The Best Literary Agents Seeking Fiction Submissions

💼 Agency: The Tobias Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Romance, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Middle Grade, Mystery, Action & Adventure, Business Book, Chick Lit, Commercial Fiction, Diverse Fiction, Fantasy, Feminism, Horror, LGBTQ, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Fiction, Psychology

Previous clients: Jena Pincott, Salima Alikhan, Monique Gray Smith, Dionna Mann, Kaelyn Christian, Tziporah Cohen

💼 Agency: Root Literary

🌍 Location: Boston, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.rootliterary.com/team

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novel, Picture Book, Nonfiction

Previous clients: Building a client list

💼 Agency: John Hawkins & Associates

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://www.jhalit.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Business Book, Graphic Novel, Memoir, Short Story, History, Nonfiction

Previous clients: Joyce Carol Oates, Mark Z. Danielewski, Olga Grushin, Jess Walter

💼 Agency: Donald Maass Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York City, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://maassagency.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, African-American, BIPOC, Horror

Previous clients: Jim Butcher, Elizabeth Bear, Tamsyn Muir, Saladin Ahmed, Anne Bishop, Seth Dickinson

💼 Agency: United Talent Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Biography, Chick Lit, History, Politics, Sports, Travel, Young Adult

Previous clients: Maggie O'Farrell, Deborah Gruenfeld, Lynn Coady, Vincent Lam, David Leonhardt

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💼 Agency: Westwood Creative Artists

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://wcaltd.com/bridgette-kam/

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

Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio, Dennis Bock, Elaine Chen, Kate Jenks Landry, Anna Ling Kaye, Maggie Knaus, Judy Ann Sadler, Linda Trinh, Zenia Wadhwani

💼 Agency: SteelWorks Literary

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novel, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Picture Book, Cookbook, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, New Adult, Nonfiction, Women's Fiction

Previous clients: Jilanne Hoffman, Lynn Becker, K.E. Lewis, Mary Cronin, Shelley Jackson, Anna Drury

💼 Agency: Donald Maass Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://maassagency.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller, Diverse Fiction, LGBTQ, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Crime Fiction, Horror, Action & Adventure, Biography, Business Book, Chick Lit, Feminism, Graphic Novel, History, Humor, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, New Adult, Nonfiction, Politics, Psychology, Short Story, Speculative Fiction, Travel, Upmarket Fiction, Women's Fiction, Young Adult

Previous clients: Robert McCammon, Robert Jackson Bennett, Ada Palmer, Amy Alkon

💼 Agency: Dystel, Goderich & Bourret

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.dystel.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Middle Grade, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Romance, Women's Fiction, Fiction

Previous clients: Elizabeth Everett, Lauren Kung Jessen, Veeda Bybee, Suzanne Pilaar Birch, Debbie Herbert, Tara Taylor Quinn

💼 Agency: Jane Rotrosen Agency

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Romance, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Yara Zgheib, Tarryn Fisher, Audrey Carlan, Katy Evans