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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.
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Agent Advice
5.20.13
For an unpublished writer, does it cost more to seek a literary agent abroad or would it be safer to self-publish first in the home country before seeking an agent in another country?
5.13.13
What is the best advice you can give young writers who are applying to MFA programs?
5.6.13
Do agents really read synopses? Isn’t a ten-page sample more useful?
Agents & Editors
- Agents & Editors: A Q&A With Agent Lynn Nesbit
- Agents & Editors: A Q&A With Nat Sobel
- Agents & Editors: A Q&A With Molly Friedrich
- Agents & Editors: A Q&A With Georges Borchardt
- Agents & Editors: A Q&A With Julie Barer, Jeff Kleinman, Daniel Lazar, and Renee Zuckerbrot
- Agents & Editors: A Q&A With Maria Massie, Jim Rutman, Anna Stein, and Peter Steinberg