Nicole Cunningham is a literary agent at Trellis Literary Management. She joined Trellis Literary Management in 2025, after nine years with The Book Group. She represents an exciting list of authors across a wide range of adult fiction, as well as select nonfiction. Born and raised in upstate NY, Nicole moved to New York City to study English and American Literature and Gender and Sexuality Studies at NYU. After ten years, she returned to the Finger Lakes to renovate an old house with her husband, dog, and son. When sheÕs not reading, Nicole can be found social dancing around the northeast or messing about in her garden. Her favorite non-client authors are Brit Bennett, Anna North, Liz Moore, Marie-Helene Bertino, Kiley Reid, Caroline OÕDonoghue, V.E. Schwab, Amanda Montell, Helen Oyeyemi, Charlotte McConaghy, Lucy Foley, Rebecca Makkai, Morgan Jerkins, and Robin Wall Kimmerer.