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.

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
Susan Ginsburg

Writers House

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
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
Charlotte Gusay

The Charlotte Gusay Literary Agency

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

Representative Authors:
Saul Williams, Miriam Marx Allen, David Shields, Fabienne Josaphat, Mark Dawidziak, Kent Rasmussen, David Thibodeau, Rena Pederson, Dena Harris, Anne Strick, Susie Landau-Finch, Russ Giguere, Luis Giampietri, Anthony Russell, Patt Morrison, Steven Gaffney, Jack Mendelsohn
Alia Hanna Habib

McCormick Literary

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, Humor, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Isaac Oliver, Charlyne Yi, Rachel Lindsay, Manoush Zomorodi, A. Brad Schwartz, Rebekah Frumkin, Ruth Joffre
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
Jennifer Joel

ICM Partners

Interested in Representing:
Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Chris Cleave, Ian Caldwell, Kevin Fedarko, Joe McGinniss Jr., Evan Osnos, Shonda Rhimes, Dustin Thomason
Meredith Kaffel Simonoff

DeFiore and Company

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction

Representative Authors:
CJ Hauser, Lisa Hanawalt, Sean Michaels, Robin Wasserman, Kate Milliken
Dorian Karchmar

William Morris Endeavor

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

Representative Authors:
Helene Cooper, Guy Fieri, Kate Jacobs, Jennifer Haigh, Jennifer Vanderbes
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:
Ann Patchett, Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman, Elizabeth Greenwood, Prince, Dan Piepenbring, Amy Rose Spiegel, Morgan Parker, Ben Taub

Literary Agents Database

Fletcher & Company

Brandt & Hotchman Literary Agents, Inc.

John Hawkins & Associates, Inc.

The Friedrich Agency LLC

The Karpfinger Agency

Writers House

Trident Media Group

Fletcher & Company

Don Congdon Associates, Inc.

The Charlotte Gusay Literary Agency

McCormick Literary

The Fischer-Harbage Agency Inc.

The Joy Harris Literary Agency, Inc.

Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency

Andrew Lownie Literary Agency

Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.

Regal Hoffmann & Associates LLC

Empire Literary

Janklow & Nesbit Associates

Dunow, Carlson & Lerner

ICM Partners

DeFiore and Company

William Morris Endeavor

Janklow & Nesbit Associates

ICM Partners

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