The Directory of Literary Agents
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Literary Agent Directory
Important: Visit each agent’s website (links in their listings below) to see if they’re open to submissions before querying.
Cheryl Pientka
Biography
Cheryl Pientka is a literary agent with the Nancy Yost Literary Agency. She joined Nancy Yost Literary Agency in 2018 as the director of subrights. She also represents a select list of clients.
After stints at The Associated Press’s International TV news and Corporate Communications departments and graduation from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she became a part-time assistant in a literary agency and has been happily involved in the industry on the foreign rights and agency side. She is a member of the Association of American Literary Agents and is part of its International Committee. Most recently she was the director of foreign and subsidiary rights and an agent at Jill Grinberg Literary Management.
Cheryl is especially interested in upmarket and book club women’s fiction, page-turning debuts from international writers, and she is always on the hunt for a good character-driven psychological mystery in the vein of Tana French or Deborah Crombie. On the non-fiction side, she’d love to see narrative that challenges the generational status quo. As an adoptee born during the Baby Scoop era, she is especially seeking something in the vein of AMERICAN BABY that breaks societal taboos and creates empathy for everyone touched by adoption. And a huge lover of animals, she is seeking true stories that promote kindness to animals and a better awareness of our place in the world with them.
Notes
This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Contemporary * Family Saga * Historical * Literary * Mystery * Upmarket Fiction * Women’s Fiction *
NONFICTION: Animals/Pets * Biography * Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * Environment * Fitness * Gay/Lesbian * Health/Wellness * Humor * Journalism * Narrative * Nature * Psychology * Travel * Women’s Issues *
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