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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Laurie Abkemeier

DeFiore and Company

Interested in Representing:
BIPOC Voices, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Pop Culture

Representative Authors:
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, John Grogan, Nathalia Holt, Cal Newport, Jessica Lahey, Yumi Sakugawa
Ethan Bassoff

Ross Yoon Agency

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Cross-genre, Experimental, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Political, Pop Culture

Representative Authors:
Kris D'Agostino, Amber Dermont, Michael Chorost
Sarah Bowlin

Aevitas Creative Management

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

Representative Authors:
I am at the very beginning of building a client list, but as an editor I worked with Sheila Heti, Helen Phillips, Ramona Ausubel, Gabriel Urza, Juan Gabriel Vasquez, Luvvie Ajayi, Rachel Khong, Julie Buntin, Matt Sumell, Eric Fair, Aria Sloss, and Evan Hughes, among others.
Farley Chase

Chase Literary Agency

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

Representative Authors:
Gilbert King, Jill Leovy, Dr. Edie Widder, Dan Slater, William Geroux, Dr. Lucy Jones, Jonathan Meiburg, Katie Booth
William Clark

William Clark Associates

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Historical, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Political, Pop Culture, Religious/Spiritual

Representative Authors:
Jake Adelstein, Lois Banner, Will Friedwald, Zack O'Malley Greenburg, Peter Hessler, Dzogchen Ponlop, Martha Teichner, Yuval Taylor
Maggie Cooper

Aevitas Creative Management

Interested in Representing:
BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Feminist, Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Pop Culture, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction

Representative Authors:
Marisa Crane, Andrew J. Graff, Jessica Martin, Carolyn Prusa, Julia Ridley Smith
Melissa Flashman

Janklow & Nesbit Associates

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

Representative Authors:
Stephanie Mannatt Danler, Kristin Dombek, Stanley Fish, Emily Gould, Kate Zambreno
Sarah Fuentes

Fletcher & Company

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, Sarah Everts, Natasha Joukovsky, Emily Neuberger, Rina Raphael
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
Veronica Goldstein

Fletcher & Company

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, Daniel Sherrell, Alicia Puglionesi, Daisy Pitkin, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Toby Wilkinson
Rebecca Gradinger

Fletcher & Company

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

Representative Authors:
Pauline Chen, David Gillham, Kathleen Grissom, Maggie Shipstead
Ross Harris

Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency

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

Representative Authors:
Rebekah Frumkin, Ruth Joffre, Isaac Oliver, Charlyne Yi, Manoush Zomorodi, A. Brad Schwartz, Carson Vaughan, Angela Chen, Jared Yates Sexton, Amy Peterson, and others
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
Dorian Karchmar

William Morris Endeavor

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Cross-genre, Feminist, Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Political, Pop Culture, Translation, War, Young Adult

Representative Authors:
Daniel James Brown, Helene Cooper, Frances de Pontes Peebles, Anton DiSclafani, the Estate of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Erika Johansen, the late Dr. Paul Kalanithi, Ann Leary, Paul Lynch, Kimberly McCreight, Beth Macy, Eric Puchner, Jennifer Vanderbes, Amor Towles, Elaine Weiss
Kirby Kim

Janklow & Nesbit Associates

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

Representative Authors:
Ted Chiang, Malcolm Brooks, Karolina Waclawiak, Tracy O’Neill, Peter Bognanni, Craig Davidson
Dan Kirschen

ICM Partners

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

Representative Authors:
Michael Chabon, Lee Durkee, Elizabeth Greenwood, Chuck Palahniuk, Morgan Parker, Ann Patchett, Dan Piepenbring, David Sanchez, Amy Rose Spiegel, Ayelet Waldman
Sarah Levitt

Aevitas Creative Management

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

Representative Authors:
Claire L. Evans, Eliese Colette Goldbach, Sara Majka, Anjali Sachdeva, Ly Tran, Phuc Tran, Ruha Benjamin
Cassie Mannes Murray

Howland Literary, LLC

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Lyric Essay, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Pop Culture, Speculative Fiction, Translation, Young Adult

Representative Authors:
Emma Bolden, Sydney Warner Brooman, Daniel Dockery, Suzanne Grove, Dr. Jasmine Harris, Richard Larson, Emme Lund, Maureen O’Leary, Erin Slaughter, Raz Tal
PJ Mark

Janklow & Nesbit Associates

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

Representative Authors:
Samantha Hunt, Sarah Manguso, Dinaw Mengestu, Ed Park, Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Craig Thompson, Josh Weil, Sunil Yapa
Anthony Mattero

Creative Artists Agency

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Pop Culture

Representative Authors:
Carmelo Anthony, Karen Attiah, Blitz Bazawule, Mayim Bialik, Chris Bosh, Kate Fagan, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Rachel Lindsay, Wesley Lowery, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade
Matt McGowan

Frances Goldin Literary Agency, Inc.

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

Representative Authors:
Eula Biss, John D’Agata, Brian Evenson, Josh Garrett-Davis, Aram Goudsouzian, Brooks Haxton, Ryan Van Meter
Monica Odom

Odom Media Management

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Political, Pop Culture

Representative Authors:
Victoria Blanco, Maisy Card, Bernard Ferguson, Morgan Jerkins, Mia Mercado, Sonya Renee Taylor.

Literary Agents Database

DeFiore and Company

Ross Yoon Agency

Aevitas Creative Management

Chase Literary Agency

William Clark Associates

Aevitas Creative Management

Janklow & Nesbit Associates

Fletcher & Company

Aevitas Creative Management

Fletcher & Company

Fletcher & Company

Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency

Regal Hoffmann & Associates LLC

Howland Literary

Trellis Literary Management

Ayesha Pande Literary

William Morris Endeavor

Janklow & Nesbit Associates

ICM Partners

Aevitas Creative Management

Howland Literary, LLC

Janklow & Nesbit Associates

Creative Artists Agency

Frances Goldin Literary Agency, Inc.

Odom Media Management

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