The Best Literary Agents Seeking Biography Submissions

💼 Agency: Serendipity Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York City, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.serendipitylit.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Business Book, Self-Help, Spirituality, Diverse Fiction, African-American, Biography, Historical Fiction, History, Humor, LGBTQ, Memoir, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Women's Fiction

Previous clients: Marilyn Nelson, Lawrence Jackson, Derrick Barnes, Sundee Frazier, Ed Gordon

💼 Agency: The Unter Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://theunteragency.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Contact via email

Genres: Fiction, Middle Grade, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Young Adult, Memoir, Sports, Biography, History, Psychology

Previous clients: Previously published middle grade fiction with Penguin Random House, Sourcebooks, Capstone, and Bloomsbury USA.

💼 Agency: HG Literary

🌍 Location: New York City, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.hgliterary.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Young Adult, Picture Book, Graphic Novel, Children's Book, Cookbook, Feminism, LGBTQ, Middle Grade, Fiction, Nonfiction, Politics, Humor, Biography, History

Previous clients: Cate Berry, Hanna Cha, Maggie P. Chang, Rio Cortez, Sarah Dass, Jyoti Rajan Gopal, Yan Gu, Rukhsanna Guidroz, Noha Habaieb, Lisa Katzenberger, Baljinder Kaur, Sophie N. Lee, Julie Leung, Dane Liu, Shaina Lu, Ashley Lukashevsky, Breanna J. McDaniel.

💼 Agency: Massie McQuilkin & Altman Literary Agents

🌍 Location: New York City, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://www.mmqlit.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Short Story, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Biography, History

Previous clients: Kelly Link, Dan Chaon, Keith Lee Morris, Shawn Vestal, Karin Tidbeck, Nathan Ballingrud

💼 Agency: Fox Literary

🌍 Location: New York City, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://www.foxliterary.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Historical Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Spirituality, Biography, History

Previous clients: Jo Graham, Claudia Gray, Seanan McGuire, Sarah Kuhn, Nghi Vo

💼 Agency: The Cheney Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://cheneyassoc.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Business Book, Short Story, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Biography, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Dave Eggers, Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, Carol Leonnig, Phil Rucker, Masha Gessen, Reza Aslan, Manning Marable, Adelle Waldman, Julia Pierpont, Mark Owen, Mark Leibovich, Gayle Lemmon, Josh Foer, Scott Kelly, Lauren Collins.

💼 Agency: Andrew Lownie Literary Agency

🌍 Location: London, GB

🧑‍💻 Website: http://www.andrewlownie.co.uk//

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir, Biography, History

Previous clients: Cathy Glass, Casey Watson, Joe Holliday, John Heale

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💼 Agency: Westwood Creative Artists

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://wcaltd.com/john-pearce/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Nonfiction, Biography, History, Humor, Mystery, Thriller, Travel, Young Adult

Previous clients: Richard Wagamese, Kamal Al-Solaylee, Genevieve von Petzinger, Timothy Findley, and others.

💼 Agency: Margret McBride Literary Agency

🌍 Location: San Diego, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://www.mcbrideliterary.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Historical Fiction, Nonfiction, Business Book, Memoir, Self-Help, Politics, Feminism, Narrative Nonfiction, Humor, Mystery, Cookbook, LGBTQ, Action & Adventure, Chick Lit, Crime Fiction, Diverse Fiction, Literary Fiction, New Adult, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Biography, History, Psychology, Travel, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Benjamin Bikman, Grant Sabatier, Sheldon Bowles, Brandon Webb

💼 Agency: Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York City, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://www.jvnla.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Short Story, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Middle Grade, Biography, Children's Book, Young Adult

Previous clients: Emily Gray Tedrowe, Dianne Dixon, Catherine Greenman, Stephen Wetta, Ellen Potter