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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.
Biography
Aria Gmitter is a literary agent with Whimsy Literary Agency. She joined the Whimsy Literary Agency in 2020. She is a writer, journalist, and editor, and a 2016 Denver Publishing Institute graduate. Before that, she was a literary assistant to Peter Miller of Global Lion Intellectual Property Management. She has an MFA from Full Sail University and graduated salutatorian of her class, a Masters of Science in Health Law from Nova Southeastern University, and a graduate certificate in Integrated Marketing Communications from Reed College of Media at West Virginia University. She earned her undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Miami majoring in English Literature and Comparative Religious Studies. Her first short story, ÒFriend of the FatherlessÓ published by Bethany House in Encountering Jesus: Modern-Day Stories of His Supernatural Presence and Power, in 2015. Her works have been featured on iHeartRadio, MSN, Yahoo!, Yourtango, Prevention, PsychCentral, xoJane, Cosmo, PopSugar, AuthorsPublish, and more.
Aria is looking for Christianity and inspirational nonfiction, mind/body/spirit, parenting, pop culture, astrology, self-help, cookbooks, romance, crime/mystery novels, psychological thrillers for adult, middle grade, YA, gift books, illustrated, humor and parodies, and children’s books.
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CLOSED to Submissions |Juvenile Nonfiction |Christian Nonfiction | Art | Cookbook Cooking | Gift Novelty | Humor Nonfiction | Inspirational Nonfiction | Mind Body Spirit | New Age | Parenting | Photography | Pop Culture | Self-Help |
Biography
Miriam Goderich is a literary agent with Dystel, Goderich & Bourret, LLC. Miriam Goderich and Jane Dystel have been partners since 1995 and they work closely as an agenting team to generate book ideas, help create book proposals, place projects with publishing companies, and negotiate all contracts pertaining to publishing and subsidiary rights. In addition, Miriam is an insightful editor who has been responsible for discovering and working on a number of first novels. She is also very involved in developing nonfiction projects and taking them from the conceptual stage to publication. MiriamÕs areas of interest include: literary and commercial fiction as well as some genre fiction, narrative nonfiction, pop culture, psychology, history, science, art, business books, and biography/memoir. Miriam received a BA in Comparative Literature and an MA in English from Columbia University. She was born in Cuba and, prior to settling in the New York area, lived in Spain and Miami, Florida. Currently, she resides just outside the City with her husband and son, a dog, and a parrot.
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Accepting Submissions |Juvenile Nonfiction | Commercial Fiction | General Fiction | Literary Fiction | Mystery | Romance | Suspense Fiction | Thriller |General Nonfiction | Art | Biography | Business Book | Cookbook Cooking | Health Wellness | History | Inspirational Nonfiction | Lifestyle | Memoir | Mind Body Spirit | Narrative Nonfiction | Pop Culture | Psychology | Science | Self-Help |
Biography
Adria Goetz is a literary agent with KT Literary. She is based out of the beautifully gloomy Pacific Northwest. Adria got her start in publishing as an intern at Martin Literary Management in 2013. She represents picture books, middle grade, graphic novels, and adult fiction. She graduated from the University of Washington with a BachelorÕs degree in English with a Creative Writing emphasis, as well as the Columbia Publishing Course. In 2019, she was selected as a Publishers Weekly Star Watch Honoree. Adria has eclectic taste but particularly enjoys projects that are tinged with magic, have so much heart you can practically hear their heartbeat, and have a compelling, commercial hook. In her spare time she can be found rewatching Gilmore Girls for the millionth time, listening to Taylor Swift, and dreaming about the mossy stone cottage in the woods she would like to live in one day. You can read AdriaÕs full manuscript wishlist at adriagoetz.com.
Adria Goetz is seeking picture books (especially by author-illustrators), middle grade fiction, graphic novels, and adult fictionÑparticularly rom coms, thrillers, and upmarket fiction.
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Accepting Submissions | Member of the AALA |Picture Book | Middle Grade Fiction | Chick Lit | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Family Saga | Fantasy | Graphic Novel | Historical Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Magical Realism | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | Romance | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Upmarket Fiction | Women’s Fiction |
Biography
Ellen Goff is a literary agent with HG Literary. She graduated from The University of Chicago (2016) with a BA in English, a minor in Cinema and Media Studies, and a focus in Creative Writing. Ellen has worked everywhere from The White House under the Obama administration to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. At HG Literary, she assists Carrie Hannigan on all children’s titles from picture books to middle grade to young adult. Ellen’s own list consists of YA writers and illustrators. She is also a member of HG’s foreign rights team.
Ellen is interested in all genres and formats of YA, especially anything spooky, historical fiction, and graphic novels. She has a soft spot for Shakespeare as well as southern gothic stories that remind her of her home state of Kentucky. Ellen runs a twelve-member YA writing group and workshop in NYC.
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Accepting Submissions |Picture Book | Chapter Book | Juvenile Nonfiction | Middle Grade Fiction | Middle Grade Nonfiction | Young Adult Fiction | Young Adult Nonfiction | Fantasy | General Fiction | Graphic Novel | Historical Fiction | Horror | Romance | Science Fiction |Cookbook Cooking | Food Drink |
Biography
Thomas Goff is a literary agent with Goff Literary. He serves as strategic counsel to clients on matters involving corporate restructuring, branding, reputation, crisis management, financial transactions, senior executive media positioning, business to business marketing, legal disputes and media and analyst relations. He brings 30 yearsÕ experience as a successful financial journalist, media strategist, literary agent and corporate reputation manager. He has advised senior management teams at a number of global corporations including Microsoft, Starbucks, MySpace, Sony Corporation, Warner Bros., Kaiser Permanente, Computer Sciences Corporation and Dubai World Properties among others.
He is also owner of Thomas Jesse Goff Literary, a registered talent agency for writers in print, broadcast and film. The agency is licensed in the State of California.
Tom previously served as an executive vice president with the nationÕs largest independent PR firm, in senior corporate communications roles at Global Crossing, Lockheed Corp. and Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) and as a successful financial journalist. At Global Crossing, Tom directed corporate sponsorships, acted as the principal spokesperson for a multi-national telecommunications corporation and personally promoted, managed and controlled coverage and cover stories for the companyÕs top management team in Forbes, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones News Service, BarronÕs and Bloomberg, as well as CNBC, CNNfn and other print and electronic outlets.
As director of media and public relations for ARCO, Tom acted as a corporate spokesperson for financial and operational developments, managed crisis and oil-spill communications systems and supervised ARCOÕs corporate image advertising, litigation communications, and community relations initiatives. Tom worked for 10 years at the Lockheed Corporation where he served as manager of advertising and promotions, personally managing principal aspects of the successful $20 million PR and advertising effort behind LockheedÕs win of the F-22 Advanced Tactical Fighter program, the largest single defense contract then awarded in American history. In addition, he acted as manager of internal communications, coordinator of news and public information and as financial editor of LockheedÕs award-winning annual and quarterly reports.
TomÕs editorial tenure included business, political editorial and reporting positions at Esquire, New York Magazine and he was editor of the Fortune 500 lists at Fortune. As founding editor and editor-in-chief of The Corporate Board, Tom led that journal to a readership with the highest-ranking business audience in America Ð the directors serving on boards of the nationÕs largest public corporations Ð and currently serves on the board of editors.
Tom is a fourth-generation Californian, holds a bachelorÕs degree in government with honors from California State University at Sacramento and a JD from UC-Davis where he served on the law review. He also served more than a decade as an officer in the Military Police Corps, U.S. Army Reserve.
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Accepting Submissions |Mystery | Religious Fiction |General Nonfiction | Biography | Health Wellness | History | Mind Body Spirit | Reference | Religion | Science |
Barry Goldblatt
Barry Goldblatt Literary (BG Literary)Accepting SubmissionsQuery Method(s): Online Form >Biography
Barry Goldblatt is a literary agent with Barry Goldblatt Literary. Barry says: “To paraphrase Garrett Morris of SNL, children’s books have been very, very good to me. It was never my planned career option, however.
I came to New York in the summer of 1989 after graduating from the University of Kansas with a B.A. in English and a B.S. in Journalism. I’d just finished an intensive six-week course on science fiction with James Gunn there, and I was determined to come to the city and get an editorial job at a science fiction magazine or book publishing company. If I’d only done a little research beforehand, I’d have realized how few editorial positions there were that fit that description. Fortunately I had a great interviewer at Simon & Schuster who explained a bunch of other job options, including describing the subsidiary rights department, which sounded like a lot of fun. I added that to my application letters and suddenly started getting a lot more calls for interviewsÉbut none of them with science fiction or fantasy publishers.
I was running low on cash and starting to worry when I got a call to meet with Donne Forrest, the Subsidiary Rights Director at Dutton Children’s Books and Dial Books for Young Readers. I liked her immediately and we had a good interview. She sent me home with three books: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor, Interstellar Pig by William Sleator, and Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne. I read them all that night, and she called and offered me the job the next day. She made it clear to me that she needed a body right then, but she’d completely understand if I found a job in SF&F in the near future and left. Six months later, I got a call from Tor about an editorial assistant jobÉand I said “no thanks, not interested.” I’d fallen in love with children’s books, and I couldn’t imagine doing anything else.
Two years later I was laid off by Penguin (after just signing a lease for a more expensive studio in the East Village to boot!), but fortunately landed a new job as the subsidiary rights associate at The Putnam and Grosset Group. After a couple of years there, I was handed a true golden ticket: I was hired as the Rights and Contracts Director at Orchard Books.
When news came in 2000 that Scholastic was buying Orchard, I had to decide what to do with my future. I’d always thought of agenting as an opportunity down the road, but I certainly hadn’t planned to do it so soon. I talked with several people about it, including award-winning author Angela Johnson, who basically said that if I did decide to agent, she’d be my first client. With that kind of vote of confidence, I took the leap and in September 2000 opened my agency, and it is without a doubt the best move I’ve ever made.”
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Accepting Submissions |Picture Book | Chapter Book | Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy | Graphic Novel | Science Fiction |
Biography
Ronald Goldfarb is a literary agent with and the founder of Goldfarb & Associates. Ronald Goldfarb is a Washington, D.C. attorney, author, and literary agent. He is listed in Who’s Who In the United States, Who’s Who In Law, and other listings of prominent Americans, writers and scholars.
Born in New Jersey and educated in its public schools, he began college (at 16) at Syracuse University. Combining his last year of undergraduate work (BA 1954) with his first year of law school, he graduated (LLB) in 1956 and was one of the youngest to be admitted to the New York Bar that year. He continued his education at Yale Law School, where he earned Masters (LLM, 1960) and Doctorate (JSD, 1962) degrees from Yale. He was later admitted to the California and District of Columbia and United States Supreme Court bars. Goldfarb’s work at Yale Law School was interrupted when he accepted a commission and served three years in the United Sates Air Force JAG, where he prosecuted and defended numerous courts-martial cases running the gamut from AWOL to murder and desertion (capital offenses).
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Accepting Submissions |Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy | General Fiction | Science Fiction | Thriller |General Nonfiction | Art | Biography | Business Book | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Economics | Health Wellness | History | How-To | Journalism | Medical Medicine | Memoir | Mind Body Spirit | Money Finance | Narrative Nonfiction | Photography | Politics | Pop Culture | Religion | Science | Spirituality | Technology | True Crime |
Biography
Evan Goldfried is a literary agent with Jill Grinberg Literary Management. He joined Jill Grinberg Literary Management in 2009 to oversee the agencyÕs contracts while building a client list focused on fantasy and science-fiction. He currently works at-large for the agency, largely focused on New York Times bestseller Kevin HearneÕs body of work. Prior to JGLM, Evan spent a number of years as a coordinator at the William Morris Agency, working with some of the biggest names in publishing and entertainment. Evan is based in Vermont with his family and takes full advantage of the mountains, lakes, and everything in between when heÕs not working on publishing or his other ventures.
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CLOSED to Submissions |Fantasy | Graphic Novel | Science Fiction |Sports |
Wendy Goldman Rohm
The Rohm Literary AgencyAccepting SubmissionsQuery Method(s): Email > Online Form >Biography
Wendy Goldman Rohm is a literary agent with The Rohm Literary Agency. She has represented innovative new media projects–including book, film, podcast, tv, stage and video incarnations–for such global clients as Netflix, Dove, The New York Times, Glass Entertainment, Dragonfly TV (London), Wondery, and European clothing giant C & A. Rohm also been a literary agent and author for Sterling Lord Literistic, New York; The Waxman Agency, NY; and Waterside Productions, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif.
Ms. Rohm is adept at promotion and public appearances. She has been a commentator on numerous national and international television and radio broadcasts, including: Nightline, The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, Good Morning America, and dozens of programs on NBC, CNBC, PBS radio and television, CNN, CBS, ABC, and BBC radio and television. Rohm has also been an expert researcher for Townsend & Crew, Skadden Arps, and Conlin Associates, among many others.
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Accepting Submissions |Juvenile Nonfiction | Middle Grade Fiction | Middle Grade Nonfiction | Young Adult Fiction | Young Adult Nonfiction | BIPOC Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | Fantasy | General Fiction | Inspirational Fiction | Literary Fiction | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | New Adult Fiction | Religious Fiction | Science Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller |General Nonfiction | Biography | BIPOC Nonfiction | Business Book | Computers | Health Wellness | History | Inspirational Nonfiction | Investigative | Journalism | Lifestyle | Memoir | Mind Body Spirit | Money Finance | Multicultural Nonfiction | Narrative Nonfiction | Poetry | Reference | Religion | Science | Technology | Travel |
Biography
Connor Goldsmith is an Associate Agent at Fuse Literary. He specializes in Nonfiction and Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror. His clients include celebrities, journalists, cultural critics, novelists, and comics writers.
Born and raised in New York, Connor lived briefly in the Midwest studying English and the Classics at Oberlin College in Ohio. He then received a MasterÕs Degree in Media Studies from The New School.
Connor began his career in publishing in 2012 at Lowenstein Associates, and joined Fuse Literary in 2014. He is based in Los Angeles and New York.
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CLOSED to Submissions |Fantasy | Horror | Science Fiction |Celebrity | Cultural Social Issues | Humor Nonfiction | Politics | Pop Culture |
Biography
Veronica Goldstein is a literary agent with the United Talent Agency (UTA). She joined UTA in 2023 after seven years with Fletcher & Company. SheÕs drawn to distinctive voices with a new story to tell and a strong sense of urgency, especially Americans whose stories have been underrepresented in publishing and international writers.
In fiction, she looks for literary novels with an original, contemporary voice that balance the complexities of culture and politics with storytelling that explores the inner worlds of its characters in a way that challenges expectations and deepens the emotional stakes of the story (Elif Batuman, Sally Rooney). Autofiction, grounded speculative fiction, and experimental forms are always of interest (Charles Yu, Sheila Heti, Maria Gainza).
SheÕs also looking for compelling critical takes on cultural and sociological trends and overlooked or misunderstood histories; investigative and issue-focused narrative nonfiction; and memoir that makes the personal political and vice versa (Naomi Klein, Rachel Aviv, Cathy Park Hong, Patrick Radden Keefe, Sarah Smarsh). Pop culture, science, technology, politics, and writing about the natural world are always of interest.
Recent and forthcoming titles include The Age of Deer by Erika Howsare; Invisible Labor by Rachel Somerstein; The New Tourist by Paige McClanahan; Yoruba Boy Running by Biyi Bandele; A Girl is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi; The Violence Project by Jillian Peterson and James Densley; Into Flames by Daisy Pitkin; Warmth by Daniel Sherrell.
Veronica is a graduate of Occidental College, and has worked in education, academic publishing, and Spanish translation and interpretation. She lives in her hometown of Philadelphia.
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Accepting Submissions |Contemporary Fiction | General Fiction | Literary Fiction |General Nonfiction | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Economics | Environment | Health Wellness | History | Investigative | Medical Medicine | Memoir | Narrative Nonfiction | Nature | Politics | Pop Culture | Science | Technology |
Biography
Jennie Goloboy is a literary agent with the Donald Maass Literary Agency. She joined the Donald Maass Literary Agency in 2017, after six years at a Twin Cities-based literary agency. She has a PhD in the History of American Civilization from Harvard, and published a book based on her dissertation, Charleston and the Emergence of Middle-Class Culture in the Revolutionary Era, in 2016. Her novel, Obviously Aliens, is forthcoming from Queen of Swords Press.
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CLOSED to Submissions | Member of the AALA |Fantasy | Horror | LGBTQ Fiction | Magical Realism | Science Fiction |History | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Pop Culture |
Biography
Susan Golomb is a literary agent with Writers House. Susan has been an agent of literary fiction and non-fiction for over 30 years. She founded the Susan Golomb Literary Agency in 1988 with Jonathan Franzen as her first client and joined Writers House in 2015. Her other authors include award winners and bestsellers such as William T. Vollmann, Rachel Kushner, Imbolo Mbue, Noah Hawley, Nell Zink, Glen David Gold, Janelle Brown, Thomas Mullen, Charles Graeber, Harry Dent, Yvon Chouinard, Angie Kim, as well as Stephen Markley, Wayetu Moore, Lexi Freiman, Mira T. Lee, and more.
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CLOSED to Submissions | Member of the AALA |Juvenile Nonfiction | Young Adult Fiction | Young Adult Nonfiction | Crime Fiction | Fantasy | General Fiction | Historical Fiction | Horror | Humor Fiction | Inspirational Fiction | Literary Fiction | Mystery | New Adult Fiction | Science Fiction | Thriller | Women’s Fiction |General Nonfiction | Biography | Business Book | Current Events Affairs | Environment | Family | Film Entertainment | History | Memoir | Mind Body Spirit | Money Finance | Nature | Parenting | Politics | Pop Culture | Religion | Science | Spirituality | Technology | True Crime |
Biography
Nora Gonzalez is a literary agent with The Gernert Company. Originally from New York City, Nora graduated from the University of Chicago, where she majored in English Literature with a focus on Modernism. She joined The Gernert Company in 2020, after working as an assistant book scout at Del Commune Enterprises. Nora is interested in representing narrative nonfiction, memoirs, cookbooks, illustrated works, poetry, literary and upmarket fiction. As a member of the foreign rights team and a Spanish reader, she has a particular interest in translation, and is also seeking Spanish-language authors, as well as other international writers.
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents |General Fiction | Literary Fiction | Upmarket Fiction |General Nonfiction | Art | Cookbook Cooking | Memoir | Narrative Nonfiction | Photography |
Biography
Tara Gonzalez is a literary agent with Erin Murphy Literary Agency. She is also the agency’s the social media coordinator. SheÕs located in Florida, although pre-pandemic she was always looking for an excuse to go elsewhere.
Tara is actively building her client list. She loves all ages of childrenÕs literature, from picture books to young adult, with some forays into the adult space. Her taste spans across broad ranges of genres. She loves characters and stories that resonate, and strong voices.
Beyond books, Tara loves movies, cats, buying things she probably doesnÕt need on Etsy, making candles, and getting hooked on TV shows that get cancelled after one season. She has her masterÕs degree in Media and Communication Studies and a background in esports social media and team management.
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CLOSED to Submissions |Picture Book | Chapter Book | Juvenile Nonfiction | Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | Graphic Novel |
Biography
Irene Goodman is a literary agent with the Irene Goodman Literary Agency. Irene has been a leading member of the publishing community for over 30 years. She has sold over 1500 books and counting. Her clients are regulars on the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Bookscan bestseller lists. She began her career as the assistant to the agent who represented Stephen King, and established her own agency shortly after that. Her fiction list includes upmarket women’s fiction, middle grade, young adult, thrillers, historical fiction, and mysteries. Her non-fiction list includes pop culture, Jewish interest, science, self-help, Francophilia, and lifestyle.
Irene has written columns and articles for a number of writers’ publications, and is also a frequent speaker at writer’s conferences, including keynoting at the Historical Novelists Society and Novelists Ink., and workshops at the San Francisco Writers Conference, the Surrey International Writers Conference, the Pacific Northwest Writers Conference, SEAK, the South Carolina Writers Workshop, Malice Domestic, and many regional events.
Originally from the Midwest and still trying to lose the accent, Irene has a B.A. and a master’s degree from the University of Michigan. She and her husband divide their time between New York and the Berkshires, and have two grown children.
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Accepting Submissions | Member of the AALA |Juvenile Nonfiction | Middle Grade Fiction | Middle Grade Nonfiction | Young Adult Fiction | Young Adult Nonfiction | BIPOC Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | Fantasy | General Fiction | Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | Religious Fiction | Romance | Science Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Upmarket Fiction | Women’s Fiction |General Nonfiction | BIPOC Nonfiction | Business Book | Cookbook Cooking | Current Events Affairs | Dating Relationships Sex | Diet Nutrition | Food Drink | Health Wellness | History | How-To | Lifestyle | Mind Body Spirit | Money Finance | Multicultural Nonfiction | Music | Parenting | Politics | Pop Culture | Religion | Science | Spirituality | Travel |
Biography
Christine Goss is a literary agent for FinePrint Literary. She graduated from Lake Forest College with a BA in communications. Formerly a sales representative, her skills pair well with her love of reading and story development. As an author herself, the craft of writing is very important to her when she looks at manuscripts. In 2023, Christine was promoted to Associate Literary Agent at The Purcell Agency, moving over to FinePrint Literary in 2024.
Christine is drawn to stories with high stakes and tension. The first pages must draw her in with action and curiosity. Lyrical writing, along with emotionality, physicality, and interiority, are all key components Christine looks for in a manuscript.
Christine is generally interested in romance, historical fiction, book club fiction, and fantasy. Non-fiction and graphic novels covering a specific range of topics are also of interest. Championing marginalized voices is important to Christine as she seeks to include BIPOC, LGTBQ+, and neurodivergent (and more) authors on her list.
When sheÕs not working, reading, or writing, sheÕs usually chasing her two boys, who are likely chasing her fur baby (dog).
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CLOSED to Submissions | New Literary Agents | Member of the AALA |Young Adult Fiction | BIPOC Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Family Saga | Fantasy | General Fiction | Graphic Novel | Historical Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | New Adult Fiction | Romance | Upmarket Fiction | Women’s Fiction |General Nonfiction | Beauty Fashion Style | Cookbook Cooking | Health Wellness | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Parenting | Pop Culture | Self-Help |
Biography
Whitney Gossett is a literary agent with and the President of Capital Literary. She graduated from Vanderbilt University as an Engage Scholar with a BA in Religious Studies and African American Diaspora Studies. Her career began as a song plugger, assisting Nashville songwriters, before handling industry relations and event coordination for the Country Music Association. She then spent three years working for a successful entertainer, Rascal Flatts, learning the behind the scenes business of a major music brand.
Whitney joined the Fedd Agency, a literary and entertainment agency, in 2013 after 6 years in Nashville working in Country Music, and passionately translated her knowledge of entertainment intothe world of publishing. She has represented over 200 authors, and over 25 New York Times Best-Sellers, including Tim Tebow, Governor Greg Abbott, Judah Smith, Eva Shockey, Emily Maynard, and Eric Metaxas. With a management and marketing mindset, she believes in taking a holistic approach to publishing, and strategically using a book to strengthen the larger message of a brand.
In addition to literary representation, Whitney has served her clients by executive produced non-scripted television projects for networks such as TLC, BRAVO, HGTV, and Facebook; is a partner with T3 Agency a white label travel company, and consults with top churches around the country.
In 2020 Whitney became president of Content Capital, a full service firm, holistically serving talent through multiple verticals.
Whitney serves as a founding board member for the non-profit, Children Inspiring Hope, is an advisory member for the Initiative Network, is a volunteer Young Life leader at The University of Texas, and has a love for great food and wine. She lives in Austin, TX with her husband Jordan, two young children, and black lab.
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Accepting Submissions |Juvenile Nonfiction |General Nonfiction | Biography | BIPOC Nonfiction | Business Book | Cookbook Cooking | Health Wellness | History | Lifestyle | Mind Body Spirit | Money Finance | Multicultural Nonfiction | Religion | Sports | Travel |
Biography
Mark Gottlieb a Vice President and literary agent with Trident Media Group. He is a highly ranked literary agent in overall deals and other individual categories. He is actively building his client list of authors using that same initiative and insight for identifying talented writers. Mark Gottlieb is excited to work directly with authors, helping to manage and grow their careers with all of the unique resources available at book publishingÕs leading literary agency, Trident Media Group. Mark Gottlieb continues to represent numerous New York Times bestselling and prominent award-winning authors through his work at Trident Media Group. He has optioned and sold books to film and TV production companies. Following his time at Penguin Books, he previously ran the agencyÕs audiobook department and worked in foreign rights.
While at Emerson College, Mark Gottlieb studied writing, literature & publishing and was a Founding Member & President of the collegeÕs Undergraduate Students for Publishing Club. He also founded Emerson CollegeÕs Wilde Press, an imprint of the Pub Club and home of the Book Project. Mark Gottlieb has lectured on writing and publishing at the Yale WritersÕ Workshop, Cambridge UniversityÕs MSt in Creative Writing program, Columbia Publishing Course, Emerson College WLP program, Sarah Lawrence College Writing Institute, and elsewhere. In his free time, Mark Gottlieb tutors free English language classes to adults from underprivileged immigrant families via the Literacy Volunteers program at Family Centers, a nonprofit organization offering education, health & human services. He is also the Founder & President of the Stamford Literature, Arts & Culture Salon (SLACS).
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Accepting Submissions |Picture Book | Juvenile Nonfiction | Middle Grade Fiction | Middle Grade Nonfiction | Young Adult Fiction | BIPOC Fiction | Crime Fiction | Fantasy | General Fiction | Graphic Novel | Historical Fiction | Humor Fiction | Literary Fiction | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | New Adult Fiction | Romance | Science Fiction | Sports Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Western Fiction | Women’s Fiction |General Nonfiction | Art | Biography | BIPOC Nonfiction | Business Book | Computers | Cookbook Cooking | Crafts | Current Events Affairs | Dating Relationships Sex | Diet Nutrition | Environment | Family | Film Entertainment | Food Drink | Gardening | Health Wellness | History | How-To | Humor Nonfiction | Inspirational Nonfiction | Lifestyle | Memoir | Mind Body Spirit | Money Finance | Multicultural Nonfiction | Music | Narrative Nonfiction | Nature | Parenting | Photography | Politics | Pop Culture | Reference | Religion | Science | Self-Help | Spirituality | Sports | Technology | Travel | True Crime |
Biography
Robert Gottlieb is a literary agent with Trident Media Group. Robert is the Chairman of Trident Media Group, book publishingÕs top ranked literary agency for close to twenty years. In 2000, he co-founded Trident Media Group with the goal of bringing an innovative approach to literary agenting. That approach includes a uniquely organized company that not only delivers the highest level author management in the industry but also provides unique digital and social media marketing support to help launch authorsÕ careers.
Robert Gottlieb works with several New York Times bestselling authors and is skilled at maximizing and establishing his authorsÕ brands on a worldwide basis. When negotiating deals he seeks to retain as many rights as possible, including foreign rights, film/TV rights, and audio rights, to ensure that the authorÕs benefits extend beyond their domestic publishing arrangements. TridentÕs robust Foreign Rights Department then sells these titles at the London Book Fair and Frankfurt Book Fair and continues a year-round effort of constant contact with foreign publishers to ensure substantial foreign deals. Robert also has long standing relationships with many production companies, and regularly travels to LA along with his film department to pitch book-to-film projects there. He is devoted to his authorsÕ careers and can guarantee he will advocate for them at every stage of the publishing process.
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Accepting Submissions |Crime Fiction | Fantasy | General Fiction | Mystery | Romance | Science Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller |
Biography
Lisa Gouldy is a literary agent with the Corvisiero Literary Agency. She is a passionate writer and reader of stories that stretch the imagination and reveal important truths about the world around us. Trained as an attorney, Lisa moved from the legal world into the literary one nearly a decade ago in search of stories less constrained by reality. The literary community in Seattle welcomed her in, and Lisa connected with writers everywhere from coffee shops to Hugo House, from PNWA to SCBWI, from conferences to critique groups. Assisting others with their writing journeys, it turned out, was as much fun as creating her own. As an apprentice with the Corvisiero Literary Agency, Lisa seeks to guide writers through the publishing process the way she once helped clients access the courts.
Lisa loves stories with lyrical writing, memorable characters, and fast-paced plots that keep her guessing. In adult fiction, she devours upmarket and literary titles with complex protagonists, and has a special hunger for stories with speculative elements. Her sweet spot is a novel with a world much like ours, but with fantasy, sci-fi, or dystopian additions that illuminate real-life issues in a unique way. In childrenÕs literature, Lisa particularly enjoys middle grade fantasy and young adult novels with a speculative bent, as well as picture books that make her (and her daughter) laugh.
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents | Member of the AALA |Picture Book | Juvenile Nonfiction | Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | Action Adventure | Chick Lit | Contemporary Fiction | Crime Fiction | Espionage Military Fiction | Family Saga | Fantasy | Graphic Novel | Historical Fiction | Horror | Humor Fiction | Inspirational Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Magical Realism | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | New Adult Fiction | Paranormal Fiction | Religious Fiction | Romance | Satire | Science Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Upmarket Fiction | Western Fiction | Women’s Fiction |Animals | Art | Biography | Business Book | Celebrity | Cookbook Cooking | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Dating Relationships Sex | Design | Economics | Environment | Film Entertainment | Fitness | Food Drink | Gardening | Gift Novelty | Health Wellness | History | How-To | Humor Nonfiction | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Lifestyle | Medical Medicine | Memoir | Military War Nonfiction | Mind Body Spirit | Money Finance | Multicultural Nonfiction | Music | Nature | New Age | Parenting | Photography | Pop Culture | Psychology | Religion | Science | Self-Help | Spirituality | Technology | Travel | True Adventure | True Crime | Women’s Issues |
Biography
Doug Grad is a literary agent with and the founder of the Doug Grad Literary Agency. Doug spent twenty-two years as a senior editor at four major New York publishing houses. Throughout his editorial career, Doug was always an authorÕs advocate–the kind of editor authors wanted to work with because of his keen eye, integrity, and talent for developing projects. He was also a skillful negotiator, sometimes to the chagrin of literary agents. Now he brings those experiences to the other side of the table in offering publishers the kind of high-quality commercial fiction and nonfiction that he himself was proud to publish.
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Accepting Submissions |Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | General Fiction | Mystery | Romance | Suspense Fiction | Thriller |General Nonfiction | Biography | Business Book | Celebrity | Cookbook Cooking | Design | Film Entertainment | Health Wellness | History | How-To | Medical Medicine | Memoir | Military War Nonfiction | Money Finance | Music | Narrative Nonfiction | Science | Self-Help | Sports | True Crime |
Biography
Rebecca Gradinger is a literary agent with the United Talent Agency (UTA). She works with a wide range of writers, from New York Times bestselling novelists to award- winning memoirists, journalists, scientists, lifestyle and health experts, and thought leaders. Her clients have been finalists and winners of various grants and prizes including the National Book Critics Circle, The Man Booker Prize, The Dylan Thomas Prize, The Whiting Award, The Los Angeles Times First Book Award, The WomenÕs Prize, The Sunday Times Short Story Award, as well as fellowships with the National Endowment of the Arts and Art for Justice.
In addition to literary and commercial fiction that blend distinct voice with propulsive ÒI canÕt put this book downÓ plot, Rebecca loves books that provide insightful and diverse perspectives on all aspects of our lives Ñ from biography and narrative history to pop culture, psychology, spiritual exploration, and health.
She is always looking for books that challenge her to look at herself and the world around her with fresh eyes and if it makes her feel deeply (laugh, cry, rethink her life choices) thatÕs a huge bonus. Her favorite part of being a literary agent is the opportunity to develop long lasting, creative partnerships with writers and to help them realize their professional goals though each step of the publication process from hands on-the-page editorial work to strategizing on publicity and marketing. Rebecca believes that the agent-author relationship is built on trust, communication and a shared commitment, instinct, and passion for the work.
Born and raised in Montreal, Rebecca found her way back to her first love (books) after a short stint as a production assistant at MTV and then as intellectual property attorney at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz. Her first job in publishing was as an international book scout at Mary Anne Thompson Associates, helping foreign publishers identify North American fiction for translation. She began her career as an agent at Janklow & Nesbit, moved to Fletcher & Company in 2008 and to UTA at the beginning of 2023.
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Biography
Jenissa Graham is a literary agent with the BookEnds Literary Agency. For Jenissa, her passion for books started in third grade when she read Roald DahlÕs Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and fell in love with the world building and underdog story. Her interest in storytelling bloomed the same year in an essay she wrote for school about a magical crayon that came to life to help solve a mystery. This was the first of many ideas in her head that she decided to write in spiral notebooks and jot down on sticky notes.
JenissaÕs publishing career started at Writers House when she was selected for the Fall 2020 internship class. In January 2021, she was hired full time in the subrights department as the Global Licensing and Media Rights Assistant. She moved to BookEnds in April 2022, where she is thrilled to begin building a list as an Associate Agent and Subrights Manager. Jenissa is interested in increasing the BIPOC space in Publishing and is always on the lookout for new underrepresented authors.
Born in upstate New York and raised in Georgia, Jenissa is a first-generation Jamaican. She is an alumna of Georgia State University where she received her BachelorÕs in English, Creative Writing. Jenissa currently lives in New York, and when sheÕs not reading submissions, plotting new story ideas, or adding books to her never-ending to-be-read pile, you will most likely find her snacking, power napping, or binging reruns of Criminal Minds and The Office.
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Biography
Stacey Graham is a literary agent with 3 Seas Literary Agency. She has worked both sides of the literary door as a humor writer with the wickedly funny Zombie Tarot, screenwriter, ghostwriter, and short story writer, and formerly as an agent with Red Sofa Literary. She loves working with writers at all stages of their careers and uses her experience in authorship to help navigate the sometimes turbulent waters of publishing for her clients. She is currently looking to expand her list with snappy Rom-Coms, hilarious/spooky middle grade, and weird nonfiction.
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Biography
Susan Graham is a literary agent with Einstein Literary Management. They joined Einstein Literary Management as an assistant in 2015 and now has a growing list of author and illustrator clients. They hold a MasterÕs Degree in ChildrenÕs Literature and a MasterÕs Degree in English from Simmons College. They currently live in Brooklyn with their two cats, appropriately named Chicken and The Crocodile.
SusanÕs looking for childrenÕs and young adult fiction in all genres, but their favorite books are often science fiction and fantasy, especially written with a queer lens. They also enjoy picture books and represent graphic novels in all age categories and in all genres. TheyÕre particularly interested in friendships and sibling narratives, and monster protagonists are always a plus. TheyÕre looking for a good non-fiction or two for children or teens but donÕt know about what. For adult prose, they prefer genre fiction, and monster protagonists are still a plus. Works by and about marginalized voices are welcome and encouraged.
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Biography
Kara Grajkowski is a literary agent with the 3 Seas Literary Agency. She says: “As a child, I remember trips to the post office with my mom, Michelle Grajkowski, multiple times a week to fill our minivan trunk with tons of white USPS bins for her new (super cool) literary agency. The bins would end up in the dark, scary, basement room next to our playroom. I always wondered what secrets were typed in momÕs manuscriptsÉ Years later, as I scanned through the library of momÕs published books in a different dark, scary room in our basement, I fell in love with the secrets that I was learning with every page I turned. Now, as an adult, I have become obsessed with bringing secrets out of the basement library and into my (very colorful) elementary classroom library. When I am not teaching fractions and key details, you can find me singing, trying new restaurants, exploring with my corgi, Momo, or finding the best bargains.
If you are ready to bring your secrets into the world with me (preferably into well-lit, not-so-scary rooms), query me!
Wishlist:
Contemporary Middle Grade Fiction
Contemporary YA Fiction
Own Voices”
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