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Literary Agent Directory
Important: Visit each agent’s website (links in their listings below) to see if they’re open to submissions before querying.
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Biography
Britt Siess is a literary agent with and the founder of Britt Siess Creative Management. Britt focuses primarily on graphic novels and illustrated works. She also represents select middle grade fiction and Adult science fiction and fantasy. Prior to founding BSCM, Britt earned her English Literature degree at the University of Washington and trained with the Taryn Fagerness Agency, the Wales Literary Agency, and Martin Literary & Media Management. She also worked in the sales division of the UK based publisher, The Quarto Group, selling both foreign and domestic rights. Britt has a passion for comics and sequential art, as well as a keen editorial eye that she brings to every project.
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Accepting Submissions | Member of the AALA |Picture Book | Graphic Novel |
Biography
Michael Signorelli is a literary agent with Aevitas Creative Management. He represents literary and commercial fiction as well as nonfiction in cultural history, current affairs, memoir, politics, science, sports, and technology. He joined the agency after working as an editor at HarperCollins Publishers and a senior editor at Henry Holt & Company.
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He has published New York Times bestsellers and winners or finalists of the Booker Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Phi Beta Kappa Science Award, the Commonwealth Book Prize, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize. He has worked with authors such as Nicola Barker, Christopher Bonanos, Philip Caputo, Brandi Collins-Dexter, Dennis Cooper, Dan Chaon, Joan Donovan, Jack Devine, Woody Guthrie, Catherine Ryan Howard, Oksana Masters, Ian McGuire, Hannah Nordhaus, Lisa O’Donnell, Justin Taylor, Simon Van Booy, Marilyn Yalom, and many others.
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Signorelli graduated from Hamilton College with a BA in English Literature and lives with his family in Scarsdale, New York.
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Accepting Submissions |Action Adventure | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Family Saga | Historical Fiction | Horror | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Western Fiction |Biography | Celebrity | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Environment | Film Entertainment | Gardening | History | Narrative Nonfiction | Nature | Politics | Pop Culture | Science | Sports | Technology | True Adventure | True Crime |
Biography
Jeff Silberman is a literary agent with Folio Literary Management. He says: “IÕm a new horizon hunter. My interests are wide, my passions run deep, and the books I represent cut a wide swath. A videogame impresario who has explored new technology, outer space, and the oceanÕs depths with equal passion. A neuroscientist who created ground breaking technology for studying the brain, and whose prose is utterly stunning. A rock and roll legend who bares his soul. A scholar in Timbuktu who risked his life to save ancient Egyptian and African manuscripts that helped pave the way for Western civilization. A biomedical engineer bridging the gap between art and science, and creating things that matter. An ingŽnue who left rural North Carolina and found womanhood as she became a part of the cultural explosion of FelliniÕs Rome and the French New Wave. A Hall of Famer the players nicknamed God.
ThereÕs nothing quite like rich narrative non-fiction or a daring memoir. Making science and technology sing. Savoring food, diving deep into important social issues Ð or the animal kingdomÉ I havenÕt done a math book yet, but IÕd love to. History? IÕm in. Humor, health, pop culture – thereÕs pretty much no category of non-fiction that doesnÕt intrigue me and for which I wouldnÕt happily accept an invitation to take a ride.
Fiction: I am currently representing a number of novelists working on their debuts, and their work runs the gamut from book club / commercial to literary, and in one case, literary hilarious. IÕd love more.
I seek books that in some way leave us different than we were before. It could be because a new world was opened up to us, or our relationship to the one we thought we knew was changed, because we learned something, or had our hearts opened wide, or simply guffawed nonstop.
I work closely with everyone I represent, from editorial input to deal making to marketing, and all points in between. Heart and soul.Ó
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Accepting Submissions |Juvenile Nonfiction | Young Adult Fiction | Action Adventure | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Crime Fiction | Espionage Military Fiction | Family Saga | Historical Fiction | Inspirational Fiction | Literary Fiction | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | New Adult Fiction | Thriller | Upmarket Fiction |Animals | Art | Biography | Business Book | Celebrity | Cookbook Cooking | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Dating Relationships Sex | Design | Economics | Environment | Film Entertainment | Fitness | Food Drink | Gardening | Gift Novelty | Health Wellness | History | How-To | Humor Nonfiction | Journalism | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Lifestyle | Medical Medicine | Memoir | Military War Nonfiction | Money Finance | Multicultural Nonfiction | Music | Narrative Nonfiction | Nature | Parenting | Photography | Politics | Pop Culture | Psychology | Religion | Science | Self-Help | Spirituality | Sports | Technology | Travel | True Adventure | True Crime | Women’s Issues |
Biography
John Silbersack is a literary agent with The Bent Agency. He says: ÒI am a publishing professional with a deep experience as editor, publisher and agent. Prior to joining The Bent Agency, I spent 17 years at Trident Media Group as Executive Vice President and represented bestsellers by a host of fiction and non-fiction authors. Prior to that I built a solid publishing background at companies such as HarperCollins, Warner Books, and Penguin Putnam. I founded six imprints and have worked with writers and media properties including Governor John Kasich, General Wesley Clark, Chuck Close, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Philip K. Dick, the Frank Herbert Estate, Dean Koontz, Ursula K. LeGuin, Major League Baseball, NASCAR, the NBA, the Obama Inaugural Committee, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, the Ellen Raskin Estate, Charles Schulz, and Denzel Washington.
As a literary agent, I have enjoyed success with a diverse roster of clients. Drawing on my more than twenty years as an editor, I work closely with my clients to develop and refine their proposals and manuscripts, many of which have gone on to become New York Times and international bestsellers. This attention to detail and strong sense of the agentÕs role in the publishing process are the defining aspects of my success as a literary agent.
I have an A.B. from Brown University and am the author of several books. I am married and have three children.Ó
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CLOSED to Submissions |Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | Crime Fiction | Fantasy | Literary Fiction | Mystery | Science Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller |Biography | Current Events Affairs | History | Memoir | Politics | Pop Culture | Science |
Biography
Janet Silver is a literary agent with Aevitas Creative Management. She represents a roster of bestselling and award-winning authors of literary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Her list of acclaimed clients includes Cheryl Strayed, author of the international bestsellers Wild and Tiny Beautiful Things; Anthony Marra, author of the New York Times bestsellers A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, The Tsar of Love and Techno, and Mercury Pictures Presents; Monique Truong, winner of the Asian American Literary Award for her novel The Book of Salt; Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, winner of a Lambda Award for her debut novel Big Girl; Hanna PylvŠinen, winner of a Whiting Award for her novel We Sinners; and Safiya Sinclair, award-winning author of the poetry collection Cannibal and the forthcoming How to Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir.
Janet brings in-depth knowledge of the publishing industry and extensive editorial experience to her work as an agent. Before joining Aevitas, she was Publisher at the former Houghton Mifflin Company, where she worked with such renowned authors as Philip Roth, Jhumpa Lahiri, Tim OÕBrien, and Jonathan Safran Foer.
At Aevitas, Janet represents authors whose fiction and nonfiction are notable for compelling storylines, singular voices, and unique perspectives. She has been a trustee of the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center and is on the advisory board of Ploughshares magazine. She was featured in the Poets and Writers article ÒAgents as Editors.Ó
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CLOSED to Submissions |Literary Fiction |General Nonfiction | Biography | History | Memoir | Narrative Nonfiction | Philosophy | Poetry | Women’s Issues |
Biography
Eric Simonoff is a literary agent with WME Books. Eric has been at WME since 2009 where he represents a wide range of fiction and nonfiction. His clients include Jhumpa Lahiri, Edward P. Jones, Yaa Gyasi, Megha Majumdar, Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, hurmat kazmi, Buzz Bissinger, Tina Brown, Peter Balakian, Stacy Schiff, Alton Brown, Stephen Chbosky, Martin Dugard, Jean Kyoung Frazier, Petina Gappah, Brian Greene, Phil Klay, Christina Baker Kline, Jonathan Lethem, Ariel Levy, Sarah Lewis, Sam Lipsyte, Ben Mezrich, ZZ Packer, Roger Reeves, Jessica Shattuck, Trenton Lee Stewart, Ian Toll, Calvin Trillin, Karen Thompson Walker, Carl Zimmer, and The New Yorker Magazine, among others.
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Accepting Submissions |Picture Book | Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | General Fiction | Horror | Humor Fiction | Literary Fiction | Mystery | Satire | Short Story Collection | Thriller |General Nonfiction | Biography | Business Book | Celebrity | Cookbook Cooking | Current Events Affairs | Dating Relationships Sex | Film Entertainment | History | Humor Nonfiction | Memoir | Military War Nonfiction | Money Finance | Music | Narrative Nonfiction | Politics | Pop Culture | Science | Technology |
Biography
Jennifer Simpson is a literary agent with CAA/ICM. She says “I am looking to build a list of commercial fiction and non-fiction books on health and wellness.”
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents |Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Family Saga | Humor Fiction | Romance | Thriller | Upmarket Fiction | Women’s Fiction |Cookbook Cooking | Dating Relationships Sex | Family | Health Wellness |
Biography
Anjali Singh is a literary agent with and the founder of The Anjali Singh Agency. She founded her agency in 2024. Most recently, she was an agent at Ayesha Pande Literary for nine years; she has also worked as an editor at Vintage Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Simon + Schuster and as Editorial Director of Other Press. She is best known for having championed Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis after stumbling across it on a visit to Paris. She has always been drawn to the thrill of discovering new writers and among the literary novelists whose careers she helped launch are Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Samantha Hunt, Saleem Haddad and Nawaaz Ahmed. She focuses on literary fiction, memoir, and narrative nonfiction as well as representing graphic novel writers and illustrators across all age ranges.
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Accepting Submissions | Authors and Illustrators Only | Member of the AALA |Picture Book | General Fiction | Graphic Novel | Literary Fiction |General Nonfiction | Art | Memoir | Narrative Nonfiction |
Jessica Sinsheimer
Context Literary AgencyCLOSED to SubmissionsQuery Method(s): Email > Online Form >Biography
Jessica Sinsheimer is a literary agent with the Context Literary Agency. Jessica has been reading and campaigning for her favorite queries since 2004. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, she went east for Sarah Lawrence College and stayed for the opportunity to read soon-to-be books for a living. Before joining Context, she was an Associate Agent at the Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency.
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CLOSED to Submissions |Picture Book | Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | Family Saga | Fantasy | General Fiction | Graphic Novel | Historical Fiction | Horror | Humor Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Mystery | New Adult Fiction | Romance | Science Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Upmarket Fiction | Women’s Fiction |General Nonfiction | Cookbook Cooking | Food Drink | Humor Nonfiction | Journalism | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Narrative Nonfiction | Psychology | Science | Self-Help | Sports | Travel | True Crime | Upmarket Nonfiction |
Biography
Max Sinsheimer is a literary agent with Sinsheimer Literary, LLC. He says: “I represent a range of adult nonfiction, with a particular interest in food, science, and society. Sometimes those interests intersect, as in Larissa Zimberoff’s Technically Food (Abrams Press, 2021), about the lab-driven future of food. Many of my books have a policy or advocacy angle, including Marion Nestle’s Unsavory Truth (Basic Books, 2018), Michael Jacobson’s Salt Wars (MIT Press, 2020), and Catherine Donnelly’s Ending the War on Artisan Cheese (Chelsea Green, 2019). I’m on the lookout for more great place-specific food narratives, having sold a sake travelogue called Exploring the World of Japanese Craft Sake (Tuttle, 2022).
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There’s more on my plate (pun!) than just food and drink. I’m arguably representing the opposite of food and drink with a book about fasting called The Oldest Cure in the World (Abrams Press, 2022). I love working with investigative and longform journalists like Steve Hendricks. I’m also keen to represent more environmental and social issues books like Mario Ariza’s Disposable City (Nation Books, 2020), about Miami’s sea level rise crisis, and If I Don’t Make It, I Love You (Skyhorse, 2019), a collection of narratives from school shooting survivors.
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I’ve taken an interest lately in memoirs and memoir-ish projects, including Slow Cooked (University of California Press, 2022), in which Marion Nestle reflects on how she achieved late-in-life success as a leading advocate for healthier and more sustainable diets, and Missed Conceptions (Broadleaf Books, 2022), in which Karen Stollznow illuminates the shadow nation of the infertile throughout time and across cultures, and relates her own decade-long struggle to conceive.
Prior to founding my agency I managed Oxford University Press’s influential food and drink Companion series, multi-authored, subject-defining works that included The Oxford Companion to Beer (2011), The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets (2015), Savoring Gotham (2015), The Oxford Companion to Cheese (2016), and The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails (2021). The series has won or been nominated for James Beard, IACP, Gourmand, and other food writing awards. While I enjoyed my time at OUP immensely, I wanted to represent my authorsÕ interests more completely. Since founding my agency in 2016, I can!
I have a BA in English lit from Middlebury College and an MA in liberal studies from Duke University. I live with my wife in Washington, D.C., and travel back and forth to NYC often to meet with editors and visit family. In my free time I play an unhealthy amount of online chess.
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Accepting Submissions | Member of the AALA | General Nonfiction | Art | Biography | Business Book | Cookbook Cooking | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Dating Relationships Sex | Diet Nutrition | Food Drink | Health Wellness | History | How-To | Humor Nonfiction | Illustrated | Journalism | Lifestyle | Memoir | Money Finance | Narrative Nonfiction | Parenting | Photography | Politics | Pop Culture | Psychology | Reference | Religion | Science | Spirituality | Sports | Technology | Travel | True Crime |
Biography
Aiden Siobhan is a literary agent with the Laura Dail Literary Agency. They graduated from UNC School of the Arts in 2023 with a Filmmaking BFA specializing in Screenwriting and Animation. Before becoming an agent, they interned at LDLA and were an Author Mentor Match mentee in 2022. When theyÕre not binge reading an LGBTQ+ YA novel, they work as the Art Director for two alternative newspapers, attend film festivals for their documentary projects, and go on road trips with their fiancŽ and dog.
Aiden loves any story that is diverse, heartfelt, beautifully written, and makes them stay up reading until 3 A.M. Send them your trope-filled, high-stakes, addicting novels that will hook them so well theyÕll have to draw fan art (and they will)!
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents |Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Fantasy | Graphic Novel | Horror | LGBTQ Fiction | Magical Realism | New Adult Fiction | Romance | Science Fiction |
Biography
Tricia Skinner is a literary agent with Fuse Literary. She is a Senior Agent at Fuse Literary, joining the company in 2015. She enjoys discovering fantastic writers who wish to establish long-lasting careers in publishing. She seeks to build a powerful client list of authors who produce original, extraordinary tales, especially writers from marginalized communities, because no one should feel excluded from their favorite fiction categories.
Writing has consistently played a significant part in TriciaÕs life. After earning an undergraduate degree from the nationally acclaimed Journalism Institute for Media Diversity at Wayne State University, she started her writing career as a newspaper reporter for The Detroit News, InvestorÕs Business Daily, MSN, and The Houston Chronicle. SheÕs worked in academia and video games industry, later earning her graduate degree from Southern Methodist University.
TriciaÕs experience as a published fantasy author informs her approach to agenting. She knows the highs and lows, the joy of accomplishment and the hurt of adversity. She communicates regularly with her clients, brainstorms ideas, gives feedback, and listens to their concerns. Tricia is Team Vader, listens to K-pop, loves everything Marvel, and finds great joy in learning a new language.
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CLOSED to Submissions | Black Literary Agents |Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy | Horror | LGBTQ Fiction | Romance | Science Fiction |
Victoria Skurnick
Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary AgencyAccepting SubmissionsQuery Method(s): Email > Online Form >Biography
Victoria Skurnick is a literary agent with the Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency. Victoria came to Levine Greenberg after being at The Book-of-the Month Club for almost twenty years. As Editor-in-Chief, she relished the opportunity to devour every kind of book, from the finest literary fiction to Yiddish for Dogs. Anne Tyler, John LeCarre, Amy Tan, Tom Wolfe, Stephen King, Michael Lewis, Lee Child, Roddy Doyle, Alice Sebold, Tracy Kidder, Julia Child and Susan Elizabeth Phillips are just a few of the authors that make her deaf and blind to anyone around her when she’s reading.
Victoria’s other addiction besides reading is music. She has sung in many choirs in New York City and spent a few ostensibly happy years singing rock in groups like Big and the Evolution. No, you haven’t heard of it-if you had, she wouldn’t be an agent. She also is the co-author (with Cynthia Katz) of seven novels written by “Cynthia Victor.”
Raised in New Rochelle, NY, Victoria went to the University of Wisconsin where she studied political science with an emphasis on constitutional law, a subject that still fascinates her. Neither adventurous nor peripatetic, she has remained within a 20-mile radius of home since her day of birth.
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Accepting Submissions | Member of the AALA |Crime Fiction | General Fiction | Literary Fiction | Mystery | Thriller |General Nonfiction | Biography | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Dating Relationships Sex | Diet Nutrition | Health Wellness | History | Humor Nonfiction | Memoir | Narrative Nonfiction | Politics | Pop Culture | Science | Self-Help | Sports | True Crime |
Biography
Alexander Slater is a literary agent with Sanford J. Greenburger Associates. Alex has only ever worked for authors. A UConn graduate with a concentration in creative writing, he has experience in every area of literary agenting, from interning and assisting, to selling foreign rights and cultivating his own client list. After two years at the Maria Carvainis Agency, and twelve years at Trident Media Group, heÕs thrilled to be bringing his passion for publishing and his expertise in its business to SJGA and GreenburgerKids.
As always, Alex seeks to launch careers, especially for writers who have been systematically held back. His clients today include several award-winning and New York Times bestselling authors.
Please query him with smart and innovative thrillers, as well as witty and original rom-coms in the YA space. As for middle grade, he loves graphic novels and hopes to see more grounded sci-fi and fantasy, as well as books that aim for the highest literary prizes. Ultimately, all stories must have that sense of urgency that the best books for children share, and be from writers passionate about their own voice and eager to engage in the diverse and dynamic conversation already ongoing in contemporary literature.
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Accepting Submissions |Juvenile Nonfiction | Middle Grade Fiction | Middle Grade Nonfiction | Young Adult Fiction | Young Adult Nonfiction | Contemporary Fiction | Crime Fiction | General Fiction | Graphic Novel | Horror | Mystery | Suspense Fiction | Thriller |
Biography
Madison Smartt Bell is a literary agent with Ayesha Pande Literary. He is the author of twelve novels, including The Washington Square Ensemble, Waiting for the End of the World, Straight Cut, The Year of Silence, Doctor Sleep, Save Me, Joe Louis, Ten Indians, SoldierÕs Joy, Anything Goes, All Souls Rising (National Book Award and PEN/Faulkner finalist), Master of the Crossroads, The Stone That The Builder Refused, DevilÕs Dream, and The Color of Night. Bell has also published three collections of short stories: Zero db, Barking Man, and Zig-Zag Wanderer; two biographies: Toussaint-Louverture and Lavoisier in the Year One; and a memoir of travel in Haiti, Soul in a Bottle. With Wyn Cooper, the other head of the two-headed singer songwriter Bell & Cooper, he has released two albums: Forty Words For Fear and Postcards out of the Blue.
Born and raised in Tennessee, he has lived in New York, Paris and London. A graduate of Princeton University and the Hollins College graduate creative writing program, he has taught in many other writing programs, including Goucher College, the Iowa WritersÕ Workshop, and the Johns Hopkins University Writing Seminars. For thirty years he has helped writers place their manuscripts on a pro bono basis. He is interested in literary fiction, noir, criminal procedurals, work from the Caribbean basin and other diasporas, and anything genuinely original and fresh.
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Accepting Submissions |Crime Fiction | General Fiction | Literary Fiction | Thriller |
Biography
Andie Smith is a Junior Agent at The Booker Albert Literary Agency where she started as a Literary Intern in 2022. She is also a writer and editor of multiple genres. Andie has previously served as a writer and editor for several local newspapers and magazines in Central Florida and is currently pursuing her MasterÕs in Public Administration. When sheÕs not agenting, sheÕs spending time with her husband and two kitties or hanging out at Disney World.
Andie is currently looking for Young Adult or Adult genres including but not limited to contemporary, romance, thriller, speculative, issue-driven, fantasy, and eco-fiction. She is no longer seeking Adult Thriller and has to be very selective with YA fantasy due to her current client list.
As an autoimmune advocate, Andie would love to see stories with MCÕs embracing life through all disabilities, from those that are more obvious to invisible ones.
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents |Young Adult Fiction | Action Adventure | BIPOC Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Fantasy | LGBTQ Fiction | Romance | Speculative Fiction | Thriller |
Biography
Bridget Smith is a literary agent with the Jabberwocky Literary Agency. She joined JABberwocky as an agent in May 2019. She grew up in Connecticut and graduated from Brown University with a BA in anthropology in 2010. After graduation, she interned at Don Congdon Associates, worked at a secondhand bookstore, and read submissions for Tor.com. In 2011, she started as an assistant at Dunham Literary, and she remained there as an agent for nearly eight years.
In her spare time, she runs, plays Irish fiddle, and co-hosts the podcast Shipping & Handling with fellow agent Jennifer Udden of New Leaf Literary.
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Accepting Submissions | Member of the AALA |Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | Chick Lit | Contemporary Fiction | Family Saga | Fantasy | Graphic Novel | Historical Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Magical Realism | Multicultural Fiction | Romance | Science Fiction | Upmarket Fiction | Women’s Fiction |
Biography
Ciara Smith is a literary agent with the Corvisiero Literary Agency. She was raised by an editor who instilled in her a love of reading and writing. In her youth, she penned short stories, but left writing behind when she joined the US Navy. But, of course, that love for words never wavered even during her service, and she readily volunteered to edit and review any and all paperwork, reports, and regulations she could get her hands on. After becoming a parent to two beautiful daughters, she decided to leave the military to pursue various creative arts and returned to her first love of writing and editing.
Ciara earned her Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing and joined a small press as a freelance editor. She provides editing and beta reading services to friends she’s made in the writing community and is elated at the chance to support authors even more as she builds her list at Corvisiero. Ciara is especially excited for the opportunity to champion diverse, ND, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ authors.
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents | Member of the AALA |Picture Book | Juvenile Nonfiction | Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction |Christian Fiction |Action Adventure | BIPOC Fiction | Chick Lit | Contemporary Fiction | Crime Fiction | Espionage Military Fiction | Family Saga | Fantasy | Graphic Novel | Historical Fiction | Horror | Humor Fiction | Inspirational Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Magical Realism | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | New Adult Fiction | Religious Fiction | Romance | Satire | Science Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Upmarket Fiction | Western Fiction | Women’s Fiction |Animals | Art | Biography | BIPOC Nonfiction | Business Book | Celebrity | Cookbook Cooking | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Dating Relationships Sex | Design | Environment | Film Entertainment | Fitness | Food Drink | Gardening | Gift Novelty | Health Wellness | History | How-To | Humor Nonfiction | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Lifestyle | Medical Medicine | Memoir | Military War Nonfiction | Money Finance | Multicultural Nonfiction | Music | Nature | Parenting | Photography | Pop Culture | Psychology | Religion | Science | Self-Help | Spirituality | Technology | Travel | True Adventure | True Crime | Women’s Issues |
Biography
Eric Smith is a literary agent at PSLA, with a love for unusual literary fiction, accessible sci-fi and fantasy, and all kinds of non-fiction. HeÕs worked on award-winning and New York Times bestselling titles and began his publishing career at Quirk Books. He also occasionally writes books for kids when he finds the time, like his most recent young adult novel, the award-winning With or Without You (HarperCollins ChildrenÕs, 2023).
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents |Juvenile Nonfiction | Middle Grade Fiction | Middle Grade Nonfiction | Young Adult Fiction | Young Adult Nonfiction | BIPOC Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Fantasy | General Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Romance | Science Fiction | Upmarket Fiction |General Nonfiction | Cookbook Cooking | Health Wellness | Humor Nonfiction | Memoir | Pop Culture |
Biography
Latoya Smith is a literary agent with and the founder of LCS Literary Services.LCS Literary Services was founded by Latoya C. Smith in February 2016, offering an array of editorial, ghostwriting and management services. Latoya started her editorial career as an administrative assistant to New York Times bestselling author, Teri Woods at Teri Woods Publishing while pursuing her BachelorÕs Degree at Temple University. She graduated Cum Laude from Temple in August of 2005. She then attained a full-time position at Kensington Publishing in March of 2006. In October 2006, Latoya joined Grand Central Publishing, an imprint at Hachette Book Group. For the span of her eight years there, Latoya acquired a variety of titles from Hardcover fiction and non-fiction, to digital romance and erotica. She was featured in Publishers Weekly, Forbes and USA Today, as well as on various author, book conference, and book blogger websites. In early 2014, she appeared on CSpan2 where she contributed to a panel discussing the state of book publishing. From August 2014 to February 2016, Latoya was Executive Editor at Samhain Publishing where she acquired short and long-form romance and erotic fiction. She is the winner of the 2012 RWA Golden Apple for Editor of the Year, 2017 Golden Apple for Agent of the Year, and the 2017 Literary Jewels Award for Editor of the Year. Latoya is an editor, literary agent, and ghostwriter.
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Accepting Submissions | Black Literary Agents |Picture Book | Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | BIPOC Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Crime Fiction | Family Saga | Fantasy | Historical Fiction | Inspirational Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Magical Realism | New Adult Fiction | Romance | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Upmarket Fiction | Women’s Fiction |Business Book | Celebrity | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Dating Relationships Sex | Film Entertainment | Fitness | Health Wellness | How-To | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Lifestyle | Money Finance | Multicultural Nonfiction | Music | Narrative Nonfiction | Pop Culture | Self-Help | Spirituality | Women’s Issues |
Biography
Lindsey Smith is a literary agent with the Speilburg Literary Agency. She got her start in the publishing industry as an author. After her own publishing success, she started working with other writers to help launch their books and shape their careers. To date, Lindsey has worked with over 1,000 authors and negotiated book deals even before becoming an agent. Her unique perspective helps shape her passion for the industry and her role as an advocate for her clients.
Formerly a publicist and hailing from the world of self-publishing, Lindsey understands the importance of branding, and she works with each client not only to sell a book but to build a career.
Lindsey is excited to work with first-time authors as well as those who are established. She is seeking nonfiction only, specifically prescriptive nonfiction that is compelling, and voice-driven, with the ability to shed light on a topic that might be unknown. She especially loves projects and people that bring humor to serious situations.
Lindsey is interested in cookbooks, lifestyle, health, pop culture, gender issues, self-help, true crime, and current events. She is especially interested in podcast-to-book ideas, journalists who specialize in specific research, and cookbooks that have a niche and/or narrative voice. Please do not send diet books.
Lindsey lives in Pittsburgh with her punk rock husband and their adorable rescue pup, Ms. Winnie Cooper.
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Accepting Submissions | Animals | Business Book | Celebrity | Cookbook Cooking | Cultural Social Issues | Design | Fitness | Food Drink | Gift Novelty | Health Wellness | How-To | Humor Nonfiction | Journalism | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Lifestyle | Pop Culture | Self-Help | True Crime | Women’s Issues |
Biography
Sarah Smith is a literary agent with the David Black Agency. She began her publishing career in 2008 working for Algonquin Books in Chapel Hill, NC as an editorial intern. Soon thereafter, she moved to New York City to work at Trident Media Group as an assistant in the literary and book-to-film departments. She joined the David Black Agency in 2012.
Sarah represents award-winning and best-selling nonfiction. She is interested in books that teach readers something new or offer a novel perspective, in particular in the space of food and drink, health/ medicine/ wellness, narrative nonfiction, personal finance/ business, memoir, essays, and cultural criticism. She loves working with experts in their fields and is always interested in projects that concern pop culture, art/ design/ music, and the cultural zeitgeist. In addition, Sarah represents a number of collaborative writers who partner with authors on cookbooks, memoir, leadership and sports books, and more.
Select titles include Salad Freak by Jess Damuck (Abrams), Rodney Scott’s World of BBQ (Clarkson Potter), Indian-ish by Priya Krishna (HMH), And Now We Have Everything by Meaghan O’Connell (Little, Brown), Poilane by Apollonia Poilane (HMH), The Suspect by Kent Alexander and Kevin Salwen (Abrams Press), A Table by Rebekah Peppler (Chronicle), and Meet the Frugalwoods by Elizabeth Willard Thames (Harper Business).
Sarah has a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa with highest honors. After college, she lived and worked for a while in Argentina. She has spoken at conferences across the country, including AWP, IACP, and SDSU Writers Conference and is passionate about demystifying the opaque world of book publishing. For three years, Sarah curated the weekly True Story: Nonfiction at KGB reading series at KGB Bar in the East Village. She lives with her husband in Brooklyn.
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CLOSED to Submissions | General Nonfiction | Art | Business Book | Cookbook Cooking | Cultural Social Issues | Dating Relationships Sex | Design | Economics | Food Drink | Health Wellness | Lifestyle | Medical Medicine | Memoir | Money Finance | Music | Narrative Nonfiction | Politics | Pop Culture | Self-Help | Sports | True Crime |
Michael Snell
The Michael Snell Literary AgencyAccepting SubmissionsQuery Method(s): Email > Postal Mail >Biography
Michael Snell is a literary agent with and the founder of The Michael Snell Literary Agency. He has authored, co-authored, and collaborated on 50 books, including The New York Times best sellers Creating Excellence with Craig Hickman (New American Library), The Oz Principle with Roger Connors and Tom Smith (Prentice-Hall /Portfolio), How Did That Happen with Roger Connors and Tom Smith (Portfolio), Change the Culture, Change the Game with Roger Connors and Tom Smith (Portfolio) and Leadership IQ (Wiley) with Emmett Murphy. Other recent collaborations include Business at the Speed of Now with John Bernard (Wiley), Talent IQ with Emmet Murphy (Adams Media), Your Inner CEO with Allan Cox (Career Press), Iron Butterflies with Birute Regine (Prometheus), What Keeps Leaders Up at Night with Nicole Lipkin (AMACOM), The New Corporate Facts of Life with Diana Rivenburgh (AMACOM), Primal Teams with Jackie Barretta (AMACOM), Career Courage with Katie Kelley (HarperCollins), The Insider’s Guide to Culture by Siobhan McHale (Harper-Collins), and The Culture Puzzle by Mario Moussa (Berrett-Kohler).
Specializing in business books, he has agented over 1000 titles since founding his agency in 1978. Successful titles include Journey To The Emerald City by Roger Connors and Tom Smith (Prentice-Hall/Portfolio), which appeared from Portfolio in 2011 as Change the Culture/Change the Game, Bargaining for Advantage and The Art of Woo by Richard Shell (Penguin), The Ultimate Sales Letter by Dan Kennedy (Adams Media), Topgrading by Brad Smart (Prentice-Hall/Portfolio), The Complete IdiotÕs Guide to MBA Basics by Tom Gorman (alpha), Why DidnÕt I Think of That? by Charles McCoy (Prentice-Hall/Portfolio), and Leading Self-Directed Work Teams by Kim Fisher (McGraw-Hill).
He also collaborated on Sally EdwardsÕ Heart Zone Training (Adams Media) and many pet books, including Myrna MilaniÕs Body Language and Emotion in Dogs and Body Language and Emotion in Cats, (Morrow/HarperCollins). His Prima/Crown book From Book Idea to Bestseller has helped thousands of aspiring writers get their work successfully published. A frequent speaker at writersÕ conferences and workshops, Michael constantly promotes both his titles and those on which he has collaborated. His media contacts create feature articles in local and national newspapers and magazines as well as appearances on radio and television.
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Accepting Submissions | General Nonfiction | Animals | Business Book | Money Finance |
Patricia Snell
The Michael Snell Literary AgencyAccepting SubmissionsQuery Method(s): Email > Postal Mail >Biography
Patricia Snell is a literary agent with The Michael Snell Literary Agency. Patricia Snell, Executive Vice-President and Senior Agent and at the Michael Snell Literary Agency, has worked as a book publishing professional since 1991. An accomplished agent, book developer and writing collaborator, she specializes in adult non-fiction, particularly self-help and how-to books in all subject areas. She has overseen the publication of successful titles on business, parenting, communication, travel, health, pets, and women’s issues.
Successful books she has developed and sold include Jake Breeden’s Tipping Sacred Cows (Jossey-Bass), Donny Ebenstein’s Now I Get It (AMACOM Books), Julie HansenÕs Act Like a Sales Pro (Career Press), David Petersam’s Top MBA Programs (Jist), Paul ColemanÕs How to Say It To Your Kids, Richard Heyman’s How To Say It To Your Teens (Prentice-Hall Press), June Paris’ But I Didn’t Mean To Say That (New Harbinger), Joel Widzer’s The Penny Pincher’s Guide To Luxury Travel (O’Reilly), Jim McKenzieÕs The Five-Gallon Bucket Book (Andrews McMeel), Stacy Rubin’s The Happy Breast-fed Baby (AMACOM Books), Gincy Bucklin’s What Your Horse Wants You To Know, How Your Horse Wants You To Ride. More How Your Horse Wants You To Ride (Wiley/Howell) and The Gentle Art Of Horseback Riding (Human Kinetics), Joy RobertsÕ The Joy of Horses (Contemporary Books), Jay AhujaÕs Fields of Dreams and Speed Dreams (Kensington), Paulette DaleÕs Did You Say Something, Susan? (Kensington), Francis BudaÕs Holistic Sleep (Kensington), Jeanette Smith’s The Creative Wedding (Adams Media), Paul Coleman’s You, Him And The Other Woman (Adams Media), Paul ColemanÕs The Complete IdiotÕs Guide to Intimacy (alpha Books), and Finding Peace In Your Heart When Your Heart Is In Pieces (Adams Media), Rosanne Thomas’ Excuse Me (AMACOM Books).
She has also consulted with Michael Snell on his guide to getting published, From Book Idea To Bestseller (Crown), and several New York Times bestselling business books, including Leadership IQ (Wiley) by Emmett Murphy, The Oz Principle, How Did That Happen and Change The Culture/Change The Game by Roger Connors and Tom Smith (Penguin/Portfolio), Business at The Speed Of Now (Wiley) by John Bernard, and What Keeps Leaders Up At Night (AMACOM Books) by Nicole Lipkin.
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Accepting Submissions | General Nonfiction | Animals | Business Book | Dating Relationships Sex | Health Wellness | How-To | Parenting | Self-Help | Travel | Women’s Issues |
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Shannon Snow is a literary agent with Creative Media Agency, Inc. She worked in finance and marketing for 18 years before turning to her childhood first loveÉ books and writers. She started her career in publishing 2018 and then joined Creative Media Agency, Inc. in 2018, first as an intern, before moving up to an Associate Agent in 2020. Shannon has a B.A. in English Language and Literature. She manages the audio rights for CMA.
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Lee Sobel is a literary agent with and the owner of the Lee Sobel Literary Agent. He says: “My name is Lee Sobel and I am a music promoter, literary agent and filmmaker. Music drives everything I do and first and foremost I consider myself a music fan. The first feature film I directed was released as ÒRockabilly VampireÓ and when I premiered the film in 1996 with seven bands from the soundtrack performing live it launched my career as a music promoter. To date I have put on thousands of events in clubs with as many as 1500 attendees but I love putting on shows in small bars too. I currently put on shows all over the country and always try my hardest to make these special events wherever possible. I invented something I like to call Òthe mini-festivalÓ where all the bands match up by genre. This helps bands to build a support system with other bands of the same style and to give the shows more impact. It has also enabled me to get some very nice press coverage. For many years I put on swing dancing events and IÕve recently started putting them on again under the name Arcadia Swing. In 2016 I launched the Lee Sobel Literary Agency and have made a number of deals for music driven memoirs and biographies. As a filmmaker I directed seven low budget features and am now developing a music-driven documentary.”
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Accepting Submissions |Young Adult Fiction | BIPOC Fiction | Fantasy | General Fiction | Graphic Novel | Horror | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | Romance | Science Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller |Art | Biography | BIPOC Nonfiction | Cultural Social Issues | Lifestyle | Memoir | Multicultural Nonfiction | Photography | Pop Culture | Reference |
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Nat Sobel is a literary agent with Sobel Weber Associates. Nat founded the agency in 1970. He is a former bookseller, publisher’s sales rep., marketing director, and subsidiary rights agent. He holds a B.A. in English from the City College of New York. He is a founder of the New York Literary Writers Conference.
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CLOSED to Submissions |Picture Book | Crime Fiction | General Fiction | Literary Fiction | Mystery | Suspense Fiction | Thriller |General Nonfiction | Cookbook Cooking | Memoir | Mind Body Spirit |