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Literary Agent Directory
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Will Lippincott
Aevitas Creative ManagementDO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Online Form *Biography
Will Lippincott is a literary agent with Aevitas Creative Management. Will Lippincott has represented projects such as the New York Times bestseller A Colony in a Nation by Emmy Award-winning MSNBC host Chris Hayes, the national bestseller Unfinished Business by Anne-Marie Slaughter, the New York Times bestselling memoir Slow Dancing with a Stranger by Meryl Comer, the acclaimed history of the Russian ballet Bolshoi Confidential by Princeton music historian and critic Simon Morrison, and Killing the Messenger by New York Times bestselling author David Brock.
For thirteen years Lippincott worked as a literary agent and founding partner of Lippincott Massie McQuilkin. Prior to becoming an agent in 2003, Will was publisher of strategy+business magazine and a business development director at the global consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton; publisher of The New Republic; and book publishing director at The New Yorker. Most recently, Lippincott served as Chief Operating Officer of Shareblue Media, the fast-growing digital news and opinion platform.
As an agent based in Los Angeles, Will’s interests center on politics, journalistic narratives, history, health, technology, and memoir, with a special focus on multi-media storytelling.
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NONFICTION: Current Events/Affairs * Health/Wellness * History * Memoir * Narrative * Politics * Pop Culture * Science * Technology *
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Simon Lipskar is a literary agent with Writers House Literary Agency. Simon is a senior agent at Writers House, where he represents a wide range of authors in literary and commercial fiction, narrative nonfiction and young adult fiction.
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FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Fantasy * General Fiction * Literary * Middle Grade Fiction * Science Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Biography * General Nonfiction * History * Journalism * Memoir * Narrative * Science *
120 Broadway 22nd floor New York NY 10271 USA
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Jacqueline Lipton is a literary agent with The Tobias Literary Agency. She joined The Tobias Literary Agency in 2022 after helming her own literary agency, Raven Quill Literary, for a number of years previously. She loves all things books and publishing and has been an avid reader since elementary school. Her tastes were always broad and eclectic. She loved (and still does) everything from a good murder mystery to space opera to contemporary romance and everything in between. She also loves nonfiction projects with a compelling narrative voice.
Her background is also eclectic. At university (yes, in Australia and England they call it “university”), she studied law, psychology, drama, languages, and information technology. She practiced as a banking and finance attorney in Australia, and has worked as a law professor in Australia, the U.K. and the United States where her teaching and writing has focused on laws relating to the publishing industry, digital technology law, copyright, trademark, privacy, and defamation. She is the author of LAW & AUTHORS: A LEGAL HANDBOOK FOR WRITERS (2020, University of California Press) and OUR DATA, OURSELVES: A PERSONAL GUIDE TO DIGITAL PRIVACY (2022, University of California Press).
She holds an M.F.A. in Fiction from Vermont College of Fine Arts and regularly teaches classes on writing and on legal aspects of publishing around the country.
Jacqui represents authors of fiction and non-fiction from middle grade through to adult, as well as selected projects for younger readers (picture books, chapter books etc.) She is currently focusing on developing her adult fiction and nonfiction lists and particularly enjoys mystery/crime, romance, how-to books, and compelling contemporary novels. She is not currently seeking high fantasy, and considers science-fiction selectively.
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FICTION: Action/Adventure * Chick Lit * Children’s Fiction * Commercial * Contemporary * Crime/Detective/Police * Fantasy * Gay/Lesbian Fiction * Historical * Horror * Humor Fiction * Literary * Middle Grade Fiction * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * NoPB * Picture Book * Romance * Satire * Science Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * Upmarket Fiction * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Animals/Pets * Art * Biography * Business * Celebrity * Cultural/Social Issues * Current Events/Affairs * Dating/Relationship/Sex * Environment * Film/Entertainment * Fitness * Gay/Lesbian * Health/Wellness * History * How-To * Humor * Journalism * Juvenile * Lifestyle * Memoir * Multicultural * Music * Narrative * Nature * Parenting/Child Guidance * Politics * Pop Culture * Psychology * Science * Self-Help/Personal Development * Technology * Travel * True Adventure * True Crime * Women’s Issues *
Cleveland OH 44124 USA
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Laurie Liss is a literary agent with Sterling Lord Literistic. Executive Vice President and Managing Partner, Laurie has made it a point in her career to nurture young and unpublished authors, as well as self-published and ‘under-published’ writers. Laurie represents commercial and literary fiction and nonfiction whose perspectives are well developed and unique. Her list represents her broad-based tastes, but generally she looks for books with heart, which will positively impact society. Among her clients are journalists, academics, doctors, lawyers and athletes. Her clients include: Richard Paul Evans; Rachel Maddow; Matt Richtel; Jessica Valenti; Shankar Vedantam; Clark Howard; Malachy McCourt; Valter Longo; Darcie Chan; Obert Skye; Julie Shigekuni; Steve Schlozman; Jenna Evans Welch; Janet Reitman; Kara Lee Corthron; and Benjamin Hardy.
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FICTION: Commercial * General Fiction * Literary * Middle Grade Fiction * Romance *
NONFICTION: Business * Current Events/Affairs * Dating/Relationship/Sex * General Nonfiction * History * Humor * Memoir * Money/Finance * Narrative * Politics * Science * Self-Help/Personal Development *
115 Broadway Suite 1602 New York NY 10006 USA
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Julia Livshin is a literary agent with the Julia Livshin Literary Agency. Julia Livshin got her start as an intern at The Atlantic, where she later became an editor and worked with writers like John Updike, Joyce Carol Oates, Christopher Buckley, Roxana Robinson, and many others. She has a soft spot for short stories and thinks that discovering a new young writer is one of the greatest thrills. She’s worked as a freelance book editor, as well as a copy editor for Random House and Grove Atlantic, and has reviewed fiction for The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post Book World, and other publications. She grew up in Chicago, graduated from Duke University, and received a masters degree is Slavic languages and literature from Harvard University.
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FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Commercial * General Fiction * Literary *
NONFICTION: Juvenile * Memoir * Narrative *
6532 79th Street Cabin John MD 20818 USA
Linda Loewenthal
The Loewenthal CompanyDO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Email *Biography
Linda Loewenthal is a literary agent with The Loewenthal Company. Over the course of her 30-year publishing career, Linda Loewenthal has represented and worked with 21 New York Times bestselling and award-winning authors. Linda has 12 years of experience as a literary agent, including her years at the David Black Agency. She founded The Loewenthal Company as a way to carry through her mission to develop and nurture talent, fashioning each relationship according to the needs of each individual client.
Before becoming an agent, Linda worked for 15 years as an editor and publishing executive. While at Random House Inc., she was the Vice President and Editorial Director of Harmony Books at the Crown Publishing Group. There she oversaw the successful launch of the trade paperback imprint, Three Rivers Press, for which she was also Editorial Director. She published such diverse and best-selling authors as: Douglas Adams, Deepak Chopra, Stephen Jay Gould, Byron Katie, and Stephen Mitchell, as well as the humor magazine, the Onion.
Linda was also the Vice President and Director of the Quality Paperback Book Club at Book of the Month Club, Inc. While there, she created and launched the One Spirit Book Club, recipient of Time-Warner’s President’s Award.
Linda is also the co-author of Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life with Irwin Kula.
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FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Ethnic Fiction * General Fiction * Multicultural Fiction *
NONFICTION: Biography * Business * Ethnic * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * Juvenile * Mind/Body/Spirit * Money/Finance * Multicultural * Science *
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Kim Lombardini is a literary agent with the Philip Spitzer Literary Agency. She has worn many hats in the book and publishing world. Originally from Detroit, Kim began her career in books at Barnes & Noble, working her way up from part-time bookseller to Market Trainer for Community Relations Managers in OH, IN and MI. Random House hired Kim as a National Accounts Marketing Representative, where it was her job to hand-sell books to booksellers at both Barnes & Noble and Borders chains from Chicago to Cleveland. After a brief time working as Marketing Manager for Borders first Concept Store in Ann Arbor, MI, where she became the first bookseller trained to use Margaret Atwood’s brain-child the Long Pen (a remote book-signing robot), she wanted to get back to what she loved most: selling books to readers. Deciding she’d like to live in New York, she joined respected independent BookHampton on the East End of Long Island, where she spent the next six years selling, marketing and writing about books – and training others to do as well.
Kim’s life in books has allowed her to attend church with Rosa Parks, work with Maya Angelou, lunch with President Barack Obama, and talk books with a firmament of entertainment, literature and music stars and political leaders.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Crime/Detective/Police * Ethnic Fiction * General Fiction * Horror * Literary * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * New Adult * Thriller *
NONFICTION: Biography * Cultural/Social Issues * Ethnic * General Nonfiction * Memoir * Multicultural * Narrative * Pop Culture * True Crime *
ATTN: Kim Lombardini 50 Talmage Farm Lane East Hampton NY 11937 USA
Ethan Long
Tugeau 2DO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Email *Biography
Ethan Long is a literary agent with Tugeau 2. He was born to entertain and educate children.He started his career in 1992 illustrating kids content for Nickelodeon and Scholastic Book Fairs and textbooks for Harcourt, Houghton Mifflin, and many others. At Harcourt, he also worked as a Grade 3 Reading Designer where he directed artists and hired illustrators.
In the year 2000, Ethan had a great idea for a children’s book but realized he didn’t know how to write! That set him off on a mission to figure out how to do it. Since then, Ethan has written and/or illustrated over 130 books including board books, picture books, early readers, chapter books and middle grade novels. Some of his more popular titles are Fright Club, Tickle the Duck, Chamelia and the New Kid in Class, One Drowsy Dragon, and Up, Tall and High, which won the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award.
In the animation world, Ethan is the creator of Tasty Time with ZeFronk, which aired on Playhouse Disney from 2008-2016 and Scribbles and Ink, currently an online interactive series on PBSKIDS.com that is based on his children’s books by the same name.
But even with all of Ethan’s successes, he feels he is just getting started. And that the time is right to continue his passion for helping artists write their own stories and coach them through the fun, but challenging, publication process. He has been an instructor for every age level, as well as a mentor to students and aspiring artists, and loves cheering others on through the creative process.
When Ethan is not making books (and he will absolutely continue to do that!), you can find him being a homebody with his wife, Heather, and dog, Auggie. He also likes riding his bicycle or 160cc scooter along the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, taking his daily three mile walk, whipping up a fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies, or planning family time with his wife, Heather, and their three grown children.
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Heather Long
Tugeau 2DO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Email *Biography
Heather Long is a literary agent with Tugeau 2. She has worn many creative hats in her professional career. She worked as an art/illustration buyer for Harcourt Publishers, a freelance fashion and costume designer, a photo stylist, a school library assistant and a visual and store manager for Anthropologie. Heather has also written and published two children’s books, Max and Milo: Go to Sleep, and Max and Milo: The Mixed-up Message (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster).
Heather has been instrumental in managing and guiding her husband, Ethan’s, children’s book and animation career. Her steady presence has served as the perfect counterpoint to Ethan’s creative energy. She is excited to help others fulfill their creative passions and cultivate and manage their book careers.
As a recent empty-nester, Heather enjoys spending more time with her husband, traveling, hiking, and exploring their newly adopted state of Colorado. When it’s too cold for any of that, you will most often find her reading a book. Heather is the mother of three, step-daughter, Katie (27),and sons, Cooper (20), and Carson (19).
Working as a team/power couple Heather and Ethan Long specialize in representing author/illustrators and illustrators who aspire to write their own stories and become full time authors. They use their combined experience in a mentorship capacity to guide prospective authors through the process of writing and creating a successful children’s book and preparing them for all the success that follows.
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Michael Longclaws is a literary agent with the Javelin Literary Agency. He focuses on representing BIPOC and LGBTQ voices and underrepresented communities. A graduate of Michigan State University, Longclaws (his mother’s tribal name) has worked as a public school teacher and mentor to young people. He has been active in the Native American community since he was a child, and is a member of Ga-Ke-Nush-Koo-De-Ag, the Long Plains First Nation (Ojibway tribe). He is an Eagle Scout, enjoys hiking outdoors, swimming and underwater hockey, and was an officer in the College Diabetes Network at MSU.
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NONFICTION: Ethnic * Gay/Lesbian * General Nonfiction * Memoir * Multicultural *
203 S Union Street Suite 200 Alexandria VA 22314 USA
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Albert Longden is a literary agent with Three Corners Literary. Albert says: “As an Agent, I have limited time and therefore want writers that are preferably experienced and are willing to listen to productive critiques of their work.
I love old fashioned story telling in the mode of the classic early 20th century greats such as Earl Derr Biggers, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sax Rohmer, H. Rider Haggard, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Rice Bourroughs and Robert Louis Stevenson. More recently, the late Elizabeth Peters, Anne Rice, Laurie King, Wilbur Smith and Preston & Childs. Look to these authors with a creative current-thinking attitude and you’ll have something.
30 Plus years within the publishing industry in virtually all areas including, editorial, product development, sales, rep management, fulfillment and distribution, and executive management. I’ve been a accounting exec at major and minor imprints, President/Publisher of business books, a writer, and an entrepreneur. All these things make for an agent that looks to commercial projects with a literary attitude. If you’re looking for an professional Editor, this is currently the wrong agency for you.”
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FICTION: Crime/Detective/Police * Fantasy * General Fiction * Mystery * Paranormal * Romance * Science Fiction * Sports Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * Women’s Fiction *
NONFICTION: Biography * Business * General Nonfiction * Money/Finance * Sports *
18 Bellevue Ter Bloomfield NJ 07003 USA
Gloria Loomis
Watkins Loomis AgencyDO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Email * Postal Mail *Biography
Gloria Loomis is a literary agent with the Watkins Loomis Agency. Gloria is also the President of the Watkins Loomis Agency.
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FICTION: General Fiction * Literary *
NONFICTION: Biography * Current Events/Affairs * General Nonfiction * Journalism * Memoir * Politics *
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Ashley Lopez is a literary agent with the Waxman Literary Agency. She joined the Waxman Literary Agency in 2015. She received her MFA in Fiction from Sarah Lawrence College and is a founder and the Managing Editor of Pigeon Pages Literary Journal. Ashley is looking for literary and young adult fiction, narrative nonfiction, memoir, and cultural criticism. Most importantly she seeks authors with a strong point of view and an eye for language.
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FICTION: Literary * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Cultural/Social Issues * Memoir * Narrative *
11 East 44th Street Suite 1603 New York NY 10017 USA
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Toni Lopopolo is a literary agent with and the founder of Toni Lopopolo Literary Management. She has a book publishing resume that began in 1970 in the publicity dept of Bantam Books, where she helped publicize authors such as Philip Roth, Barbara Cartland, Isaac Asimov, and Louis L’Amour.
She next served as Library Promotion Director at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, and visited almost every major library in the USA. Then Houghton Mlfflin offered her a position in Boston as Marketing Manager, Paperback Books. Her big campaigns included Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins. When Macmillanpresented Toni the title of Executive Editor, she moved back to New York City and published Judy Mazel’s Beverly Hills Diet and Elvis 56 by Al Wertheimer among other hits.
St. Martin’s Press made an offer she couldn’t refuse, so Toni became Executive Editor there from 1981 to 1990 and published Hot Flashes by Barbara Raskin and Rich and Famous by Kate Coscarelli plus Elsa Lanchester, Herself, by Elsa Lanchester, On The Other Hand by Fay Wray and many more titles.
In l991, Toni opened Toni Lopopolo Literary Management. She has since sold books for authors Sol Stein, Lee Silber, Lillian Glass, Steve Duno, Nancy Baer, Flo Fitzgerald, Judith Smith-Levin, Howard Olgin, Jeanette Baker, Larry Seeley, and several others. Toni relocated her company to Santa Barbara, California in 2011.
Toni is also known for her Fiction Bootcamp workshops where she uses a unique method that helps first-time novelists to master the skills needed to successfully write book-length fiction, and she aids nonfiction writers to produce compelling narrative nonfiction, using fiction techniques. Toni has held workshops at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA and at the Writer’s Room of Bucks County, PA. as well for the Ventura County Writers Club in California. Toni is also noted for her very popular lecture: The Ten Most Common Mistakes First Novelist Make.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: General Fiction *
NONFICTION: General Nonfiction * True Crime *
Santa Barbara CA USA
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Julia Lord, director, operates Julia Lord Literary Management, a literary agency based in New York City. She began her agenting career in 1985 working for actors at the Monty Silver Agency. She opened his literary department representing writers for film, television and theater. She moved to books eventually opening Julia Lord Literary Management in 1999. Her mission is very hands on –to work with writers to develop their careers –work with them from idea through publication and marketing. Her office is known for her steadfast commitment to each and every author and book project.
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FICTION: Action/Adventure * Crime/Detective/Police * Ethnic Fiction * General Fiction * Historical * Humor Fiction * Literary * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * Suspense * Thriller * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Biography * Current Events/Affairs * Ethnic * Film/Entertainment * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * History * How-To * Humor * Lifestyle * Memoir * Multicultural * Music * Narrative * Politics * Pop Culture * Reference * Science * Sports * Technology * Travel * True Adventure * True Crime *
38th West Ninth Street New York NY 10011 USA
Chris Lotts
The Lotts AgencyDO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Email *Biography
Chris Lotts is the president of The Lotts Agency. Chris was formerly of Ralph Vicinanza Literary Agency before he opened The Lotts Agency. He says: “I handle adult science fiction and fantasy, mostly skewing upmarket, and am also interested in hard-edged, innovative crime novels and thrillers; strong commercial writing is the most important criteria. Please have a look at my current clients as a good guide to the style of storytelling I favor.
I am also interested in narrative up-market non-fiction on a variety of subjects.”
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FICTION: Commercial * Crime/Detective/Police * Fantasy * Horror * Mystery * Science Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * Upmarket Fiction *
NONFICTION: General Nonfiction * Narrative * Upmarket *
Biography
Barbara Lowenstein is a literary agent with Lowenstein Associates. Barbara Lowenstein started her publishing career at the Sterling Lord Agency as an assistant to the dramatic agent. She then moved on to Lancer Books, one of the last independent paperback houses at the time, where she created the first line of trade paperbacks in the industry. There, she published self-help, psychology, how-to, crafts, and cooking titles. After a brief stint as Director of Subsidiary Rights for Walker Books, she started Lowenstein Associates, which allowed her to combine her editorial skills with her gift for selling.
For over four decades, Barbara has represented the international bestselling author M. C. Beaton, known as the “Queen of Cozy Mysteries.” Beaton’s two mystery series Agatha Raisin (St. Martin’s) and Hamish Macbeth (Grand Central) have been translated into 17 languages. The Agatha Raisin novels have been adapted into a television series starring Ashley Jensen and has received rave reviews in the New York Times and The Guardian, among many other publications. Season 1 originally aired on SKY 1 HD. Season 2 is currently in production with Acorn TV. The series is streaming on Acorn TV as well as available on PBS stations across the U.S. and on many international broadcasting channels. The Hamish Macbeth and Poor Relation series by M. C. Beaton have also been optioned and are in development.
In addition, Barbara represents Ishmael Reed, MacArthur Genius Award winner, novelist, essayist and poet. Ishmael is also a Pulitzer Prize nominee and two-time National Book Award finalist. Other clients include Cordelia Fine, winner of the prestigious Royal Society Science Prize (known as the “Booker Prize for Science writing”) for Testosterone Rex, which explores and deconstructs our cultural myths and assumptions in gender dynamics, and Carla Harris, Vice Chairman and Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and author of the extremely successful career and business books Strategize to Win: The New Way to Start Out, Step Up, or Start Over in Your Career and Expect to Win: 10 Proven Strategies for Thriving in the Workplace.
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FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Crime/Detective/Police * Ethnic Fiction * Fantasy * General Fiction * Middle Grade Fiction * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * NoMG * Science Fiction * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Biography * Business * Ethnic * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * History * Juvenile * Lifestyle * Mind/Body/Spirit * Money/Finance * Multicultural * Science * Young Adult *
115 East 23rd St. 4th Floor New York NY 10010 USA
Emma Loy-Santelli
Serendipity Literary AgencyDO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Online Form *Biography
Emma Loy-Santelli is a literary agent with the Serendipity Literary Agency. She was born and raised in upstate New York, where her artistic family encouraged her love of reading and making up stories. She earned a BA in English and Ancient Studies from Mount Holyoke College, and an MA in Children’s Literature and MFA in Creative Writing from the graduate program at Simmons College. She spent a year as an editorial intern at Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, which granted her hands-on experience editing everything from picture books up through YA and cemented her passion for publishing. She worked as a freelance editor for the Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency, and has been a bookseller at several independent bookstores, including the Strand in Manhattan.
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FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Graphic Novel * Middle Grade Fiction * Picture Book * Young Adult Fiction *
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Biography
Sandy Lu is a literary agent with and the founder of the Book Wyrm Literary Agency. She founded Book Wyrm Literary Agency after working as a literary agent for more than a decade at other boutique agencies, including Peter Rubie Literary Agency, Anderson Literary Management, and most notably, the L. Perkins Agency.
Born and raised in Taiwan, Sandy’s family moved to New York in her teens, so she understands the struggles of immigrants and those who straddle two cultures all too well.
Sandy holds BAs in psychology and sociology from Queens College, with minors in music, business, and Japanese. Prior to becoming an agent, she attended the Ph.D. Program in Social and Personality Psychology at the CUNY Graduate Center and worked as a business/operations manager in the theater industry.
Sandy’s areas of study and work experience greatly inform her interest in submissions. She is seeking stories that will draw her in with a unique voice, make her miss her bedtime with a thrilling plot, and characters that will stay with her long after she turns the last page. Bonus points if you can make her laugh out loud or unable to hold back tears in public. Sandy especially loves historical fiction and anything dark, twisted, or with a supernatural bent.
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FICTION: Action/Adventure * Commercial * Crime/Detective/Police * Espionage/Military * Family Saga * Fantasy * Gay/Lesbian Fiction * General Nonfiction * Historical * Horror * Literary * Magical Realism * Middle Grade Fiction * Multicultural Fiction * Mystery * Romance * Science Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * Upmarket Fiction * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Biography * Business * Cooking/Cookbook * Cultural/Social Issues * Environment * Film/Entertainment * Fitness * Food/Drinks * Gay/Lesbian * Health/Wellness * History * How-To * Humor * Journalism * Juvenile * Lifestyle * Medical/Medicine * Memoir * Money/Finance * Multicultural * Music * Narrative * Nature * Pop Culture * Psychology * Science * Technology * True Adventure * Women’s Issues *
P.O. Box 361 Bronx NY 10463 USA
Biography
George Lucas is a literary agent with InkWell Management. During a transatlantic career spanning more than three decades, George Lucas has variously packed books in the warehouse, marketed travel guides and dictionaries, sold subsidiary rights, and acquired and edited thrillers at Hodder & Stoughton, Ballantine and Pocket Books/Atria. Turning to agenting in 2003, he now represents a wide range of acclaimed international historians, classicists, Arabists, scientists, journalists and suspense writers, as well as the Literary Estate of P G Wodehouse.
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FICTION: Commercial * Crime/Detective/Police * General Fiction * Mystery * Suspense * Thriller *
NONFICTION: Biography * Business * Current Events/Affairs * Dating/Relationship/Sex * General Nonfiction * History * Journalism * Lifestyle * Memoir * Money/Finance * Multicultural * Narrative * Parenting/Child Guidance * Politics * Pop Culture * Reference * Religion * Science * Spirituality * Travel *
521 Fifth Avenue Suite 2600 New York NY 10175 USA
Biography
Paul Lucas is a literary agent with Janklow & Nesbit Associates. From his first days with books, Paul has loved the feeling of getting lost between the covers. He remembers reading in his closet with a flashlight after bedtime so his parents would think he had gone to sleep. He is actively looking for upmarket commercial fiction, specifically historical, thrillers, science fiction and fantasy. On the literary side, he likes reading narratives about immigration, ostracization, class, family and race. For non-fiction, he is drawn to narratives, learning new things and the occasional humor project.
Paul came to Janklow & Nesbit in 2007 as a paralegal in its legal department, following a stint in the corporate division at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. He shifted to representation in 2011 and loves books much more than contracts (though pays attention to both!).
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Commercial * Ethnic Fiction * Family Saga * Fantasy * General Fiction * Historical * Horror * Literary * Multicultural Fiction * Science Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * Upmarket Fiction *
NONFICTION: Biography * Business * Cultural/Social Issues * Economics * Ethnic * Family * General Nonfiction * History * Humor * Money/Finance * Multicultural * Narrative * Politics * Science * Sports *
285 Madison Avenue 21st Floor New York NY 10017 USA
Biography
Amanda Luedeke is a literary agent with MacGregor & Luedeke. She was a 2006 graduate of the acclaimed Professional Writing program at Taylor University, and she brings a background in marketing and advertising to her agent role. Over the years, she has kept one foot in the marketing world, working with brands such as Vera Bradley, Peg Perego, Tecomet, Do It Best, Minwax, Pratt & Lambert, HGTV Home by Sherwin-Williams, and more.
She met Chip at an author signing in a Barnes and Noble in 2008. After realizing they had a commonality in Taylor University, one thing led to another, and before she knew it, she was helping him with projects, research, and all the little stuff she now assumes he just didn’t feel like doing.
Promoted to the role of agent in 2010 and then vice president in 2018, Amanda is currently focusing on nonfiction.
She released her author marketing book The Extroverted Writer: An Author’s Guide to Marketing and Building a Platform in 2013.
Though she considers the Chicagoland area to be home, she currently lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with her husband, kids, and two dogs.
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NONFICTION: Christian * General Nonfiction * Religion * Spirituality *
PO Box 1316 Manzanita OR 97130 USA
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Chad Luibl is a literary agent with Janklow & Nesbit Associates. A native of Virginia, Chad received a BA in English at Lynchburg University before moving to Eastern Europe to teach English for several years. While in Krakow, Poland, he got his MA in European Studies at Jagiellonian University, with a focus in Comparative Literature. He went on to get his MFA in Creative Writing at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he was also the coordinator of the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, an intern in the Literature Department at the National Endowment for the Arts, and an editor at Blackbird and Broad Street literary journals.
Chad comes from the workshop model of creative writing and has a hands-on editorial approach to agenting. He is interested in narrative nonfiction with a strong emotional pull from journalists and writers who challenge the status quo. For fiction, he is particularly drawn to novels that are more character or plot-driven, thrillers that are as inventive as they are suspenseful, speculative and historical fiction that offer a nuanced perspective on place, and graphic novels that push the boundaries of the genre.
Recent and forthcoming sales include Craig & Fred: A Marine, A Stray Dog, and How They Rescued Each Other by Craig Grossi (William & Morrow adult memoir, HarperCollins Children’s Young Readers’ edition); Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels (Lion Forge Comics); BTTM FDRS by Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore (Fantagraphics); The Compton Cowboys by Walter Thompson-Hernández (William Morrow); Push and Pull: A True Story of Football, Murder, and Purpose in an American City by Kent Babb (HarperOne); Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland (Simon & Schuster).
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FICTION: Crime/Detective/Police * General Fiction * Graphic Novel * Historical * Horror * Literary * Mystery * Suspense * Thriller * Western *
NONFICTION: Biography * Business * General Nonfiction * Health/Wellness * History * Journalism * Lifestyle * Mind/Body/Spirit * Money/Finance * Narrative * Science * Sports * Travel *
285 Madison Avenue 21st Floor New York NY 10017 USA
Sabrina Lundberg
Golden Wheat LiteraryDO NOT QUERY – THIS AGENT IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SUBMISSIONSQuery method(s): Email *Biography
Sabrina Lundberg is a literary agent with Golden Wheat Literary. She is open to any genre across all age ranges. She loves to learn and grow her perspectives–bonus points if she can laugh while doing it!
Sabrina is looking for:
Stories that convey subtle wisdoms that teach something or leaves her perspective forever altered
Well-rounded characters with moral ambiguity
Fantasies that are based on non-Western-European lore
Wordless picture books
For kidlit, Sabrina wants something that can be enjoyed by adults, as well. This could be via a relevant and profound realization, a vital reminder of what is important, something uplifting or inspiring in a realistic way, or simply by being funny!
Note: Sabrina is a self-acknowledged science dork. Make sure if you use medical or other science-y elements, you get your facts straight.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Fantasy * General Fiction * Humor Fiction * Picture Book *
NONFICTION: General Nonfiction * Medical/Medicine * Science *
Biography
Eric Lupfer is a literary agent with Fletcher & Company/UTA. He represents up-market nonfiction, with expert authors drawn from journalism, academia, and the forefronts of a variety of professional fields. Subjects of particular interest to him include history; business narrative; thought leadership; national security and defense; the social, life, & physical sciences; and politics. Lupfer joined Fletcher & Company in 2017, and prior to that was at William Morris Agency/WME for 14 years after starting in the company mailroom. Lupfer graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Philosophy and a minor in Film Studies. He also has an MBA from Duke University, where he was recognized as a Fuqua Scholar. He has three children and lives in Westchester County, NY.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION:
NONFICTION: Business * Cultural/Social Issues * Education * General Nonfiction * Government * History * Journalism * Military/War * Money/Finance * Narrative * Politics * Science * Upmarket *
511 Sixth Avenue #120 New York NY 10011 USA
Biography
Kesia Lupo is a literary agent with The Bindery. Kesia grew up in the UK and Germany, studied History at Oxford University and Creative Writing at Bath Spa, then launched her publishing career at Pan Macmillan, London, as an editorial assistant in 2013. She transitioned from adult books to children’s when she joined boutique publisher Chicken House—then from a senior editorial role to agenting when she joined The Bindery in 2023. While her expertise lies in middle-grade and YA fiction, Kesia reads widely across genres, including adult SFF and horror, historical fiction, romance, and non-fiction.
Kesia is a new U.S. resident and currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband. As well as working in publishing, she’s the author of three YA novels—We Are Blood and Thunder, We Are Bound by Stars (a fantasy duology), and Let’s Play Murder, a horror/thriller, all published by Bloomsbury in the UK. You will normally find her writing if she’s not reading!
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Children’s Fiction * Fantasy * Historical * Horror * Middle Grade Fiction * Romance * Science Fiction * Suspense * Thriller * Women’s Fiction * Young Adult Fiction *
NONFICTION: Cultural/Social Issues * Film/Entertainment * History * Narrative * Psychology * True Crime *
Biography
Marlene Connor Lynch is a literary agent with and the founder of the Conner Literary Agency. She is a respected author and accomplished literary agent and former editor for The Literary Guild of America, Simon and Schuster and, in her first position, Random House. She is a native of New York City and founded CLA in 1985 before moving to the Twin Cities in 1995.
She has been agent and consultant for the Simplicity Pattern Company, the largest pattern company in the world, and Essence Magazine, the premier magazine for African American women. She has represented Dr. Ronn Elmore, author of the best seller HOW TO LOVE A BLACK MAN (Grand Central Publishing), Thelma Balfour, author of the bestseller, BLACK SUNS SIGNS (Simon and Schuster/Fireside), Lisa Akbari’s THE BLACK WOMAN’S GUIDE TO BEAUTIFUL HAIR and BEAUTIFUL HAIR AT ANY AGE (Sourcebooks), TWELVE MONTHS OF KNITTING by Joanne Yordanou (Potter Crafts), and many others.
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This literary agent represents:
FICTION: Commercial * General Fiction * Historical * Literary * Mystery * Picture Book * Short Story Collection * Suspense * Thriller *
NONFICTION: Art * Beauty/Fashion/Style * Cooking/Cookbook * Crafts * Dating/Relationship/Sex * General Nonfiction * Gift/Novelty * Health/Wellness * History * Humor * Juvenile * Photography * Politics * Self-Help/Personal Development * Sports *
New York NY USA
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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)