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.

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Jenni Ferrari-Adler

Union Literary

Interested in Representing:
Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Mo Daviau, Rebecca Dinerstein, Amy Kurzweil, Eileen Pollack
Christy Fletcher

United Talent Agency

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

Representative Authors:
Kate Bowler, David Leonhardt, Daniel Mason, Maggie O’Farrell, Gretchen Rubin
Molly Friedrich

The Friedrich Agency LLC

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

Representative Authors:
Melissa Bank, Sue Grafton, Frank McCourt, Terry McMillan, Esmeralda Santiago, Jane Smiley, Elizabeth Strout
Sarah Fuentes

United Talent Agency

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Feminist, Fiction, Historical, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Political, Pop Culture

Representative Authors:
Jake Bittle, Keri Blakinger, Kristin Collier, Sarah Everts, Genevieve Guenther, Natasha Joukovsky, Emily Neuberger, Laura Poppick, Rina Raphael, Julia Rosen
Lori Galvin

Aevitas Creative Management

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Feminist, Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Pop Culture, Speculative Fiction

Representative Authors:
Cambria Brockman, Sara Goudarzi, Hannah Kirshner, Margaret Li, Irene Li, Wanda M. Morris, Kwame Onwuachi, Phoebe Rowe, Lily Zhang
Kate Garrick

Salky Literary Management

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

Representative Authors:
Claire Boyles, Kim Fay, Elizabeth Little, Deborah Shapiro, Wil Medearis, Zak Salih, Alexander Zaitchik
Ellen Geiger

Frances Goldin Literary Agency, Inc.

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

Representative Authors:
Adrienne Rich (estate), Juan Gonzalez, James Kugel, Robert Tsai
Veronica Goldstein

United Talent Agency

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Feminist, Fiction, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Political, Pop Culture, Translation

Representative Authors:
Heriberto Araújo, James Crawford, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Daisy Pitkin, Alicia Puglionesi, Daniel Sherrell, Toby Wilkinson
Susan Golomb

Writers House

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

Representative Authors:
Janelle Brown, Yvon Chouinard, Harry S. Dent, Jonathan Franzen, Lexi Freiman, Glen David Gold, Peter Golden, Charles Graeber, Noah Hawley, Gabe Hudson, Lindsey Lee Johnson, Liz Kay, Angie Kim, Rachel Kushner, Krys Lee, Mira T. Lee, Stephen Markley, Imbolo Mbue, Matthew McIntosh, Wayetu Moore, Thomas Mullen, Tim Murphy, Ruby Namdar, Dexter Palmer, Sarah Perry, Jordy Rosenberg, Gwyn Hyman Rubio, Brand Skyhorse, Jim St. Germain, William T. Vollmann, Nell Zink
Rebecca Gradinger

United Talent Agency

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

Representative Authors:
Pauline Chen, David Gillham, Kathleen Grissom, Maggie Shipstead
Laura Gross

Laura Gross Literary Agency

Interested in Representing:
Commercial Fiction, Cross-genre, Feminist, Fiction, Historical, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Political, Translation, War

Representative Authors:
Andrea Buchanan, Martin Philip, Jodi Picoult, Shahad al Rawi, Judith Schwartz
Serene Hakim

Ayesha Pande Literary

Interested in Representing:
BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult

Representative Authors:
Kristen Arnett, Jean Chen Ho, Kaela Rivera, Ream Shukairy, Shannon C.F. Rogers
Alia Hanna Habib

The Gernert Company

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

Representative Authors:
Hanif Abdurraqib, Merve Emre, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Lauren Oyler, Clint Smith
Ryan D. Harbage

The Fischer-Harbage Agency Inc.

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

Representative Authors:
Ethan Brown, Courtney Eldridge, Bill Eppridge, Aliya King, Amy Sullivan, and Jackson Taylor
Joy Harris

The Joy Harris Literary Agency, Inc.

Interested in Representing:
Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Dylan Landis, Sigrid Nunez, Elissa Schappell, Weike Wang
Shannon Hassan

Marsal Lyon Literary Agency, LLC

Interested in Representing:
Cross-genre, Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Young Adult

Representative Authors:
Dusti Bowling, Jennie Liu, Weina Dai Randel, Rob Rufus, Ruvanee Vilhauer, Caroline Woods
Gail Hochman

Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.

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

Representative Authors:
Michael Cunningham, Julia Glass, Nancy Reisman, Scott Turow
Markus Hoffmann

Regal Hoffmann & Associates LLC

Interested in Representing:
Commercial Fiction, Cross-genre, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Pop Culture, Translation

Representative Authors:
Josh Bazell, Paul Durham, Peter Englund, Adam Epstein, Andrew Ervin, Andrew Jacobson, John Kaag, Kristiana Kahakauwila, Alexander Klimburg, Daphne Merkin, Adelia Saunders, Tracy K. Smith
Carrie Howland

Howland Literary

Interested in Representing:
Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Political, Pop Culture, Regional

Representative Authors:
Scott Cheshire, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Carmiel Banasky, Julian Tepper, Melissa Gorzelanczyk, Chris Scofield, Isabel Bandeira, Todd Colby, Sarah Prager, Jason Tougaw
Allison Hunter

Trellis Literary Management

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

Representative Authors:
Georgia Clark, Katie Heaney, Victoria James, Carola Lovering, Kelsey Miller, Hannah Orenstein, Anne Helen Petersen, Rosie Walsh
Annie Hwang

Ayesha Pande Literary

Interested in Representing:
Feminist, Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Pop Culture, Speculative Fiction

Representative Authors:
John Paul Brammer, Leland Cheuk, Janet Hong, Xia Jia, The Smithsonian
Jennifer Joel

Creative Artists Agency

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Young Adult

Representative Authors:
Lili Anolik, Leif Babin, Chris Cleave, Ian Caldwell, Nelson DeMille, Kevin Fedarko, AJ Finn, Bonnie Garmus, Stuart Gibbs, Sarah Knight, Elise Loehnen, Anthony McCarten, Megan Miranda, Graham Moore Evan Osnos, Shonda Rhimes, Adam Rubin, Stephen Schwarzman, Sir Patrick Stewart, Lisa Taddeo, Dustin Thomason, Jocko Willink
Kima Jones

Triangle House Literary

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult

Representative Authors:
David Haynes, Francisco McCurry, Rochelle Spencer
Meredith Kaffel Simonoff

The Gernert Company

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Narrative Nonfiction, Speculative Fiction

Representative Authors:
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Jessamine Chan, Heather Christle, CJ Hauser, Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, Dantiel W. Moniz, Nadia Owusu, Brandon Taylor, Morgan Thomas, Leni Zumas
Jody Kahn

Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.

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

Representative Authors:
Devorah Blachor, Natalie Eve Garrett, Thomas Grattan, Meredith Jacobs, Jennifer Kabat, Michael Kardos, Dave Madden, Laura Pritchett

Literary Agents Database

Union Literary

United Talent Agency

The Friedrich Agency LLC

United Talent Agency

Aevitas Creative Management

Salky Literary Management

Frances Goldin Literary Agency, Inc.

United Talent Agency

Writers House

United Talent Agency

Laura Gross Literary Agency

Ayesha Pande Literary

The Gernert Company

The Fischer-Harbage Agency Inc.

The Joy Harris Literary Agency, Inc.

Marsal Lyon Literary Agency, LLC

Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.

Regal Hoffmann & Associates LLC

Howland Literary

Trellis Literary Management

Ayesha Pande Literary

Creative Artists Agency

Triangle House Literary

The Gernert Company

Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.

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