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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
Tasneem Motala is an assistant agent with The Rights Factory. An Assistant Agent since 2021 under The Rights Factory, Tasneem’s literary journey traverses various realms, with picture books, graphic novels, young adult, and adult fiction on her short but talented list. She might be picky, but when sheÕs in love with a story, everyone will know it!
She has an English and Classics degree from Brock University, followed by a post-grad certification in Publishing from Centennial College, but her education in writing and editing stems from a love of reading and writing fanfiction since her teenage years. Tasneem believes fanfiction is a perfect arena to train hard, experiment, and better oneself as a writer and editor, especially if becoming a part of the publishing industry is someoneÕs end goal! It was on sites like FanFiction.net and Ao3 that she honed those skills and her love for helping others create the best versions of their stories as a beta-reader.
With a keen eye for stories that resonate on deeper levels, Tasneem’s literary pursuits extend beyond the boundaries of genre and tropes, embracing narratives that provoke emotions and challenge perceptions regardless of the settings and tools they use to do so. Her passion lies in representing diverse voices and narratives that leave an indelible mark on readers’ hearts and minds, no matter the age group.
TasneemÕs QueryManager is a safe space for marginalized writers who want to share their stories, but she does take queries from those who donÕt identify under that umbrella as well.
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CLOSED to Submissions | New Literary Agents |Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy | Graphic Novel | Magical Realism | Science Fiction |
Biography
Adam Muhlig is a literary agent with the McIntosh & Otis Literary Agency. He is the latest addition to M&O. As an agent, AdamÕs current interests include popular culture, natural history, travel and adventure, and sports. Adam is pursuing books that offer fresh a perspective or new analysis by or about mavericks in these fields. Keeping with McIntosh and OtisÕ great tradition, he is seeking works that will have classic value and long-term strength like the volumes of so many authors represented by M&O. His editorial work includes research, organization and indexing of Karl ShapiroÕs provocative essay collection Creative Glut: Selected Essays. He also assisted Alan Tennant on his now classic On the Wing a New York Times bestseller. As an archival appraiser for more than fifteen years Adam Muhlig has worked on collections by many noted musicians and entertainment industry figures, naturalists, historians, and poets and writers, including several United States Poets Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winners.
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Accepting Submissions | Cultural Social Issues | Film Entertainment | History | Music | Nature | Pop Culture | Sports | Travel | True Adventure |
Biography
Deirdre Mullane is a literary agent with Mullane Literary Associates, which she founded in 2007. Deirdre is a publishing executive with more than two decades in the industry as a publicist, editor, publisher, editor, agent, and author.
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Accepting Submissions |Commercial Fiction | Literary Fiction |General Nonfiction | Biography | BIPOC Nonfiction | Business Book | Current Events Affairs | Environment | Health Wellness | History | Mind Body Spirit | Money Finance | Multicultural Nonfiction | Narrative Nonfiction | Nature | Politics | Pop Culture | Psychology | Reference | Religion | Science | Spirituality | Sports |
Biography
Nick Mullendore is a literary agent with the Vertical Ink Agency. Nick Mullendore is the Founder & President of the Vertical Ink Agency, which he established in January 2016 after having worked with the Loretta Barrett Books, Inc. literary agency since March of 1998. He remains the Managing Partner of Loretta Barrett Books – which continues to serve its existing projects and clients – while building his own Vertical Ink list by working with existing Barrett Books clients as well as new clients on their original book projects.
Nick began his publishing career in publicity at HarperBusiness, the trade business books imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. There he learned in-depth the world of major publishing before making the leap to agenting. Over the years heÕs worked with authors such as Ray Kurzweil, Mariah Stewart, Mark Nepo, Jessica Bird, George Weigel, Betty White, Christopher Kennedy Lawford, Chaz Bono, Phil Plait, Harold Schechter, MJ Rose, Carol Goodman, Jack Kelly, Noah Levine, Dr. James Martin, Wayne Muller, Bill OÕHanlon, Melvin Urofsky, Theresa Rebeck, and many others on a variety of bestselling fiction and nonfiction books.
Nick has a wealth of experience selling US, foreign, audio, and television and film rights for a wide range of fiction and nonfiction books. He specializes in nonfiction, particularly in the genres of Mind/Body/Spirit, Health & Wellness, Business & Leadership, Inspiration & Motivation, Current Events & Politics, Popular Science & Psychology, Pop Culture, Memoir, Humor, History, and Sports, and is willing to consider proposals in other nonfiction genres as well. Nick is more selective when it comes to the fiction he takes on, but itÕs fair to say that he loves fiction that successfully rides the line between ÒliteraryÓ and ÒliterateÓ, while still maintaining something of a commercial sensibility.
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Accepting Submissions |BIPOC Fiction | Commercial Fiction | General Fiction | Literary Fiction | Multicultural Fiction |General Nonfiction | Biography | BIPOC Nonfiction | Business Book | Current Events Affairs | Health Wellness | History | Humor Nonfiction | Inspirational Nonfiction | Memoir | Mind Body Spirit | Money Finance | Multicultural Nonfiction | Politics | Pop Culture | Psychology | Science | Self-Help | Sports | Travel |
Biography
Michael Mungiello is a literary agent with InkWell Management. He graduated from Georgetown University, where he studied Government and English. In the intern years, he worked for Lippincott Massie McQuilkin and Dzanc Books. He also spent a semester working in his collegeÕs English Department as a teaching assistant for a course on Jewish American Literature. His interests include intellectual histories, counterintuitive social science, literary criticism, and jazz.
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Accepting Submissions |Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction |General Nonfiction | Cultural Social Issues | History | Music | Narrative Nonfiction | Psychology | Science | Upmarket Nonfiction |
Biography
Paula Munier is a literary agent with and Content Strategist for Talcott Notch Literary Services. She says: “For nearly twenty years, this framed quotation has graced my office:
ÒAprs les choses qui sont de premire nŽcessitŽ pour la vie,
rien nÕest plus prŽcieux que les livres.Ó
ItÕs from Pierre Simon FournierÕs 1764 typography manual, and it means: ÒAfter all the basic necessities of life, there is nothing more precious than books.Ó
ThatÕs how IÕve felt about books since my mother started reading to me as a baby. As soon as I could read my favorite stories on my own, my literary fate was sealed. IÕve lived in the world of words ever sinceÑas a reader, a writer, an editor, and now as an agent.
The only thing I love more than books are the writers who write them. IÕve had the privilege of working with talented wordsmiths of every stripeÑfrom reporters, nonfiction authors, content creators, and memoirists to novelists, screenwriters, graphic novelists, cartoonists, comic book writers, short story writers, and poets.
Writers are my tribe. I began as a journalist, and over the years IÕve penned countless new stories, articles, essays, collateral, and blogs, as well as authored/co-authored more than a dozen books, most recently Fixing Freddie, 5-Minute Mindfulness, and A Miscellany of Murder. Along the way, IÕve added editor, acquisitions specialist, digital content manager, and publishing executive to my repertoireÑthe common denominator being my commitment to writers and writing, no matter what my title. From Gannett, Greenspun, and Prima Games to Disney, Quayside, and F+W Media, IÕve fought the good fight for good writing and good writers. And IÕve loved every minute of it.
But now, as an agent, I have the opportunity to support talented writers in the most direct manner possible, helping my clients do good work, land great publishing deals, and build successful writing careers. So if youÕre a writer as obsessed with words and stories as I am, and youÕre in it for the long haul, consider working with me. My specialties include mystery/thriller, SF/fantasy, romance, YA, memoir, humor, pop culture, health & wellness, cooking, self-help, pop psych, New Age, inspirational, technology, science, and writing.
P.S. If you write crime fictionÉyou should know that IÕm very involved with the mystery community, having served four terms as President of the New England chapter of Mystery Writers of America as well as on the MWA board. (IÕm currently VP of that organization.) IÕve also served as both co-chair and Agents and Editors chair on the New England Crime Bake committee for seven years and counting. And IÕm an active member of Sisters in Crime.
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CLOSED to Submissions |Young Adult Fiction | Crime Fiction | Fantasy | General Fiction | Humor Fiction | Inspirational Fiction | Mystery | Romance | Science Fiction | Thriller |General Nonfiction | Biography | Computers | Cookbook Cooking | Health Wellness | History | Humor Nonfiction | Inspirational Nonfiction | Lifestyle | Memoir | Mind Body Spirit | New Age | Pop Culture | Psychology | Reference | Science | Self-Help | Technology |
Biography
Dee Mura is a literary agent with and the founder of Dee Mura Literary. Dee began her career in the editorial and marketing departments of Newsweek Magazine, and in the trading and futures departments of Goldman Sachs. With an offer from the Brazilian government to produce sporting and concert events in Rio de Janeiro and S‹o Paulo, Brazil, Dee launched her own production company and public relations division representing artists from around the globe. A close relationship with several of these artists led to the development of Dee Mura Enterprises, a talent and literary personal management company with a hands-on approach to developing performing artists and writers for film, television, personal appearances, and corporate events. When several of her film and TV writers expressed the desire to write for publication, Dee Mura Literary was born. The company now flourishes under the direction of DeeÕs diverse experience in media, marketing, editorial, finance, and personal management, with the goal of contributing quality, innovative literature to the publishing world.
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Accepting Submissions |Juvenile Nonfiction | Middle Grade Fiction | Middle Grade Nonfiction | Young Adult Fiction | Young Adult Nonfiction | Action Adventure | BIPOC Fiction | Chick Lit | Contemporary Fiction | Crime Fiction | Erotic Fiction | Espionage Military Fiction | Fantasy | General Fiction | Historical Fiction | Humor Fiction | Inspirational Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | New Adult Fiction | Paranormal Fiction | Religious Fiction | Romance | Satire | Science Fiction | Sports Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Women’s Fiction |General Nonfiction | Animals | Art | Biography | BIPOC Nonfiction | Business Book | Cookbook Cooking | Current Events Affairs | Environment | Family | Film Entertainment | Gardening | Government | Health Wellness | History | Humor Nonfiction | Inspirational Nonfiction | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Medical Medicine | Memoir | Military War Nonfiction | Mind Body Spirit | Money Finance | Multicultural Nonfiction | Narrative Nonfiction | Nature | New Age | Parenting | Photography | Politics | Pop Culture | Psychology | Religion | Science | Self-Help | Spirituality | Sports | Travel | True Adventure |
Biography
Karen Murgolo is a literary agent with Aevitas Creative Management. She has over 25 years of experience as an editor and agent. She has edited New York Times bestselling books like Nobel Prize Winner Elizabeth BlackburnÕs and Elissa EpelÕs The Telomere Effect; Ballerina Body by Misty Copeland; Eat to Beat Disease by Dr. William Li; Enough Already by Valerie Bertinelli; and cookbooks by Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Boulud, and others. As an agent sheÕs represented authors from award-winning psychologists to food writers to a shaman.
Before coming to Aevitas, Karen was Editorial Director, Lifestyle and Culinary, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, as well as Editorial Director, Grand Central Life & Style. She graduated from Wesleyan University with honors and attended the Radcliffe Publishing Program (now Columbia). She is an IACP Digital Media Judge.
Based in New York, Karen is interested in authoritative health, wellness, science and psychology, spirituality, inspirational (or just really fun) memoirs; original cookbooks, and narratives that illuminate a compelling subject or start a conversation.
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Accepting Submissions | Animals | Celebrity | Cookbook Cooking | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Dating Relationships Sex | Design | Fitness | Food Drink | Gardening | Gift Novelty | Health Wellness | History | How-To | Humor Nonfiction | Lifestyle | Medical Medicine | Memoir | Narrative Nonfiction | Parenting | Photography | Pop Culture | Psychology | Science | Self-Help | Spirituality | Technology | Women’s Issues |
Biography
Dana Murphy is a literary agent with Trellis Literary Management. She joined Trellis Literary Management in 2022, after a decade building her list at The Book Group. She represents a wide range of fiction and nonfiction for both adult and teen readers. Books by her clients have been New York Times and international bestsellers and chosen as Barnes & Noble Discover, Book of the Month, Read with Jenna, Indie Next and NYT Editors’ Choice picks.
Across genre, Dana falls in love at the story and line-level simultaneously. She’s always searching for language and plot that move in equal measure, one in constant support of the other. She believes this symbiosis can exist anywhere on the commercial-to-literary spectrum and is most drawn to writing that aims to transform the reader, disrupt hegemony, and center community Ñ particularly by marginalized writers who have historically been boxed out of traditional publishing spaces.
In fiction, Dana looks for books (and authors!) with a soft heart, a sense of humor, and a deep earnest affection for their characters and story. Her forever favorites are genuinely hilarious romantic-comedies that read like the best kind of fan fiction, coming-of-age that captures the specificity of being young today, high-concept and/or speculative novels that press on our shared cultural bruises, and anything that celebrates found families and friendships as their own glorious love stories.
Dana’s nonfiction taste trends towards narrative nonfiction and essay collections about pop culture, class, gender, race, science, food and so on. She will always reach for well-researched cultural criticism that interrogates the power structures shaping our collective understanding of “good” taste or reckons with “low” and “unworthy” pop culture in a smart, serious way.
Born and raised on Long Island, Dana moved to New York City to study Critical Film Theory and Sociology at NYU, lived there for ten years, and now calls Philadelphia home. If she’s not answering your emails, she’s probably snuck off to one of her favorite places: a campsite in the woods, the beach in her hometown, or a quiet dive bar to drink their cheapest beer and read a book she isn’t working on.
Dana’s favorite non-client authors (if your work is similar, please get in touch!): Hanif Abdurraqib, Emily Henry, Casey McQuiston, Shea Serrano, Mary HK Choi, Kate Racculia, Kristen Arnett, Morgan Rogers, Anna Weiner, Megan Stielstra.
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CLOSED to Submissions | Member of the AALA |Juvenile Nonfiction | Young Adult Fiction | Young Adult Nonfiction | BIPOC Fiction | Family Saga | General Fiction | Historical Fiction | Humor Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Multicultural Fiction | Romance | Upmarket Fiction |General Nonfiction | Art | BIPOC Nonfiction | Cultural Social Issues | Food Drink | History | Humor Nonfiction | Journalism | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Multicultural Nonfiction | Narrative Nonfiction | Pop Culture | Psychology | Science | Sports |
Biography
Erin Murphy is a literary agent with Erin Murphy Literary Agency. Erin was born and raised in Arizona, and founded EMLA in Flagstaff in 1999 after a 7-year career as an editor at a regional publishing house. As founder of EMLA she has focused not just on helping authors and illustrators to publish books for children and teens, but on building careers. In 2016, she relocated the agency headquarters to southern Maine. Her clientsÕ notices in addition to hitting bestseller lists include a Caldecott Honor (plus writer clients seeing their books get Caldecott silver and gold), a Newbery Honor, a Sibert Medal, Stonewall Medals, APALA silver and gold, an American Indian Youth Literature Honor, a National Jewish Book Award finalist, a Schneider Award, and multiple Edgar, Sydney Taylor, AmŽricas, Golden Kite, Jane Addams, and Orbis Pictus awards or honors, among others.
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CLOSED to Submissions | Authors and Illustrators Only | Member of the AALA |Picture Book | Juvenile Nonfiction | Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction |
Biography
Nate Muscato is a literary agent with Aevitas Creative Management. He represents academics, journalists, artists, and polymathic thinkers and storytellers. Authors he works with have written for national and international media, hit the New York Times bestseller list, and received awards and fellowships from the Whiting Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Ford Foundation.
Prior to joining Aevitas, Nate worked at Farrar, Straus & Giroux and Sterling Lord Literistic in New York, taught high school students in Milan, and worked as a bookseller in New England. He graduated from Vassar College with a BA in English and Italian.
Nate is drawn to nonfiction that illuminates the past and presentÑfrom arts and pop culture to education, politics, sociology, and technologyÑand envisions more just and equitable futures. He is also interested in select genre fiction with literary trappings, sci-fi/fantasy stories that leap into new worlds yet reveal something radical about our own.
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CLOSED to Submissions |Action Adventure | Fantasy | Graphic Novel | Horror | Humor Fiction | Literary Fiction | Mystery | Science Fiction |Art | Cultural Social Issues | History | Humor Nonfiction | Science |
Biography
James Mustelier is a literary agent with The Bent Agency. He says: “IÕm looking for a range of commercial and literary fiction and non-fiction. In all genres (but particularly in literary fiction) I prize economical prose, complex characters, steadily building tension, narrative gravity, and the momentary relief of dark humor, even (or especially) amid dire circumstances.
In commercial fiction IÕm looking for compact horror and mysteries with big hooks and intricate plotting. In sci-fi and fantasy IÕm drawn to stories that are grounded in reality and have high stakes that touch on contemporary issues Ñ more speculative fiction and alternate histories than high fantasy or space opera.
In nonfiction IÕm looking for books that give me a vivid look into subcultures and events I might not otherwise have had the chance to explore. Much of my favorite nonfiction melds a distinct narrative voice with rigorous research.
In YA and MG IÕm interested in epic fantasy, grounded sci-fi, and irreverent retellings of fairy tales, classic myths, and historical events. IÕm specifically seeking stories written from diverse perspectives that draw from underrepresented cultures.”
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CLOSED to Submissions |Juvenile Nonfiction | Middle Grade Fiction | Middle Grade Nonfiction | Young Adult Fiction | Young Adult Nonfiction | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Crime Fiction | Fantasy | Horror | Humor Fiction | Literary Fiction | Mystery | Satire | Science Fiction | Short Story Collection | Suspense Fiction |General Nonfiction | Cultural Social Issues |
Biography
Eric Myers founded Myers Literary Management, LLC in 2017, following two years with Dystel, Goderich, & Bourret, LLC and thirteen with The Spieler Agency. A graduate of UCLA and the Sorbonne, Eric entered publishing as a journalist and author. Books he has written include Screen Deco: A Celebration of High Style in Hollywood, Forties Screen Style: A Celebration of High Pastiche in Hollywood, and Uncle Mame: The Life of Patrick Dennis, all published by St. MartinÕs Press. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine and Arts and Leisure sections, Time Out New York, Opera News, Art and Auction, Variety, and Quest.
As an agent, Eric concentrates on non-fiction, especially in the areas of history, biography, psychology, health and wellness, and pop culture. He also is open to memoir from writers who already have a strong platform.
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CLOSED to Submissions | Member of the AALA |Picture Book | Juvenile Nonfiction | Middle Grade Fiction | Middle Grade Nonfiction | Young Adult Fiction | Young Adult Nonfiction | Crime Fiction | General Fiction | Mystery | Thriller |General Nonfiction | Art | Biography | BIPOC Nonfiction | Business Book | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Dating Relationships Sex | Film Entertainment | Health Wellness | History | How-To | Lifestyle | Medical Medicine | Memoir | Mind Body Spirit | Money Finance | Multicultural Nonfiction | Narrative Nonfiction | Politics | Pop Culture | Psychology | Science | Self-Help | Sports | Technology | True Crime |
Bonnie Nadell
Hill Nadell Literary AgencyAccepting SubmissionsQuery Method(s): Postal Mail > Online Form >Biography
Bonnie Nadell is the president of the Hill Nadell Literary Agency in Los Angeles. She represents writers of both fiction and narrative nonfiction. Her clients have been winners or finalists for the Pulitzer Prize, Carnegie Medal, National Book Critics Circle Award, Kirkus Prize, and numerous PEN Awards, among others.
Writing matters, books matter, and hereÕs why it matters to me. As an agent, IÕve opened a submission and found everything from an enthralling first novel to a heartbreaking account of struggling to come to America braving hardship and danger. These stories can inspire, can entertain, and can illuminate the major issues of our world whether it be immigration or climate change or injustice. Working with writers at every stage of their career from debut novelists to seasoned journalists, bringing singular voices and compelling stories into the world is what I love to do and have done for years.
I am always eager for new perspectives that inform or take me someplace IÕve never been. I represent and am always looking for narrative nonfiction covering the natural world, current events, memoir, food and culture, and stories focused on the American West. In fiction my taste runs to the literary, to voice-driven and genre-bending fiction and smart thrillers.
Ultimately literature is when someone elseÕs story speaks to you and broadens your world. ThatÕs what I always want to find.
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Accepting Submissions |Action Adventure | Chick Lit | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Crime Fiction | Espionage Military Fiction | Family Saga | Historical Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | Short Story Collection | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Upmarket Fiction | Women’s Fiction |Art | Biography | Business Book | Cookbook Cooking | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Design | Environment | Film Entertainment | Food Drink | Gardening | History | Journalism | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Lifestyle | Medical Medicine | Memoir | Military War Nonfiction | Money Finance | Multicultural Nonfiction | Narrative Nonfiction | Nature | Photography | Politics | Pop Culture | Psychology | Science | Sports | Technology | Travel | True Adventure | True Crime | Women’s Issues |
Biography
Jen Nadol is a literary agent with The Unter Agency. She has worked in publishing for fifteen years, first as a Young Adult author with novels published by Bloomsbury USA and Simon and Schuster. She joined The Unter Agency in 2018 and represents adult, YA and middle-grade fiction as well as narrative non-fiction and memoir. She does not represent picture books, novellas or high fantasy. Jen is originally from Reading, PA, graduated from American University with a BA in literature and has lived in Washington D.C., Boston, NYC, and now, an old farmhouse north of the city with her three sons. She is a member of the Association of American Literary Agents (AALA) and the Westside Agents Group (WAG).
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Accepting Submissions | Member of the AALA |Chapter Book | Juvenile Nonfiction | Middle Grade Fiction | Middle Grade Nonfiction | Young Adult Fiction | Young Adult Nonfiction | Action Adventure | Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | General Fiction | Historical Fiction | Horror | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Mystery | New Adult Fiction | Romance | Science Fiction | Thriller | Women’s Fiction |General Nonfiction | Biography | Cookbook Cooking | Environment | Fitness | Food Drink | Health Wellness | Journalism | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Lifestyle | Memoir | Narrative Nonfiction | Nature | Politics | Pop Culture | Psychology | Travel | True Adventure | True Crime |
Biography
Lizz Nagle is a literary agent with Victress Literary. She used to read books while walking to school as a kid and got lost in stories at the Allentown Public Library. She then stayed local, graduating from Cedar Crest College in May of 2009 where she studied English with a creative writing concentration and picked up another Communication major along the way.
After graduating college, mothering, office managing for a Chiropractor, substitute teaching for the Allentown School District, working construction for a little while, and writing for fun herself, Lizz began her agenting career in 2019 at Victress Literary under the mentorship of Victress founder, Shannon Orso. She immediately began seeking out layered, character-driven stories with social relevancy that challenge stereotypes, soften hearts, and spread hope with a message of resilience.
With a client list including but not limited to Young Adult, WomenÕs Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy titles, Lizz thrives in a creative atmosphere working on a wide variety of books that mashup genres and are propelled by characters.
As an agent she values communication, community and collaboration. When not reading, writing, painting, practicing guitar, traveling, or at a concert, she might be found on a hiking trail or with her menagerie of kids and rescue animals.
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents |Juvenile Nonfiction | Middle Grade Fiction | Middle Grade Nonfiction | Young Adult Fiction | Action Adventure | BIPOC Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | Family Saga | Fantasy | General Fiction | Historical Fiction | Horror | Humor Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Mystery | New Adult Fiction | Romance | Science Fiction | Thriller | Women’s Fiction |Biography | BIPOC Nonfiction | Cookbook Cooking | Fitness | Health Wellness | History | Humor Nonfiction | Journalism | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Memoir | Mind Body Spirit | Narrative Nonfiction | Parenting | Pop Culture | Psychology | Science | Spirituality | Sports | Travel | True Crime |
Biography
Kimiko Nakamura is a literary agent with Dee Mura Literary. Kimiko is a graduate of Skidmore College and Boston UniversityÕs Book Publishing Program. She worked within Shambhala Publications and Harvard Common Press before becoming a literary agent. She partners with aspiring and published authors alike, enjoys well-worn library books, and is always up for a game of Scrabble. She loves projects that reimagine whatÕs possible, characters with something (or nothing) to lose, unique viewpoints, trailblazing heroines, and anything with elements of magical realism.
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Accepting Submissions |Young Adult Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | General Fiction | Literary Fiction | Magical Realism | Women’s Fiction |General Nonfiction | Cookbook Cooking | Health Wellness | Memoir | Mind Body Spirit |
Biography
Maria Napolitano is a literary agent with KT Literary. She began her career in publishing as a book scout, where she fell in love with the process of matchmaking books with just the right editors and publishers around the world. She went on to work in subrights and as an agent, and joined kt literary as foreign rights manager and agent in 2024. In foreign rights, Maria’s focus is bringing authors to international readerships and building multi-faceted careers across global markets. As an agent, Maria represents a broad range of fiction, from commercial rom-coms to radical speculative fiction, subversive thrillers, and upmarket book club fiction. She is drawn to character-driven stories, unusual perspectives, genre-bending works, and supremely pitchable high concepts. Maria is a native New Yorker and Cornell graduate who currently lives in Astoria, Queens with a sourdough starter named Ryeley.
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Accepting Submissions | New Literary Agents |Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Family Saga | Fantasy | Historical Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Magical Realism | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | Romance | Suspense Fiction | Thriller | Upmarket Fiction | Western Fiction | Women’s Fiction |Cultural Social Issues | Environment | Fitness | Health Wellness | Journalism | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Memoir | Narrative Nonfiction | Nature | Science | Technology | Women’s Issues |
Biography
Michael Nardullo is a literary agent with the Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency. Mike joined LGR as Foreign Rights Director and Agent in December, 2019 and brings nearly two decades of experience from various positions in international book publishing. He began his career in the subsidiary rights department of The Penguin Group, where he was mentored by veteran rights sellers, learned the nuances of foreign deals and contracts and developed relationships with co-agents and book scouts, many of whom he continues to work with today. He left Penguin to manage the foreign rights department at The New Press, and then joined Maria B. Campbell Associates as a Senior Literary Scout, consulting for leading international publishers, and for Netflix. After nine busy years of scouting, Mike returned to rights selling, first at Foundry Literary + Media, where he also took on several clients as a domestic agent, and now at LGR.
Mike works closely with authors and a network of co-agents to develop the best possible foreign rights strategy for each individual book. His relationships with books scouts and international editors go back many years, and he is always excited to meet with new publishers and learn more about the ever-changing international book community.
As a reader and domestic agent, Mike enjoys literary fiction that feels daring and fresh, especially in its use of language, perspective and structure, and nonfiction that teaches us something new about our place in the world, from our relationship to work and technology, to our understanding of our brains and selves. He also likes upmarket science fiction with a philosophical twist and biographies of his musical heroes.
Mike graduated from SUNY Albany with a degree in English/Creative Writing, which turned out to be a useful major after all. He grew up in Sleepy Hollow, NY, the undisputed Halloween capital of the world, and lives in Brooklyn.
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Biography
Liz Nealon is a literary agent with and the founder of Great Dog Literary. She represents both adult and childrenÕs books, largely non-fiction.
Previously, Liz was an award-winning executive producer and media industry leader who played an integral role in shaping the indelible youth brands Sesame Street, Kidz Bop, and MTV. She served as Worldwide Creative Director for Sesame Street and traveled the world as SVP of MTV International, launching channels in Europe, Brazil, Japan, and Australia.
Not surprisingly, given her many years working in television and interactive media, Liz is drawn to illustrated books, for both children and adults. Her tastes skew to non-fiction and her instincts are decidedly commercial, so sheÕs always looking for just the right mix of pop appeal plus intellectual content. She likes nothing more than packaging serious non-fiction in an alternative, surprising frame. Liz is more interested in thought-provoking than provocative, though sheÕs been known to represent some deeply edgy content.
Across all the media in which she has worked, Liz Nealon has demonstrated a commitment to seeking out and amplifying diverse creative voices, starting with recruiting, mentoring, and supporting a diverse staff, and then empowering that team to source and develop breakthrough content.
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CLOSED to Submissions | New Literary Agents | Member of the AALA |Picture Book | Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | BIPOC Fiction | General Fiction | Graphic Novel | Humor Fiction | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Multicultural Fiction | Mystery | New Adult Fiction | Religious Fiction | Romance | Women’s Fiction |Art | Biography | BIPOC Nonfiction | Cookbook Cooking | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Dating Relationships Sex | Environment | Family | Film Entertainment | Food Drink | Health Wellness | Humor Nonfiction | Illustrated | Inspirational Nonfiction | Journalism | LGBTQ Nonfiction | Lifestyle | Memoir | Mind Body Spirit | Multicultural Nonfiction | Music | Narrative Nonfiction | Nature | Parenting | Politics | Pop Culture | Religion | Science | Spirituality | Technology | Travel | True Crime |
Edward Necarsulmer
Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary AgencyAccepting SubmissionsQuery Method(s): Email > Postal Mail >Biography
Edward Necarsulmer IV is a literary agent with the Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency. He began his career in book publishing as an intern at Random House Books for Young Readers. He went on to assist Marilyn E. Marlow at Curtis Brown Ltd. and then joined McIntosh & Otis, Inc. in 2004 to oversee their children’s literature business. He is known for cultivating strong new voices in teen & middle grade as well as picture books. He represents New York Times Bestselling, Newbery, and Caldecott winning authors, illustrators, and estates. He is keen to continue to team up with authors and artists who wish to look beyond the obvious and strive for the exceptional.
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Accepting Submissions | Member of the AALA |Picture Book | Juvenile Nonfiction | Middle Grade Fiction | Middle Grade Nonfiction | Young Adult Fiction | Young Adult Nonfiction | Crime Fiction | Graphic Novel | Literary Fiction | Mystery |General Nonfiction | Art | Business Book | Economics | Humor Nonfiction | Money Finance | Photography | Science | Technology | True Crime |
Muriel Nellis
Literary and Creative ArtistsAccepting SubmissionsQuery Method(s): Email > Postal Mail >Biography
Muriel Nellis is a literary agent with Literary and Creative Artists. She founded Literary and Creative Artists in 1981. The agency is now one of the largest, most active literary agencies in the Washington area. They have solid business relationships with all the major trade houses and their imprints, and currently represent over eighty writers. Their client list ranges from first-time authors to best-selling nonfiction and award-winning literary fiction writers.
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Accepting Submissions |Juvenile Nonfiction | General Fiction |General Nonfiction | Biography | Business Book | Health Wellness | History | Lifestyle | Mind Body Spirit | Money Finance | Narrative Nonfiction | Philosophy | Politics | Psychology | Religion | Science |
Biography
Kristin Nelson is a literary agent with and the founder of the Nelson Literary Agency (2002). She says: ÒMy goal as an agent is simple: I want every client of mine to make a living solely from writing and 90% of my authors do without help from any other source of income. I established Nelson Literary Agency, LLC, in 2002 and over the last decade+ of my career, IÕve represented over forty New York Times bestselling titles and many USA Today bestsellers. Although IÕm a very nice Midwesterner, IÕve heard through the grapevine that editors call me Òa hard-working bulldog agent that will fight for you.Ó What a compliment!
When not busy selling books, IÕm quite sporty. I enjoy tennis, pickle ball, and golf. I also love playing Bridge (where surprisingly IÕm not the youngest person in the club). On weekends my husband Brian and I can be found hiking in the Mountains.
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Accepting Submissions | Member of the AALA |Young Adult Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Fantasy | General Fiction | Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction | Magical Realism | Mainstream Fiction | Science Fiction | Thriller | Upmarket Fiction | Women’s Fiction |
Biography
Patricia Nelson is a literary agent with the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency. Patricia Nelson joined Marsal Lyon Literary Agency in 2014. She represents adult, young adult, and middle grade fiction, and is always especially interested in seeing novels by BIPOC, queer, and disabled authors in all genres that she represents.
In general, Patricia looks for stories that hook her with a unique plot, fantastic writing and complex characters that jump off the page. On the childrenÕs side, Patricia is open to a wide range of genres of YA and MG, with particular interest in contemporary/realistic, magical realism, mystery, horror, science fiction and fantasy. On the adult side, she is interested in book club and upmarket fiction, as well as the whole spectrum of womenÕs fiction Ñ everything from lighter beach reads and romcoms to darker stories with a mystery or suspense thread.
Patricia has an intentionally small, selective list and enjoys working closely with both debut and established authors to build successful long-term careers. Her award-winning and bestselling clients include: NYT bestselling author Axie Oh (The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea, Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan), National Book Award finalist and two-time Printz Honor winner Candice Iloh (Every Body Looking, Dutton ChildrenÕs/Penguin Random House), Stonewall Honor, Morris Honor, and Governor GeneralÕs Award winner Jen Ferguson (The Summer of Bitter and Sweet, Heartdrum/HarperCollins), Printz Honor winner Mary McCoy (Indestructible Object, Simon and Schuster ChildrenÕs), Edgar Award nominee Juliana Goodman (The Black Girls Left Standing, Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan), LGBTQ Reads founder and Sydney Taylor Honor winner Dahlia Adler (Cool for the Summer, Wednesday Books/Macmillan), Schneider Family Honor winner Claire Forrest (Where You See Yourself, Scholastic), Stonewall Honor winner Justine Pucella Winans (The Otherwoods, Bloomsbury ChildrenÕs), Edward Underhill (YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults pick Always the Almost, Wednesday Books/Macmillan), and Bestselling romance authors Kate Bateman and Charis Michaels.
Patricia holds a masterÕs degree in English Literature from the University of Southern California and a masterÕs degree in Gender Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to becoming an agent, she spent four years teaching literature and writing at the college level.
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Accepting Submissions | Member of the AALA |Middle Grade Fiction | Young Adult Fiction | BIPOC Fiction | Chick Lit | Commercial Fiction | Contemporary Fiction | Historical Fiction | Horror | LGBTQ Fiction | Literary Fiction | Magical Realism | Multicultural Fiction | Romance | Suspense Fiction | Upmarket Fiction | Women’s Fiction |
Biography
Lynn Nesbit is a literary agent with Janklow & Nesbit Associates. She grew up in Dundee, Illinois and graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in Speech. She attended the Sorbonne and the Radcliffe Publishing Procedures Course. In the fall of 1960, she joined the Sterling Lord Agency, and in 1965 moved to create and run for twenty-three years the literary department for what later became International Creative Management. In January 1989, she formed a partnership with Morton JanklowÑJanklow & Nesbit Associates.
Ms. Nesbit has served on the Board of Trustees of Partisan Review, the New York Institute for Humanities and the Literature Council for the National Endowment for the Arts. She is currently on the Board of the National Book Foundation.
In 1991, she was a recipient of the Matrix Award, presented by New York Women in Communications, Inc. She received the Alumnae Award of 1994 from the Alumnae Board of Northwestern University. She is a member of the Century Association and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Lynn Nesbit represents both fiction and nonfiction writers.
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Accepting Submissions |Commercial Fiction | Crime Fiction | Fantasy | General Fiction | Mystery | Science Fiction | Suspense Fiction | Thriller |General Nonfiction | Autobiography | Biography | Cookbook Cooking | Cultural Social Issues | Current Events Affairs | Food Drink | History | Memoir | Politics | Pop Culture | Religion | Science | Spirituality | Technology |
Biography
Kirsten Neuhaus is a literary agent with Ultra Literary. Kirsten believes that books provide an incredibly powerful method to deliver important messages to readers around the world. Those messages can and do change not just the conversations we have with each other, but also with ourselves. She is always looking for three things, the right project, with the right author, at the right time and represents entrepreneurs, personalities, influencers and thought leaders across a wide range of industries. Her list of clients include bestselling authors such as Shark Tank Shark Daymond John, former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, Stephanie Middleberg MS, RD, CDN, founder of Bonobos Andy Dunn, and upcoming projects by actor and DJ Kristian Nairn, who starred as Hodor on Game of Thrones and TikTok influencer and daughter of the victim of the ÒBlack Swan Murder,Ó Eva Benefield.
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Accepting Submissions |Juvenile Nonfiction |General Nonfiction | Beauty Fashion Style | Business Book | Celebrity | Cookbook Cooking | Current Events Affairs | Diet Nutrition | Medical Medicine | Memoir | Money Finance | Narrative Nonfiction | Parenting | Pop Culture | Women’s Issues |
Biography
Karen Neumair is a literary agent with Credo Communications, Inc. Credo COO Karen Neumair feels sheÕs reached a rewarding end of a journey when she can celebrate a noteworthy milestone with the dozens of authors she works with.
She says: ÒThe most powerful moment for me is holding an authorÕs book in my hands for the first time,Ó says Karen. ÒAll the work weÕve done to put together this beautiful product makes the time and effort worth it.Ó
As a Credo agent, Karen makes it her mission to match authors with the right publisher. She accomplishes this all-important task by assisting authors with their book proposals and connecting them with potential publishers.
ÒMost authors donÕt know the more than 200 editors who are on my list, and that number is frequently growing,Ó says Karen. ÒWe have a lot of connections.Ó
Karen became connected with the world of Christian publishing shortly before she graduated from Cornerstone University and Kuyper College, where she distinguished her academic career by graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Theology and a Bachelor of Arts in English.
Karen initially had an eye on a career in education and was set to begin her final semester of student teaching when she sensed God had other plans for her lifeÕs direction. Her English professor and mentor asked if she had ever considered a career in editing and publishing. It was the Aha! moment Karen had been waiting for. Her professor soon introduced her to Credo founder and president Tim Beals. After initially serving as an intern, Karen joined the company in 2009 as a literary agent and was promoted to Senior Literary Agent four years later.
Most of the time, Karen works alongside authors writing for a 20- to 30-something reading audience pertaining to spiritual growth, as well as topics geared toward women. After becoming the Chief Operating Officer in 2018, her responsibilities expanded to also include agency innovation, staff development, strategic author acquisitions, and oversight of publisher relations.
ÒItÕs so empowering to my authors and to me to get our passion out there and to share it with other believers,Ó says Karen.
Originally from the Chicago area, Karen now lives in Grand Rapids with her husband and their four children. Even though she spends her work-week poring over book proposals and manuscripts, KarenÕs idea of a refreshing time alone is to grab a good book and read it fireside at her local public library.
Despite her academic and career accomplishments, KarenÕs highest priority is to be known as a woman who walks with God.
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CLOSED to Submissions | Christian Fiction | Christian Nonfiction | Christian Books ONLY | Inspirational Nonfiction | Religion | Spirituality | Women’s Issues |