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Literary Agents Database

The Literary Agents list includes agents and literary agencies that represent poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers, plus details about the kind of books they're interested in representing, their clients, and the best way to contact them.

Name	Literary Agency	Interested in Representing
Miriam Altshuler	Miriam Altshuler Literary Agency	Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction
Georges Borchardt	Georges Borchardt	Experimental, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Sarah Burnes	The Gernert Company	Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction
Chris Calhoun	Chris Calhoun Agency	Autobiography/Memoir, Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Political, War
Terra Chalberg	Chalberg & Sussman	Autobiography/Memoir, Fiction, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction
Elyse Cheney	Elyse Cheney Literary Associates	Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Historical, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Political
Laura Dail	The Laura Dail Literary Agency	Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Healing/Health, Historical, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction
Brian DeFiore	DeFiore and Company	Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction
Sandy Dijkstra	Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency	Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction
Henry Dunow	Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency	Autobiography/Memoir, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction
Anne Edelstein	Anne Edelstein Literary Agency	Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction
Jenni Ferrari-Adler	Brick House Literary Agents	Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction
Christy Fletcher	Fletcher & Company	Autobiography/Memoir, Fiction, Nonfiction
Emily Forland	The Wendy Weil Agency, Inc.	Fiction, Literary Fiction
Kate Garrick	DeFiore and Company	Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction

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