now closed to unsolicited queries. She is due to reopen later in 2014*
Paul Lamb: Literary Fiction | Crime | Mysteries | Non-Fiction | Political Science | Memoir | Sociology | Travel Writing | Sports | Popular Culture | Music | Sports | Business | paul@morhaimliterary.com
Maria Ribas: Non-Fiction | Cookery | Self-Help | Health | Diet | Home | Parenting | Humor | Narrative | Memoir | maria@morhaimliterary.com
Fiction: Query letter (in the body of an e-mail), synopsis, and the first 3 chapters. Both as Word or PDF documents.
Non-Fiction: Query letter (in the body of an e-mail), and the full proposal. Attachments are fine.
Twitter: Literary agents Kate McKean @kate_mckean Maria Ribas @maria_ribas Paul Lamb @paulnybooks
Genres: Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Illustrators | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified.
Jason Allen Ashlock: Fiction | Non-Fiction | History | Biography | Memoir | Current Affairs | Politics | Popular Culture | JAshlock@MovableTM.com
Michele Matrisciani: Non-Fiction | Memoir | MMatrisciani@MovableTM.com
Mary Kole: Middle Grade | Picture Books | Illustrators | YA | MKole@MovableTM.com
Adam Chromy: Fiction | Non-Fiction | AChromy@MovableTM.com
Put 'Query' in the subject heading.
Fiction: Query letter, and the first 10 pages. Both within the body of an e-mail.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, and bio. Both within the body of an e-mail
Picture Books | Illustrators: Query letter, and full manuscript. Both within the body of an e-mail. Illustrators should also send a link to online portfolio.
Twitter: Literary agents Jason Allen Ashlock @jasonashlock Michele Matrisciani @NYBookchic Mary Kole @Kid_Lit Adam Chromy @TheAdamChromy
Genres: Fiction | New Adult | YA | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: Dee Mura Literary, P.O. Box 131, Massapequa Park, NY 11762
E-mail submissions: query@deemuraliterary.com
Address to one agent only:
Dee Mura: Mysteries | Thrillers | Espionage | Action & Adventure | Non-Fiction | Military | Finance | Politics | History | Humor | Animals
Kimiko Nakamura: Literary | Contemporary | Women's | Romance | Mysteries | Urban Fantasy | New Adult | YA | Non-Fiction | Satire | Mind & Body | Spirituality | Cookery | Health | Narrative | Memoir
Kaylee Davis: Sci-Fi | Fantasy | Speculative | Steampunk | Urban Fantasy | New Adult | YA
Fiction: Query letter, synopsis, bio, and the first 25 pages.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, bio, and an excerpt of the proposal.
Twitter: Literary agents Kimiko Nakamura @Kimiko_Nakamura Kaylee Davis @Kaylee_Davis_
The agency is based in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Genres: Children's Books | Middle Grade | Picture Books | YA | Non-Fiction
*No unsolicited manuscripts*
Twitter: Literary agents Erin Murphy @agenterinmurphy Tricia Lawrence @authorblogger
Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency, Inc. (JVNLA)
Genres: Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Using online form
Form allows for the selection to query only one agent:
Jennifer Weltz: Historical Fiction | Thrillers | Magical Realism | Children's Books
Alice Tasman: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Biography | Music | Popular Culture
Elizabeth Evans: Historical Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | Memoir | Current Affairs | Science | Journalism | Health & Wellness | Psychology | History | Humor | Popular Culture
Jessica Regel: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Children's Books | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Humor | Popular Culture | Memoir
Twitter: Literary agents Jennifer Weltz @JVNLA Alice Tasman @AliceTasman Elizabeth Evans @EMEvans11 Jessica Regel @jessregel Jean Naggar @twjnaggar
The agency is based in Denver, Colorado.
Genres: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Romance | Science-Fiction | Fantasy | YA | Middle Grade | Memoir
E-mail submissions only: query@nelsonagency.com
Put 'QUERY: Name of Book Title' in the subject heading.
Address to one agent only:
Kristin Nelson: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Fantasy | Science-Fiction | Women's Fiction | Romance | Middle Grade | YA
Query letter (in the body of an e-mail). If interested the agency will request more materials.
Twitter: Literary agent Kristin Nelson @agentkristinNLA
New Leaf Literary & Media, Inc.
Genres: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Horror | Romance | Paranormal | Steampunk | Urban Fantasy | Children's Books | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Popular Culture | Women's Issues
E-mail submissions only: query@newleafliterary.com
Put in the subject heading 'Query' and the 'Name of Preferred Agent.'
Kathleen Ortiz: Urban Fantasy | Romance | Paranormal | YA | Middle Grade | Tech-Oriented Thrillers | Non-Fiction | Popular Culture | Women's Issues
Suzie Townsend: Romance | Historical Fiction | Paranormal | Urban Fantasy | Science-Fiction | Steampunk | Middle Grade | YA
Joanna Volpe: Currently closed to submissions.
Peter Knapp: Middle Grade | YA
Query letter, synopsis, and the first 5 pages. All within the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Twitter: @NewLeafLiterary
The agency is based in Los Angeles, California
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified.
Address to sole agent:
Dana Newman: Literary | Upmarket Women's | Non-Fiction | dananewmanliterary@gmail.com
Query letter only
Put 'Query' in the subject heading of the e-mail.
Twitter: @DanaNewman
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Genres: Fiction | Middle Grade | Picture Books | YA | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: Harold Ober Associates, Inc., 425 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10017
E-mail submissions: Agent specified.
Address to one agent:
Phyllis Westberg: Fiction | Children's Books | Non-Fiction
Craig Tenney: Fiction | Children's Books
Pamela Malpas: Fiction | Non-Fiction
Jake Elwell: Fiction | Non-Fiction
Kathleen Zakhar: Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Historical | Horror | Middle Grade | Picture Books | YA | kathleen@haroldober.com
Put 'Query: 'Name of Book' and 'Author' in the subject heading
Query letter, synopsis and the first 5-10 pages (within the body of an e-mail). No attachments will be opened. If mailing will accept 10-20 page sample. But must include an SASE.
All other agents:
Fiction: Query letter, the first 5 pages, and an SASE.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, a proposal, and an SASE.
The agency was established in 1929.
Twitter: @Harold_Ober Literary agents Kathleen Zakhar @kzakhar Pamela Malpas @1MorePage Jake Elwell @jelwell8
The Zoë Pagnamenta Agency, LLC
Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
Does not accept: Genre Fiction, Poetry, or Self-Help.
Postal submissions only: The Zoë Pagnamenta Agency LLC, 20 West 22nd Street, Suite 1603, New York, NY 10010
Address to sole agent:
Zoë Pagnamenta
Query letter, the first 25 pages, and an SASE.
Twitter: @zoepagnamenta
Genres: Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction
Does not accept: Fantasy, Science-Fiction, Romance, Poetry, or Middle Grade
Postal submissions: Ayesha Pande Literary, 128 West 132 St, New York, NY 10027
E-mail submissions: queries@pandeliterary.com
Address to sole agent:
Ayesha Pande
Query letter, and the first 5 pages. Both within the body of an e-mail. Send SASE if mailing.
Twitter: Literary agent Ayesha Pande @agent_ayesha
Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: The Park Literary Group, 270 Lafayette Street, Suite 1504, New York, New York 10012
E-mail submissions: queries@parkliterary.com
Put in the subject heading the 'Name of Preferred Agent.'
Theresa Park: Fiction | Non-Fiction
Abigail Koons: Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Non-Fiction | Popular Science | History | Politics | Current Affairs | Art
Blair Wilson: Fiction | Non-Fiction
Fiction: Query letter, synopsis, and the first 3 chapters. If sending by mail include an SASE.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, a proposal, and a sample chapter. If sending by mail include an SASE.
No attachments will be accepted by e-mail.
Twitter: @ParkLiterary
Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified
Address to the sole agent:
Anne Bohner: Commercial Women's Fiction | Romance | YA | Popular Non-Fiction | ab@penandinklit.com
Query letter only.
Twitter: @PENandINKlit
Genres: Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified.
Put 'Query: Book Title' in the subject heading.
Only three agents currently accepting:
Sandy Lu: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Espionage | Psychological Horror | Paranormal | Urban Fantasy | Historical Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | History | Biography | Science | Psychology | Popular Culture | Food | Humor | sandy@lperkinsagency.com
Julia Bannon: Historical Fiction | Romance | Women's Fiction | YA | julia@lperkinsagency.com
Query letter, synopsis, a bio, and the first 5 pages. All within the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Twitter: Literary agents Lori Perkins @LoriPerkinsRAB Sandy Lu @sandylunyc Julia Bannon @JuliaBatLPA
The agency is based in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
Genres: Fiction | Middle Grade | YA
E-mail submissions only: info@rpcontent.com
*The agency only accepts queries by referrals*
Twitter: Literary agents Melissa Nasson @melissabnasson
Genres: Middle Grade | YA | Picture Books | Illustrators
E-mail submissions only: info@pippinproperties.com
Address to one agent:
Elena Giovinazzo: Middle Grade | YA | Picture Books | Illustrators
Middle Grade | YA: Query letter, and synopsis. Both within the body of an e-mail.
Picture Books: Query letter, synopsis, and full manuscript. All within the body of an e-mail.
Illustrators: Query letter, and a link to online portfolio.
Twitter: Literary agents Elena Giovinazzo @elenagiovinazzz
Genres: Literary Fiction | Women's Fiction | Romance | Science-Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Urban Fantasy | Picture Books | YA | Illustrators | Non-Fiction | Memoir
E-mail submissions only: Using online form.
Address to one agent by using drop downs.
Emily Sylvan Kim: General Fiction | Mystery | Romance | Science-Fiction | Fantasy | YA
Rachel Orr: Middle Grade | YA | Picture Books | Illustrators
Becca Stumpf: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Science-Fiction | Paranormal | Fantasy | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Memoir | Journalistic | Film | Travel | Humor
Teresa Kietlinski: Picture Books | Illustrators
Carrie Pestritto: Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | YA | Non-Fiction | Memoir | Relationships | Cookery | Biography
Kirsten Carleton: Literary Fiction | Speculative Fiction | YA
Query letter, synopsis, and the first 3 chapters. All as one single Word or PDF document for upload.
Twitter: @prospect_agency
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The Susan Rabiner Literary Agency, Inc
Genres: Graphic Novels | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified.
Susan Rabiner: Non-Fiction | susan@rabiner.net
Sydelle Kramer: Non-Fiction | sydellek@rabiner.net
Holly Bemiss: Graphic Novels | Non-Fiction | hollyb@rabiner.net
Twitter: Literary agents Susan Rabiner @susanrabiner Holly Bemiss @BeMissH
Genres: Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Paranormal | Middle Grade | YA | Graphic Novels | Non-Fiction | Popular Culture | Biography | Humor | History | Social Issues | Current Affairs | Sports | Women's Narratives
Does not accept: Memoir, Spiritual, or Religious.
Postal submissions: Red Sofa Literary, 2163 Grand Avenue #2; St. Paul, MN 55105
E-mail submissions: Agent specified.
Dawn Frederick: Non-Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Graphic Novels | Popular Culture | Sports | Humor | History | Women's Narratives | Biography | dawn@redsofaliterary.com
Dawn does not accept Fiction in any genre.
Jennie Goloboy: Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Paranormal | Middle Grade | YA | History | Biography | jennie@redsofaliterary.com
Query letter only (in the body of an e-mail). If interested the agency will request sample materials. Send an SASE if mail query.
Twitter: @RedSofaLiterary
Genres: Children's Books | Picture Books | Middle Grade | YA
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified.
Address to sole agent:
Elana Roth: Children's Books | Picture Books | Middle Grade | YA | elana@redtreeliterary.com
Query letter, bio, previous publishing history if applicable, and the first 5-10 pages pasted into the e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Put 'Query: Your Book Title' in the subject heading.
Twitter: @ElanaRoth
Ann Rittenberg Literary Agency, Inc
Genres: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Non-Fiction | Journalism | Sports | Biography | Memoir | Women's Issues | Adventure
Postal submissions: Ann Rittenberg Literary Agency, Inc., 15 Maiden Lane, Suite 206, New York, NY 10038
Query letter, synopsis, the first 3 chapters, and an SASE
E-mail submissions: info@rittlit.com
Put 'Query' and 'Name of Preferred Agent' in subject heading.
Ann Ritenberg: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Non-Fiction | Journalism | Sports | Biography | Memoir | Women's Issues | Adventure
Penn Whaling: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Non-Fiction | Memoir | History | Women's Issues | Journalism | Biography
Peri Halprin: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Non-Fiction | Journalism | Sports | Biography | Memoir | Women's Issues
Query letter, synopsis, and the first 3 chapters. All within the body of an e-mail.
Twitter: @rittlit
The agency is based in Oakland, California.
Genres: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Children's Books | YA | Non-Fiction | Science | Journalism | History | Current Affairs | Religion | Popular Culture
E-mail submissions only: andyrossagency@hotmail.com
Put 'Query' and 'Genre' in the subject heading.
Address to sole agent:
Andy Ross
Fiction: Query letter only.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, full proposal, and sample chapters.
Genres: Commercial Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Suspense | Women's Fiction | Romance | Historical Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: Jane Rotrosen Agency, Attn: Submissions, 318 East 51st Street, New York, NY 10022
E-mail submissions: Agent specified.
Andrea Cirillo: Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Suspense | acirillo@janerotrosen.com
Meg Ruley: Women's Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Suspense | mruley@janerotrosen.com
Annelise Robey: Literary Fiction | Women's Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Suspense | Non-Fiction | arobey@janerotrosen.com
Christina Hogrebe: Women's Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Suspense | chogrebe@janerotrosen.com
All agents:
Query letter, synopsis, the first 3 chapters, and an SASE if mailing.
Twitter: Literary agents Christina Hogrebe @AgentXT
Marly Rusoff & Associates, Inc
Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: Marly Rusoff & Associates, Inc., PO Box 524, Bronxville, NY 10708
E-mail submissions: mra_queries3@russoffagency.com
Put 'Query' in the subject heading. Any e-mails without will be deleted.
Address to 'Submissions' and the manuscript will be passed to a suitable agent.
Query letter only. Within the body of an e-mail. Or include an SASE if mailing.
The agency is based in Washington, D.C.
Genres: Commercial Fiction | Non-Fiction
Does not accept: Science-Fiction, Romance, Westerns, or Poetry
E-mail submissions only: query@sagalyn.com
Put 'Title of Book' in the subject heading, and address to the agent who handles queries:
Lauren Clark
Query letter only. In the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Twitter: @SagalynLit
The agency is based in Lawrence, Kansas.
Genres: Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions: Agent specified.
Neil J. Salkind: Non-Fiction | Textbooks | neil@studiob.com
Lynn Haller: Non-Fiction | How-To | Business | Travel | Self-Help | Health | Photography | Design | Cookery | Art | Politics | Essays | Culture | History | Textbooks | lynn@studiob.com
Greg Aunapu: Non-Fiction | Biography | History | Memoir | True-Crime | Adventure | Business & Finance | Current Affairs | Technology | Popular Culture | Psychology | Self-Help | Science | Travel | Pets & Animals | Relationships | Parenting | greg@studiob.com
Query letter, and outline of chapters. Both within the body of an e-mail.
Victoria Sanders & Associates, LLC
Genres: Fiction | Graphic Novels | Middle Grade | YA | Illustrators | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: queriesvsa@gmail.com
Address to one agent:
Victoria Sanders: Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | Women's Fiction
Tanya McKinnon: Multi-Cultural Fiction | Children's Books | Graphic Novels | Non-Fiction
Chris Kepner: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Narrative Non-Fiction
Bernadette Baker-Baughman: Commercial Fiction | Historical Fiction | Steampunk | Graphic Novels | Middle Grade | YA | Illustrators | Non-Fiction | Popular Culture | Art | Quirky Gifts | Sociology
Query letter, and the first 3 chapters (or first 25 pages). Both within the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Twitter: Literary agents Chris Kepner @chriskepner
Denise Shannon Literary Agency
Genres: Literary Fiction | Narrative Non-Fiction | Biography | Politics | Journalism | Social History | Health | Business
Postal submissions: Denise Shannon Literary Agency, Inc., 20 West 22nd Street, Suite 1603, New York, NY 10010
E-mail submissions: submissions@deniseshannonagency.com
Address to sole agent:
Denise Shannon
Query letter only (within the body of an e-mail). Send an SAE if mailing.
The agency is based in Los Angeles, California.
Genres: Non-Fiction | History | Business | Judaica | Sexuality | Science | Psychology | Parenting | Sports | Popular Culture
Does not accept: Fiction, Children's Books, YA, Biography, or Poetry.
*No unsolicited manuscripts*
Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions: submissions@wsherman.com
Put 'Your Surname' 'Book Title' and 'Name of Preferred Agent' in the subject heading.
Wendy Sherman: Women's Fiction | Historical Fiction | Suspense | Non-Fiction | Memoir | Self-Help | Psychology | Parenting | Relationships | Lifestyle | Popular Culture | Food
Kimberly Perel: Literary Fiction | Women's Fiction | Historical Fiction | Non-Fiction | Humor | Memoir | Journalistic
Fiction: Query letter, and the first 10 pages. All within the body of an e-mail.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, and bio. Both with the body of an e-mail.
Twitter: Literary agent Wendy Sherman @WendySherman
Genres: Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified.
Gary Heidt: Literary Fiction | Techno Thrillers | Crime Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | History | Science | Current Events | Biography | Military | Popular Culture | Politics | Memoir | gary@signaturelit.com
Amy Tipton: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Women's Studies | Fashion & Beauty | Popular Culture | amy@signaturelit.com
Fiction: Query letter, and the first 5 pages. All within the body of an e-mail.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, a proposal, bio, and the first 5 pages. All within the body of an e-mail.
The agency has offices in New York and Washington.
The agency is based in San Luis Obispo, California.
Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
Does not accept: Science-Fiction, Horror, New Age, Cookery, Children's Books, YA, or Poetry
E-mail submissions only: editorial@mckennapubgrp.com
Address to one agent:
Eric G. Bollinger: Non-Fiction
Melinda Royer: Women's Fiction | General Fiction
Query letter only (within the body of an e-mail).
Offers an six month contract for all new clients with an example online.
Genres: Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Mystery | Suspense | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: Spectrum Literary Agency, 320 Central Park West Suite 1-D, New York, NY 10025
Address to one agent:
Eleanor Wood: Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Romance | Mystery | Suspense | Non-Fiction
Justin Bell: Science-Fiction | Mystery | Non-Fiction
Query letter, synopsis, the first 10 pages, and an SASE.
The are the agency for The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).
Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
Does not represent: Picture Books, Westerns, or Romance.
Postal submissions only: Sobel Weber Associates, Inc, 146 East 19 Street, New York, New York 10003
Address to one agent only:
Nat Sobel: Fiction | Non-Fiction
Judith Weber: Fiction | Non-Fiction
Fiction: Query letter, synopsis, the first 50 pages, and an SASE.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, synopsis, bio, proposal, sample chapters, and an SASE
The agency only accepts submissions exclusively. So do not submit to another agency until they have responded (4-6 weeks)
Twitter: @SobelWeber
Solow Literary Enterprises, Inc
Genres: Non-Fiction | Health | Business | Science | Education | Finance | Personal Development | Psychology | History | Cultural Studies | Relationships | Memoir
Postal submissions only: Solow Literary Enterprises, Inc., 769 Center Boulevard, #148, Fairfax, CA 94930
Address to the assistant who handles submissions:
Sarah Vollmer
Query letter, and an SASE. If interested the agency will request sample chapters.
Twitter: @SolowLiterary
Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.
Genres: Fiction | Children's Books | Middle Grade | YA Non-Fiction
Postal submissions only: Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc., 65 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012
Address to one agent only:
Philippa Brophy: Literary | Commercial | Mysteries & Thrillers | Women's Fiction | Historical Fiction | Non-Fiction | Current Events | Memoir | Science | Politics | Biography | Women's Issues
Robert Guinsler: Literary | Commercial | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Popular Culture | Science | Current Events | Memoir | Biography
Mary Krienke: Literary | YA | Non-Fiction
Caitlin McDonald: Fantasy | Sci-Fi | YA | Non-Fiction | Food | Fashion | Popular Culture | Science | Travel | Journalism | Anthropology | Psychology | Feminist Theory | Women's Issues | Internet culture
Celestine Fine: Commercial | Historical Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | Celebrity | How-To | Memoir | Humor | Popular Culture | Health & Fitness
Neeti Madan: Literary | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Non-Fiction | Memoir | Humor | History | Women's Issues | Multi-Cultural | Popular Culture
Jenny Stephen: Literary | Non-Fiction | Travel | Food | Lifestyle
Madeleine Clark: Literary | Commercial | Thrillers | YA | Non-Fiction | Popular Science | Blog to Book | Humor | Memoir
Judy Heiblum: Literary | Non-Fiction | Narrative | Popular Science | History
Jim Rutman: Literary | Non-Fiction | Celebrity | Military | History | Current Affairs | Politics
Erica Rand Silverman: Children's Books | Picture Books | YA | Non-Fiction | Parenting | Education
Douglas Stewart: Literary Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction
Query letter, synopsis or proposal, the first 3 chapters, and an SASE.
Twitter: @SterlingLordLit
Genres: Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: submissions@stonesong.com
Address to one agent:
Alison Fargis: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Children's Books | Non-Fiction | Lifestyle | Popular Culture | Fashion | Health | Parenting
Judy Linden: Fiction | Non-Fiction | Cookery | Diet | Design | Fashion | Exercise & Health | Parenting | Relationships | Popular Culture | Psychology | Business | Spirituality
Emmanuelle Morgen: Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Historical Fiction | Romance | Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Thrillers | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Memoir
Sarah Passick: Non-Fiction | Popular Culture
Query letter, and the first 10 pages. Both within the body of an e-mail
Twitter: @StonesongNYC
The agency is based in Annapolis, Maryland.
Genres: Literary Fiction | Narrative Non-Fiction
*Currently closed to submissions*
Twitter: @StrachanLit
The Stringer Literary Agency, LLC
The agency is based in Naples, Florida.
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers | Romance | Historical Fiction | Science-Fiction | Women's Fiction | Urban Fantasy | YA | Non-Fiction | Parenting | History | Music | Science | Sports
E-mail submissions only: using online form
Address to sole agent:
Marlene Stringer
Twitter: Literary agent Marlene Stringer @MarleneStringer
The agency is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Genres: Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | History | Science | Nature & Environment | Current Affairs | Arts & Culture | Travel | Business | Memoir
Does not accept: Romance, Science-Fiction, Picture Books, or Poetry.
E-mail submissions only: strothmanagency@gmail.com
Put in the subject heading 'Query' and the 'Name of Preferred Agent.'
Wendy Strothman: Literary Fiction | Narrative Non-Fiction | History | Science | Nature | Current Affairs
Lauren MacLeod: YA | Middle Grade
Fiction: Query letter, synopsis, and the first 2-10 pages. All within the body of an e-mail.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, a proposal, and a sample chapter. All within the body of an e-mail.
Twitter: @strothmanagency
Genres: General Fiction | Historical Fiction | Non-Fiction | Memoir | History | Science | Religion
E-mail submissions only: queries@emmasweeneyagency.com
Address to one agent:
Emma Sweeney: Historical Fiction | Non-Fiction | Memoir | History | Science | Religion
Query letter, and the first 10 pages. All within the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Twitter: @EmmaSweeneyESA
Genres: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Narrative Non-Fiction | History | Current Events | Sports | Popular Culture | Business
Does not accept: Children's Books, Fantasy, Science-Fiction, or Poetry
E-mail submissions only: queries@talbotfortuneagency.com
Put in the subject heading 'Query' and the 'Name of Preferred Agent.'
Gail Fortune: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Romance | Mystery | Narrative Non-Fiction
John Talbot: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Non-Fiction | History | Current Events | Sports | Popular Culture | Business
Query letter, synopsis or proposal, and the first 5 pages. All within the body of an e-mail.
Talcott Notch Literary Services, LLC
The agency is based in Milford, Connecticut.
Genres: Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified
Gina Panettieri: Women's Fiction | Paranormal | Urban Fantasy | Horror | Science-Fiction | Historical | Mysteries & Thrillers | Suspense | Non-Fiction | History | Business | Memoir | Self-Help | Science | Gardening | Cookery | Crafts | Parenting | True Crime | Travel | gpanettieri@talcottnotch.net
Paula Munier: Crime Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Romance | YA | Non-Fiction | Humor | Popular Culture | Health & Wellness | Cookery | Self-Help | Popular Psychology | New Age | Technology | Science | pmunier@talcottnotch.net
Rachel Dugas: Women's Fiction | Romance | Fairytale & Magical Fiction | Historical | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Memoir | rdugas@talcottnotch.net
Sara D'Emic: Commercial Fiction | Fantasy | Science-Fiction | Horror | Mystery | YA | Non-Fiction | Science | Technology | Sdemic@talcottnotch.net
Jessica Negrón: Commercial Fiction | Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Romance | Thrillers | YA | jnegron@talcottnotch.net
Fiction (all agents): Query letter including genre and word count, and the first 10 pages. All within the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Non-Fiction (all agents): Query letter including: subject area, projected word count, how long to write the book, bio, and a sample chapter. All within the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Twitter: Literary agents Gina Panettieri @ginapanettieri Paula Munier @PaulaSMunier Rachel Dugas @RachaelDugas Sara D'Emic @SaraDEmic Jessica Negrón @loladeee
Genres: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Non-Fiction | Popular Science | Memoir | History | Psychology | Business | Biography | Food | Travel
E-mail submissions only: Using online form.
Query letter, synopsis, and bio. All within the body of the form.
Twitter: @tessleragency
The agency is based in Madison, Wisconsin.
Genres: Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: queries@threeseaslit.com
Address to one agent only:
Michelle Grajkowski: Romance | Women's | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
Cori Deyoe: Romance | Women's | Thrillers | Mysteries | Middle Grade | Picture Books | YA | Non-Fiction
Linda Scalissi: Romance | Women's | Thrillers | Mysteries | YA
Fiction: Query letter, a synopsis and the first chapter.
Picture Books: Query letter and the full manuscript.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, full proposal and the first chapter.
Twitter: @threeseaslit
S©ott Treimel NY Agency (STNY)
Genres: Children's Books | Middle Grade | Illustrators | YA
E-mail submissions only: Using online form.
Fiction: Query, synopsis, and the first 10 pages as a Word document.
Illustrators: Query letter, synopsis, and sample artwork as PDF, JPEG, or GIF attachments.
Twitter: @ScottTreimelNY
Genres: Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: TriadaUS Literary Agency, Inc., P.O.Box 561, Sewickley, PA 15143
E-mail submissions: Agent Specified
Uwe Stender: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Romance | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Self-Help | Education | Current Affairs | Health | Travel | Cookery | Adventure | Psychology | Popular Culture | Sports | True Crime | Biography | Memoir | uwe@triadaus.com
Laura Crockett: Historical (WW1 and WW2) | Gothic Horror | Neo-Victorian Mystery | Fantasy | YA | laura@triadaus.com
Brent Taylor: Women's Fiction | Mysteries | Psychological Suspense | Crime | New Adult | Middle Grade | YA | brent@triadaus.com
Query letter only (within the body of an e-mail). If interested the agency will request sample chapters. Send SASE if mailing.
Twitter: Literary agents Uwe Stender @UweStender Laura Crockett @LECrockett Brent Taylor @naughtybrent
Genres: Fiction | Graphic Novels | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: using online form
Select one agent from the drop down options:
Robert Gottlieb: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Genre Fiction | Non-Fiction
Ellen Levine: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Thrillers | Children's Books | YA | Non-Fiction | History | Biography | Popular Culture | World Affairs | Politics
Don Fehr: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | Memoir | Biography | Travel | Science | Health
Melissa Flashman: Select Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | Memoir | Popular Science | Politics | Business & Economics | Technology | Popular Culture
Alex Glass: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | Thrillers | Middle Grade | YA | Non Fiction | Sports | Popular Culture | Humor | Health & Wellness | Lifestyle
Alyssa Eisner Henkin: Women's Fiction | Middle Grade | YA
Adrienne Lombardo: Commercial Fiction | Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Paranormal | Horror | Historical Fiction | Graphic Novels | YA | Non-Fiction | Memoir
Scott Miller: Literary Fiction | Commercial fiction | Crime Fiction | Thrillers | Horror | YA | Children's Books | Non-Fiction | Memoir | Current Events | Military | Popular Culture
John Silbersack: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Thrillers | YA
Erica Spellman-Silverman: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Thrillers | Non-Fiction
Kimberly Whalen: Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Suspense | Paranormal | YA | Non-Fiction | Popular Culture
Alexander Slater: Children’s Books | Middle grade | YA | Non-Fiction
All agents: Query letter only (within the body of online form). If interested the agent will request sample material.
The agency also have an e-book publishing arm for prospective clients.
Twitter: @Trident_Media
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Genres: Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified.
Only two agents are currently open to queries:
Danielle Chiotti: Women's Fiction | Historical Fiction | Romance | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Relationships | Humor | Lifestyle | Current Events | Women’s Issues | Food & Wine | Cookery | danielle.submission@gmail.com
Alexandra Penfold: Picture Books | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Cookery | alexandra.submission@gmail.com
Query letter, synopsis, and the first 20 pages. All within the body of an e-mail. No attachments will be opened.
Twitter: @UpstartCrowLit
Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
*No unsolicited manuscripts*
Twitter: @ViglianoAssoc
Waxman Leavell Literary Agency
Genres: Fiction | New Adult | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
E-mail submissions only: Agent specified.
Scott Waxman: Commercial Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | History | Adventure | Sports | Memoir | Business | Military | scottsubmit@waxmanleavell.com
Byrd Leavell: Commercial Fiction | Non-Fiction | Humor | Sports | byrdsubmit@waxmanleavell.com
Rachel Vogel: Literary Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Non-Fiction | Biography | Journalism | Memoir | rachelsubmit@waxmanleavell.com
Holly Root: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Urban Fantasy | Romance | Middle Grade | YA | hollysubmit@waxmanleavell.com
Julie Stevenson: Literary Fiction | Thrillers | Suspense | juliesubmit@waxmanleavell.com
Query letter, synopsis or proposal, and the first 5-10 pages. All within the body of an e-mail.
The agency also runs Diversion Books their own e-book publishing company.
Twitter: Literary agents Scott Waxman @scottwaxman Byrd Leavell @ByrdLeavell3 Holly Root @hroot Rachel Vogel @Vogelrachelm Cassie Hanjian @cjhanjian Julie Stevenson @StevensonPfarr
Genres: Fiction
Does not accept: Picture Books, Romance, Middle Grade, YA, or Non-Fiction.
E-mail submissions only: info@weedliterary.com
Address to sole agent:
Elizabeth Weed: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction
Twitter: Literary agent Elizabeth Weed @ElisabethWeed
Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: WME, 1325 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019
E-mail submissions: Agent specified.
Only one agent currently accepting:
Dorian Karchmar: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Historical Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | Psychology | Memoir | Biography | History | Science | Women's Issues | Food & Lifestyle | dkar@wmeentertainment.com
Query letter only. In the body of an e-mail, or with an SASE if mailing.
The agency has offices in New York, Nashville, Los Angeles, and Miami.
Twitter: Literary agent Dorian Karchmar @DorianKarchmar
Genres: Commercial Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Suspense | Women's Fiction | Romance | YA | Non-Fiction | Relationships | Parenting | Health | Humor | Women's Issues | Popular Culture
E-mail submissions only: query@wolfsonliterary.com
Put 'Query' in the subject heading for Fiction, or 'Non-Fiction Query' for Non-Fiction.
Address to sole agent:
Michelle Wolfson
Query letter, and the first 5 pages. All within the body of an e-mail.
Twitter: @WolfsonLiterary
The agency is based in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
Genres: Commercial Fiction | Suspense | Romance | Women's Fiction | Christian Fiction | Non-Fiction | Business | Health | Biography | Memoir | Self-Help | Military
E-mail submissions only: admin@wordserveliterary.com
Put 'Query' and the 'Name of Preferred Agent' in the subject heading.
Greg Johnson: Christian Fiction | Non-Fiction | Military | Christian | Biography | Memoir
Barbara J. Scott: Christian Fiction | Non-Fiction | Christian | Current Affairs | Marriage & Family | Parenting | Popular Culture | Memoir | Psychology | Science | Women's Issues
Both agents currently closed to all genres of fiction except for Christian.
Fiction: Query letter, synopsis, and the first 5 pages. All within the body of an e-mail.
Non-Fiction: Query letter, a full proposal, and the first 3 chapters. All within the body of an e-mail.
Twitter: @WordServeLit
Genres: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Science-Fiction | Fantasy | Picture Books | YA | Picture Books | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions only: Submissions, Writers House, 21 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10010
Address to one agent:
Daniel Lazar: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Historical Fiction | Middle Grade | YA | Graphic Novels | Non-Fiction | Popular Culture | Humor | Memoir | Parenting | Social Issues
Albert Zuckerman: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Historical Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Adventure | Women's Fiction | YA | Non-Fiction | Humor | Religion | Women's Issues | History | True Crime | Health & Fitness | Finance | Military | Parenting | Science | Celebrity
Rebecca Sherman: Children's Books | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Entertainment | Popular Culture | Celebrity
Leigh Feldman: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Historical Fiction
Simon Lipskar: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | YA | Non-Fiction | Science | Memoir | Biography | History | Sports
Susan Ginsburg: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Historical Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Romance | YA | Non-Fiction | Memoir | Cookery | Science
Jodi Reamer: Commercial Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Fantasy | Science-Fiction | Romance | Children's Books | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Biography | Lifetsyle
Robin Rue: Commercial Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Romance | Fantasy | Science-Fiction | YA
Merrilee Hiefetz: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Fantasy | Science-Fiction | Graphic Novels | YA | Non-Fiction | Popular Culture | Music | Drama
Daniel Conaway: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Historical Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Crime Fiction | Non-Fiction | Journalism | History | Popular Culture
Steven Malk: Children's Books | Middle Grade | YA
Susan Cohen: Children's Books | Middle Grade | YA
Query letter, synopsis, and an SASE. If interested the agency will request sample chapters.
The agency has offices in New York, and San Diego.
Twitter: Literary agents Rebecca Sherman @RebeccAgent Daniel Lazar @DanLazarAgent Steven Malk @stevenmalk Merrilee Heifetz @MerrileeHeifetz
Genres: Fiction | Non-Fiction
*No unsolicited manuscripts*
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The Nancy Yost Literary Agency
Genres: Fiction | Graphic Novels | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction
Postal submissions: The Nancy Yost Literary Agency, 350 Seventh Avenue, Suite 2003, New York, NY 10001
E-mail submissions: Agent specified.
Nancy Yost: Commercial Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Crime Fiction | Romance | Historical Fiction | Fantasy | Erotica | Women's Fiction | Humor & Satire | Non-Fiction | Social History | Natural Science | QueryNancy@nyliterary.com
Natanya Wheeler: Literary Fiction | Crime Fiction | Mysteries & Thrillers | Romance | Family Saga | Women's Fiction | Non-Fiction | Nature | Psychology | QueryNatanya@nyliterary.com
Sarah E. Younger: Women's Fiction | Romance | Historical Fiction | Urban Fantasy | Paranormal | Christian | Middle Grade | YA | querysarah@nyliterary.com
Query letter, synopsis, and the first chapter. Attachments are fine for all three of these agents.
Adrienne Rosado: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Romance | Urban Fantasy | Graphic Novels | Middle Grade | YA | Non-Fiction | Business | Memoirs | Science | queryadrienne@nyliterary.com
Query letter, and the first 3 chapters. Both within the body of an e-mail. Adrienne does not accept postal queries.
Twitter: @nyliterary
Zachary Shuster Harmsworth, LLC
Genres: Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Non-Fiction | Memoir | History | Business | Health | Relationships | Religion & Spirituality | Food & Wine | Fitness | Parenting | Psychology
The agency has offices in New York and Boston.
*No unsolicited manuscripts*
Twitter: @ZSHLiterary Literary agents Eve Bridburg @eve_grubstreet Lana Popovic @LanaPopovicZSH