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Literary Agent Directory
Important: Visit each agent’s website (links in their listings below) to see if they’re open to submissions before querying.
Biography
Bob Mecoy is a literary agent with the Bob Mecoy Literary Agency, and the owner. Prior to becoming an agent, Bob spent 20 years as editor for Crown, Simon & Schuster, Avon/Morrow, NAL/Dutton and Dell/Delacorte. Bob represents a wide range of commercial fiction including romance, literary fiction, history, science, mystery, thrillers / suspense, military / espionage and graphic novels.
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Accepting Submissions |Crime Fiction | Fantasy | General Fiction | Graphic Novel | Mystery | Romance | Science Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller |General Nonfiction | Art | Biography | Business Book | Cookbook Cooking | History | Money Finance | Photography | Science | Sports |
Biography
Verna Meenan is a literary agent with Dreisbach Literary Management. Verna is an author, educator and literary agent. Her work has been featured in books, literary journals, magazines, and newspapers. She is the editor of Why We Ride: Women Writers on the Horses in their Lives, published by Seal Press in 2010. Jane Smiley contributed the foreword.
Verna has worked in the publishing field since early 2007. She has established numerous contacts in the industry and is a frequent traveler to writing conferences throughout the U.S. and Canada. Verna is Vice-President of the San Francisco Chapter of the Women’s National Book Association, Advertising Chair to the 2012 Left Coast Crime and previously served on the board of directors for the CSUS Writers Conference in Sacramento, CA. Devoted to teaching and youth, Verna founded Capitol City Young Writers, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit writing organization the educates and mentors youth interested in the world of writing and publishing.
The agency, Dreisbach Literary Management, offers professional representation for distinctive voices and accepts a wide range of fiction and non-fiction interests. Verna is currently looking for emerging and experienced writers and has a particular interest in books with a political, economic or social context. With over 13 years as a former police officer, Verna has a genuine interest and expertise in the genres of mystery, thriller and true crime.
Verna graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in English and membership in both Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Societies. In 2010, she earned a master’s degree in English with an emphasis in creative writing, giving her an edge in the editorial and review process. Verna also graduated with a degree in mathematics, her first love (it all made so much sense). She teaches English and final portfolio courses part-time and has taught publishing courses through the University of California Davis Extenstion program.
Active in the community, Verna is a 2010 graduate of Sacramento Metro Chamber’s Leadership Program, is appointed to the El Dorado County Child Abuse Prevention Council and serves as a board member to Sacramento’s Police Activities League.
Verna lives in the Sierra Foothills above the Sacramento Valley with her husband of 20 years and their three children. Personal interests include training and riding horses, teaching archery to Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, an acting Girl Scout leader, teaching swim lessons, attending the symphony or opera, running with her dogs nearly every morning, and trying to stay smarter than her kids which appears to be a never-ending task.
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CLOSED to Submissions | General Nonfiction | Animals | Autobiography | Biography | BIPOC Nonfiction | Business Book | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Economics | Family | Fitness | Health Wellness | History | Medical Medicine | Memoir | Money Finance | Multicultural Nonfiction | Narrative Nonfiction | Parenting | Politics | Religion | Science | Spirituality | Technology | Travel | True Adventure | True Crime | Women’s Issues |
Biography
Sara Megibow is a literary agent with KT Literary. Sheis the Vice President and Senior Literary Agent with kt literary out of Highlands Ranch, CO. She has worked in publishing since 2006 and represents New York Times bestselling authors including Casey McQuiston, Rebecca Roanhorse, Margaret Rogerson and Jason M. Hough. Sara specializes in launching debut authors and working on long-term career development and profit strategy with them. She is a graduate of Northwestern University with degrees in Women’s Studies, Gender Studies and American History. Always LGBTQIA+ Friendly!
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Accepting Submissions | Member of the AALA |Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | Action Adventure | Chick Lit | Erotic Fiction | Fantasy | LGBTQ Fiction | Magical Realism | Multicultural Fiction | New Adult Fiction | Romance | Science Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller |
Biography
Christie Megill is a literary agent with The CAT Agency, Inc. She joined The CAT Agency in 2022 after interning with Writers House, Triada US, and Cardinal Rule Press. She’s overjoyed to be working with artists and children’s book authors, offering long-term support in their careers and creative journeys.
Christie comes from a background in elementary education and before pursuing education, she previously worked as an editorial assistant at an academic press in New York City, as a volunteer at the Housing Works Bookstore in SoHo, and as a bookseller at the bygone Borders Books and Music in Columbus Circle. She holds a BA in English Literature from Fordham University.
When she’s not losing herself in a good book, she can be found making butter-laden desserts, exploring new museums, and hiking in the woods with her three children.
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents | Authors and Illustrators Only | Member of the AALA |Picture Book | Chapter Book | Graphic Novel |
Biography
Gabriella Melendez is a literary agent with Great Dog Literary. She is an assistant agent at Great Dog Literary, where she represents both young adult fiction and adult fiction.
Gabriella currently lives in the DMV area and received her Bachelors degree from the University of Maryland. She was previously a prose editor for UMD’s literary journal, STYLUS, as well as an editor for their academic journal. Gabriella is also a graduate of the Denver Publishing Institute, where she focused her efforts on learning about the different divisions of publishing and ways to promote diversity. She began interning at Great Dog in January 2022 before transitioning full time to the Great Dog Team.
Gabriella is working towards her goal of promoting diversity and underrepresented voices in fiction with specific interest in stories by Latinx/Hispanic authors. Her taste gravitates towards commercial or upmarket fiction and she is interested in stories that present real issues in a digestible format for a wide range of readers. When she’s not working, Gabriella loves scouring Book Tok for more young adult/new adult fantasy or romance titles to add to her ever-growing TBR, playing TTRPG games, and dancing.
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents |Young Adult Fiction | Action Adventure | BIPOC Fiction | Chick Lit | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Family Saga | Fantasy | General Fiction | Humor Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Magical Realism | New Adult Fiction | Romance |
Larissa Melo Pienkowski
Jill Grinberg Literary ManagementCLOSED to SubmissionsQuery Method(s): Email >Biography
Larissa Melo Pienkowski is a literary agent with Jill Grinberg Literary Management. She grew up outside of Boston and attended Simmons University, where she earned her degree in Social Work and Sociology, performed poetry competitively and recreationally, and edited a number of literary magazines. Larissa later went on to receive her MA in Publishing and Writing from Emerson College, where she worked with the likes of Beacon Press and Barefoot Books, before becoming the assistant publisher of a small indie press. She joined Jill Grinberg Literary Management in 2020 and is now working to build her list. The daughter of Brazilian and Polish immigrants, Larissa speaks Portuguese and Spanish and travels to experience as much of the world as possible—always with a good book in hand.
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CLOSED to Submissions |Juvenile Nonfiction | Middle Grade Fiction | Middle Grade Nonfiction | Young Adult Fiction | Young Adult Nonfiction | Action Adventure | BIPOC Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Family Saga | Fantasy | General Fiction | Historical Fiction | Horror | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Magical Realism | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | Romance | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Women’s Fiction |Art | Beauty Fashion Style | Biography | BIPOC Nonfiction | Business Book | Cookbook Cooking | Cultural Social Issues | Food Drink | History | Investigative | Journalism | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Lifestyle | Memoir | Mind Body Spirit | Money Finance | Multicultural Nonfiction | Music | Narrative Nonfiction | Photography | Poetry | Science | Travel |
Biography
Scott Mendel is a literary agent with Mendel Media Group. With a background in academia, Scott Mendel has worked in publishing since the early 1990s, first as a magazine editor and freelance technical writer and then as an Associate and, ultimately, the Vice President and Director of the late Jane Jordan Browne’s literary agency in Chicago. In November 2002, he opened the Mendel Media Group in New York. Scott holds a bachelor’s degree, Summa cum laude, from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. He earned a master’s degree in English language and literature from the University of Chicago, where he is ABD in the doctoral program.
Scott has taught literature, English, and Yiddish at a number of institutions, including the Choate-Rosemary Hall Preparatory School in Connecticut, the Hyde Park Cluster of Theological Seminaries in Chicago, Bowdoin College, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he most recently held an appointment as Lecturer in Jewish Studies. He wrote the book A Prosecutor’s Guide to Hate Crime, which was published through a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, and which has been in print in new editions for several years. He was the Managing Editor of a monthly and quarterly health care magazine, Positively Aware, and editor of the Maine literary journal, Quill, which began publishing in 1897. Scott has written a produced play, several works of fiction, and many book columns, news articles, and other pieces.
He is a member of the Association of Authors’ Representatives, the Author’s Guild, the Mystery Writers of America, the Romance Writers of America, the Society of children’s Book Writers & Illustrators, the Modern Language Association, and the American Association of University Professors.
Among the U.S. publishers and imprints that have published his authors are: Adams Media, Andrews McMeel Universal, Avalon, Ballantine, Bantam Dell, Basic Books, Beacon Press, Berkley, Black Dog & Leventhal / Workman Publishing, Carroll & Graf, Chamberlain Bros. / Penguin, Chronicle Books, Citadel Books, Contemporary Books, Crown, Da Capo / Perseus, Delacorte, Dutton / Signet, Faber & Faber / Farrar Straus & Giroux, Feiwel & Friends, Globe Pequot, Harlequin, HarperCollins, Harry N. Abrams, Kensington, Little Brown & Co., M. Evans & Co., Marlowe / Avalon, McGraw-Hill, Multnomah, New American Library, Oneworld, Oxford University Press, Penguin Putnam, Perigee, Plume, Pocket / Simon & Schuster, Putnam, Random House, Riverhead / Penguin, Routledge, Simon & Schuster, Sorin Books, Sourcebooks, St. Martin’s Press, Stewart Tabori & Chang, Ten Speed, Threshold Editions, Thunder’s Mouth, Times Books / Henry Holt & Co., Touchstone / Fireside, Tyndale House, Verso, Walker & Co., John Wiley & Sons, William Morrow, and Yale University Press.
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Accepting Submissions | Member of the AALA |Picture Book | Chapter Book | Juvenile Nonfiction | Middle Grade Fiction | Middle Grade Nonfiction | Young Adult Fiction | Young Adult Nonfiction |Christian Fiction |BIPOC Fiction | Crime Fiction | Fantasy | General Fiction | Graphic Novel | Horror | Inspirational Fiction | Literary Fiction | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | New Adult Fiction | Paranormal Fiction | Romance | Science Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Women’s Fiction |General Nonfiction | Art | Biography | BIPOC Nonfiction | Business Book | Computers | Cookbook Cooking | Current Events Affairs | Dating Relationships Sex | Diet Nutrition | Economics | Film Entertainment | Food Drink | Gift Novelty | Health Wellness | History | How-To | Humor Nonfiction | Lifestyle | Memoir | Mind Body Spirit | Money Finance | Multicultural Nonfiction | Narrative Nonfiction | Parenting | Photography | Politics | Pop Culture | Reference | Religion | Science | Self-Help | Spirituality | Sports | Technology | Travel | True Crime |
Biography
Isabel Mendía is a literary agent with Elyse Cheney Literary Associates. She was born and raised in the Cuban American diaspora of Miami, Florida, and studied History at Yale University. After graduation, she interned at Sterling Lord Literistic and Abrams Books, before joining The Cheney Agency in July 2018. She is looking to represent a range of nonfiction, including cultural criticism, narrative reportage, science, and history. A native Spanish speaker, Mendía is particularly interested in Latinx stories, and in writing that makes sense of first- and second-generation immigrant experiences. She is also attracted to projects that have a progressive political mission, and that are responding in some way to colonialism, capitalism, racism, and the climate crisis. A former theater director and performer, Mendía also loves pop culture, and projects that provide entertainment, humor, and hope.
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents | General Nonfiction | BIPOC Nonfiction | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Economics | Environment | Film Entertainment | History | Humor Nonfiction | Inspirational Nonfiction | Money Finance | Multicultural Nonfiction | Narrative Nonfiction | Politics | Pop Culture | Science |
Biography
Leslie Meredith is a literary agent with Dystel, Goderich & Bourret, LLC. She joined DG&B in 2021, after working at a boutique literary agency for several years. Before becoming an agent, Leslie was an editor, working at imprints of Simon & Schuster for over 15 years, after holding positions at Ballantine, Harmony/Crown, Bantam, and McGraw-Hill. Her passion as an editor for books on science and psychology, Western and holistic medicine, animals and nature, spiritual inquiry and practice, and food and cooking has carried into her work as an agent. She represents scientists and psychologists; physicians and therapists; journalists, memoirists, and authors of narrative nonfiction; and experts who through clear and incisive storytelling advocate for reform in medicine, health, business, law, and public policy.
Leslie grew up in the Pittsburgh suburbs and after high school briefly attended a conservatory of music before transferring to Swarthmore. Her first publishing job was at Vanguard Press, a small, distinguished literary publisher; subsequently she worked at imprints of the Big Five. She lives in Connecticut with her partner, a former publishing sales executive who now works in hospitality, and their corgis, where she enjoys gardening (planting for birds and butterflies), cooking and baking, and training and competing with the corgis in agility.
Leslie is looking for well-written nonfiction in a broad range of topics: memoirs with a distinctive point of view; great and small awakenings; animal stories and insights into animal behavior and our common bonds; psychological, spiritual, and therapeutic perspectives that change people’s lives; popular science that excites and informs; therapies and spiritual practices that inspire and heal; narrative non-fiction on subcultures or passions or events whose stories have not been told before – or are told in a fresh way; nature and natural science – animal, vegetable, and mineral.
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Accepting Submissions | General Nonfiction | Animals | Business Book | Cookbook Cooking | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Environment | Food Drink | Government | Health Wellness | Journalism | Law Legal | Medical Medicine | Memoir | Mind Body Spirit | Narrative Nonfiction | Nature | New Age | Politics | Psychology | Science | Spirituality |
Biography
Marianne Merola is a literary agent with Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents. Marianne Merola co-ordinates a global network of foreign co-agents charged with licensing the work of the agency’s authors to a worldwide audience. She values strong and unique narrative voices and domestically represents bestselling and award-winning writers of compelling fiction, non-fiction and children’s books.
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Accepting Submissions | Member of the AALA |Juvenile Nonfiction | Crime Fiction | General Fiction | Literary Fiction | Mystery | Thriller |General Nonfiction | Biography | Narrative Nonfiction |
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Jonathan Merritt is a literary agent with the Christopher Ferebee Literary Agency. He has more than 15 years experience in the publishing industry as an award-winning author, a New York Times bestselling ghostwriter, and a literary agent. As a contributing writer for The Atlantic and the winner of four Wilbur Awards for excellence in journalism, Jonathan maintains a high standard for the quality of prose. He is particularly drawn to authors with established platforms who have ambitious, countercultural book ideas that challenge prevailing thinking.
Jonathan joined The Christopher Ferebee Agency in 2015 and resides in New York City. His favorite genres to acquire include spirituality, memoir, personal betterment, social change, pop culture, children’s books and business/leadership. In addition to agenting, Jonathan offers proposal development services to some clients.
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents |Picture Book | Juvenile Nonfiction |Christian Nonfiction | Art | Business Book | Cultural Social Issues | Dating Relationships Sex | Memoir | Mind Body Spirit | Photography | Pop Culture | Religion | Self-Help | Spirituality |
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Jackie Meyer is a literary agent with Whimsy Literary Agency. Prior to establishing WLA, Jackie Meyer was VP/Creative Director/Warner Books, where she also acquired non-fiction titles and was the co-founder and Publisher of the gift book imprint. Jackie created original books in-house. As an author and co-author of several books, she relates to the publishing process from the author’s point-of-view.
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CLOSED to Submissions |Juvenile Nonfiction |General Nonfiction | Art | Biography | Business Book | Computers | Cookbook Cooking | Diet Nutrition | Gift Novelty | Health Wellness | History | Humor Nonfiction | Lifestyle | Mind Body Spirit | Money Finance | Photography | Pop Culture | Reference | Religion | Self-Help | Technology | Travel |
Biography
Jon Michael Darga is a literary agent with Aevitas Creative Management. He represents titles across a diverse range of genres, including, most recently, the biography Vivian Maier Developed by Ann Marks, the cookbook Cookies: The New Classics by Jesse Szewczyk (named a Best Cookbook of 2021 by the New York Times), the photography book Portrait of an Artist by Hugo Huerta Marin, and the New York Times bestselling oral history of “Grey’s Anatomy” How to Save a Life by Lynette Rice.
Darga graduated from the University of Michigan with Honors with a BA in English and Creative Writing, and later attended the Columbia University publishing program. Before coming to Aevitas, he was an editor at Crown, a division within Penguin Random House, where he worked on several bestsellers and award winners.
Darga represents both non-fiction and fiction as an Aevitas agent based in Michigan. He is most interested in voice-driven pop culture writing, non-fiction histories that re-cast the narrative by emphasizing unexpected or unheard voices, and both adult and young adult commercial fiction that features diverse casts and new stories. He is not looking for genre fiction like political/crime thrillers, fantasy/sci-fi, or non-fiction in the self-help/how-to/business categories.
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Accepting Submissions |Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Horror | Literary Fiction | Mystery | Romance | Upmarket Fiction |Biography | Cookbook Cooking | Cultural Social Issues | Film Entertainment | Food Drink | History | Humor Nonfiction | Journalism | Memoir | Narrative Nonfiction | Pop Culture | True Adventure | True Crime |
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Natasha Mihell is an associate agent with The Rights Factory. Natasha (she/her/hers) chose this industry to celebrate the storyteller and to honour the art of story.
She is a writer, editor, and regular participant in NaNoWriMo. She has worked as an editorial assistant at TRF, an intern book scout, and an #IndigoEmployee. At Indigo, she sold books, organized author events, championed HarperCollins Canada, and raised funds for the Love of Reading Foundation, among other things. Outside the literary world, Natasha is a trained soprano with a BA (Hons.) in Political Science and a Master’s of Public Administration. All this to say that her knowledge base offers her a wealth of experience to draw from when working with authors, and a discerning eye for hardworking dreamers dedicated to their craft.
Natasha loves stories that sing, move, and shimmer, and most especially, those that are fearless in speaking their truths. She is a great fan of conceptual depth and courage, and will consider any story that has clear heart and vision. She is always keen to support voices from the 2SLGBTQQIA+, BIPOC, #ownvoices, disabled and neurodiverse communities.
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CLOSED to Submissions | New Literary Agents |Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | BIPOC Fiction | Fantasy | Horror | LGBTQ Fiction | Science Fiction |Biography | Memoir |
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Dan Milaschewski is a literary agent with the United Talent Agency (UTA). He joined UTA at the beginning of 2018. He represents a wide range of authors in nonfiction and fiction. In nonfiction, he’s looking for humor, pop culture, pop science, and history. In fiction, he’s looking for upmarket page-turners that are any combination of funny, twisty, shocking, weird, and sneakily deep.
Dan grew up in Beverly, MA, where he was indoctrinated in the religion of Dunkin Donuts, Boston sports, and dive bars. He studied English and Government at Harvard University, but spent more time with drag comedy musical group, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals. Dan lived in Boston, LA, and Manhattan before settling down in Brooklyn.
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents | Member of the AALA |Action Adventure | Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | Espionage Military Fiction | Family Saga | Fantasy | General Fiction | Historical Fiction | Horror | Humor Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Mystery | New Adult Fiction | Romance | Science Fiction | Speculative Fiction | Thriller | Upmarket Fiction |General Nonfiction | History | Humor Nonfiction | Pop Culture | Science |
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Jessica Mileo is a literary agent with InkWell Management. She joined InkWell Management in 2017 and primarily focuses on children’s books, children’s graphic novels, women’s fiction, rom-coms, commercial/book club fiction, and select prescriptive and narrative nonfiction. The projects she works with are high concept, commercial, and have a juicy hook. She is always looking for books that are from points of view of underrepresented folks in books and media, such as BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA+. Her clients include New York Times Bestselling author Rory Power, USA Today Bestselling author KC Davis, New York Times Bestselling author Allison Saft, Julio Anta, and Ava Wilder.
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Accepting Submissions |Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | Action Adventure | BIPOC Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Family Saga | Fantasy | Graphic Novel | Horror | LGBTQ Fiction | Multicultural Fiction | New Adult Fiction | Romance | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Upmarket Fiction | Women’s Fiction |BIPOC Nonfiction | Cookbook Cooking | Crafts | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Memoir | Multicultural Nonfiction | Narrative Nonfiction | Travel |
Biography
Angela Miller is a literary agent with Folio Literary Management. She says: “I have spent a lifetime in thrall to books and good writing and I love every new discovery. As a young child I was taught by an older sibling to “read upstream” — books that challenge. So, I kept my schoolgirl nose in stories, mostly fiction and biographies of interesting women.
After the perfunctory BA lit major came an assistant editorship at Oxford University Press working for the editorial director of poetry, philosophy, and mathematics (go ask!) and had the honor of meeting and working with the likes of Conrad Aiken and Seamus Heaney. After editor-in-chief of the trade paperback division at Simon and Schuster for four years, I portaged over to my first agency stint as founder (with Mark McCormack) of IMG Literary, then my own Miller Agency, and later co-founder with Sharon Bowers of Miller Bowers Griffin in 2006. I have represented authors in general non-fiction, biography, narrative and memoir, along with a specialization in food writing, food politics and cookbooks by such bestselling clients as Mark Bittman, Christopher Kimball, Marcus Samuelsson, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Geneen Roth, Darra Goldstein, Matt Rodbard, Eugenia Bone, Rowan Jacobsen, Nathalie Dupree and many others. Lifestyle and food are a passion, in addition to nerdy experts on parenting, psychology, and some memoir – pretty eclectic in other words.
Twenty years ago I co-founded a now nationally known creamery and farm in Vermont called Consider Bardwell Farm whose mission dovetailed perfectly with my interest in food and sustainability. I wrote a book entitled HAY FEVER (HMH 2011) about a year in the life of a goat farmer/cheesemaker/literary agent.
In joining Folio as an affiliated agent, I will be able to contribute my own strengths and develop more broadly within the publishing and media arts world. Having spent several years editing, I love to work on proposals from concept to sale to the best possible publishers, and I’m always on the prowl for excellent writing. I am looking for new talent as well as established authors and writers with significant platforms.”
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Accepting Submissions | General Nonfiction | Biography | Cookbook Cooking | Family | Food Drink | Lifestyle | Memoir | Narrative Nonfiction | Parenting | Politics | Psychology | Women’s Issues |
Biography
Austin Miller is a literary agent with Dupree Miller & Associates. Agent and Rights Directory Austin Miller has worked for Dupree Miller Literary Agency for over 6 years. He has worked on many genres but specializes in true crime, sports, business, celebrity memoir, and civil rights. Austin’s skills include recruiting, sales, and editorial. He played hockey and graduated with a degree in Creative Writing from Montana State University. He currently lives in Dallas with his bulldog Martini Tiny.
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CLOSED to Submissions | General Nonfiction | Business Book | Celebrity | Cultural Social Issues | Economics | Law Legal | Memoir | Money Finance | Parenting | Sports | True Crime |
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Beth Miller is a literary agent with Writers House. She says: “I joined Writers House in 2007, where I’ve been ever since, working closely with senior agent Robin Rue. I’ve had the pleasure of working with many bestselling authors in various genres, as well as the joy of building my own list, working with talented authors in romance, women’s fiction, new adult, and young adult.
I’m primarily looking for young adult, romance, and women’s fiction, but I’m also open to some historical fiction and romantic fantasy. I want something that makes me forget where I am when I’m reading it, that I can’t stop thinking about after I reach the end!
My favorite non-client authors include Anne Bishop, Juliet Marillier, Katherine Arden, Nora Roberts, Lauren Layne, Kristan Higgins, Susanna Kearsley, Vince Flynn, Cassandra Clare, and I also love books about horses, the Arctic, and the sea.”
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CLOSED to Submissions |Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy | General Fiction | Historical Fiction | New Adult Fiction | Romance | Women’s Fiction |
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D. Patrick Miller is a literary agent with the Linda Chester Literary Agency. He has been associated with the Linda Chester Literary Agency since 1989 as an author, editor, and publishing consultant. Laurie Fox represented six of his titles during the 1990s, with five of those projects being placed with publishers while the sixth became the first title under Patrick’s own press, Fearless Books, founded in 1997. Since that time, Patrick has continued to assist an impressive number of writers in various fields, and in 2015 he began agenting part-time. He joined the Chester Agency as an Associate Agent in 2023. His fields of interest include spirituality, human potential, health and wellness, creativity, and the arts. He continues to independently provide editing, manuscript assessments, and Assisted Publishing services to new and working writers under his long-established company Fearless Literary Services.
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents | General Nonfiction | Art | Cultural Social Issues | Film Entertainment | Health Wellness | Mind Body Spirit | Music | Photography | Pop Culture | Religion | Spirituality |
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David Miller is a literary agent with The Garamond Agency. Before founding The Garamond Agency, David was publisher and then Executive Vice President at Addison Wesley Longman, responsible for trade, professional, and international publishing and a member of the company’s Board of Directors.
Among the bestselling authors he has worked with are T. Berry Brazelton, Richard Feynman, Sara Lawrence Lightfoot, Susan Love, H. G. Bissinger, Robert Bly, and Bailey White. He has published numerous national and international bestsellers, and among his many award-winning books, three were National Book Award Finalists.
David has served on the executive boards of the trade division and of the international division of the Association of American Publishers. He has extensive experience in international publishing and has been actively involved in developing educational and trade publishing in countries around the world. In 1998, he co-founded The Garamond Agency with Lisa Adams.
David has lectured at and served on the faculty of the Columbia Publishing Course for many years, managing its annual book workshops at the School of Journalism in New York and at Oxford University.
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Accepting Submissions | General Nonfiction | Biography | Business Book | Computers | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Health Wellness | History | Humor Nonfiction | Journalism | Money Finance | Narrative Nonfiction | Politics | Psychology | Science | Technology | Upmarket Nonfiction |
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Jan Miller is a literary agent with Dupree Miller & Associates Literary Agency. Jan is the founder and CEO of DMA. She has the rare blend of irrepressible optimism, personal warmth, and shrewd entrepreneurial instincts. She doesn’t just find markets, she creates them. Her unwavering instincts have yielded thousands of international bestsellers across all categories of nonfiction and fiction. She cherishes working with creative people who make the world a better place, and, as she always hastens to add, “we are brokers of intellectual ideas.”
She is an activist for education and human rights which she considers her greatest life work. She and her husband, Jeff Rich, have sponsored dozens of educational scholarships and financed a library in South Africa for The Wilson Foundation. For more than a decade, they have raised millions of dollars for Best Buddies International which is dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement creating opportunities for one-to-one friendships for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Jan currently serves on the board of SMU Tate Lecture Series, The World Affairs Council, The Dr. Phil Foundation and The Shriver Report.
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CLOSED to Submissions | Christian Fiction | Christian Nonfiction |Action Adventure | BIPOC Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | Family Saga | General Fiction | Historical Fiction | Humor Fiction | Inspirational Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Mainstream Fiction | Mystery | Religious Fiction | Romance | Satire | Sports Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller |General Nonfiction | Art | Biography | Business Book | Cookbook Cooking | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Dating Relationships Sex | Economics | Food Drink | Lifestyle | Memoir | Money Finance | Parenting | Photography | Politics | Pop Culture | Religion | Self-Help | Spirituality |
Liseanne Miller
Global Lion Intellectual Property Management, Inc.Accepting SubmissionsQuery Method(s): Email >Biography
Liseanne Miller is a literary agent with Global Lion Intellectual Property Management, Inc. Liseanne had the pleasure of growing up in the literary world in New York City. She considers many of her clients as close family friends. Liseanne loves to read and brings an eye for branding and design to the table. She is honored to be able to carry on her father’s legacy.
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents |Juvenile Nonfiction | BIPOC Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Crime Fiction | Fantasy | General Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | Religious Fiction | Science Fiction | Sports Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Women’s Fiction |General Nonfiction | Art | Beauty Fashion Style | Biography | BIPOC Nonfiction | Business Book | Computers | Cookbook Cooking | Education | Film Entertainment | Fitness | Health Wellness | History | Illustrated | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Lifestyle | Memoir | Mind Body Spirit | Money Finance | Multicultural Nonfiction | Psychology | Reference | Religion | Science | Self-Help | Spirituality | Sports | Technology | Travel | Women’s Issues |
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Meredith Miller is a literary agent with the United Talent Agency (UTA). Her client list is as varied as her Spotify End of Year Wrapped. She works with an eclectic mix of bestselling, award-winning, and critically acclaimed authors of adult fiction and nonfiction. She’s drawn to transportive fiction that illuminates a specific time, place, or culture as the backdrop to a captivating personal narrative—be they underrepresented stories or otherwise untold. She’s a fan of dark and/or darkly humorous stories of women subverting societal expectations or otherwise behaving badly and often against their self-interests, especially conveyed with genre elements of thriller, speculative, or horror. And to keep things lively, she’s always on the hunt for smart contemporary novels that grapple with age-old issues of the heart, relationships, dysfunctional families, and coming of age that feel especially fresh for our times.
Meredith’s nonfiction list is comprised largely of voicey memoir that speaks to the resilience of the human spirit or illustrates the human impact of cultural or geopolitical forces. She is equally drawn to topics of social justice, cultural criticism, music and pop culture, poetry, elevated true crime, deep dives into obscure topics, and personal essays exploring race, class, and identity.
Born and raised in South Carolina and a graduate of Clemson University, Meredith has over a decade of experience in global publishing, beginning her career in foreign rights at Trident Media Group. She was headhunted to start the foreign rights program at UTA in 2017 before pivoting to primary agenting. In that time, she is very proud to have worked with clients such as Abbi Jacobson, Alison Leiby, Amy Chan, Ashley Flowers, Arlo Parks, Colton Haynes, Emmanuel Acho, Jamie Loftus, Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, Katelyn Howes, Malala Yousafzai, Joe Pera and Joe Bennett, Kate Flannery, Lili Reinhart, Mandy Matney, NY Nico, Paul Holes, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Rob Delaney.
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents |Young Adult Fiction | BIPOC Fiction | Chick Lit | Contemporary Fiction | Family Saga | General Fiction | Historical Fiction | Horror | Thriller | Women’s Fiction |General Nonfiction | BIPOC Nonfiction | Business Book | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Dating Relationships Sex | Economics | Humor Nonfiction | Memoir | Money Finance | Multicultural Nonfiction | Music | Narrative Nonfiction | Politics | Pop Culture | Reference | Self-Help | True Crime |
Biography
Scott Miller is a literary agent with and the Executive Vice President of Trident Media Group. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in English and a JD from the Temple University School of Law, as well as a member of the New York State Bar.
After graduating law school, Scott followed his lifelong love of all things related to the entertainment business and went directly to the mailroom at the William Morris Agency (now William Morris Endeavor). In 2000, Scott left the William Morris Agency to be one of the founding members of Trident Media Group. He represents numerous New York Times and international best sellers for fiction and nonfiction. Scott has worked on practically every type of book, gravitating toward unique stories that are well told, across genres. As a career manager for his clients, Scott is involved in every aspect of an author’s profession—ideation, editing, promotion, marketing, and taking the author’s works into every facet of the entertainment business.
Scott lives just outside of New York City and is married with two children.
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Accepting Submissions |Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | Action Adventure | Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | Espionage Military Fiction | Family Saga | Fantasy | General Fiction | Horror | Literary Fiction | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | Paranormal Fiction | Romance | Science Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Upmarket Fiction | Women’s Fiction |General Nonfiction | Autobiography | Biography | Business Book | Celebrity | Current Events Affairs | Dating Relationships Sex | Film Entertainment | History | How-To | Humor Nonfiction | Memoir | Military War Nonfiction | Money Finance | Music | Narrative Nonfiction | Parenting | Politics | Pop Culture | Reference | Religion | Science | Spirituality | Sports | True Crime |
Biography
Stu Miller is a literary agent with and the owner of Stuart M. Miller Co. Literary Agency.
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Accepting Submissions |Action Adventure | BIPOC Fiction | Chick Lit | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Crime Fiction | Dystopian Fiction | Erotic Fiction | Espionage Military Fiction | Family Saga | General Fiction | Historical Fiction | Humor Fiction | Inspirational Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Magical Realism | Mainstream Fiction | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | Paranormal Fiction | Romance | Satire | Science Fiction | Short Story Collection | Sports Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Upmarket Fiction | Women’s Fiction |
Biography
Tom Miller is a literary agent with Liza Dawson Associates. He joined Liza Dawson Associates as a senior literary agent in summer 2018 after three years as literary agent with the Carol Mann Agency. Prior to becoming an agent, Tom held executive and senior-level editorial positions with Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Wiley, and McGraw-Hill. As an editor, Tom acquired and edited numerous New York Times bestselling and prize-winning books by authors including Deepak Chopra, Jared Diamond, Judy Collins, Steve Forbes, Drs. Michael and Mary Dan Eades, Erica Jong, Jack Cafferty, Ginger Rogers, Kirk Douglas, Dame Beryl Bainbridge, Shirley Temple Black, Anna Murdoch, Oliver North, Annette Funicello, Dr. Loren Cordain, Charles Busch, Brian Wilson, Erich Schiffmann, and Peter Straub. He graduated from Harvard College with a degree in English, French, and German literatures.
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Accepting Submissions |Commercial Fiction | General Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller |General Nonfiction | Art | Biography | Business Book | Cookbook Cooking | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Dating Relationships Sex | Diet Nutrition | Economics | Health Wellness | History | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Lifestyle | Medical Medicine | Memoir | Mind Body Spirit | Money Finance | Narrative Nonfiction | Parenting | Photography | Politics | Pop Culture | Psychology | Religion | Science | Self-Help | Spirituality | Sports |
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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)