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	Johanna Maaghul Waterside Productions Query method(s): Email * Online Form * Work 2055 Oxford Ave. Cardiff by the Sea CA 92007 USAwork Work Email: admin@waterside.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: General Fiction * NONFICTION: Business * Current Events/Affairs * General Nonfiction * History * Parenting/Child Guidance * Politics * Biography Johanna Maaghul is a literary agent with Waterside Productions, Inc. With a two decade career as a technologist and business analyst, Johanna continues to dedicate her time to her real childhood passion of reading and (now later in life) midwifing into the world non-fiction books. Her deep ability to recognize value in new concepts and quickly sift out meaning in today’s vastly growing sea of non-fiction are skills she has refined through her many years of reading, writing and coaching successful writers and artists. With deep industry experience in online marketing, web content development and digital publishing, Johanna combines her career expertise to help promote authors as well as assist them in navigating the rapidly changing worlds of traditional and digital publishing. While Johanna’s primary focus is on non-fiction, she has been known to take on works of fiction when she can’t put them down.

	John Maas Park & Fine Literary and Media Query method(s): Email * Work 55 Broadway Suite 1601 New York NY 10006 USAwork Work Email: queries@parkfine.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: General Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography * Business * Cooking/Cookbook * Food/Drinks * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * History * Inspiration * Memoir * Money/Finance * Science * Self-Help/Personal Development * Biography John Maas is a literary agent with Park & Fine Literary and Media. Executive Director of Editorial Development & Strategy John Maas represents serious nonfiction authors who are experts in their fields. His clients range from esteemed researchers doing groundbreaking work at the forefront of medicine and science; to business leaders and entrepreneurs with devoted tribes; to journalists whose writing drives vital conversations about our lives. This group of authors includes Dale Bredesen, MD (NYT bestseller); Ryder Carroll (NYT bestseller); Hal Elrod (international bestseller); Gemma Hartley (whose viral articles have been read by millions); Leroy Hood, MD, PhD (National Medal of Science honoree); Vishen Lakhiani (NYT bestseller); Pedram Shojai (NYT bestseller); David Sinclair, PhD (Harvard professor and Time 100 honoree); Izabella Wentz, PharmD (#1 NYT bestseller); and many others. John prides himself on working closely with clients to turn the major themes and concepts of their life’s work into book ideas that will resonate with publishers and readers alike. John is currently signing clients in the categories of health, personal development, self-help, science, business, food, inspiration, history, biography, and memoir. He also represents a select list of fiction clients. Originally from Wisconsin, John holds a BA in creative writing from Stanford University. He came up in trade publishing doing business books at Wiley, where he worked with CEO-level authors. Previously, he was an agent at Sterling Lord Literistic. He lives with his husband in Brooklyn.

	Donald Maass Donald Maass Literary Agency AAR MemberQuery method(s): Email * Work 1000 Dean Street Suite 252 Brooklyn NY 11238 USAwork Work Email: query.dmaass@maassagency.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Christian Fiction * Crime/Detective/Police * Erotica * Ethnic Fiction * Fantasy * Gay/Lesbian Fiction * General Fiction * Historical * Horror * Literary * Middle Grade Fiction * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * Romance * Science Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * Western * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography * History * Lifestyle * Memoir * Middle Grade * Young Adult * Biography Donald Maass is a literary agent with the Donald Maass Literary Agency. Donald founded the Donald Maass Literary Agency in New York in 1980. His agency sells more than 150 novels every year to major publishers in the U.S. and overseas. He is the author of The Career Novelist (1996), Writing the Breakout Novel (2001), Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook (2004), The Fire in Fiction (2009) and The Breakout Novelist (2011). He is a past president of the Association of Authors’ Representatives, Inc.

	Gina Maccoby Gina Maccoby Literary Agency AAR MemberQuery method(s): Email * Work P.O. Box 60 Chappaqua NY 10514 USAwork Work Email: query@maccobylit.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Crime/Detective/Police * General Fiction * Historical * Juvenile Fiction * Literary * Middle Grade Fiction * Mystery * Suspense * Thriller * Upmarket Fiction * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography * Current Events/Affairs * Family * Film/Entertainment * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * History * Juvenile * Memoir * Middle Grade * Narrative * Nature * Parenting/Child Guidance * Politics * Pop Culture * Science * Young Adult * Biography Gina Macoby is a literary agent with the Gina Maccoby Literary Agency. Gina Maccoby is a New York literary agent representing authors of literary and upmarket fiction and narrative nonfiction for adults and children, including New York Times bestselling and award-winning titles. First and foremost she is captured by an engaging, compelling voice; across all forms she is looking for strong storytelling and fresh perspectives. Areas of interest in nonfiction include history, biography, current events and popular science. In fiction she is looking for upmarket novels, mysteries and thrillers, middle grade, and young adult. Gina is currently serving her fourth term on the Board of Directors of the AAR and is a member of both the Royalties and Contracts Committees. She also belongs to the SCBWI and is a long-time member of the Authors Guild. Prior to establishing her own agency in 1986, she was a literary agent at Russell & Volkening for six years where she handled her own clients as well as first serial, foreign and movie rights for the agency. Gina grew up mostly in Northern California and graduated with Honors from Harvard College.

	Chip MacGregor MacGregor & Luedeke AAR MemberQuery method(s): Email * Postal Mail * Online Form * Work PO Box 1316 Manzanita OR 97130 USAwork Work Email: submissions@macgregorliterary.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: NONFICTION: Biography * Business * Christian * Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * Diet/Nutrition * Family * Film/Entertainment * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * History * Inspiration * Lifestyle * Memoir * Mind/Body/Spirit * Money/Finance * Narrative * Parenting/Child Guidance * Politics * Pop Culture * Religion * Self-Help/Personal Development * Spirituality * Sports * Travel * True Crime * Biography Chip MacGregor is a literary agent with MacGregor & Luedeke. One day when he was in first grade, Chip hurried home and announced to his mother, “When I grow up, I’m going to be a book guy!” And he has been a book guy – from high school literary magazine to bestselling books, from conference speaker to an unbeatable track record of representing renowned writers. Creating MacGregor Literary was a natural step for a book guy. Chip has a comprehensive knowledge of the industry—from book development to writing, acquisition to production, marketing to sales. A former Associate Publisher with the Time-Warner Book Group, he has secured nearly 1,000 book deals for authors with all of the major publishers, including numerous imprints at Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, HarperCollins, Thomas & Mercer, Jossey-Bass, Llewellyn, Zondervan, Thomas Nelson, Baker, Tyndale, Waterbrook, Howard, B&H, Worthy, Revell, Harvest House, and dozens of others. As an editor, he discovered Phillip Gulley, worked with bestselling authors such as Andy Andrews and Karen Kingsbury, and helped craft books for some of the best names in publishing, including Vince Zandri, Chuck Swindoll, Mindy Clark, and David Jeremiah. He has also written more than two-dozen titles, including two books that hit #1 on the bestseller lists in their category, and he has been the collaborative writer on nearly three-dozen other titles. During his tenure as a publisher at Time Warner, he helped start Center Street, the “heartland publishing” initiative at what is now Hachette, and did books with the likes of Mike Huckabee and John Ashcroft. As a longtime agent he has represented Brennan Manning, Vincent Zandri, Rachel Hauck, Mindy Clark, Irene Hannon, Bonnie Gray, Michelle McKinney Hammond, Jill and Stuart Briscoe, Alistair McGrath, Neta Jackson, Vickie McDonough, the MOPS organization, and many others. His work with Lisa Beamer and Ken Abraham led to Let’s Roll hitting #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, eventually becoming the bestselling nonfiction book the year it released. After starting his own agency, he has focused on helping bring great fiction to market, representing authors such as Leslie Gould, Les Edgerton, Ann Tatlock, Jim Kraus, and Janice Thompson. Some of his bestselling nonfiction clients include New York Times bestsellers Mike Hingson and Susy Flory, bestselling writers Sheila Wray Gregoire, Shane Stanford, David Thomas, and Ira Wagler. A longtime member of AAR, he has represented dozens of books on all the national bestseller lists, and the authors he represents have won numerous national awards. A popular writer’s conference speaker, Chip has presented workshops at more than 200 publishing conferences, spoken at colleges and universities, and is frequently invited to speak to writers groups around the country on the topics of writing and publishing. He earned his BS with High Honors at Portland State University, earned an MA with Honors from Biola University, and did his doctoral work at the University of Oregon in Policy and Management, focusing on organizational development. He later did a post-doctoral semester at Oxford University. Chip has been written up in numerous writing and publishing related magazines and newsletters, is frequently asked for his opinions on trends in the publishing industry, and his blog is regularly on the list of Writers Digest’s “101 Best Websites for Writers.”

	Alexandra Machinist International Creative Management Query method(s): Email * Work 65 East 55th Street New York NY 10022 USAwork Work Email: amachinist@icmpartners.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * Fantasy * General Fiction * Historical * Literary * Middle Grade Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * Upmarket Fiction * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Middle Grade * Young Adult * Biography Alexandra Machinist is a partner and literary agent with International Creative Management (ICM). She represents best-selling authors across all genres around the world. Considered a tastemaker, her best known projects are Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians, Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone and Martha Hall Kelly’s Lilac Girls. Other notable clients include Jen Sincero, Beatriz Williams, Sabaa Tahir, Armando Lucas Correa, and Kat Martin. She specializes in discovering contemporary storytellers and facilitates bringing their work to all media formats including books, movies, televisions series and podcasts, to name just a few. Prior to ICM, Alexandra was at Janklow & Nesbit Associates, which she joined after a stint at the Linda Chester Literary Agency. Before publishing, she practiced law at Akin Gump. Alexandra is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Virginia Law School. She serves on the board of the American Joint Distribution Committee and the Publishers and Literary Committee of the New York Public Library.

	Kate Mack Aevitas Creative Management Query method(s): Online Form * Work 19 West 21st Street Suite 501 New York NY 10010 USAwork
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: NONFICTION: Art * Beauty/Fashion/Style * Cooking/Cookbook * Lifestyle * Memoir * Photography * Biography Kate Mack is a literary agent with Aevitas Creative Management. She has worked with authors such as artist Kate Schelter, illustrator Joana Avillez, New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly, and the Women’s March. Mack graduated from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Mack represents nonfiction as an Aevitas agent based in New York. She is most interested in cultural history, fashion, music, illustrated books for adults, strong female voices, and stories that give a voice to a person or community that’s historically been silenced or ostracized.

	Alison MacKeen Park & Fine Literary and Media Query method(s): Email * Work 55 Broadway Suite 1601 New York NY 10006 USAwork Work Email: queries@parkfine.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: NONFICTION: Business * General Nonfiction * History * Memoir * Narrative * Psychology * Science * Biography Alison MacKeen is a literary agent with Park & Fine Literary and Media. She represents serious non-fiction authors who are able to change the way people think about key aspects of life and work. Her clients are thought leaders in the behavioral sciences, business, and the humanities, whose work has been recognized by major foundations, including the John and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, John T. Guggenheim Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, and National Science Foundation; and whose books have received numerous honors, including the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Bancroft Prize. Alison loves working closely with clients to bring fresh ideas to top editors and publishers. She is currently signing clients with “Big Think” projects in business, psychology, history, and science; as well as narrative non-fiction and memoir. Originally from Nova Scotia, Alison studied literature at McGill University and the University of Oxford. She has held editorial positions at Yale University Press, Princeton University Press, and Basic Books, and she began agenting at Sterling Lord Literistic in 2015. She sits on the board of Libraries Without Borders, and lives with her family in Manhattan.

	Gillian MacKenzie MacKenzie Wolf Literary Agency DO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Email *
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: NONFICTION: Business * Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * Education * General Nonfiction * Journalism * Memoir * Money/Finance * Science * Sports * Technology * Biography Gillian MacKenzie is a literary agent with the MacKenzie Wolf Literary Agency. Gillian MacKenzie has spent her career creating—and helping others create—products and books for the marketplace. From 2005 until merging with Wolf Literary Services to form MacKenzie Wolf in 2018, she ran the Gillian MacKenzie Agency, offering management to writers and illustrators of nonfiction, fiction, and children’s books. Before starting her agency in 2005, she was Vice President of Jane Startz Productions, where she spent over eight years scouting, optioning, and developing books into feature films with major studios. She also co-founded the children’s retail store concept Ridemakerz, and served on its Board of Managers. Prior to that, she was a product developer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Gillian began her career at the literary agency Curtis Brown, Ltd. Additionally, she was a five-year term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Committed to working on books that challenge, enlighten, and entertain, Gillian works with a broad array of experts, journalists, academics, and visionaries on nonfiction of a broad stripe, in the arenas of science, memoir, technology, business, sports, culture, and current affairs, among others. She is particularly drawn to cross-disciplinary explorations, narrative nonfiction, and big-idea books that offer us a new lens onto the world. Also passionate about illustrated books, Gillian represents a select group of award-winning illustrators and designers.

	Joanna Topor MacKenzie Nelson Literary Agency AAR MemberQuery method(s): Online Form * Work 1732 Wazee St. Suite 207 Denver CO 80202 USAwork
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Action/Adventure * Chick Lit * Commercial * Contemporary * Crime/Detective/Police * Family Saga * Gay/Lesbian Fiction * Historical * Literary * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * Romance * Suspense * Thriller * Upmarket Fiction * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography Joanna Topor MacKenzie is a literary agent with the Nelson Literary Agency. She says: “I owe my love of books to the librarian of my childhood bookmobile, who, after I had worked my way through The Baby-Sitters Club and Sweet Valley High, lifted the velvet rope and let me in to the grown-up section, where I discovered V.C. Andrews. And to my father, who gifted me Cat’s Cradle, Wuthering Heights, and One Hundred Years of Solitude for my 15th birthday. In 2002, I got my start in publishing at a Chicago-based literary agency and while there, I successfully placed numerous manuscripts that have gone on to become critically acclaimed, award-winning, and bestselling novels. I love working with authors who embrace the full publishing process (read: love revisions) and am committed to the stories my clients want to tell both with the words they put on paper, as well as with the careers the build. I am excited to join the Nelson Literary Agency team, and to expand my list in both adult and YA. I’m looking for the epic read that, at its center, beats with a universal heart. In particular, I’m drawn to smart and timely women’s fiction, as well as absorbing, character-driven mysteries and thrillers—both, ideally, with a little edge. I have a weird obsession with, what I call, “child in jeopardy lit” and can’t get enough kick-ass mom heroines. On the YA side, I’m interested in coming of age stories that possess a confident voice and characters I can’t stop thinking about. Originally from Poland, and by way of Canada, I’m all about narratives that deal with the themes of identity and the immigrant experience as well as those that delve into all aspects of the relationships that make us who we are—parents, siblings, best friends, and first love.”

	Lauren MacLeod The Strothman Agency DO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Email *
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Juvenile Fiction * Middle Grade Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography * Cooking/Cookbook * Food/Drinks * Gay/Lesbian * General Nonfiction * History * Journalism * Middle Grade * Narrative * Pop Culture * Psychology * Science * True Crime * Young Adult * Biography Lauren MacLeod is a literary agent with the Strothman Agency. Lauren joined the Strothman Agency after graduating cum laude from Emerson College with a BFA in Writing, Literature and Publishing. Lauren’s primary interests are young adult fiction and nonfiction, middle grade novels, as well as highly polished literary fiction and narrative nonfiction. Lauren is looking for YA thrillers or mysteries, contemporary YA or MG, YA or MG romance or chick lit, and YA horror. She is currently especially drawn to YA & MG projects with humorous situations, funny characters, a lovely romance or a great voice. Some of her favorite (non-client) YA authors are Meg Rosoff, Maureen Johnson and John Green.

	Eve MacSweeney Fletcher & Company Query method(s): Email * Work 511 Sixth Avenue #120 New York NY 10011 USAwork Work Email: info@fletcherandco.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: General Fiction * Literary * NONFICTION: Cultural/Social Issues * Narrative * Women’s Issues * Biography Eve MacSweeney is an affiliated agent with the Fletcher & Company. She began agenting in Fall 2018 after working as a writer and editor in her native London and in New York, most recently as Features Director of Vogue, where she worked for 17 years. There she assigned writers including Elizabeth Rubin, Edmund White, Lena Dunham, Hilton Als, Maureen Dowd, and Rachel Kushner, and edited several books, among them Grace: A Memoir by Grace Coddington, and Nostalgia in Vogue, featuring essays by James Salter, Kennedy Fraser, Patti Smith, Joan Didion, and Lydia Davis. Bringing her editorial experience and close working relationships with writers to the field, Eve is developing narrative non-fiction and literary fiction titles that speak to her interest in emotionally driven stories, singular voices, and compelling social issues, particularly as they concern the lives of women.

	Neeti Madan Sterling Lord Literistic Query method(s): Online Form * Work 115 Broadway Suite 1602 New York NY 10006 USAwork
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * General Fiction * Humor Fiction * Literary * Multicultural Fiction * Satire * Upmarket Fiction * NONFICTION: General Nonfiction * Humor * Journalism * Lifestyle * Memoir * Multicultural * Pop Culture * Upmarket * Women’s Issues * Biography Neeti Madan is a literary agent with Sterling Lord Literistic. Neeti represents a wide range of authors, among them #1 New York Times best sellers Lisa Lillien (Hungry Girl) and Jenny Lawson (The Bloggess), biographer Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, journalist Pamela Newkirk, artist Rajiv Surendra and novelist Tommy Hays. Her books run the gamut from the commercial to the cerebral. She is drawn to memoir, journalism, popular culture, lifestyle, women’s issues, multicultural books and virtually any intelligent writing on intriguing topics. Neeti is on the lookout for the types of books she loves as a reader—page turners that keep her up until 3 AM, thoughtful writing on important issues that interest her, and irreverent books that make her laugh.

	Dorian Maffei Kimberley Cameron & Associates AAR MemberQuery method(s): Online Form * Work 1550 Tiburon Blvd. #704 Tiburon CA 94920 USAwork
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Fantasy * Gay/Lesbian Fiction * Horror * Literary * Magical Realism * Multicultural Fiction * Science Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * Upmarket Fiction * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography Dorian Maffei is a literary agent with Kimberley Cameron & Associates. She began at Kimberley Cameron & Associates as an intern in 2013. She has since become a junior agent and is now looking to build a client list of her own. While she appreciates most fiction that traverses across multiple genres, she is especially interested in magical realism, fabulism, reimagined fairy tales, speculative fiction, literary science fiction, upmarket women’s fiction, unique voices, and innovative storytelling that sometimes veers on the weird. She values work that provokes a deep-rooted connection after the last page, and explores the peculiar within the mundane. Check out her Manuscript Wish List page to get a better understanding of the types of books she gravitates toward. Dorian does not represent non-fiction, picture books, middle grade, poetry, or self-published books. She serves as a literary representative and assistant under Kimberley Cameron by managing the submission selection process.

	Caitlin Mahony William Morris Endeavor Entertainment Query method(s): Email * Work 11 Madison Avenue 18th Floor New York NY 10010 USAwork Work Email: whatsyourstory@wmeagency.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: General Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography Caitlin Mahony is a literary agent with William Morris Endeavor Entertainment.

	Ricia Mainhardt Ricia Mainhardt Agency Query method(s): Email * Postal Mail * Work 85 Lincoln Street First Floor Meriden CT 06451 USAwork Work Email: ricia@ricia.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Action/Adventure * Children’s Fiction * Commercial * Crime/Detective/Police * Erotica * Ethnic Fiction * Family Saga * Fantasy * Gay/Lesbian Fiction * General Fiction * Glitz * Historical * Horror * Humor Fiction * Juvenile Fiction * Literary * Mainstream * Middle Grade Fiction * Mystery * Romance * Satire * Science Fiction * Sports Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * Western * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: General Nonfiction * New Age * Biography Ricia Mainhardt is a literary agent with the Ricia Mainhardt Agency. Ricia has represented authors from her offices in New York for more than twenty years. In addition to her regular clients, she enthusiastically supports talented, unpublished authors. After a long hiatus recovering from a car accident, Ricia is back, looking for the next publishing star and is excited about her work and her writers. Originally from Wisconsin, Ricia has an undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and a graduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis in auditory electrophysiology. After spending time in her chosen specialty as well as peddling rags as a sales representative for the clothing industry, Ricia discovered a field that synthesized her love for the written word and for people. A student, fan, and friend of greats in the science fiction field such as Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, and Harlan Ellison, she achieved quick success in that publishing field and opened her agency in 1987. Soon afterwards, she branched out into other areas, most notably romance and new age, and has developed numerous writers in other genres. Ricia jointly edited two anthologies, a collection of superhero stories with John Varley and a tribute book to Robert Bloch with Richard Matheson. Her client list has included Ray Garton (Simon and Schuster, among others) in horror, children’s fiction, and novelizations, Michael A. Stackpole (Bantam, HarperCollins) in science fiction and fantasy, Richard Lee Byers (Minstrel [S&S]) in fantasy, Jim Butcher (Roc) in “gumshoe fantasy,” and Janeen O’Kerry (Dorchester) in historical and time-travel romance.

	Ted Malawer Upstart Crow Literary DO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Email *
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Middle Grade Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography Ted Malawer is a literary agent with Upstart Crow Literary. Ted is a veteran agent who specializes in middle grade and teen fiction. Before working in children’s publishing, Ted studied Comparative Literature at Columbia University and trained as an opera singer at the Juilliard School. Ted’s favorite kind of author is not afraid to get his (or her) hands dirty to make a manuscript the best that it can be. He especially loves stories with artistic themes—or dachshunds.

	Steven Malk Writers House AAR MemberQuery method(s): Email * Postal Mail * Work 7660 Fay Avenue #338H La Jolla CA 92037 USAwork Work Email: smalk@writershouse.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Commercial * General Fiction * Juvenile Fiction * Literary * Mainstream * Middle Grade Fiction * Paranormal * Picture Book * Romance * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Juvenile * Middle Grade * Young Adult * Biography Steven Malk is a literary agent with Writers House Literary Agency. Steven is the third generation of his family to be involved in children’s books, as both his mother and grandmother owned children’s bookstores. He opened a West Coast office for Writers House in 1998, and represents a wide range of authors and illustrators, including Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith, Marla Frazee, Kadir Nelson, Sara Pennypacker, Jennifer Donnelly, Brett Helquist, Sonya Sones, Adam Rex, Deborah Wiles, and Cynthia Rylant, among others.

	Erin Malone William Morris Endeavor Entertainment Query method(s): Email * Work 9601 Wilshire Blvd Suite 218 Beverly Hills CA 90210 USAwork Work Email: ECM@wmeentertainment.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Commercial * Crime/Detective/Police * Fantasy * General Fiction * Juvenile Fiction * Literary * Mystery * Science Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * NONFICTION: Cooking/Cookbook * Cultural/Social Issues * Food/Drinks * General Nonfiction * History * Humor * Journalism * Lifestyle * Memoir * Mind/Body/Spirit * Narrative * Psychology * Science * Biography Erin Malone is a literary agent with William Morris Endeavor Entertainment (WME). She has worked in WME’s Literary Department since 2004. She represents both literary and commercial fiction, along with narrative and platform-driven nonfiction, memoir, and occasional lifestyle titles–primarily in the areas of psychology, science, culture, and food/cooking. More than any one specific genre, she is drawn to good stories and distinct points of view. Authors she works with include Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, Amaryllis Fox, Amy Poehler, Bess Kalb, Bob Odenkirk, Brad Montague, Brian Lynch, Bruce Eric Kaplan, David McRaney, Elizabeth Nyamayaro, Ellie Kemper, Erin Duffy, Evan Winter, Felicia Day, hitRECord, Jason Segel, Kelly Oxford, Lilly Singh, Lyndsay Faye, Nicole Byer, Pete Holmes, Rebecca Serle, Rosanna Pansino, and Rose George, among many others.

	Pamela Malpas Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency AAR MemberQuery method(s): Email * Work 27 West 20th St. Suite 1003 New York NY 10011 USAwork Work Email: pamela@jenniferlyonsliteraryagency.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * Crime/Detective/Police * Family Saga * General Fiction * Literary * Mystery * Suspense * Thriller * Upmarket Fiction * NONFICTION: Art * Cultural/Social Issues * General Nonfiction * History * Narrative * Biography Pamela Malpas is a literary agent with the Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency. Pamela Malpas has spent more than two decades in publishing; before joining the Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency, she was an agent with Harold Ober Associates, and prior to that, with Knox Burger Associates. She has worked with winners of the Stella Prize, and the Morton Dauwen Zabel, PEN/New England, PEN/West, and Ippy awards. Pamela represents work in several categories of fiction and narrative nonfiction. AAR member.

	Daniel Mandel Sanford J. Greenburger Associates Query method(s): Email * Work 55 5th Avenue New York NY 10003 USAwork Work Email: querydm@sjga.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * Crime/Detective/Police * General Fiction * Literary * Mystery * NONFICTION: Art * Autobiography * Biography * Business * General Nonfiction * History * Lifestyle * Memoir * Money/Finance * Politics * Pop Culture * Science * Sports * Biography Dan Mandel is a literary agent with Sanford J. Greenburger Associates. He represents both literary and commercial fiction, as well as memoirs and non-fiction about business, art, history, politics, sports, and popular culture. His clients write for The Economist, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Harper’s, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, the Financial Times, and the Wall Street Journal, among others, and the books he has represented have been New York Times Bestsellers, and short-listed for both the Booker and the FT Business Book of the Year. He attended the Jerusalem Book Fair as an Agent Fellow in 2005. A graduate of Cornell University, he interned at The New Yorker and attended the Radcliffe Publishing Course before joining Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, Inc. in 1994.

	Jay Mandel William Morris Endeavor Entertainment Query method(s): Email * Work 11 Madison Avenue 18th Floor New York NY 10010 USAwork Work Email: jmandel@wmeentertainment.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Commercial * Crime/Detective/Police * General Fiction * Literary * Middle Grade Fiction * Mystery * Suspense * Thriller * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Autobiography * Biography * Business * Celebrity * Cooking/Cookbook * Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Film/Entertainment * General Nonfiction * Gift/Novelty * Health/Wellness * History * How-To * Humor * Memoir * Middle Grade * Military/War * Money/Finance * Music * Narrative * Politics * Pop Culture * Reference * Religion * Science * Spirituality * Sports * Young Adult * Biography Jay Mandel is a literary agent with William Morris Endeavor Entertainment. He (Development Committee member) was born and raised in Los Angeles and has been a literary agent at the William Morris Endeavor Entertainment since February 2001. He began his career at the Writers Shop (nee the Virginia Barber Literary Agency) in 1994 following his graduation from the Radcliffe Publishing Course and Duke University. He represents authors of varying range, including journalists, novelists, children’s book writers, media entities, and business leaders. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two young sons.

	Carol Mann Carol Mann Agency DO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Email *
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Ethnic Fiction * General Fiction * Multicultural Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography * Business * Current Events/Affairs * Ethnic * Health/Wellness * History * Medical/Medicine * Mind/Body/Spirit * Money/Finance * Multicultural * Music * Narrative * Parenting/Child Guidance * Politics * Pop Culture * Religion * Science * Self-Help/Personal Development * Spirituality * Sports * Biography Carol Mann is a literary agent with the Carol Mann Agency. Carol formed her own agency in 1977 after working as an editor for two years. She has overseen the careers of a diverse group of talented authors in the thirty years since. Carol specializes in non-fiction (health/medical, religion, spirituality, self-help, parenting, current affairs, history, narrative non-fiction) while also taking on the occasional fiction writer. She has and continues to represent an eclectic group of clients that include in addition to those listed on our main page: Jermaine Dupri, Samantha Marshall, Drs. Brock and Fernette Eides, Lauren Winner, Israel Finkelstein and Neil Silberman, Morris Dees, and Roy Rowan.

	Hannah Mann Writers House DO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Email *
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Graphic Novel * Juvenile Fiction * Middle Grade Fiction * Picture Book * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Juvenile * Middle Grade * Young Adult * Biography Hannah Mann is a literary agent with Writers House. She says: “I’ve been with the agency since 2013 and represent children’s fiction and nonfiction, from young picture books through middle grade and young adult, and all the hybrids in between–including graphic novels. I love flawed characters, mystery, family dynamics, underdogs, regular dogs, and unexpected settings, but voice (that goes for words OR art) is almost everything.”

	Megan Manzano D4EO Literary Agency DO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Online Form *
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Contemporary * Fantasy * Middle Grade Fiction * Science Fiction * Thriller * Young Adult Fiction * NONFICTION: Biography Megan Manzano is a literary agent with the D4EO Literary Agency. Megan fell in love with reading and writing from a young age. She grew up to receive a BA in English with a minor in philosophy; eager to stay as close to books as possible. She has and continues to wear many hats in the publishing world: freelance editor, writer, a marketer for Trade books, Pitchwars 2018 mentor, and now an Agent at D4EO Literary Agency. In her spare time, she’s either traveling, hiking, or binge-watching television shows. She is on the hunt for Middle Grade and Young Adult stories that burrow into her mind and don’t let go. She loves stories with a strong voice, unforgettable characters, and a plot that keeps her flipping from page to page, eager to find out what’s next.

	Clare Mao Europa Content Ltd. Query method(s): Email * Work 68 34th Street Suite B-531, Mailbox 74 Brooklyn NY 11232 USAwork Work Email: clare@europacontent.comINTERNET
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: General Fiction * NONFICTION: General Nonfiction * Biography Clare Mao is a literary agent with Europa Content Ltd. She grew up in Queens, NY, and studied history at Grinnell College. She joined Europa Content in January 2020 after three years at Janklow & Nesbit Associates. Her clients are poets and fiction and nonfiction writers who think critically, engage thoughtfully, and have fun.

	Cristi Marchetti Firebrand Literary Query method(s): Online Form * Work 285 West Broadway Suite 520 New York NY 10013 USAwork
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Notes This literary agent represents: FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Christian Fiction * Ethnic Fiction * Fantasy * General Fiction * Juvenile Fiction * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * Religious * Romance * Science Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * NONFICTION: Biography * Business * Christian * Computers * Cooking/Cookbook * Ethnic * Health/Wellness * History * Lifestyle * Mind/Body/Spirit * Money/Finance * Multicultural * Reference * Religion * Science * Sports * Technology * Travel * Biography Cristi Machetti is a literary agent with Firebrand Literary. Reading and writing have shaped all facets of Cristi’s life, but a passion for books didn’t satisfy her, so when she was 23 she set out to share her affection with others by launching a publicity company. Not content simply to love books, Cristi took on projects she thought could shape and influence readers, so her client list ranged from Pulitzer prize-winning authors to writers of children’s board books. Thousands of titles later, she entered the realm of public education as a high school English teacher to guide a new audience – students – towards a love of literature. As an agent with Firebrand Literary, Cristi combines her love for good writing with her specializations in project management, sales, marketing, public relations, and editing to shepherd authors through the publishing process. Cristi is looking for adult market writing, both fiction and nonfiction. Be confident in your writing and make sure readers other than your family have looked at your manuscript (sorry, but they love you and won’t give you honest feedback. Even when they say they will. It’s not their fault – you’re very lovable.). “When I walk away from a book, I want the character to stay with me. If a protagonist shows up in my dream, that’s a story I’ll read again and again because I have a connection with the qualities – good or bad. I want to see myself and my life experiences in stories; it doesn’t always have to be pretty. If literature is a mirror of society, I owe it to myself to look in that mirror after a night of bad choices as much as I preen at the reflection of the pretty eyelash extensions I’m obsessed with.”

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My career has spanned publishing, TV, and feature film. I’ve served as Creative Dir. for the Magazine Group, TIME Inc.; Dir. of Time World News Service, a Founding Dir. of TIME-Life Films; Exec. Prod. for both the CBS and NBC TV Networks; Prod./Dir.: Movies of the Week: CBS Cinema Center Films and Universal MCA.

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In today’s publishing marketplace, agents come and go. They also very often seem to just want an easy pathway to make a buck. Many authors are let go by their agents because their last book didn’t do well enough and the agent doesn’t want to devote the time to help the author. That’s not what you’re about Mark. Even established authors need this type of support in today’s marketplace.”

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Author of ten fiction and nonfiction books

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“I’m psyched to have this be official. After getting five different offers for representation from top literary agents, I signed with Stephanie Tade who got me a 6-figure book deal with Penguin!

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Getting multiple agents interested in my work was really important to me. I’ve dealt with agents before and gotten screwed on things contractually so I wanted to do it differently this time. I wanted choices.

Having you help me create that, and navigate my options, was really helpful. I heard other authors talk about their great relationships with their agents and it made me want the same thing. Now I have that.”

Amy Jo Goddard

Author of Woman on Fire (Penguin Books)

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“After sending out the query Mark revised for me, I had the opportunity to speak with literary agents from top agencies such as Janklow & Nesbit, Trident Media, Anderson Lit, and Folio. I signed with Don Fehr at Trident and, a short time later I had a publishing contract with Berkley Books, which recently published my book in hardcover.

Before that, I sent my query letter out on my own to 30 or 40 agents and got a lot of rejections. I then found Mark online while I was researching agents. I was surprised that he offered so much during his initial consultation—for a very modest amount of money.

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I don’t know what would have happened if I hadn’t worked with Mark. I can’t even imagine that now though, because of the grief and detours I experienced before we worked together. It was a time-consuming pain in the neck. If you want to get the attention of top literary agents and publishers, there is no substitute for working with an insider. You can’t beat experience. And having Mark on your side is incredibly valuable.”

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Author of Single Handed
(Berkley Books, a Division of Penguin Random House)

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“AHHH! OMG, it happened! I got three offers of representation for my children’s picture book in the United States, even though I live abroad! When I woke up and found the first offer for representation in my email in box, I wanted to scream. But my family was still asleep so I couldn’t. 🙂

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Just 8 minutes after I sent a query letter to one of my favorite agents, she replied and asked to see my manuscript. A short time later we had a lovely conversation. She was interested in representing me and sounded very positive and enthusiastic about my book. Since I also got offers from two other agents, I had to turn two of them down. One of them was upset and it felt like I was breaking her heart, but you just have to do it. I kept reminding myself that this is a good problem to have!”

Miri Leshem-Pelley

Author/Illustrator of Lon-Lon’s Big Night
and many other children’s books

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“Mark, after you helped me land a top literary agent, I got publishing offers from THREE well-known publishers: Amacom, Palgrave Macmillan, and McGraw-Hill (they’re publishing my book in hardcover)!

I was at Disneyworld with my family, in the Haunted Mansion, when I got the call. I went outside and listened to the voicemail message from my agent. A huge smile came over my face. It was a fantastic feeling. For a moment I felt like life was perfect and the angels were singing.

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You’re filling an important need so I’ll say this to every other author reading this testimonial. Mark showed me that getting a top literary agent is a science. If you’ve written a book, or you’re in the process, you’ve already invested a lot—a lot more than money. Don’t stop yourself from getting out there to fulfill your purpose and dreams. Thank you so, so much, Mark!!!”

Dave Hamme

Author of Customer Focused Process Innovation (McGraw Hill)

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“I got a book deal! After I started sending out my new query letter I had 6 literary agents request my manuscript in a short amount of time, which is awesome. Then, within 2 weeks of my agent starting to pitch my story to publishers, we had an offer. I signed a book contract yesterday. A little while later my agent told me that a TV co-producer asked for more info about my book.

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By the way, the acquiring editor that fell in love with the manuscript jumped in with both feet and we just worked out our timeline for publication. She’s as passionate about getting my book out as I am, and that means everything. She read the manuscript in two days and said she couldn’t put it down. And the book is going to be published as a hardcover!”

Erika Armstrong

Author of A Chick in the Cockpit
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“Thank you Mark! After you helped me get a well-known agent with Hartline Literary Agency (for my previously self-published murder mystery), he got me a deal with an American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) approved publisher. I’m hard-pressed to find anything that I had an expectation for that you didn’t deliver on.

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Before I worked with you I sent out queries, but no one ever requested my complete manuscript. Comparing your new version of my query to the one I wrote before, I can see a vast difference.

I’ve been in business for 35 years so I’m not just saying this… what you’re doing is phenomenal. There are other people offering similar services, but the difference is your success. Others might say they do similar things but, if you research them, they don’t have your background or track record.”

Michael Thompson

Author of The Rector

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“Mark, you’re a miracle worker. Thanks to your help with my book, query letter, and synopsis… I now have a legitimate publisher who described my book as ‘Powerful Magic’ and it’s now available in bookstores and online!

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I’m a lifelong academic writer who one day found myself writing inspired short stories that came to me in dreams and I began thinking of them as novels. That’s when I had a momentous conversation, an introductory coaching call with Mark Malatesta, the American creative writing coach, or rather, to be precise, a how-to-sell-yourself-and-your-work adviser. It was the best-spent money of my life apart (possibly) for my wedding ring.”

Professor Ruth Finnegan FBA

Author of The Black Inked Pearl

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“Within 4 minutes of sending out my query letter, a top literary called me on the phone (the #1 agent on my wish list). Less than 30 days later I had three major publishers making offers. A few days after that, I signed a deal with Random House. Mark, your query letter did that.

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My agent talked about the query letter you helped me create for a long, long time. When he first called me on the phone, he hadn’t seen any of my sample chapters. It was just the query letter that did it. Communicating the right thing is so important. You are a wonderful medium helping authors find their voice and elevate their writing from just a hobby to a real business… a source from which they can both learn and earn.”

Lakshmi Subramani

Author of Lights Out (Random House)
Bangalore, India

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“MARK, MARK, MARK!!!!!!! Holy smokes… I just signed my book deal. First, two well-known literary agents asked to represent me. One of them responded to my query letter in less than 4 minutes!!

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Then THREE different publishers wanted my book and started talking about making offers. The publisher I chose is perfect for me because they produce titles for the trade, educational, and scientific markets. And they agreed to publish my book as a hardcover!!!

When I met you, Mark, it was a pivotal time. I was under the belief that I could self-publish my book with a vanity press and then seek a publisher. I didn’t know what a literary agent was, why I needed one, or how to get one. I was wandering in the dark. You guided me in the right direction and gave me a solid plan.”

Mardell Hill

Author of Intestinal Health (Rowman & Littlefield)

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“Boom!!! I just signed a contract with Thomas Nelson/Harper Collins for (what I’ve been told by several people) is a very large advance for a first-time author.
Before working with Mark I submitted my book to agents but didn’t get any interest. This time around I got a top NY literary agency (Fine Print Lit). What cloud is higher than 9?

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I had several agencies interested before deciding to go with Fine Print. And, to be honest, all of the attention didn’t surprise me. The query letter and proposal that Mark helped me develop were incredible. Agents actually said things to me like: ‘Scott, I read your proposal and I’m just blown away by it!’ Mark is extremely talented at what he does. If you have the opportunity to work with him, take advantage of it.”

Scott LeRette

Author of The Unbreakable Boy
(Harper Collins/Thomas Nelson)

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