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.

Seth Fishman

The Gernert Company

Interested in Representing:
Commercial Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction

Representative Authors:
Kate Beaton, Anna Bond, Stephanie Feldman, Alex Grecian, Porochista Khakpour, Ann Leckie, Randall Munroe, Téa Obreht
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
Christy Fletcher

Fletcher & Company

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Fiction, Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Lynn Coady, Vincent Lam, David Leonhardt
Emily Forland

Brandt & Hotchman Literary Agents, Inc.

Interested in Representing:
Fiction, Literary Fiction

Representative Authors:
Heidi Durrow, Alice Fulton, Bill Hayes, James Magnuson, Greil Marcus, Dominic Smith, Mary Helen Specht, Joseph Skibell, Shann Ray, Sara Levine
Warren Frazier

John Hawkins & Associates, Inc.

Interested in Representing:
Literary Fiction

Representative Authors:
Joyce Carol Oates, Mark Z. Danielewski, Olga Grushin, Jess Walter
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
Kate Garrick

The Karpfinger Agency

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

Representative Authors:
Sanjiv Bhattacharya, David Goodwillie, Jen Lancaster
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
Susan Ginsburg

Writers House LLC

Interested in Representing:
Literary Fiction, Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
David Berlinski, Mischa Berlinski, Diane Chamberlain, Dale Degroff, Jane Feather, Eileen Goudge, Edward Humes, Michele Jaffe, Leonard Mlodinow, Mark Scarbroug, Jane Seymour, Bruce Weinstein
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
Mark Gottlieb

Trident Media Group

Interested in Representing:
Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Samantha Chase, James Breakwell, Christopher Brown, Ruby Karp, Kate Moretti, Jason Walz, Deborah A. Wolf
Rebecca Gradinger

Fletcher & Company

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

Representative Authors:
Pauline Chen, David Gillham, Kathleen Grissom, Maggie Shipstead
Katie Grimm

Don Congdon Associates, Inc.

Interested in Representing:
Historical, Literary Fiction

Representative Authors:
Elizabeth Huergo, David Lomax
Taylor Haggerty

Root Literary

Interested in Representing:
Commercial Fiction, Cross-genre, Fiction, Love, Young Adult

Representative Authors:
Sally Thorne, Kate Clayborn, Karina Halle, Bridget Morrissey, Brittany Cavallaro, Destiny Soria, Emily Henry, Kayla Olson, Lana Popovic, Natasha Ngan
Alia Hanna Habib

The Gernert Company

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

Representative Authors:
John Donvan, Ophira Eisenberg, Elizabeth Green, Josh Levin, Caren Zucker
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
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
Shannon Hassan

Marsal Lyon Literary Agency, LLC

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

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

Andrew Lownie Literary Agency

Interested in Representing:
Fiction

Representative Authors:
Patrick Dillon, Sibylle Berg, Dominic Adler, Chloe Banks, David McGrath, Matt Wilven
Gail Hochman

Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Fiction

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

Empire 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

Janklow & Nesbit Associates

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

Representative Authors:
Alexandra Borowitz, Katie Heaney, Swan Huntley, Anna Pitoniak, Anne Helen Petersen, Victoria James, Kelsey Miller
Eleanor Jackson

Dunow, Carlson & Lerner

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

Representative Authors:
David Wroblewski, Susie Steiner, T. Geronimo Johnson, Aline Ohanesian, Susan Straight, Michael Lemonick

Literary Agents Database

The Gernert Company

Janklow & Nesbit Associates

Fletcher & Company

Brandt & Hotchman Literary Agents, Inc.

John Hawkins & Associates, Inc.

The Friedrich Agency LLC

The Karpfinger Agency

Frances Goldin Literary Agency, Inc.

Writers House LLC

Writers House

Trident Media Group

Fletcher & Company

Don Congdon Associates, Inc.

Root Literary

The Gernert Company

The Fischer-Harbage Agency Inc.

The Joy Harris Literary Agency, Inc.

Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency

Marsal Lyon Literary Agency, LLC

Andrew Lownie Literary Agency

Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.

Regal Hoffmann & Associates LLC

Empire Literary

Janklow & Nesbit Associates

Dunow, Carlson & Lerner

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