Alexandra Machinist is a partner and literary agent with CAA/ICM. Based in the New York office, she represents writers across a wide array of genres. Her clients are #1 New York Times bestsellers, National Book Award winners, and Pulitzer Prize winners. They include Elizabeth Acevedo, Andrea Bartz, Julia Bartz, Walt Bogdanich, Jack Carr, Jancee Dunn, Lucy Foley, Michael Forsythe, Emilia Hart, Darynda Jones, Martha Hall Kelly, Caroline Kepnes, Kevin Kwan, Linden Lewis, Jessa Maxwell, Julie Menanno, Emma Rosenblum, Marie Rutkoski, Peng Shepherd, Jen Sincero, Sabaa Tahir, and Beatriz Williams. Their work has been adapted into films and television shows, including CRAZY RICH ASIANS, THE TERMINAL LIST, and NIGHTBOOKS. A former lawyer, Machinist is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Virginia School of Law. She is an Ambassador of the American Joint Distribution Committee and a competitive equestrian.Eighteen years into her career, she remains driven by the treasure hunt of finding the next great writer. She is particularly interested in upmarket, page-turning fiction that keeps her up all night reading. She accepts queries by email only. Please include a query letter and the first ten pages of your manuscript in the body of your email. If she is interested in reading further, she will be in touch within six weeks. Due to the volume of queries she receives, she is unfortunately unable to respond to each query letter.