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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Jennifer Carlson

Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency

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

Representative Authors:
Kevin Brockmeier, Marisa de los Santos, Paul Reyes
Sylvie Carr

The Carr Agency, LLC

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

Representative Authors:
Rand Fishkin, Keyu Jin, Jake Knapp, Lauren Markham, Trevor Shikaze, Krystal Sital, Andria Williams
Lucy Carson

Friedrich Agency

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

Representative Authors:
Duchess Goldblatt, Jessica Khoury, Glynnis MacNicol, Alexandra Oliva
Terra Chalberg

Chalberg & Sussman

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

Representative Authors:
Alison Amend, Elise Blackwell, Margaux Fragoso, Jon Pineda, Andrew Porter, Glenn Taylor, Diana Wagman
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
Elyse Cheney

Elyse Cheney Literary Associates

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

Representative Authors:
Dave Eggers, Terri Jentz, Benjamin Kunkel, Nathaniel Rich, Suzanne Rivecca, Marco Roth, Jess Row.
Steven Chudney

The Chudney Agency

Interested in Representing:
Fiction, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Young Adult

Representative Authors:
Sara Biren, Tanita David, Elizabeth DeVeer, Karen English, Jacob Grant, Ashley Hope Perez, Eman Quota
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
Bill Clegg

The Clegg Agency

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

Representative Authors:
Emma Cline, Nick Flynn, Rivka Galchen, Lauren Groff, Christopher Hebert, Tao Lin, Ottessa Moshfegh, Rob Spillman, Matthew Thomas, Kao Kalia Yang
Frances Coady

Aragi Inc.

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

Representative Authors:
Ava Chin, Michael Cunningham, Anders Nilsen, Sharon Olds, Claudia Rankine, Ocean Vuong
Ashley Collom

DeFiore and Company

Interested in Representing:
Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Love

Representative Authors:
Jackie Dodd, Gigi Engle, Jenipher Lyn, Linda Miller Nicholson, Brittany Wright
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
Rachel Crawford

MacKenzie Wolf

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

Representative Authors:
Eric Dean Wilson, Megan Milks, Tom Cho
Laura Dail

Laura Dail Literary Agency

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Healing/Health, Historical, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Lisa Bloom, Sarah Mlynowski, and Frank DeCaro
Melissa Danaczko

Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency

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

Representative Authors:
Addison Armstrong, Chelsea Conaboy, Gabino Iglesias, Amanda Jayatissa, Bernice McFadden, Sarafina Nance, Mira Ptacin
Liz Darhansoff

Darhansoff Verrill Feldman Literary Agents

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

Representative Authors:
Lynda Barry, Taylor Branch, Judy Budnitz, Elisha Cooper, Chris Crutcher, Tony D’Souza, Sarah Dessen, Gretel Ehrlich, Peter Elkind, Arthur Golden, Amy Hempel, Pam Houston, Bill James, Jan Karon, Stephen King, William Langewiesche, David Liss, Bethany McLean, Christoph Niemann, Joe Nocera, Daniel Okrent, Annie Proulx, Heather Sellers, Neal Stephenson, Abigail Thomas
Reiko Davis

DeFiore and Company

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

Representative Authors:
Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Alan Gelb, Lindsey Klingele, Devi S. Laskar
Liza Dawson

Liza Dawson Associates

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

Representative Authors:
Annie Barrows, Tawni O'Dell, Mary Ann Shaffer
Brian DeFiore

DeFiore and Company

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

Representative Authors:
Benjamin Hale, Tom Ryan, Brandon Stanton, Rick Yancey
Stephanie Delman

Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, Inc.

Interested in Representing:
Cross-genre, Feminist, Fiction, Historical, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Speculative Fiction

Representative Authors:
Serena Burdick, Amy Feltman, Julia Fine, Katie M. Flynn, Dami Lee, Amanda Litman, Catherine Lowell, Jennie Melamed, Audrey Murray, Madeline Stevens, Monet Thomas, Theodore Wheeler
Sandra Dijkstra

Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency

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

Representative Authors:
Maxine Hong Kingston, Lisa See, Amy Tan
David Doerrer

Abrams Artists Agency

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

Representative Authors:
Genevieve Shaw Brown, Lauren Watt, Amy Dockser Marcus, Julie Rehmeyer
Priya Doraswamy

Lotus Lane Literary

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Healing/Health, Historical, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Religious/Spiritual

Representative Authors:
Farhad Dadyburjor, Farrukh Dhondy, Sumi Hahn, Nancy Kim, Jerry McGill, Perumal Murugan, Vivek Narayanan, Shuja Nawaz, Annie England Noblin, Onyeka Nwelue, Pia Padukone, Vito Racanelli, RV Raman, Thomas Richards, Lucy Riles, Tom Riles, Rashmi Sadana, Kristin Sample, Arshia Sattar, Irwin Allan Sealy, Hindol Sengupta, Parvati Sharma, Amita Trasi, Sung J Woo, Ovidia Yu
Tina Dubois

ICM Partners

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Arvin Ahmadi, Shane Burcaw, Brandy Colbert, Shannon Gibney, Christine Heppermann, Kelly Jensen, Morgan Parker, Veronica Rossi, Laura Ruby, Laurel Snyder, Anne Ursu, Arthur Yorinks
Henry Dunow

Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency

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

Representative Authors:
Aimee Bender, Robin Black, Hilma Wolitzer

Literary Agents Database

Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency

The Carr Agency, LLC

Friedrich Agency

Chalberg & Sussman

Chase Literary Agency

Elyse Cheney Literary Associates

The Chudney Agency

William Clark Associates

The Clegg Agency

Aragi Inc.

DeFiore and Company

Aevitas Creative Management

MacKenzie Wolf

Laura Dail Literary Agency

Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency

Darhansoff Verrill Feldman Literary Agents

DeFiore and Company

Liza Dawson Associates

DeFiore and Company

Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, Inc.

Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency

Abrams Artists Agency

Lotus Lane Literary

ICM Partners

Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency

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