We love commercial novels with literary sensibilities. Womens fiction is a strong and growing market and i dont see that changing, ever. Fulllength mss home 10%, usa 15%,translation 20% fiction preferred thrillers, irish novels, literary fiction, womens and general commercial. Remember that this list does not, in anyway, guarantee that these agents are on the up and up. Four agents seeking childrens authors at d4eo literary agency. Here are 20 literary agents actively seeking writers and their writing. What i do see changing are the types of books considered womens fiction or published in general. Literary agents nonfiction womens issues first time. Sep 15, 2014 so, ive compiled a list of 54 literary agents to learn more about. The fastest and easiest way to send us your submission. This is your chance to get professional feedback from an agent who has built many bestselling careers. Today d4eo is a fullservice, sixagent literary agency representing authors of a very broad range of commercial fiction and nonfiction for children, young adults, and adults. Please fill in and upload all relevant information in the form below. Online shopping for women s literary fiction from a great selection at books store.
Heres our list of 15 literary fiction book agents who can help you get your book published. Working with co agents, we handle foreign, film and other sub rights for our authors. Aug 09, 2016 6 established literary agents looking for clients. Renowned agent irene goodman does critiques of partial manuscripts, with all proceeds going to charity. People love to fall in love or at least to feel in love. Shes most excited about literary, womens, and young adult fiction, andon the nonfiction sidepsychology, parenting, selfhelp, cookbooks, memoirs, among other things. Caroline sheldon founded the agency thirty years ago after working as a publisher of womens fiction and childrens books. Georgia holmes works as an assistant at the agency. Throughout her editorial career, kelli built a list of successful authors and breakout books in romantic fiction and commercial fiction. For non fiction queries, initial contact should just be a pitch letter. Unusual structures or concepts are welcome, and im open to a wide range of styles with the intensity of feeling of elena ferrante or the irreverence of maria semple.
I love the creative side of the agent author relationship, and finding authors bursting with energy and ideas. But the competition in the romance fiction industry is tough, and so is finding a romance publisher seeking and then captivating a literary agent for romance to represent your work could even be tougher. The material you have submitted is the authors own creative andor well researched work. His guide to literary agents blog is one of the largest blogs in publishing. Marianne merola coordinates a global network of foreign co agents charged with licensing the work of the agency s authors to a worldwide audience. We represent both fiction and nonfiction, and have represented many awardwinning, bestselling books over the years. In many cases, we sign authors who are especially adept at writing books that cross many of these categories at once. This agency specializes in health, business, creative nonfiction, literary fiction and commercial fiction especially suspense, crime and women s issues. She is looking for excellent short fiction, unconventional literary novels, and narrative non fiction. As an agent, kelli is passionate about signing writers in commercial womens fiction, including contemporary romance, romantic suspense, love stories, romantic comedies, suspense fiction, psychological. Bookends was created with a desire to collaborate with authors to bring the books we have fallen in love with to the rest of the reading public.
The agency represents awardwinning and bestselling authors of adult and childrens fiction and nonfiction who consistently feature on the sunday times, new york times and international bestseller lists. With a desire to work more closely with writers and help develop their careers, she founded wendy sherman associates literary management in 1999. In childrens, erin is looking for nonfiction picture books, highconcept chapter book series, middle grade especially mysteries, stories with big hearts, and all things creepy, dark ya horror, thriller, and mystery, graphic novels, highinterest nonfiction, and, across the board, magic realism. The search for the best agency is not as hard as what you are thinking. In non fiction, it includes narrative, popular science, memoir, history, psychology, business, biography, food, and travel.
For example, you can use the list to find literary agencies and publishing agents in nyc, literary agencies and book agents in california, and more. You can also look up the agent on query tracker to get information about response times, and do a search to see if the agent has done any interviews. Im particularly looking for commercial and upmarket fiction with a compelling story and a confident, distinctive writing voice, whether its historical, contemporary, uplifting womens fiction, crimethriller, or speculative fiction. During her time at these major publishing houses, she worked in the areas of subsidiary rights, marketing, sales, and editorial.
Im often asked for a list of the best blogs and websites focused on literary fiction and culture. Pitching books for agents is a lot like querying books for authors. We do not handle science fiction, fantasy, short stories or childrens books and are not currently seeking nonfiction proposals. Mark now helps authors of all genres fiction, nonfiction, and childrens books get top literary agents, publishers, and book deals through his company literary agent undercover and the bestselling author. There are some publishers who wont even look at a manuscript that is not represented by one. Literary agent blogs by the most popular book agents. To view stacey donaghy s and donaghy literary group sales visit the publishers marketplace website do not email agent directly, use the query button on this page or visit the submission guidelines page. As a writers gateway to the publishing industry, we provide personal attention, editorial assistance, marketing guidance and aggressive contract negotiation and are dedicated to your success as an author. New literary agents looking for new writers book agents. Womens fiction that features a longtime female friendship or closeknit sisters. Fiction memoir religion spiritualchristian children s young adult gamespuzzles humor history politics. Every writer dreams of hearing the words i love your book. The complete guide to womens health and wellbeing bantam by dr. His 2010 humor book, how to survive a garden gnome attack, was optioned by sony pictures.
If ive missed any sites that deserve consideration, please let me know your favorites in the comments. The coronavirus covid19 impact for authors and book. Meredith bernstein is the literary agent and founder of the meredith bernstein agency. But not all agents are interested in na if they rep ya. She loves to work with both experienced and firsttime authors of a wide range of genres, including but not limited to graphic novels, horror, mystery, new adult, romance, young adult fiction, and womens fiction. Gateway literary agency provides literary representation, creative consulting, career management and intellectual property licensing. Womens fiction literary agents open to submissions writers digest. Because jenny hewson is particularly interested in historical fiction as written by these authors. Manning is a new literary agent at united talent agency seeking both fiction and. The 27 best fiction books by women this year marie claire. Celeste brash crystal duffy alicia eler emmanuel goldstein zack handlen gill hoffs dave king alex langley cindy rhodehamel kaelyn. In fiction, she represents a range of womens fiction, from literary to romance, including mystery, historical, and romantic suspense, and the occasional novel not aimed at women.
To promote your book in the public easily you need to choose from the list of literary agents accessible today. For young adult, she seeks contemporary, mysteries, thrillers, and fantasy. Nonfiction literary agents find all fiction book agents on our list of literary agents using the official directory of literary agents. Jan 23, 20 four agents seeking childrens authors at d4eo literary agency bob diforio launched d4eo literary agency in 1989 after a long career at new american library.
You will receive an email notification once your submission is received by our editorial team. One of my biggest frustrations is most agents only see left behind, which my book is far from so agents arent giving me a 2nd look but it is a fairly unique. Here, she talks about the manuscripts she would most like to find in her submissions pile. List of literary agents 20202021 use our free lists of book agents in our literary agencies database for all book agents near me searches. Beth marshea is a literary agent and the founder of ladderbird literary. Keane kataria literary agency is open for submissions again.
Anyone that is looking to publish traditionally will need a literary agent. In fiction, we represent literary, women s, and commercial. Carly watters, literary agent blog on publishing, clients, writing. Gail fortune is a literary agent with the talbot fortune agency and former book editor with over 25 years of publishing experience. Our mission is to provide a flexible, reliable service with an exceptional degree of client responsiveness. Conclusion literary agents looking for new writers. First, you must separate the different agencies and then you need to know of which category your book will fit. Marks authors have gotten sixfigure book deals, been on the nyt bestseller list, and published with houses such as random. Looking for womens fiction with a literary bent, ideally with a socialcultural issue that necessitates a conversation. Always check the agency website and agent bio before submitting. He loves blogging on a variety of writing and publishing topics, but hes.
Stephany is a member of the association of authors representatives and the agents round table. About the agents wendy sherman associates literary. Stacey is interested in receiving queries for adult and young adult fiction. Launched in 2002, the elizabeth kaplan literary agency is a full service boutique agency. The knight agency is a worldrenowned literary agency that has guided countless writers from query letter to published book for over 20 years. We are actively looking for upmarket contemporary fiction, mainstream womens fiction, multicultural fiction, as well as mysteries, suspense, literary historical thrillers, gothic suspense, and womens book club fiction novels where the story leads to discussion. A comprehensive list of the she reads book bloggers. Christaine northrup i recommend it to all women and also to all men who want to understand and nourish the women in their lives. Send queries to patricia at, and take a look at the agency. Noelle catharine allen amy alkon marie lyn bernard gary bohan, jr.
Send queries to patricia at, and take a look at the agencys full submission guidelines. She represent a diverse list of womens fiction, commercial and literary fiction, ya, select picture books, and non fiction and is actively looking for new, talented writers. If i express interest i will need to see a full proposal for non fiction and the remainder of the manuscript for fiction. Im looking for smart book club fiction, womens fiction, coming of age stories, ya, literary.
Nonfiction literary agents free list of book agents. It highlights the best fiction literary agents for all subgenres including. In nonfiction, she enjoys projects that center on women and poc historical figures. Marks authors have gotten sixfigure book deals, been on the nyt bestseller list, and published with houses such as.
Updated 2112020 i love sharing the weekly agent alerts, because these are the agents who are the. Stringerlit, literary agency, fiction literary agency. Many agents who represent both ya and adult books are interested in na because its that college age gap. The agency represents literary and commercial fiction, narrative non fiction, current affairs, memoirs, and popular culture. Due to the high volume of inquiries, lkla cannot respond to submissions that include any of the subject areas above or queries that otherwise clearly fall outside the guidelines on this page. The hill nadell literary agency was founded in 1979 in san francisco. May 24, 2018 patricia nelson joined marsal lyon literary agency in 2014. List of literary agents 20202021 book agents looking for. A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summerlong challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters. In general, patricia looks for stories that hook her with a unique plot, fantastic writing and complex characters that jump off the page. Best literary agents 20202021 all genres top book agents.
Marlene stringer is currently seeking crime both contemporary and historical, contemporary fantasy. Here is an alphabetical list of 22 literary and genre agents on the hunt for their next bestseller. My book is a christian fiction novel but even though it is based in biblical endtimes, it is a story of a womans spiritual journey so i think it fits in womens fiction as well. Review agent guidelines and check the deal reports for agents that are repping and selling na.
She represents adult, young adult, and middle grade fiction, and is actively building her list. She also represents a range of womens fiction, from literary to. Stacey donaghy primary agent donaghy literary group. For fiction queries, i prefer a summary, your bio, and the first chapter as text in the email not as an attachment. The agency has close contacts with all major publishing houses and is also very active in the selling of film. See more ideas about literary agent, literary, literary agency.
Shelley adina ruby barrett kate brandes patricia bray jo ann brown donna conrad judy corser leah collum kelly duran joann ferguson ada harper kristin heitzmann lori herter karla hocker estate gin. Heather webbers womens fiction debut, midnight at the blackbird cafe published to. We are a fullservice agency, handling domestic and foreign rights, film rights and audio rights to all of our books. Along with your books title, please include the name of the agent you are. The feldstein agency, formed in 2007, is a diverse literary agency and publishing consultancy.
Literary agent alerts are golden opportunities for new writers because each one is a literary agent who is likely building his or her client list. Mark malatesta is a former literary agent turned author coach. It reveals the best nonfiction literary agents for all subgenres such as business, memoir, and selfhelp. Literary novels usually sell in smaller quantities than genre or popular novels, so having a good agent in your corner is essentialit could mean the difference between selling your book to a publisher or not. In 2019, a fresh slate of women s fiction a genre that covers a lot of ground, but one i consider to be books that star strong, multifaceted female characters, written by women has been. In adult fiction, she is looking for characterdriven literary fiction.
Jessica sinsheimer says shes always on the lookout for new writers. When looking for an agent to represent your fledgling novel, its key to find someone that shares your vision and passion. About the agents wendy sherman associates literary management. Claire andersonwheeler regal literary, noah ballard curtis brown literary agency, and claudia ballard william morris endeavor entertainment. H ere are three new agents actively seeking clients. Carly watters is vp and senior literary agent at p. Erin is not the right person for fiction picture books, romance, westerns. Julia livshin independent agent is primarily interested in literary fiction and quality commercial fiction, but is also on the lookout for narrative nonfiction, memoir, and childrens literature. On the adult side, she is seeking womens fiction both upmarket and commercial, historical fiction set in the 20th century, and compelling plotdriven literary fiction. One lifechanging summer on nantucket brings about exhilarating revelations for a single mother and her two grown children in this sensational novel from new york times bestselling author nancy thayer. While chick lit was given its own genre it was, and still is, essentially womens fiction. Literary agent alerts are golden opportunities for new writers because. Hi mitch, just read your short blog seeking new authors for quality fiction. It is also a wonderful opportunity to present the budding.
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