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.

Rena Rossner

The Deborah Harris Agency

Interested in Representing:
Fiction, Historical, Nonfiction, Political

Representative Authors:
Amy Gottlieb, Mark Noce, Leah Scheier
Elizabeth Winick Rubenstein

McIntosh & Otis

Interested in Representing:
Feminist, Fiction, Historical, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Literary Fiction, Love

Representative Authors:
Eleanor Brown, Phyllis T. Smith
Marly Rusoff

Marly Rusoff Literary Agency

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

Representative Authors:
Pat Conroy, Adam Langer, Ron Rash
Curtis Russell

P.S. Literary Agency

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

Representative Authors:
Pamela Beason, Nick Powdthavee, Gail Vaz-Oxlade, Gerry Dee, Tommy Europe
Jim Rutman

Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.

Interested in Representing:
Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Literary Fiction

Representative Authors:
Charles Bock, Eleanor Henderson, Norah Labiner, J. Robert Lennon, Peter Rock, Theodore Ross
Rayhané Sanders

Massie & McQuilkin

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

Representative Authors:
Jonathan Weisman, Lidia Yuknavitch
Peter Sawyer

Fifi Oscard Agency, Inc.

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

Representative Authors:
Robert Craft, Marian Schwartz, Yusef Kumunyakaa
Adam Schear

DeFiore and Company

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

Representative Authors:
Jen Adams, Scott Bedford, Christian Schoon
Deborah Schneider

Gelfman Schneider Literary Agency / ICM

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

Representative Authors:
Madison Smartt Bell, Tracy Chevalier, Jeffery Deaver
Denise Shannon

Denise Shannon Literary Agency, Inc.

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

Representative Authors:
Lydia Davis, Francine Prose, Gary Shteyngart, Karen Russell
Samantha Shea

Georges Borchardt, Inc.

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

Representative Authors:
Karen Brown, Amy Butcher, Olivia Clare, Megan Coe, Lydia Fitzpatrick David, Jane Delury, Noor Elashi, John McManus, Adam Price, Austin Smith, Elissa Sussman, Laura Templeton, Doug Watson
Janet Silver

Aevitas Creative Management

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

Representative Authors:
Cheryl Strayed, Anthony Marra, Monique Truong, Hanna Pylväinin
Eric Simonoff

William Morris Endeavor

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

Representative Authors:
James Frey, Edward P. Jones, Jhumpa Lahiri, Nam Le, ZZ Packer
Anna Stein

ICM Partners

Interested in Representing:
Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Ben Lerner, Jamie Quatro, Hanya Yanagihara, Pamela Erens, Etgar Keret, Yoko Ogawa, Maria Semple
Peter Steinberg

Foundry Literary + Media

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

Representative Authors:
Alicia Erian, Keith Donohue, John Matteson
Douglas Stewart

Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.

Interested in Representing:
Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Carolyn Parkhurst, David Mitchell, Jane O’Connor, Gabrielle Zevin, Colin McAdam, Matthew Quick, Dana Reinhardt, Graham Joyce, Michael Dahlie
Andrew Stuart

The Stuart Agency

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

Representative Authors:
Kathleen Parker, William Dietrich, Maia Szalavitz, Kevin Guzman
Danielle Svetcov

Levine Greenberg Rostan

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Graphic/Illustrated, Fiction, Journalism/Investigative Reporting

Representative Authors:
Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Jodi Angel, Kasper Hauser, James Nestor, Eben Weiss, aka Bike Snob, State Bird Provisions
Emma Sweeney

Emma Sweeney Agency LLC

Interested in Representing:
Historical, Humor, Literary Fiction

Representative Authors:
Jonis Agee, Heather Barbieri, Stephanie Cowell, Lynn Cullen, David Dosa, MD, Ellen Feldman, Sara Gruen, Tom O'Donnell, Vaddey Ratner, Richard Snow, Justin Taylor
Alice Tasman

Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency

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

Representative Authors:
Maud Casey, Elizabeth Crane, H. S. Cross, Gina Frangello, Kelly Kerney, Timothy Schaffert, Emily Gray Tedrowe, Sarai Walker, Stephen Wetta, and Ellen Potter.
Michelle Tessler

Tessler Literary Agency

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

Representative Authors:
Accomplished journalists, scientists, academics, experts in their field, as well as novelists and debut authors with unique voices and stories to tell. She represents, among others, Seth Casteel (Underwater Dogs); Paul Collins (Murder of the Century), Frans de Waal (The Bonobo and the Atheist, Our Inner Ape); Leanne Ely (Saving Dinner); Mira Jacob (The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing); Amy Stewart (The Drunken Botanist, Wicked Plants); Amanda Eyre Ward (Close Your Eyes, How to Be Lost); David Sloan Wilson (The Neighborhood Project, Evolution for Everyone).
Joseph Veltre

The Gersh Agency

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

Representative Authors:
Steve Amick, Taylor Antrim, Jessica Blank, Bob Friel, Robyn Harding, Stephanie Klein, Alison Pace, Jason Pinter, Matthew Polly, David Treuer, Lauren Willig
Rachel Vogel

Waxman Leavell Literary Agency

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

Representative Authors:
Lucy Birmingham, Rebecca Dana, Corwin Ericson, Jurgen Fauth, David McNeill
Mitchell Waters

Curtis Brown, Ltd.

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

Representative Authors:
Joy Castro, Michael Thomas Ford, Sheri Joseph, X. J. Kennedy, Michael Lowenthal, Vestal McIntyre, Joseph Olshan, Jonathan Papernick, Paul Yoon
Carly Watters

P.S. Literary Agency

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

Representative Authors:
Mary Akers, Danny Appleby, Colin Mochrie, Jay Onrait, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Lorene Sauro, Julianna Scott

Literary Agents Database

The Deborah Harris Agency

McIntosh & Otis

Marly Rusoff Literary Agency

P.S. Literary Agency

Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.

Massie & McQuilkin

Fifi Oscard Agency, Inc.

DeFiore and Company

Gelfman Schneider Literary Agency / ICM

Denise Shannon Literary Agency, Inc.

Georges Borchardt, Inc.

Aevitas Creative Management

William Morris Endeavor

ICM Partners

Foundry Literary + Media

Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.

The Stuart Agency

Levine Greenberg Rostan

Emma Sweeney Agency LLC

Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency

Tessler Literary Agency

The Gersh Agency

Waxman Leavell Literary Agency

Curtis Brown, Ltd.

P.S. Literary Agency

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