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.

Ayesha Pande

Ayesha Pande Literary

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Young Adult

Representative Authors:
Asale Angel-Ajani, Shilpi Somaya Gowda, Michael Shilling
Jessica Papin

Dystel, Goderich & Bourret LLC

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

Representative Authors:
Qais Akbar Omar, Alexandra Lapierre, Valerie Trueblood
Chris Parris-Lamb

The Gernert Company

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

Representative Authors:
Chad Harbach, Manny Howard, Hillary Jordan
Emma Patterson

Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.

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

Representative Authors:
Patrick Arden
Susan Ramer

Don Congdon Associates, Inc.

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

Representative Authors:
Kathryn Stockett, Rachel Weaver, Ellen Gilchrist, Amy Belding Brown, Rachel Louise Snyder
Lorin Rees

Rees Literary Agency

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

Representative Authors:
Alan Dershowitz, Siobhan Fallon, Pete Ferry, William Giraldi, Richard Lourie
Amy Rennert

Amy Rennert Agency

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

Representative Authors:
Jimmy Buffett, Beth Kephart, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Jacqueline Winspear, Amy Franklin-Willis
Holly Root

Root Literary

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

Representative Authors:
Victoria Schwab, Rae Carson, Christina Lauren, Alan Gratz, Jasmine Guillory, Kristin Harmel, CJ Redwine, Rachel Hawkins, S.J. Kincaid, Jen Cervantes, Ashley Poston, Denis Markell, Megan Bannen, Greg Van Eekhout, Megan Crane, Gretchen Anthony
Andy Ross

Andy Ross Agency

Interested in Representing:
Historical, Religious/Spiritual, Narrative Nonfiction, Literary Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Pop Culture, Journalism/Investigative Reporting

Representative Authors:
Daniel Boyarin, Daniel Ellsberg, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, Michael Parenti
Grace A. Ross

Regal Hoffmann & Associates LLC

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

Representative Authors:
Katie Knoll, Michael Jeffrey Lee, Carla Panciera, Molly Pascal, Amanda Pauley, Eugene Tracy
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

The Shannon Agency

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

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

Literary Agents Database

Ayesha Pande Literary

Dystel, Goderich & Bourret LLC

The Gernert Company

Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.

Don Congdon Associates, Inc.

Rees Literary Agency

Amy Rennert Agency

Root Literary

Andy Ross Agency

Regal Hoffmann & Associates LLC

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

The Shannon Agency

Georges Borchardt, Inc.

Aevitas Creative Management

William Morris Endeavor

ICM Partners

Foundry Literary + Media

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