Literary Agents Database

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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.

Rayhané Sanders

Massie & McQuilkin

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Jonathan Weisman, Lidia Yuknavitch
Peter Sawyer

Fifi Oscard Agency, Inc.

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Healing/Health, Political, Commercial Fiction, Pop Culture, Fiction, Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Robert Craft, Marian Schwartz, Yusef Kumunyakaa
Denise Shannon

Denise Shannon Literary Agency

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Healing/Health, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Political

Representative Authors:
Lydia Davis, Francine Prose, Karen Russell, Gary Shteyngart
Samantha Shea

Georges Borchardt, Inc.

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Karen Brown, Amy Butcher, Olivia Clare, Megan Coe, Lydia Fitzpatrick David, Jane Delury, Noor Elashi, John McManus, Adam Price, Austin Smith, Elissa Sussman, Laura Templeton, Doug Watson
Janet Silver

Aevitas Creative Management

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Cheryl Strayed, Anthony Marra, Monique Truong, Hanna Pylväinin
Eric Simonoff

William Morris Endeavor

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Stephen Chbosky, Yaa Gyasi, Edward P. Jones, Phil Klay, Jhumpa Lahiri, Jonathan Lethem, Stacy Schiff, Jessica Shattuck, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, the New Yorker
Anjali Singh

Ayesha Pande Literary

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Young Adult

Representative Authors:
Susan Abulhawa, Arif Anwar, Bridgett Davis, Gillian Goerz, Rebecca Hall, Sherine Hamdy, Priya Huq, Deena Mohamed
Marya Spence

Janklow & Nesbit Associates

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry, Pop Culture

Representative Authors:
Angelica Baker, Becky Cooper, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Alex Dimitrov, Hermione Hoby, Jaroslav Kalfar, Rachel Khong, Eugene Lim, Lisa Locascio, Daniel Loedel, Haley Mlotek, Allie Rowbottom, Ashleigh Young
Peter Steinberg

Foundry Literary + Media

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Historical, Humor, Narrative Nonfiction, Pop Culture

Representative Authors:
Alicia Erian, Keith Donohue, John Matteson
Andrew Stuart

The Stuart Agency

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Kathleen Parker, William Dietrich, Maia Szalavitz, Kevin Guzman
Danielle Svetcov

Levine Greenberg Rostan

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Graphic/Illustrated, Fiction, Journalism/Investigative Reporting

Representative Authors:
Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Jodi Angel, Kasper Hauser, James Nestor, Eben Weiss, aka Bike Snob, State Bird Provisions
Michelle Tessler

Tessler Literary Agency

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Accomplished journalists, scientists, academics, experts in their field, as well as novelists and debut authors with unique voices and stories to tell. Seth Casteel (Underwater Dogs); Paul Collins (Murder of the Century), Frans de Waal (The Bonobo and the Atheist, Our Inner Ape); Leanne Ely (Saving Dinner); Mira Jacob (The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing); Amy Stewart (The Drunken Botanist, Wicked Plants); Amanda Eyre Ward (Close Your Eyes, How to Be Lost); David Sloan Wilson (The Neighborhood Project, Evolution for Everyone).
Stacy Testa

Writers House LLC

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Clara Bensen, Lucie Britsch, Julie Carrick Dalton, Gerta Keller, Rheea Mukherjee, Kim Michele Richardson, Abbigail Rosewood, Maggie Rowe, Sarah Wilson
Meg Thompson

Thompson Literary Agency

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Political, Pop Culture, Young Adult

Representative Authors:
Mari Andrew, Erin Lee Carr, Julia Chaplin, Katherine Harmon Courage, Mason Currey, Lydia Fenet, Emily Flake, John Glynn, Tom Hart, Anita Hill, Kim Krans, Tim Kreider, Nichole Perkins, Cecile Richards, Jeremy Rifkin
Joseph Veltre

The Gersh Agency

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Steve Amick, Taylor Antrim, Jessica Blank, Bob Friel, Robyn Harding, Stephanie Klein, Alison Pace, Jason Pinter, Matthew Polly, David Treuer, Lauren Willig
Rachel Vogel

Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Fiction, Historical, Narrative Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Mike Duncan, Tyler Knott Gregson, Mara Grunbaum, Amanda Lucidon, Marissa A. Ross, Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Mitchell Waters

Curtis Brown, Ltd.

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Joy Castro, Michael Thomas Ford, Sheri Joseph, X. J. Kennedy, Michael Lowenthal, Vestal McIntyre, Joseph Olshan, Jonathan Papernick, Paul Yoon
Paige Wheeler

Creative Media Agency, Inc.

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Historical, Humor, Love, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Religious/Spiritual

Representative Authors:
CMA has represented New York Times and USA Today best-sellers, as well as winners of the RITA, Edgar, Agatha, Anthony, Shamus, and other major awards. In addition to established authors, we welcome many first-time authors pursuing publication and a career in writing.
Amy Williams

The Williams Company

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Natalie Bakopoulos, Karen Essex, Kate Greathead, Sarah Hepola, Elizabeth Kostova, Nami Mun, Alix Ohlin, Karen Olsson, Matt Zoller Seitz, Alan Sepinwal, Melissa Stephenson, Jia Tolentino, Judith Warner
Kimberly Witherspoon

Inkwell Management

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Kate Atkinson, Anthony Bourdain, Robert Olen Butler, Susan Cheever, Sophie Kinsella
Monika Woods

Curtis Brown, Ltd.

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Political, Pop Culture

Representative Authors:
Alice Bolin, Julia Dixon Evans, Chelsea Hodson
Joanne Wyckoff

Carol Mann Agency

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Lauretta Hannon, John Price, Sherry Simpson, Lisa Couturier, Ad Hudler

Literary Agents Database

Massie & McQuilkin

Fifi Oscard Agency, Inc.

Denise Shannon Literary Agency

Georges Borchardt, Inc.

Aevitas Creative Management

William Morris Endeavor

Ayesha Pande Literary

Janklow & Nesbit Associates

Foundry Literary + Media

The Stuart Agency

Levine Greenberg Rostan

Tessler Literary Agency

Writers House LLC

Thompson Literary Agency

The Gersh Agency

Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency

Curtis Brown, Ltd.

Creative Media Agency, Inc.

The Williams Company

Inkwell Management

Curtis Brown, Ltd.

Carol Mann Agency

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