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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
Catherine Fowler is a literary agent with the Redwood Agency. Catherine has more than 20 years of experience in book and Internet publishing having worked for such prestigious companies as Random House, Simon & Schuster, Doubleday, Excite and WebMD. With the inception of Redwood Agency, Fowler is focusing on the core of her expertise: the development of informative and fun products, working with talented writers and editors, and negotiating contracts.
Redwood Agency’s mission is to develop and represent innovative, high-quality nonfiction works for the general consumer market. Representing series of titles as well as single works, Redwood will consider many marketable categories including: health, self-help, popular culture, cooking, gardening, parenting, relationships, travel, home care and design, general reference, humor, photography and cultural technology.
Catherine Fowler spent 14 years working for top New York Publishing houses including Doubleday, Simon & Schuster and Random House. At Doubleday she worked first in the editorial department and then in subsidiary rights where she sold and negotiated right deals for the entire Doubleday list including works by: Isaac Asimov, Bill Cosby, O. Henry, Barbara Taylor Bradford, and Stephen King.
In 1986 she joined the then newly formed Prentice Hall trade division where she built a new department and managed all the rights sales to their prestigious non-fiction lines and titles including: Webster’s New World Dictionaries, The New York Public Library Desk Reference series, Frommer’s travel, Betty Crocker cookbooks, Brady Computer Books. With Brady Computer books her department increased the book club and foreign sales tenfold and certain titles were translated into more than 15 languages. It was at Prentice Hall that she formed the first department at a major book company devoted to pioneering electronic publishing opportunities for traditional publishers with software and online companies. She forged groundbreaking alliances and agreements with the early leaders of the online and CD-ROM business including Sony, Prodigy, Worldview (a.k.a. Travelocity), and The Software Toolworks (a.k.a. Headlands Media).
At Random House, Fowler took on the dual role of associate publisher of the Reference and Electronic Publishing division and for electronic projects company wide. She managed the editorial and production team for Random House dictionaries, encyclopedias and other general reference works and published the first electronic versions of many of those works. She also published the first volume of the Dictionary of American Slang, The Word Menu, and The New York Roadrunners Club Book of Running among other titles. Innovative and groundbreaking electronic projects included the Random House Unabridged Dictionary on CD-ROM, the National Audubon multimedia series, Jurassic Park e-book, many different electronic versions of Fodor’s travel information and the first electronic versions of multiple titles from the Modern Library.
After relocating to California in 1994, she expanded her expertise in the fast-paced world of Internet publishing through her executive positions at Excite and WebMD. During these years Fowler was extensively involved in making publishing decisions, senior management challenges inherent in start-up companies, buying and selling rights to literary works, and negotiating a myriad of new media publishing agreements.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Chick Lit * General Fiction * Literary * Mainstream * Suspense * Women’s Fiction *
NONFICTION: Autobiography * Biography * Business * Celebrity * Cooking/Cookbook * Cultural/Social Issues * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Design * Diet/Nutrition * Environment * Family * Film/Entertainment * Fitness * Food/Drinks * Gardening * General Nonfiction * Gift/Novelty * Health/Wellness * History * How-To * Humor * Lifestyle * Medical/Medicine * Memoir * Military/War * Money/Finance * Music * Narrative * Nature * Parenting/Child Guidance * Photography * Pop Culture * Psychology * Reference * Religion * Self-Help/Personal Development * Spirituality * Technology * Travel * Women’s Issues *
474 Wellesley Ave. Mill Valley CA 94941 USA
Biography
Aram Fox is a literary agent with Massie & McQuilkin. He represents a mix of fiction and nonfiction. His favorite novelists, commercial as well as literary, put immersive storytelling front and center. In nonfiction, he’s looking for powerful memoir, natural history, deeply reported narrative nonfiction, and world-class explainers and advice-givers. At age 26, Aram founded a book scouting agency where for 23 years he represented international publishers and American film/TV companies, guiding his publisher and film/TV clients to acquire a Who’s Who of bestsellers and prize-winners, including: Brit Bennett, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Lauren Oyler, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Bill Gates, George Saunders, Angela Duckworth, Patrick Radden Keefe, Dave Grohl, Lena Dunham, Emma Cline, Harlan Coben, Jeff VanderMeer, Alex Honnold and Andy Weir among many others. Please see our agency’s Contact page for Aram’s query and submission guidelines.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Commercial * General Fiction * Literary *
NONFICTION: General Nonfiction * Memoir * Narrative * Nature * Science *
Biography
Diana Fox is a literary agent with Fox Literary. Diana is also the owner of Fox Literary. She says: “I am actively seeking the following: young adult fiction (all genres), science fiction/fantasy, romance, historical fiction, thrillers, and graphic novels. I’m always interested in books that cross genres and reinvent popular concepts with an engaging new twist (especially when there’s a historical and/or speculative element involved).
On the nonfiction side I’m interested in memoirs, biography, and smart narrative nonfiction; I particularly enjoy memoirs and other nonfiction about sex work, addiction and recovery, and pop culture.”
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Commercial * Fantasy * General Fiction * Graphic Novel * Historical * Horror * Literary * Romance * Science Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Biography * Beauty/Fashion/Style * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Food/Drinks * General Nonfiction * History * Memoir * Mind/Body/Spirit * Narrative * Pop Culture * Science * Travel * Young Adult *
110 West 40th St Suite 2305 New York NY 10018 USA
Biography
Grainne Fox is a literary agent with Fletcher & Company. She is a seasoned Literary Agent with two decades of experience representing award-winning novelists, NYT bestselling journalists, and academics. Before joining Fletcher & Company in 2008, she worked at Ed Victor Ltd in London for 9 years. She started out working in the foreign rights department before moving up to Agent and working with Ed directly across many of his clients while building her own list.
Her clients have been shortlisted for, or won, various awards including The William Hill Sports Book of The Year, The Booker Prize, The Irish Book Awards, The British Book Awards, The Orwell Prize, The Plutarch Award, the RTÉ Short Story Competitionand the NBCC. Her list consists of literary fiction, upmarket commercial and narrative non-fiction. Given her unique UK experience, she also works with select British agencies for the US market.
She holds a degree in English Literature from Trinity College, Dublin and is a fierce advocate for her clients and their work.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: General Fiction * Literary * Romance * Suspense * Thriller * Upmarket Fiction *
NONFICTION: Biography * General Nonfiction * History * Lifestyle * Narrative *
888 7th Avenue New York NY 10106 USA
Laurie Fox
Linda Chester Literary AgencyDO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Email *Biography
Laurie Fox is a literary agent with the Linda Chester Literary Agency. Laurie, who joined the agency in 1989. A graduate of the University of California at Santa Cruz (Creative Writing and Theatre Arts), she is a published author of fiction and poetry, including Sexy Hieroglyphics (Chronicle Books) and two novels, My Sister from the Black Lagoon (starred Publishers Weekly review; San Francisco Chronicle bestseller) and The Lost Girls, both published by Simon & Schuster. The movie of The Lost Girls starring Vanessa Redgrave, Jolie Richardson, Iain Glen, and Louis Partridge, was released in 2022. She represents books in the areas of literary and quality fiction, thrillers and speculative fiction, memoir/biography, cultural history, popular culture, quirky humor, narrative nonfiction, history and current events, art and artists, and science and technology.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: General Fiction * Literary * Suspense * Thriller *
NONFICTION: Art * Biography * Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * General Nonfiction * History * Humor * Memoir * Narrative * Photography * Pop Culture * Science * Technology *
Biography
Carol Franco is a literary agent with Calligraph. She has been a literary agent with Kneerim & Williams since 2005, specializing in business and general non-fiction, before moving over to Calligraph.
Now a resident of Santa Fe, Carol was a publishing executive in Boston for more than twenty-five years. As Director, she led the Harvard Business School Press to a position of market leadership, signing many of the Press’s most distinguished and successful authors such as Clayton Christensen, Michael Porter, John Kotter, Gary Hamel, C.K. Prahalad, and Charles Handy. Prior to Harvard, she was president of Ballinger Publishing Company where she created a line of influential business books that became the foundation for HarperBusiness, an imprint of HarperCollins.
Many of Carol’s authors have been ranked by Thinkers50 among the top 50 best management thinkers in the world. Her authors have also won its distinguished achievement awards: Nilofer Merchant (The Power of Onlyness), Erin Meyer (Culture Map), and Amy Webb (The Signals Are Talking) for Future Thinker; Richard D’Aveni (The Pan-Industrial Revolution) and Rita McGrath (The End of Competitive Advantage) for Strategy; Herminia Ibarra (Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader) and Linda Hill (Being the Boss) for Leadership; and Linda Hill (Collective Genius) for Innovation.
Carol is also the co-author of The Legacy Guide: Capturing the Facts, Memories, and Meaning of Your Life, published by Tarcher/Penguin in January 2007.
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NONFICTION: Business * Economics * General Nonfiction * Money/Finance *
972 Indian Ridge Road Santa Fe NM 87501 USA
Biography
Abigail Frank is a literary agent with Sanford J. Greenburger Associates. She is passionate about stories for young people, especially those that are hilarious, poetic, quietly heartbreaking, and/or swoon-worthy, and she cares about voice, above all. She gravitates towards picture books that feel entirely original, chapter books with big personalities, and novels about unforgettable teens falling in love. She is committed to advocating for the work of marginalized authors and artists, and she’s actively looking for stories that allow young readers to recognize themselves in the books they love. She is also looking for select adult projects, including narrative nonfiction (especially if it explores pop culture, healthcare, or higher education) and rom-com-y commercial fiction. You can view her wishlist here.
Abigail joined the Greenburger team in 2017 after interning at Writers House. Formerly an assistant to Brenda Bowen, she now assists Faith Hamlin with her extraordinary and eclectic list of clients. Abigail graduated with a degree in English Literature from Swarthmore College and worked in healthcare before pursuing her passion for books. Find her mostly retweeting @abigailcrfrank
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Chapter Book * Children’s Fiction * Commercial * Humor Fiction * Juvenile Fiction * Middle Grade Fiction * Picture Book * Romance * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: General Nonfiction * Narrative *
55 5th Avenue New York NY 10003 USA
Biography
Alexandra Franklin is a literary agent with the Curtis Brown Literary Agency. She joined Curtis Brown in 2023 as an associate in the dramatic rights department and as an associate agent in the books department. She was previously an assistant at Writers House and then an associate agent at Vicky Bijur Literary Agency. She holds an MFA in poetry from The New School. Alexandra is particularly interested in upmarket and literary fiction, narrative nonfiction and memoir, and select literary YA.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: General Fiction * Literary * Upmarket Fiction * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Memoir * Narrative *
228 E 45th Street 3rd Floor New York NY 10017 USA
Biography
Stephen Fraser is a literary agent with the Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency. Stephen joined the Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency as an agent in January 2005. He worked most recently at HarperCollins Children’s Books, where he edited such creative talents as Mary Engelbreit, Gregory Maguire, Michael Hague, Ann Rinaldi, Kathryn Lasky, Brent Hartinger, Stephen Mitchell, and Dan Gutman. He began his career at Highlights for Children and later worked at Scholastic and Simon & Schuster. A graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont, he has a Master’s degree in Children’s Literature from Simmons College in Boston. He represents both children’s and adult books in a wide range of genres.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Chapter Book * Children’s Fiction * General Fiction * Juvenile Fiction * Middle Grade Fiction * Mystery * New Adult * Paranormal * Picture Book * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: General Nonfiction *
299 Park Avenue 6th Floor New York NY 10171 USA
Biography
Megan Frayser is a literary agent with the Creative Media Agency, Inc. After graduating from the College of William and Mary, Megan Frayser began her journey in publishing with internships at Tule Publishing Group and Liza Dawson Associates. In 2021, she interned at Creative Media Agency before transitioning into an assistant position. Alongside her role in the office, she’s thrilled to be building her list as an associate agent.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Contemporary * Crime/Detective/Police * Ethnic Fiction * Family Saga * Fantasy * Gay/Lesbian Fiction * Horror * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * Romance * Suspense * Thriller * Upmarket Fiction * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Cultural/Social Issues * Ethnic * Gay/Lesbian * Health/Wellness * Multicultural * Psychology * True Crime *
Biography
Warren Frazier is a literary agent with John Hawkins & Associates. Warren joined the firm in 1992. His primary focus is on fiction, but he has an interest in particular areas of nonfiction including technology, history, world affairs and foreign policy. He is the agent for Joyce Carol Oates, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller THE ACCURSED; Adam Johnson, author of New York Times bestseller THE ORPHAN MASTER’S SON and winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in fiction; Jess Walter, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller BEAUTIFUL RUINS; Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler, author of THE STAR OF ISTANBUL; G. Willow Wilson, author of ALIF THE UNSEEN, finalist for the Flaherty-Dunnan Prize for First Fiction; and Frederik Logevall, author of EMBERS OF WAR: The Fall Of An Empire and the Making Of America’s Vietnam, winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in history.
He is a graduate of Princeton University and a father of two young children. On the weekends, he is either reading or still trying to finish building kitchen cabinets.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Crime/Detective/Police * General Fiction * Horror * Inspirational Fiction * Literary * Mystery * Paranormal * Thriller *
NONFICTION: Biography * Current Events/Affairs * General Nonfiction * Government * History * Narrative * Politics * Science * Technology * True Crime *
80 Maiden Lane STE 1503 New York NY 10038 USA
Dawn Frederick
Red Sofa LiteraryDO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Email * Postal Mail *Biography
Dawn Frederick is a literary agent with Red Sofa Literary. She is the owner and literary agent of Red Sofa Literary, established at the end of 2008. She brings a broad knowledge of the book business to the table, bringing multiple years of experience as a bookseller in the independent, chain, and specialty stores; sales, marketing, & book development at a YA publisher, and a literary agent at Sebastian Literary Agency. She carries a B.S. in Human Ecology, and a M.S. in Information Sciences from an ALA accredited institution. Dawn is a co-founder of the MN Publishing Tweet Up, the News chair for the Twin Cities Advisory Council for MPR, and a teaching artist at Loft Literary.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Ethnic Fiction * General Fiction * Historical * Humor Fiction * Juvenile Fiction * Middle Grade Fiction * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * NoPB * Romance * Suspense * Thriller * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Biography * Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * Ethnic * Gay/Lesbian * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * History * Humor * Juvenile * Lifestyle * Middle Grade * Mind/Body/Spirit * Multicultural * Narrative * Politics * Pop Culture * Reference * Science * Travel * Women’s Issues * Young Adult *
Biography
Matthew Frederick is not only an agent, but the successful author of many popular “101 Things I Learned…” books. He is looking for nonfiction titles in sports and architecture only.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION:
NONFICTION: Architecture *
P.O. Box 6 Hudson NY 12534-0006 USA
Biography
Jenna Land Free is a literary agent with Folio Literary Management. She says: “I am a hands-on editorial agent who builds authors’ careers, not just their books.
With two decades of publishing experience, my work as an agent is informed by my past on the other sides of the editing desk. As an editor, I worked with authors such as David McCullough to shepherd his bestselling 1776 into illustrated form, and Stan Lee to create an interactive experience of his Marvel Universe. And as a ghostwriter and book collaborator, I have nurtured seventeen books through from idea formation to finished manuscript, including Carine McCandless’s The Wild Truth, Diane Tavenner’s Prepared, William Stixrud and Ned Johnson’s The Self-Driven Child, and Kwane Stewart’s What It Takes to Save a Life.
My favorite projects challenge us to be better citizens and better humans. Among the deals I’ve recently secured for clients: a journalist writing about the importance of social prescribing for a more robust healthcare system; a victim of the war on drugs writing about discovering Hamlet in solitary confinement, and other books that changed his life; and a therapist and parent writing about how to navigate the emotional challenges of raising a disabled child.
I live in Seattle, Washington with my husband and two daughters. I’m a pet-lover, a volunteer with the child welfare nonprofit Strong Families, and an enthusiast of whatever gets me on the water or a mountain.”
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION:
NONFICTION: Biography * Cultural/Social Issues * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Education * Environment * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * History * Journalism * Medical/Medicine * Memoir * Narrative * Parenting/Child Guidance * Politics * Pop Culture * Psychology * Religion * Spirituality *
Biography
CoCo Freeman is a literary agent with the Linda Chester Literary Agency. She recently joined the agency. She is a graduate of Bard College with a B.A. in Written Arts. Before joining Linda Chester, CoCo worked for Tom Yoon Productions developing projects and editing existing material. She is looking for smart adult commercial fiction, mysteries, thrillers, historical fiction, young adult, middle grade and select picture books.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Commercial * Crime/Detective/Police * General Fiction * Historical * Middle Grade Fiction * Mystery * Picture Book * Suspense * Thriller * Young Adult Fiction *
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Cricket Freeman
The August AgencyDO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Online Form *Biography
Cricket Freeman is a literary agent with The August Agency. A fan of the intricate story operating on multiple levels, Cricket enjoys untangling literary Gordian knots, whether historical crime thrillers, narrative memoirs, contemporary creative nonfiction, or anything in-between.
After years as a business owner engaged in sales and marketing, she redirected her creativity toward the writing business, freelancing for magazines (more adventure than money) and business clients (more money than adventure).
For too long a time she slaved as the editor-in-chief of a national, full-color, glossy trade magazine, overseeing design, ad sales, editorial, and staff – and still writing 1100 damn-fine words a day, day after day, for print. As a result, she tends to measure her writing credits by the pound.
Along the way Cricket intertwined her business experience, art and humanities education, and writing skills to establish Possibilities Press to support small book publishers with writing, editing, design, and production services. Ever the entrepreneur, a decade later she shifted her focus exclusively to literary representation and in 2001 founded The Christina Pechstein Agency, later changing the name to The August Agency LLC. In 2014 she founded augustwords.org, an innovative network of writers’ resources supporting literary and literacy charities. Then just a few months later she established August Words Publishing, specializing in unique books by exceptional authors for select readers. Then in 2017 came a life-long dream of an inspiring retreat for writers, August Words House.
Cricket is a popular speaker and instructor at writers conferences and workshops because of her straightforward style. Writers appreciate that she’s been closely involved in every phase of a book’s life in the past three decades: from its conception as a tug in the back of a writer’s brain; through the explosive creative writing of it; to the painful editing, exacting design, and printing; then down to the distribution and marketing. With more than twenty years as a writing instructor, from conference talks to community education workshops and community college classes, she makes sure everyone enjoys a unique learning experience and leaves with their questions answered.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Crime/Detective/Police * General Fiction * Historical * Mainstream * Mystery * Suspense * Thriller *
NONFICTION: Biography * Business * Current Events/Affairs * General Nonfiction * History * Lifestyle * Memoir * Money/Finance * Narrative * Prescriptive * Pop Culture * Travel * True Crime *
Biography
Sarah Joy Freese is an associate literary agent with WordServe Literary. She loves reading through queries and attending writing conferences to meet new excellent writers. Sarah especially enjoys working with authors to make their manuscripts even stronger. Sarah received her bachelor’s degree in English and communications from Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She also has an MA (emphasis in creative writing) and an MLIS degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Sarah is married and is enjoying life with her husband and two birds, Brewster and Simon. When she is not working, Sarah enjoys crocheting, watching NCIS and Grey’s Anatomy, and playing Euchre.
She is especially interested in: Contemporary romance, historical romance, historical, contemporary women’s fiction, suspense, memoir, narrative non-fiction, and marriage/family/parenting from bloggers with a large platform.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Christian Fiction * Contemporary * Historical * Romance * Suspense * Women’s Fiction *
NONFICTION: Christian * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Family * Memoir * Narrative * Parenting/Child Guidance *
7500 E. Arapahoe Rd. Suite 285 Centennial CO 80112 USA
Roger Freet
Folio Literary ManagementDO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery Method(s): Email *Biography
Roger Freet is a literary agent with Folio Literary Management. He represents a wide variety of narrative and idea-driven nonfiction clients in the areas of religion/spirituality, history, politics, self-help/inspiration, business, memoir, and cultural issues by leading scholars, journalists, business leaders, activists and musicians. A seasoned content creator and project manager, he delights in partnering with clients to develop and expand their mission and message in order to reach the widest possible audience.
Roger was an agent at Foundry Literary + Media for five years before joining the Folio team in 2020. Prior to becoming an agent, Roger served as an Executive Editor for a decade at HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. In advance of joining the editorial team at Harper, he was the Associate Director of Marketing and Publicity (from 1999-2004) where he ran bestselling campaigns across the full spectrum of the HarperOne list. Roger’s works with bestselling and award-winning authors Bart Ehrman, Diana Butler Bass, James Martin, Paul Stanley, Adam Hamilton, Robert Jones, Amy-Jill Levine, Brian McLaren, Kute Blackson, Jack Jenkins, Alexis Wichowski, Gianno Caldwell, Robin Meyers, William Rosenau, John & Colleen Darnell, Paula Stone Williams, John Philip Newell, and other leading voices.
Roger holds a Masters of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary, a Business/Economics degree from Westmont College, and is a graduate of the Stanford University Professional Publishing Course. He began his publishing career in 1997 as an envelope-stuffing intern in the publicity department at Princeton University Press.
A jazz drummer by training, Roger has played with a variety of jazz, rock and funk groups over the years and is still active in several music projects (acoustic and digital). Publishing the occasional rock star helps perpetuate the satisfying delusion that Roger still has a glorious music career ahead of him.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION:
NONFICTION: Business * Cultural/Social Issues * Education * General Nonfiction * History * Inspiration * Journalism * Memoir * Music * Narrative * Politics * Religion * Self-Help/Personal Development * Spirituality *
Stephanie Fretwell-Hill
Red Fox LiteraryDO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Email * Postal Mail *Biography
Stephanie Fretwell-Hill is a literary agent with Red Fox Literary. Stephanie started her publishing career in 2004 at Walker Books Ltd. in London, where she sold foreign language rights. Working in a design-led company with legendary artists such as Helen Oxenbury and Lucy Cousins sparked her love of illustration, while her sales role gave her an international perspective on children’s publishing.
In 2011, Stephanie moved back home to the United States, where she joined Peachtree Publishers as an editor. During her four years there, she acquired fiction and nonfiction picture books, middle grade, and young adult titles. Her acquisitions received such honors as YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year, Parents’ Choice Awards, and numerous starred reviews from major trade magazines.
As the newest agent to join Red Fox Literary, Stephanie represents both authors and illustrators of board books, picture books, middle grade, and young adult. She will consider stories in any genre, but looks for a strong voice, rich and multi-layered plots, and stylish, classic, or quirky illustrations. Most of all, she loves anything that really makes her laugh.
Stephanie lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her English husband, brand new baby girl, and a border collie named Rooney. When her nose isn’t in a book, she can often be found changing diapers, renovating a house, traveling someplace new, or cooking dinner.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Chapter Book * Children’s Fiction * Juvenile Fiction * Middle Grade Fiction * Picture Book * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Juvenile * Middle Grade * Young Adult *
Biography
Sarah Jane Freymann has been a literary agent since the 1970s. She is the founder and president of the Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Literary * Mainstream * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Cooking/Cookbook * Food/Drinks * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * Journalism * Lifestyle * Medical/Medicine * Memoir * Multicultural * Narrative * Nature * Parenting/Child Guidance * Psychology * Science * Self-Help/Personal Development * Spirituality * Travel * Women’s Issues *
59 W. 71st St. Suite 9B New York NY 10023 USA
Biography
Rachael Dillon Fried is a literary agent with Sanford J. Greenburger Associates. Rachael is selectively growing her client list with a keen interest in women’s literary and commercial fiction. She hopes to build long-term relationships with clients who are passionate about developing their career.
Rachael enthusiastically joined Greenburger Associates in 2009 as an assistant to agent Heide Lange. She is a Rhode Island native and graduate of Brown University. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, a television writer, and two energetic young boys.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Commercial * Literary * Women’s Fiction *
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55 5th Avenue New York NY 10003 USA
Biography
Claire Friedman joined InkWell in 2016.Originally from Salt Lake City, Claire spent three years working for her local indie bookstore, The King’s English, before moving to New York to attend Columbia University. Claire graduated with degrees in English and History, and continues to have stress dreams about the core curriculum. Prior to joining InkWell, Claire interned at Don Congdon Associates. She enjoys reading literary fiction, young adult and children’s books, and narrative non-fiction.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Commercial * General Fiction * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: General Nonfiction * Juvenile * Narrative * Young Adult *
521 Fifth Avenue Suite 2600 New York NY NY USA
Biography
Fredrica Friedman is a literary agent with Fredrica S. Friedman & Co. Fredrica is also the president. Fredrica S. Friedman & Co. is a literary management firm that represents best-selling and award-winning authors of fiction and nonfiction, and writers in the earlier stages of their achievements.
Ms. Friedman is known for her unparalleled experience with the many aspects of an author’s career—editorial and publishing first; and also publicity and marketing; e-books; foreign rights; television, cable, film, and the Internet—and her legendary effectiveness in strategizing these elements to achieve her authors’ successes. She takes special pride in helping her clients realize their most ambitious long-term career plans. They are featured on the firm’s website, http://www.fredricafriedman.com. Ms. Friedman’s authors hold Pulitzer Prizes, Polk Awards, National Book Awards, Matrix Awards, and produce books that are national bestsellers and New York Times bestsellers every year. As The New York Times wrote in a profile, “Ms. Friedman takes nothing for granted and she leaves no page unturned in her approach to publishing.”
Prior to establishing her own literary management firm, Ms. Friedman was the Editorial Director, Associate Publisher and Vice President of Little, Brown & Co., a division of Time Warner, and the first woman to hold those positions. Among the best-selling and award-winning authors she brought to Little, Brown are James Patterson, Alan Dershowitz, Lionel Tiger, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Willie Morris, Richard Goodwin, Dan Rather, Cleveland Amory, Lynda Obst, Amos Elon, Christopher Ogden, Larry King, George Stephanopoulos and Henry Kissinger. She is the recipient of the Matrix Award for Career Achievement in Book Publishing.
Ms. Friedman is the Co-Founder of Women’s Campaign International, a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to the empowerment of women in the emerging democracies. WCI works in countries in Latin America, Central Europe and Africa, and is affiliated with the Fels Center of Government of the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Friedman is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Women’s Forum, the International Women’s Forum, the Agents’ Roundtable, and the Association of Authors’ Representatives. She has served on numerous boards, now including the Board of Directors of Women’s Campaign International, American Red Cross in Greater New York, the Board of Advisors of the Pace University Publishing Program, and the Board of Advisors of The Future of American Democracy Foundation at Yale University. Ms. Friedman holds a B.A. degree from Vassar College, and an M.A. degree from Columbia University.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: General Fiction * Literary *
NONFICTION: Art * Autobiography * Biography * Business * Celebrity * Cooking/Cookbook * Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Design * Diet/Nutrition * Economics * Education * Ethnic * Family * Fitness * Gay/Lesbian * General Nonfiction * Gift/Novelty * Government * Health/Wellness * History * How-To * Humor * Journalism * Lifestyle * Medical/Medicine * Memoir * Military/War * Money/Finance * Music * Narrative * Parenting/Child Guidance * Photography * Politics * Pop Culture * Psychology * Self-Help/Personal Development * True Adventure * True Crime * Women’s Issues *
857 Fifth Ave. New York NY 10065 USA
Biography
Jessica Friedman is a literary agent with Sterling Lord Literistic. Jessica joined Sterling Lord Literistic in 2020, having worked previously as an agent at The Wylie Agency. She represents literary fiction and nonfiction, and is interested in distinctive voices and writing that challenges the expected — stylistically, formally, or otherwise. She is particularly drawn to incisive, voice-driven writing and underrepresented narratives. Jessica graduated from the University of Chicago with a BA in English and an MA in the humanities.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Children’s Fiction * General Fiction * Literary * Picture Book *
NONFICTION: Current Events/Affairs * General Nonfiction * History * Memoir * Narrative * Politics * Upmarket *
115 Broadway Suite 1602 New York NY 10006 USA
Biography
Rebecca Friedman is a literary agent with and the founder of Rebecca Friedman Literary Agency. Rebecca began her career at Greenburger Associates. From there, she worked at Sterling Lord Literistic and the Hill Nadell Agency, before starting her own agency in 2013. She is a graduate of Barnard College and lives in Los Angeles with her family. Rebecca is interested in commercial and literary fiction with a focus on literary novels of suspense, women’s fiction, contemporary romance, and young adult, as well as journalistic non-fiction and memoir. Most of all, she is looking for great stories told in strong voices.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Commercial * Contemporary * Fantasy * General Fiction * Literary * Middle Grade Fiction * Mystery * NoPB * Romance * Science Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Biography * Business * History * Juvenile * Memoir * Middle Grade * Money/Finance * Young Adult *
Los Angeles CA USA
Biography
Molly Friedrich is a literary agent with The Friedrich Agency. She says: “My greatest four a.m. fear as an agent is that I might have turned away ULYSSES but I’d never have missed A PASSAGE TO INDIA. Forty years ago, I’d have leapt to sell anything that wasn’t nailed down; over the years I’ve become more selective. Once starving, I’m now rarely hungry. That said, I’m still looking for the debut novel that is irresistible, for the non-fiction proposal which alters the way I see the world. I’m a fairly catholic, straight-ahead reader; I don’t flourish without well-rounded, declarative sentences! Five books that I loved but did NOT sell: BLACK SWAN GREEN, anything by Michael Pollan, THERE IS NO ME WITHOUT YOU, THE BRAIN THAT CHANGES ITSELF, A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW.”
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Crime/Detective/Police * General Fiction * Literary * Mystery * Suspense * Thriller * Women’s Fiction *
NONFICTION: Biography * General Nonfiction * Memoir * Mind/Body/Spirit * Narrative *
281 McLain Street Bedford Hills NY 10507 USA
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About Mark Malatesta
MARK MALATESTA is a former literary agent turned author coach. Mark now helps authors of all genres (fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books) get top literary agents, publishers, and book deals through his company Literary Agent Undercover and The Bestselling Author. Mark’s authors have gotten six-figure book deals, been on the NYT bestseller list, and published with houses such as Random House, Scholastic, and Thomas Nelson. Click here to learn more about Mark Malatesta and click here for Reviews of Mark Malatesta.
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Author Coaching Testimonials
“Mark, finding you has been both a treat and a treasure—I just signed a contract with my new literary agent!
My career has spanned publishing, TV, and feature film. I’ve served as Creative Dir. for the Magazine Group, TIME Inc.; Dir. of Time World News Service, a Founding Dir. of TIME-Life Films; Exec. Prod. for both the CBS and NBC TV Networks; Prod./Dir.: Movies of the Week: CBS Cinema Center Films and Universal MCA.
In today’s publishing marketplace, agents come and go. They also very often seem to just want an easy pathway to make a buck. Many authors are let go by their agents because their last book didn’t do well enough and the agent doesn’t want to devote the time to help the author. That’s not what you’re about Mark. Even established authors need this type of support in today’s marketplace.”
Author of ten fiction and nonfiction books
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“I’m psyched to have this be official. After getting five different offers for representation from top literary agents, I signed with Stephanie Tade who got me a 6-figure book deal with Penguin!
Getting multiple agents interested in my work was really important to me. I’ve dealt with agents before and gotten screwed on things contractually so I wanted to do it differently this time. I wanted choices.
Having you help me create that, and navigate my options, was really helpful. I heard other authors talk about their great relationships with their agents and it made me want the same thing. Now I have that.”
Author of Woman on Fire
(Penguin Books)
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“After sending out the query Mark revised for me, I had the opportunity to speak with literary agents from top agencies such as Janklow & Nesbit, Trident Media, Anderson Lit, and Folio. I signed with Don Fehr at Trident and, a short time later I had a publishing contract with Berkley Books, which recently published my book in hardcover.
Before that, I sent my query letter out on my own to 30 or 40 agents and got a lot of rejections. I then found Mark online while I was researching agents. I was surprised that he offered so much during his initial consultation—for a very modest amount of money.
I don’t know what would have happened if I hadn’t worked with Mark. I can’t even imagine that now though, because of the grief and detours I experienced before we worked together. It was a time-consuming pain in the neck. If you want to get the attention of top literary agents and publishers, there is no substitute for working with an insider. You can’t beat experience. And having Mark on your side is incredibly valuable.”
Author of Single Handed
(Berkley Books, a Division of Penguin Random House)
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“AHHH! OMG, it happened! I got three offers of representation for my children’s picture book in the United States, even though I live abroad! When I woke up and found the first offer for representation in my email in box, I wanted to scream. But my family was still asleep so I couldn’t. 🙂
Just 8 minutes after I sent a query letter to one of my favorite agents, she replied and asked to see my manuscript. A short time later we had a lovely conversation. She was interested in representing me and sounded very positive and enthusiastic about my book. Since I also got offers from two other agents, I had to turn two of them down. One of them was upset and it felt like I was breaking her heart, but you just have to do it. I kept reminding myself that this is a good problem to have!”
Author/Illustrator of Lon-Lon’s Big Night
and many other children’s books
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“Mark, after you helped me land a top literary agent, I got publishing offers from THREE well-known publishers: Amacom, Palgrave Macmillan, and McGraw-Hill (they’re publishing my book in hardcover)!
I was at Disneyworld with my family, in the Haunted Mansion, when I got the call. I went outside and listened to the voicemail message from my agent. A huge smile came over my face. It was a fantastic feeling. For a moment I felt like life was perfect and the angels were singing.
You’re filling an important need so I’ll say this to every other author reading this testimonial. Mark showed me that getting a top literary agent is a science. If you’ve written a book, or you’re in the process, you’ve already invested a lot—a lot more than money. Don’t stop yourself from getting out there to fulfill your purpose and dreams. Thank you so, so much, Mark!!!”
Author of Customer Focused Process Innovation (McGraw Hill)
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“I got a book deal! After I started sending out my new query letter I had 6 literary agents request my manuscript in a short amount of time, which is awesome. Then, within 2 weeks of my agent starting to pitch my story to publishers, we had an offer. I signed a book contract yesterday. A little while later my agent told me that a TV co-producer asked for more info about my book.
By the way, the acquiring editor that fell in love with the manuscript jumped in with both feet and we just worked out our timeline for publication. She’s as passionate about getting my book out as I am, and that means everything. She read the manuscript in two days and said she couldn’t put it down. And the book is going to be published as a hardcover!”
Author of A Chick in the Cockpit
(Behler Publications)
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“Thank you Mark! After you helped me get a well-known agent with Hartline Literary Agency (for my previously self-published murder mystery), he got me a deal with an American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) approved publisher. I’m hard-pressed to find anything that I had an expectation for that you didn’t deliver on.
Before I worked with you I sent out queries, but no one ever requested my complete manuscript. Comparing your new version of my query to the one I wrote before, I can see a vast difference.
I’ve been in business for 35 years so I’m not just saying this… what you’re doing is phenomenal. There are other people offering similar services, but the difference is your success. Others might say they do similar things but, if you research them, they don’t have your background or track record.”
Author of The Rector
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“Mark, you’re a miracle worker. Thanks to your help with my book, query letter, and synopsis… I now have a legitimate publisher who described my book as ‘Powerful Magic’ and it’s now available in bookstores and online!
I’m a lifelong academic writer who one day found myself writing inspired short stories that came to me in dreams and I began thinking of them as novels. That’s when I had a momentous conversation, an introductory coaching call with Mark Malatesta, the American creative writing coach, or rather, to be precise, a how-to-sell-yourself-and-your-work adviser. It was the best-spent money of my life apart (possibly) for my wedding ring.”
Author of The Black Inked Pearl
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“Within 4 minutes of sending out my query letter, a top literary called me on the phone (the #1 agent on my wish list). Less than 30 days later I had three major publishers making offers. A few days after that, I signed a deal with Random House. Mark, your query letter did that.
My agent talked about the query letter you helped me create for a long, long time. When he first called me on the phone, he hadn’t seen any of my sample chapters. It was just the query letter that did it. Communicating the right thing is so important. You are a wonderful medium helping authors find their voice and elevate their writing from just a hobby to a real business… a source from which they can both learn and earn.”
Author of Lights Out
(Random House)
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“MARK, MARK, MARK!!!!!!! Holy smokes… I just signed my book deal. First, two well-known literary agents asked to represent me. One of them responded to my query letter in less than 4 minutes!!
Then THREE different publishers wanted my book and started talking about making offers. The publisher I chose is perfect for me because they produce titles for the trade, educational, and scientific markets. And they agreed to publish my book as a hardcover!!!
When I met you, Mark, it was a pivotal time. I was under the belief that I could self-publish my book with a vanity press and then seek a publisher. I didn’t know what a literary agent was, why I needed one, or how to get one. I was wandering in the dark. You guided me in the right direction and gave me a solid plan.”
Author of Intestinal Health
(Rowman & Littlefield)
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“Boom!!! I just signed a contract with Thomas Nelson/Harper Collins for (what I’ve been told by several people) is a very large advance for a first-time author.
Before working with Mark I submitted my book to agents but didn’t get any interest. This time around I got a top NY literary agency (Fine Print Lit). What cloud is higher than 9?
I had several agencies interested before deciding to go with Fine Print. And, to be honest, all of the attention didn’t surprise me. The query letter and proposal that Mark helped me develop were incredible. Agents actually said things to me like: ‘Scott, I read your proposal and I’m just blown away by it!’ Mark is extremely talented at what he does. If you have the opportunity to work with him, take advantage of it.”
Author of The Unbreakable Boy
(Harper Collins/Thomas Nelson)