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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.
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Biography
Haley Heidemann is a literary agent with WME Books. Haley has been at WME since 2016. She represents commercial and literary adult fiction, along with narrative nonfiction, pop-culture, and lifestyle. She is drawn to novels with complex female characters, dark female friendships and relationships, queer stories, and a fun family saga. For non-fiction, sheÕs looking for voice-driven narratives, cultural criticism, sex and dating, essay collections, thought leaders, and lifestyle. In both, she is seeking books that move her and say something subversive about our culture.
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents |Chick Lit | Commercial Fiction | Family Saga | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Women’s Fiction |Cultural Social Issues | Dating Relationships Sex | Lifestyle | Narrative Nonfiction | Pop Culture |
Biography
Merrilee Heifetz is a literary agent with Writers House Literary Agency. Merrilee has been at Writers House for over 20 years and was one of the first agents to handle comic books/graphic novels when asked by a very young Neil Gaiman to represent his work with DC Comics (he did promise to write bestselling novels one day and she is very glad she took him at his word.) She is one of the few agents who is well known for representing both adult and children’s books and she finds she has been very successful with authors who don’t fall into categories and who can benefit from overall career management.
Her New York Times Bestsellers include Gaiman, Laurell K. Hamilton, Melissa Marr and Beth Revis, whose 2011 debut novel ACROSS THE UNIVERSE she placed in a major deal. Her award winners include three Newbery Medals (Cynthia Voigt, Robin McKinley and Neil Gaiman) a MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient (the late Octavia E Butler) and many best of the year awards such as the Hugo, the Nebula and the World Fantasy Award. For five years she chaired the Contracts Committee for the Association of Authors Representatives (AAR).
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Accepting Submissions | Member of the AALA |Picture Book | Juvenile Nonfiction | Middle Grade Fiction | Middle Grade Nonfiction | Young Adult Fiction | Young Adult Nonfiction | Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | Fantasy | General Fiction | Graphic Novel | Literary Fiction | Mainstream Fiction | Mystery | Romance | Science Fiction | Women’s Fiction |General Nonfiction | Celebrity | Film Entertainment | Music | Narrative Nonfiction | Pop Culture | Reference |
Biography
Allison Hellegers is a literary agent with Stimola Literary Studio. As both Foreign Rights Director and Literary Agent, Allison’s tastes lean towards books that have emotional hooks mixed with strong plot, film/TV and/or translation appeal, and take the reader on a journey.
Her adult co-agent clients include New York Times bestselling author Lucy Adlington (The Dressmakers of Auschwitz) and Reese Book Club pick Holly Smale (Cassandra in Reverse). SheÕs looking to take on more fiction and non-fiction clients, and is interested in pop culture, music comedy, science, journalism, history, and health/wellness. Her young adult clients include award winning authors Colby Cedar Smith (Call Me Athena) and Rebecca Caprara (Spin) and as well as graphic novel clients Teo Duvall (Brooms) and Mari Costa (Belle of the Ball). In YA, she loves a big hook and bold characters that sweep her off her feet. Middle grade will always be a favorite area, and she enjoys a classic, literary voice with humor and heart, and/or a touch of magical realism. Her middle-grade clients include ALA Notable Elaine Dimopolous (The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow) and beloved Australian author Nova Weetman (It All Begins With Jellybeans), who also has her first adult memoir coming out this year (Love, Death & Other Scenes). She represents a select few picture book clients, including Horn Book award winner Dinah Johnson (H is for Harlem) and Ezra Jack Keats honor winner and beloved Slovenian artist Marta Bartolj (Every Little Kindness).
Allison attends the book fairs in Frankfurt and Bologna each year and has been an industry speaker and on staff at numerous conferences and events; this year sheÕs honored to have been chosen to participate in the Creative Australian VIP Publisher Program. Aside from working, sheÕs happiest when hiking with her rescue mutt in Brooklyn, reading alongside her son near a body of water, listening to music on a road trip, or looking at the sky from inside an airplane or train.
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Accepting Submissions | Authors and Illustrators Only | Member of the AALA |Picture Book | Juvenile Nonfiction | Middle Grade Fiction | Middle Grade Nonfiction | Young Adult Fiction | Young Adult Nonfiction | BIPOC Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Crime Fiction | Family Saga | General Fiction | Graphic Novel | Historical Fiction | Horror | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Magical Realism | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | Romance | Speculative Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Upmarket Fiction | Women’s Fiction |General Nonfiction | Biography | BIPOC Nonfiction | Cookbook Cooking | Cultural Social Issues | Dating Relationships Sex | Family | Food Drink | Health Wellness | Humor Nonfiction | Illustrated | Journalism | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Lifestyle | Memoir | Mind Body Spirit | Multicultural Nonfiction | Music | Parenting | Poetry | Pop Culture | Psychology | Self-Help | Women’s Issues |
Biography
Richard Henshaw is a literary agent with Richard Henshaw Group. He holds a BA in English with a minor in Philosophy from Franklin & Marshall College. Upon graduation, he moved to New York City where he briefly worked for a law firm and studied at New York UniversityÕs Publishing Institute before joining Richard Curtis Associates in the fall of 1987 where, over the course of eight years, he rose to the position of full agent with a concentration on popular fiction. He also held the title of Director of Foreign Rights and was responsible for marketing the translation rights to over 150 professional writers. In 1995 he formed Richard Henshaw Group LLC, where he continues to focus on popular fiction as well as a wide variety of nonfiction and is a specialist in the marketing of translation rights. He is a member of the Association of AuthorsÕ Representatives and has served for over ten years on the organizationsÕ International Rights Committee.
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Accepting Submissions | Member of the AALA |BIPOC Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | Fantasy | General Fiction | Horror | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | New Adult Fiction | Paranormal Fiction | Romance | Science Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Women’s Fiction |General Nonfiction | Biography | BIPOC Nonfiction | Business Book | Computers | Cookbook Cooking | Current Events Affairs | Food Drink | Health Wellness | History | Mind Body Spirit | Money Finance | Multicultural Nonfiction | Politics | Science | Sports | Technology |
Biography
Saritza Hernandez is a literary agent with the Andrea Brown Literary Agency. Known as the first literary agent to represent marginalized creators in the digital publishing space, Saritza is a self-proclaimed geek with a passion for all things Star Wars, Star Trek, and tabletop gaming. Her love of great storytelling is what has driven her work in the publishing industry for the past 17 years and her passion for amplifying queer and BIPOC voices is what continues to drive her today. An avid romance and science-fiction reader, and strong advocate of the LGBTQ+ community, she enjoys fresh voices in YA and adult genre fiction. She specializes in romance and young adult fiction by and for diverse audiences.
She also represents writers and illustrators for middle grade, young adult, and adult (fiction and nonfiction) and is actively building her list in the following categories:
Adult fiction – romance, science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
Adult narrative nonfiction – cooking books (not cookbooks), parenting, humor.
Young adult and middle grade fiction – contemporary/realistic fiction, romance, science fiction, fantasy, mystery and horror.
Young adult and middle grade nonfiction – cooking books, humor, queer narratives, queer history.
Graphic novels – adult, young adult, middle grade (including nonfiction).
Illustrators – middle grade to adult categories
Her client titles include: 2018 Lambda Literary Finalist and 2017 NYPL Book of the Year DREADNOUGHT (Diversion Books) by April Daniels; 2019 RITA Winner, THREE-WAY SPLIT (Entangled) by Elia Winters; 2020 YA Debut, SALTY, BITTER, SWEET (Blink/HarperCollins) by CNN Producer Mayra Cuevas; and 2021-2022 YA contemporary fiction titles, TROUBLE GIRLS by Julia Lynn Rubin (Wednesday/Macmillan); and UNEXPECTING by Jen Bailey (Wednesday/Macmillan).
Saritza teaches a 10-week course at the UCLA Extension on publishing for the Writing Department, speaks at writer workshops across the country and through her local library system in Orlando, Florida and various “LitLando” writing community groups. She also participates in book events like the upcoming virtual book festival Wordplay, hosted by The Loft.
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Accepting Submissions | Member of the AALA |Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | BIPOC Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Family Saga | Fantasy | Graphic Novel | Historical Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | New Adult Fiction | Romance | Science Fiction | Speculative Fiction | Upmarket Fiction |Food Drink | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Multicultural Nonfiction | Pop Culture | Science | Technology |
Biography
Ali Herring is a literary agent with Spencerhill Associates. Ali joined Spencerhill in 2017. She represents a broad range of upmarket and commercial fiction, and is proud to represent, among others, Bram Stoker Award winner Lora Senf, bestselling inspirational author Kristin Billerbeck, and finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award for distinguished science fiction and winner of the Pen New England Susan P. Bloom Children’s Book Discovery Award, Kristy Acevedo. A former magazine associate editor, Ali has a diverse background in communications and editorial. She graduated valedictorian of her class at Berry College in 2001, where she obtained her bachelorÕs degree in Journalism. She is seeking middle grade and young adult fiction in all genres, science fiction and fantasy, romance, womenÕs fiction, and inspirational fiction, especially category and single-title romance. She particularly likes high-concept commercial fiction with a literary flair. If you’d like a better idea of her interests, you can find her on Twitter, @HerringAli, where she regularly posts #MSWL’s. Please query her only via the Query Manager link under the submission’s tab.
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CLOSED to Submissions |Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction |Christian Fiction |Action Adventure | BIPOC Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Dystopian Fiction | Fantasy | General Fiction | Horror | Inspirational Fiction | Literary Fiction | Romance | Science Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Upmarket Fiction | Women’s Fiction |
Biography
Sam Hiyate is the president and CEOÊwith The Rights Factory. He is keen to discover new voices and help writers prepare their works for market, and to help them build lasting careers. In the past two decades with THE RIGHTS FACTORY his hundreds of book deals have resulted in several bestsellers such as MORE, the memoir by Molly Roden Winter, THIS ONE SUMMER, the graphic novel by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki, non-fiction such as HEALTHY AF (DITCH THE DIET) by Oonagh Duncan and THE MYTH of CAPITALISM by Jonathan Tepper and Denise Hearn, and fiction such as GIRLS IN WHITE DRESSES by Jennifer Close and THE ADULT by Bronwyn Fischer.
The Host of the podcast Agent Provocateur, Sam regularly appears at writers conferences and also teaches publishing (Toronto Metropolitan University) and Creative Writing (University of Toronto). Before The Rights Factory, Sam ran the literary division of The Lavin Agency in 2003, building a client list and completing his first deals. Sam also worked as editor and publisher for the small press, Gutter Press, from 1993 to 2002, and worked at the literary magazines Blood & Aphorisms and The Quarterly in the 90s.
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents |Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | Graphic Novel | Literary Fiction | Mystery | Thriller | Upmarket Fiction |Business Book | Food Drink | Health Wellness | Lifestyle | Memoir | Self-Help |
Biography
Christina Hogrebe is a literary agent with the Jane Rotrosen Agency. She has been with JRA for over 15 years and is a tireless advocate for her clientsÕ goals. She represents authors at every stage in their careersÑfrom debuts to bestsellers to established authors looking for a change. Driven by data and accountability, Christina is particularly adept at creating visionary strategies for taking authorsÕ careers to the next level. A graduate of the Denver Publishing Institute and Franklin & Marshall College, she developed an affinity for all things British during a study abroad in Bath. Now her focus is on commercial adult fiction, especially domestic suspense, mystery, romantic comedy, womenÕs fiction, historical fiction, and anything British, naturally.
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Accepting Submissions |Commercial Fiction | General Fiction | Historical Fiction | Mystery | Romance | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Women’s Fiction |
Biography
Mara Hollander is a literary agent with FinePrint Literary Management. She joined FinePrint in 2023 and became an associate agent in 2024. She earned a bachelorÕs degree at GeorgetownUniversity (Hoya Saxa!) and a PhD at Pitt Public Health. SheÕs lived in Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and now Charlotte, but calls DC and NYC home. In her free time, she writes fantasy novels, watches a shocking amount of figure skating, roots for the Washington Nationals, and daydreams about petting dogs.
Stories make us who we are, and everyone deserves a chance to write their own narrative. Mara is actively seeking to represent authors from communities traditionally underrepresented in publishing, including BIPOC, LGBTQIA, people who are disabled, and people who are chronically ill.
In fiction, Mara is seeking accessibly-written genre novels for Adult and YA audiences that rip your heart out and make you forget the world around you. In particular, sheÕs looking to represent fantasy (including political and romantic/romantasy), light sci-fi, romance, thrillers/mysteries (including political), and womenÕs fiction. She is not the best fit for literary fiction, historical fiction (historical romance is okay), or work written for middle graders or younger audiences. Mara is also interested in narrative nonfiction for adult audiences about mental illness and/or substance use disorders and the American health care system.
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents |Young Adult Fiction | Action Adventure | BIPOC Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Fantasy | General Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | New Adult Fiction | Romance | Science Fiction | Speculative Fiction | Sports Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Women’s Fiction |Medical Medicine | Narrative Nonfiction | Psychology |
Biography
Ameerah Holliday is a literary agent with the Serendipity Literary Agency. She is a dancer and self-proclaimed poetess from San Diego, California. She received her Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from San Diego State University. Holliday is a former editorial assistant intern for Poetry International and currently serves as editorial director for the San Diego Poetry Annual and assistant editor for Kids! San Diego Poetry Annual.
Ameerah has attended the San Diego Comic-Con every year since 2011, is a published poet, and has a cat named after a villain from The Vampire Diaries.
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CLOSED to Submissions | Black Literary Agents | New Literary Agents | Member of the AALA |Juvenile Nonfiction | Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | Young Adult Nonfiction | BIPOC Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | General Fiction | Humor Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Multicultural Fiction | New Adult Fiction | Paranormal Fiction | Romance | Women’s Fiction |BIPOC Nonfiction | Business Book | Dating Relationships Sex | Health Wellness | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Lifestyle | Memoir | Mind Body Spirit | Money Finance | Multicultural Nonfiction | Poetry | Pop Culture | Psychology | Self-Help | Spirituality |
Biography
Pam Hopkins is the president of Hopkins Literary Associates, located in Rochester, NY. She has been an agent for 14 years and formed her own agency in 1996.Specializing in women’s fiction she represents full-length fiction in historical, contemporary, paranormal, chick & mom-lit, inspirational and category romance as well as mainstream fiction. Pam is a member of AAR (Association of Author’s Representative) and RWA.
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Accepting Submissions | Member of the AALA |Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | General Fiction | Inspirational Fiction | Mystery | Romance | Thriller | Women’s Fiction |
Biography
Lindsay Howard is a literary agent with New Leaf Literary & Media, Inc. She is originally from the Boston area where she graduated from Emerson College with a degree in Writing, Literature, and Publishing and a minor in Marketing. During college, she interned for a literary agency and worked for three years as a bookseller. Upon graduating from Emerson, Lindsay moved to New York and worked for another three years at Books Are Magic in Brooklyn where she eventually became the storeÕs Operations Manager. These years of bookselling gave Lindsay a deep understanding of the book publishing industry from the consumer side, which became valuable information as she transitioned into the agency realm. Lindsay loves autumn, tea, and collecting vinyl recordsÑand is obsessed with her black cat, Winnie. Her reading taste skews mostly towards fiction, with a strong preference for books with authentic, complex female relationships and spooky, mystical elements.
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents |Commercial Fiction | General Fiction | Horror | Magical Realism | Women’s Fiction |Music |
Biography
Carrie Howland is a literary agent with and the founder of Howland Literary. She founded Howland Literary, LLC in 2018, after thirteen years as an agent, most recently at Empire Literary.
Carrie holds a B.A. in English and Creative Writing from Albion College, where she was the Poetry Editor of The Albion Review. Her poetry has appeared in various literary journals and magazines.
She attends several conferences, both nationally and internationally, throughout the year. Her craft talk from the Adirondack Writers Conference, “Beyond the Query Letter,” is available on the Howland Literary website.
In her spare time, Carrie volunteers as a foster for a local dog rescue and is an active member of the Junior League. Her passions include music, pop culture, and the Midwest.
She has been featured in several publications discussing her work as an agent including Poets & Writers, SCWBI insight, Akashic Books, and Slice Magazine.
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Accepting Submissions |Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | Romance | Short Story Collection | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Upmarket Fiction | Women’s Fiction |Animals | Art | Celebrity | Cultural Social Issues | Dating Relationships Sex | Film Entertainment | How-To | Journalism | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Lifestyle | Memoir | Multicultural Nonfiction | Music | Narrative Nonfiction | Parenting | Politics | Pop Culture | Psychology | Religion | Self-Help | Spirituality | True Crime | Women’s Issues |
Biography
Morgan Hughes is a literary agent with FinePrint Literary Management. She grew up in the midwest before relocating to Texas as soon as she turned eighteen. There, she attended Texas Tech University and earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in English literature. Morgan was previously an intern and Agency Assistant at Pippin Properties before joining FinePrint Literary in 2023 as an Associate Agent. She currently lives in Texas with her husband and their dog.
Morgan believes that books can change the world and is committed to discovering and uplifting underrepresented voices. She is seeking Middle Grade and YA fantasy / adventure with a particular interest in graphic novels. She is also interested in YA, New Adult, and Adult romance. She loves unique narratives, strong voices, and impressive world-building, but is also drawn to small town vibes and sports settings. She is currently not seeking picture books, science-fiction, thrillers/mysteries, or nonfiction.
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents |Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Fantasy | Graphic Novel | Literary Fiction | New Adult Fiction | Romance | Sports Fiction | Thriller | Women’s Fiction |
Biography
Michelle Humphrey is a literary agent with the Martha Kaplan Agency. Before returning to the Martha Kaplan Agency where she was an agent 2009-2010, Michelle Humphrey was with International Creative Talent and Sterling Lord Literistic. Prior to these stints, she worked as an assistant for Renee Zuckerbrot Agency then Anderson Literary. She has also worked as an English Teacher, proofreader, and Freelance Book Reviewer. Her reviews have been published in Bitch, Bust, and The Women’s Review of Books.
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Accepting Submissions |Picture Book | Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Literary Fiction | Multicultural Fiction |Autobiography | Biography | Current Events Affairs | History | Memoir | Military War Nonfiction | Multicultural Nonfiction | Politics | Reference | Science | Technology | Women’s Issues |
Biography
Allison Hunter is a literary agent with and a founding partner of Trellis Literary Management. She began her publishing career in 2005 working for the Los Angeles-based literary publicity firm Kim-from-L.A, and was an agent at InkWell Management, the Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency, and Janklow & Nesbit before co-founding Trellis Literary Management in the fall of 2021, in search of more collaborative, boutique approach to client representation.
Allison is actively acquiring literary and commercial adult fiction, especially focusing on upmarket book club and womenÕs fiction, romance and rom coms, thrillers and domestic suspense. She loves great storytelling and unforgettable characters, and is always looking for female friendship stories, campus novels, great love stories, family epics, and books about class and cultural identity. She would especially love to find a smart beach read by an author underrepresented in that category.
In the non-fiction space, Allison is acquiring select memoir, narrative nonfiction, and the occasional prescriptive project. She loves working with journalists and with experts in their field, and is always looking for pop culture, womenÕs issues and for books that speak to the current cultural climate.
Allison has a B.A. in American Studies and Creative Writing from Stanford University and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, she now lives in Austin, Texas, after over a decade in New York City. She loves to cook, host dinner parties, watch all medical TV shows, and brainstorm new book ideas and plots with her authors.
AllisonÕs favorite non-client authors (if your work is similar, please get in touch!): Dolly Alderton, Candice Carty-Williams, Katherine Heiny, Emily Henry, Elin Hilderbrand, Samantha Irby, Liz Moore, Liane Moriarty, Celeste Ng, Emily Oster, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Curtis Sittenfeld, Emma Straub, J. Courtney Sullivan, Jia Tolentino and Rebecca Traister.
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Accepting Submissions |Young Adult Fiction | Chick Lit | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Crime Fiction | Family Saga | Historical Fiction | Humor Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | New Adult Fiction | Romance | Satire | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Upmarket Fiction | Women’s Fiction |Business Book | Celebrity | Cultural Social Issues | Dating Relationships Sex | Film Entertainment | Fitness | Food Drink | Gift Novelty | Health Wellness | History | How-To | Humor Nonfiction | Journalism | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Lifestyle | Medical Medicine | Memoir | Multicultural Nonfiction | Music | Narrative Nonfiction | Parenting | Politics | Pop Culture | Psychology | Religion | Science | Self-Help | Technology | Travel | True Crime | Women’s Issues |
Biography
Kristy Hunter is a literary agent with The Knight Agency. As a graduate of Vanderbilt University and The Columbia Publishing Course, Kristy Hunter began her publishing career in New York CityÑfirst as an editorial intern at Bloomsbury ChildrenÕs Books and then as a book publicist at Grove/Atlantic and Random House ChildrenÕs Books. When she moved to the agenting side of the industry, she was closely mentored by Deidre Knight, president and founder of The Knight Agency, and her first co-agented project sold at auction soon after. As an agent, Kristy enjoys being able to bring a unique perspective to her clients thanks to her diverse publishing background. When sheÕs not curled up with a fantastic book or manuscript, she can be found kickboxing or hiking with her dog and is an active member of SCBWI.
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CLOSED to Submissions |Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | Chick Lit | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Family Saga | Fantasy | General Fiction | Graphic Novel | Historical Fiction | Horror | Humor Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Magical Realism | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | New Adult Fiction | Romance | Satire | Science Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Upmarket Fiction | Women’s Fiction |
Biography
Alexis Hurley is a literary agent with InkWell Management. Alexis Hurley started her career in 1998 and has been at InkWell since its inception in 2004. Alexis works in the dual capacity of Co-Director of Foreign Rights and agent of domestic works in the areas of literary and commercial fiction, memoir, narrative non-fiction and more. She is a native of the Berkshires and a graduate of Dickinson College where she received her BA in English and Art History and a minor in Italian.
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Accepting Submissions |Young Adult Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | General Fiction | Graphic Novel | Literary Fiction | Mystery | Romance | Thriller |General Nonfiction | Art | Dating Relationships Sex | Food Drink | History | Lifestyle | Memoir | Mind Body Spirit | Narrative Nonfiction | Parenting | Photography | Reference | Religion | Self-Help | Spirituality |
Biography
Ismita Hussain is a literary agent with Great Dog Literary. She is a Georgia native and graduate of Emory University, where she studied Human Health and Italian. During college, she also worked for various Atlanta area hospitals in departments ranging from neonatal to geriatric care. In her Desi household, she grew up speaking Bangla, Hindi, and Urdu.
Ismita is seeking literary fiction, health-related non-fiction, YA, and short story collections. Some of her favorite authors are Flannery OÕConnor, Cormac McCarthy, Oscar Wilde, and Tom Perrotta. Ismita is especially drawn to fiction with a Southern setting, gritty realist writing, and any books that explore health or disability. Ultimately though, sheÕs a sucker for writing with a great sense of humor. Member: AALA.
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents |Young Adult Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Family Saga | Fantasy | General Fiction | Humor Fiction | Literary Fiction | New Adult Fiction | Short Story Collection | Upmarket Fiction | Women’s Fiction |Animals | Art | Biography | Celebrity | Cookbook Cooking | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Film Entertainment | Fitness | Food Drink | Health Wellness | Humor Nonfiction | Journalism | Medical Medicine | Memoir | Narrative Nonfiction | Pop Culture | Sports | Travel |
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Ginger Hutchinson is a literary agent with Movable Type Management. After graduating with a degree in Film Studies, Ginger Hutchinson went on to become Wesleyan UniversityÕs Kim Frank Fellow of Creative Writing, building upon years of experience as an editor in publication, workshop and teaching environments. As an educator, most recently with the Free Library of Philadelphia, Ginger has been committed to nurturing creativity and embracing the power of storytelling to connect each of us with a sense of purpose, community and appreciation of one anotherÕs unique way of navigating the world.
Ginger grew up in rural Florida amidst a large, rambunctious family and massive system of natural springs; all its pre-historic creatures and people who often seem odd to outsiders are regular characters in the story she carries through life.
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents |Action Adventure | Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | Family Saga | General Fiction | Historical Fiction | Horror | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Mystery | Speculative Fiction | Thriller | Upmarket Fiction | Women’s Fiction |General Nonfiction | Beauty Fashion Style | Cultural Social Issues | Dating Relationships Sex | Family | History | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Memoir | Pop Culture | Psychology | Science | Travel | True Crime |
Dara Hyde
Hill Nadell Literary AgencyCLOSED to SubmissionsQuery Method(s): Postal Mail > Online Form >Biography
Dara Hyde is a literary agent with the Hill Nadell Literary Agency in Los Angeles. She is a senior agent at the Hill Nadell Literary Agency in Los Angeles and represents a wide range of fiction and nonfiction, including literary and genre fiction, graphic novels, narrative non-fiction, memoir, and young adult. Before joining Hill Nadell, Dara spent over a decade as an editor and rights and permissions manager at independent publisher Grove Atlantic in New York.
Dara has taught or spoken at a number of writersÕ conferences and events, including Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, 826LA, BinderCon, New Orleans WritersÕ Conference, Pima WritersÕ Workshop, PubWest, Long Beach Comic Expo, IWOSC, Antioch University LA MFA, Chapman University MFA, UC Riverside MFA and UCR Palm Desert MFA, Santa Barbara WritersÕ Conference, Fallbrook WritersÕ Conference, and the Literary Editing and Publishing (LEAP) program at USC.
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CLOSED to Submissions |Juvenile Nonfiction | Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | Action Adventure | Chick Lit | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Crime Fiction | Espionage Military Fiction | Family Saga | Fantasy | General Fiction | Graphic Novel | Historical Fiction | Horror | Humor Fiction | Inspirational Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Magical Realism | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | New Adult Fiction | Satire | Science Fiction | Short Story Collection | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Upmarket Fiction | Western Fiction | Women’s Fiction |Biography | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Film Entertainment | History | Humor Nonfiction | Illustrated | Journalism | Memoir | Multicultural Nonfiction | Music | Narrative Nonfiction | Pop Culture | Travel | True Adventure | True Crime |
Biography
Tia Ikemoto is a literary agent with CAA/ICM.
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents |Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | Commercial Fiction | General Fiction | Historical Fiction | Mystery | Thriller | Women’s Fiction |Humor Nonfiction | Journalism | Memoir | Pop Culture |
Biography
Susan C. Ingram is an agent with Williamson Literary. She joined Williamson Literary in 2019 after knowing, and writing with, Emily Williamson for close to a decade. From classmates in the Johns Hopkins MA in Writing program, to longtime writing group colleagues to editing and agenting, Emily and Susan have found they have similar approaches to writing and tastes in literature. Besides, they enjoy working together. ItÕs a good fit for them and the writers seeking representation with Williamson Lit.
Susan comes to agenting as an award-winning journalist with a number of careers under her belt. A Baltimore County native, Susan worked 20 years as a film industry camera assistant in Los Angeles and Baltimore and 20 years in journalism as a newspaper reporter and editor. She has also taught writing, written speeches for a county councilman, copy edited a well-known international wine journal and happily shelved books at her local library. She now works as a writer and editor in addition to agenting.
After attaining her bachelorÕs degree in film from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, she attended the graduate program in film at UCLA and later graduated from the International CinematographerÕs camera assistant training program in Los Angeles. She received her Master of Arts in Writing from Johns Hopkins University in 2012.
Susan loves reading an array of fiction and nonfiction and is an Ernest Shackleton freak and classic film fan. She has a penchant for settling in with a bowl of popcorn on Saturday nights with her two rescue cats, Mack and Baine, to watch horror host Svengoolie and his eclectic selection of horror movies.
More at newzcook.wordpress.com
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Accepting Submissions |Action Adventure | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Fantasy | Historical Fiction | Humor Fiction | Literary Fiction | Magical Realism | Multicultural Fiction | Satire | Suspense Fiction | Upmarket Fiction | Women’s Fiction |Biography | BIPOC Nonfiction | Cultural Social Issues | Environment | History | Humor Nonfiction | Inspirational Nonfiction | Journalism | Multicultural Nonfiction | Narrative Nonfiction | Nature | Science | Sports | Technology | Travel | True Adventure | True Crime | Women’s Issues |
Biography
Nathaniel Jacks is a literary agent with InkWell Management. He joined InkWell Management after graduating from Columbia University with a BA in literature. Among the books he represents are The Birth of Cool by New Yorker contributor Nicola Twilley, The Heavenly Table by Guggenheim Fellow Donald Ray Pollock, American Hookup by sociologist Lisa Wade, Ph.D., The Code of Trust by behavioral expert Robin Dreeke, and Broad Influence by TIME Washington correspondent Jay Newton-Small. He is excited to work with ambitious authors whose books enlighten everyday life, demystify systems, explore the mind, question the status quo, and empower self-improvement. He also oversees contracts at InkWell.
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Accepting Submissions |Picture Book | Young Adult Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | Fantasy | General Fiction | Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction | Mainstream Fiction | Mystery | Short Story Collection | Women’s Fiction |General Nonfiction | Autobiography | Biography | Business Book | Celebrity | Cookbook Cooking | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Dating Relationships Sex | Economics | Film Entertainment | Food Drink | Gift Novelty | Health Wellness | History | Humor Nonfiction | Lifestyle | Medical Medicine | Memoir | Military War Nonfiction | Money Finance | Multicultural Nonfiction | Music | Narrative Nonfiction | Politics | Pop Culture | Religion | Science | Self-Help | Spirituality | Technology | Travel |
Eleanor Jackson
Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary AgencyAccepting SubmissionsQuery Method(s): Email > Postal Mail >Biography
Eleanor Jackson is a literary agent with Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency. She has been agenting since 2002. Previously, she was an agent at Markson Thoma and at InkWell Management. She is a graduate of Colby College and the Columbia Publishing course. Her list includes authors of fiction and non-fiction in a wide range of categories, including literary, commercial, memoir, art, food, science and history. She looks for books with deeply imagined worlds, and for writers who take risks with their work. She lives in Brooklyn NY.
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Accepting Submissions | Member of the AALA |Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | Fantasy | General Fiction | Literary Fiction | Mystery | Science Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller |General Nonfiction | Art | Biography | Food Drink | Health Wellness | History | Lifestyle | Memoir | Mind Body Spirit | Narrative Nonfiction | Science | Travel | True Crime | Upmarket Nonfiction |
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Heather Jackson is a literary agent with and the founder of the Heather Jackson Literary Agency. She decided to vault over the desk to the agent side in 2016 after a highly successful career as a trade editor. In her 20+ years as an editor she acted as the creative midwife to multiple dozens of New York Times bestselling authors and titles, including: Tim Ferriss, Jillian Michaels, Dr. Steven Gundry, Ron Fournier, Joy Bauer, Rick Hanson, Dr. Robert C. Atkins, Dr. Arthur Agatston, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Dr. Susan Love, Dr. Alice D. Domar, Dr. Barbara Fredrickson, Mallika Chopra, Barbara Sher, Martina Navratilova, Joe and Teresa Graedon, B. Smith and Dan Gasby, Howard Dully…among many others.
The selective client list she and we are cultivating has one unifying theme: to represent authors and books that entertain, elevate, inform, or make some type of positive difference to the individual reader or our larger society. Works that make you want to press the pause button on everything else–ditch the screens, the duties, the worries–to sit down and read for hours. Books that can ignite or shift a conversation and that might unite us rather than divide us further. And, most importantly, books that can connect deeply and widely with masses of readers.
We specialize in commercial non-fiction, both narrative and prescriptive, and in contemporary fiction. We represent top-tier authors in health and well-being, psychology/self-help, politics and current affairs, as well as memoir and personal finance. We are always on the hunt for brilliant writing and deeply moving journalistic narratives that share insights into unseen aspects of our culture, subcultures, and the function or workings of our world. We love big ideas and groundbreaking big think books. We love historical and contemporary fiction penned with propulsive storylines, sharp and textured writing, and peopled with vivid characters. Lastly, we are steadfastly looking for a reliable narrator who isn’t a psychopath, a multi-generational family saga that surprises, and, well, something that is just pure magicÉreminding us that a creative hand can take us places we didnÕt even know we wanted to go.
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Accepting Submissions | Member of the AALA |Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Crime Fiction | Family Saga | General Fiction | Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction | Magical Realism | Mystery | Romance | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Women’s Fiction |General Nonfiction | Business Book | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Dating Relationships Sex | Diet Nutrition | Economics | Health Wellness | History | How-To | Humor Nonfiction | Journalism | Lifestyle | Memoir | Mind Body Spirit | Money Finance | Narrative Nonfiction | Parenting | Politics | Psychology | Science | Self-Help | Upmarket Nonfiction |
Biography
Michelle Jackson is a literary agent with LCS Literary Services. She represents books that evoke heartfelt emotions and fervent conversations among readers. Her mission is to mentor and develop authors, particularly those from underrepresented communities, and help them build a brand of quality and authentic reads.
Originally from Jamaica, West Indies, Michelle is now a literary agent with LCS Literary. She began her agenting career as an intern and then a Literary Associate with Olswanger Literary. She is also a published author and has earned educational degrees from New York University, SUNY at StonyBrook, Teachers College Columbia University and Argosy University. Michelle looks forward to bringing adult fiction and select young adult and non-fiction works of new authors to the masses, especially BIPOC and underrepresented authors. She is also a content editor and loves developing and working with new authors to help them hone their craft. She is looking for stories with strong character arcs and hooks. Intriguing plot lines that keep her up at night until she gets to the last page. Romances that make her heart swoon, thrillers that keep her guessing and heartwarming, uplifting tales. Stories about sister friends, mother-daughter relationships. Stories with themes of friendship, forgiveness, love and second chances. Michelle has a soft spot for fellow educators who are writers and for stories featuring educators. She is also looking for those who want to write category romancesÐshe also loves Amish romances!
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Accepting Submissions | Black Literary Agents | New Literary Agents |Picture Book | Young Adult Fiction | BIPOC Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Family Saga | Fantasy | General Fiction | Historical Fiction | Humor Fiction | Literary Fiction | Multicultural Fiction | New Adult Fiction | Religious Fiction | Romance | Science Fiction | Thriller | Women’s Fiction |Biography | Cookbook Cooking | Dating Relationships Sex | Family | Health Wellness | Memoir | Narrative Nonfiction | Self-Help | Spirituality | True Crime |