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Literary Agents Near Me | Find Book Agents Near Me | USA Literary AgentsLiterary Agents Near Me 2024-2025 – How many author representatives on our list of publishing agents are located in your city or state? Are any of the best publishing agents and top literary agencies near you? And, how important is location when doing literary agent near me searches to send your query letter?

Location is important when it comes to finding the right literary agent, but not the way most authors think. Scroll below for answers to the questions listed above and find literary agencies near you. But don’t start querying author representatives using our Literary Agent Directory until you consider the following.

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Most authors never meet their agents face-to-face because they live in different parts of the country

However, if you get an agent, your agent sells your book, and, after that, you let your agent know you’re going to be in their area, they’ll likely suggest meeting at their office or at a restaurant. Some agents, if they’re representing an author but haven’t yet sold their book, will make a similar offer.

Unless you’re famous, you can’t just walk into a literary agency or call them to schedule an appointment to introduce yourself

Successful author agents get 10-15,000 pitches per year. That’s why they rely on query letters to help them evaluate (quickly) which projects are probably worth pursuing. They’re not going to meet in person. And many author agents, including some of the most successful or famous publishing agents work from home. So, keep that in mind before you do a literary agents near me search.

Even if you live down the street from an agent, it’s not an advantage

For the most part, agents won’t care if you live down the street, on the other side of the country, or in another country. It’s not an advantage or disadvantage, so don’t mention it in your query.

Most author agents (approximately 70%) live in New York

Before you do a literary agents near me search, you should know that most author representatives are in New York. That’s because most major publishing companies are in New York. Since an agent’s main job is to become familiar with the interests of acquiring editors and executives at the major publishing houses, and sell them books, it makes sense for most agents to live in New York. See more about that here in my article about New York Publishing Agents.

Approximately 15% of writer agents live in California

The next biggest group of writer representatives is on the west coast. That’s partly because Hollywood and Los Angeles are hubs for movie and TV activity, and because California has more people than any other state in the U.S. However, your agent doesn’t have to live in Los Angeles to sell your film rights. Most successful agents have “co-agent” or “sub-agent” relationships with literary agencies who handle or specialize in the distribution of subsidiary rights.

Most agents for Christian authors aren’t in New York

If you’re a Christian writer doing a literary agents near me search, you might be surprised to discover that most agents for Christian writers aren’t in NYC. They’re located in Tennessee, Colorado, and elsewhere. That’s where you’ll find most of the biggest Christian publishers. So, if you’re looking for Christian publishing agents, don’t restrict your search to literary agencies in New York and California.

There are a lot of successful agents outside New York and California

Some of them used to live in New York or California, then moved to another state for one reason or another. To get away from the traffic, to care for their ailing mother, etc. It doesn’t mean they’re no good. An agent’s track record of success should always trump location. So, don’t restrict your literary agents near me search to writer representatives and literary agencies in New York or California if that’s where you live.

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  • Oregon Book Agents, OR – 18
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