The Best Literary Agents Seeking Crime Fiction Submissions

💼 Agency: Open Book Literary

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.openbooklit.com/home

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult, Narrative Nonfiction, Crime Fiction, LGBTQ, Diverse Fiction, Picture Book, Middle Grade, Nonfiction, Women's Fiction

Previous clients: Christiana Doucette, Francis Morella, Andrea Shapiro, Kate Allen Fox

💼 Agency: Looking Glass Literary & Media

🌍 Location: San Diego, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through Query Manager

Genres: Children's Book, Commercial Fiction, Cookbook, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Horror, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, BIPOC, Diverse Fiction

Previous clients: Natalie Lakosil, Dahlia Adler, Rachele Alpine, James Asmus, Tracy Badua

💼 Agency: Curtis Brown UK

🌍 Location: London, GB

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Crime Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Commercial Fiction

Previous clients: Miranda Hart, Dan Dare, Armistead Maupin, Lynda Bellingham

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Donald Maass Literary Agency

🌍 Location: San Diego, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://maassagency.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Self-Help, Spirituality, Children's Book, Middle Grade

Previous clients: Building a client list

💼 Agency: Aevitas Creative Management

🌍 Location: Boston, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Cookbook, Crime Fiction, Feminism, Humor, LGBTQ, Self-Help

Previous clients: Jon Allen, Amie Parnes, Allan Lichtman, Ratika Kapur, Emma Brown, Ruby Lal

💼 Agency: Curtis Brown UK

🌍 Location: London, GB

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Nonfiction, Business Book, Memoir, Sports, Mystery, Romance, Women's Fiction

Previous clients: Sarah Archer, Yolanda Barker, Melissa Hill, Alice Hoffman

💼 Agency: Westwood Creative Artists

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://wcaltd.com/meg-wheeler/

📣 Preferred contact method: Send queries to submissions@wcaltd.com and specify the agent in the subject line.

Genres: Crime Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Thriller

Previous clients: Mark Abley, Michael Adams, Caroline Adderson, Anar Ali, Kamal Al-Solaylee

💼 Agency: Trellis Literary Management

🌍 Location: Boston, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Horror, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Diverse Fiction, LGBTQ, Romance, Science Fiction, Chick Lit, Historical Fiction, Short Story

Previous clients: Olufunke Grace Bankole, Erin Crosby-Eckstine, Emmalie Dropkin, Shaina Frazier, Andréa Ferrell Gannon, Danielle Girard, Yeji Yvonne Ham, Elise Hooper, Lina Patton, Jacquie Pham, Sara Sligar, Erin Swan

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Confluence Literary Agency

🌍 Location: Denver, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Business Book, Narrative Nonfiction

Previous clients: Raymond Barfield, Michael Booth, Barbara Bridges, William Brohaugh, Jennifer Brown, Margo Catts, Krystle Cobran, Mark Cohen

💼 Agency: InkWell Management

🌍 Location: Dallas, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://inkwellmanagement.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Action & Adventure, Crime Fiction, Diverse Fiction, Horror, Memoir, Mystery, Thriller

Previous clients: Matthew Fitzsimmons, Gary Phillips, Greg Rucka, Blake Crouch, John Tesar