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The Best Literary Agents Seeking Historical Fiction Submissions

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Juliet Mushens

💼 Agency: Mushens Entertainment

🌍 Location: London, GB

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.mushens-entertainment.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Historical Fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction, Women's Fiction

Previous clients: Jessie Burton, Taran Matharu, Richard Osman, Ali Land, Claire Douglas

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Peter Straus

💼 Agency: RCW Literary Agency

🌍 Location: London, GB

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Action & Adventure, Cookbook, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Memoir, Politics, Romance, Science Fiction, Spirituality, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Biography, History, Horror, Travel

Previous clients: Kazuo Ishiguro, Colm Toibin, Kate Atkinson, Jenny Pitman, Rupert Thomsom, Lucy Caldwell, Peter Carey, Rachel Cooke, Tom Crewe, Carol Ann Duffy, Anne Enright, Ian McEwan

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Regina Brooks

💼 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

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Miriam Altshuler

💼 Agency: DeFiore & Company

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Narrative Nonfiction, Middle Grade, Commercial Fiction, Historical Fiction, Memoir, Nonfiction, Self-Help

Previous clients: Anne Tyler, Elizabeth Rosner, Marja Mills, Wednesday Martin, Jill Santopolo, Donna Freitas, Walter Dean Myers, Eudora Welty

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Victoria Marini

💼 Agency: High Line Literary Collective

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Action & Adventure, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Commercial Fiction, Horror, LGBTQ, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Diverse Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Lisa Amowitz, Hannah Sternberg, Kate Bassett, Meg Cannistra

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Jim McCarthy

💼 Agency: Dystel, Goderich & Bourret

🌍 Location: New York City, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.dystel.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

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

Previous clients: Richelle Mead, Cynthia Ceilan, Victoria Laurie, Carrie Ryan, Julia Templeton, Michelle Rowen

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Daniel Lazar

💼 Agency: Writers House

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Graphic Novel, Historical Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Middle Grade, LGBTQ, Women's Fiction

Previous clients: Hannah Kent, Chandler Baker, Raymond Villareal, Ingrid Law, Jennifer McMahon, Matt Rothschild

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Adria Goetz

💼 Agency: KT Literary

🌍 Location: Seattle, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://ktliterary.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novel, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Middle Grade, Picture Book, Fantasy, Romance, Historical Fiction, Mystery, New Adult, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Juliann Law, Rebecca Harrison Reed, Amy Nielander

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Oliver Munson

💼 Agency: A.M. Heath & Co. Ltd

🌍 Location: London, GB

🧑‍💻 Website: https://amheath.com

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email or online form

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Thriller, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Sports, Children's Book, Historical Fiction, Horror, Literary Fiction, Picture Book, Speculative Fiction, Women's Fiction, Young Adult

Previous clients: Mari Hannah, David Mark, Julia Chapman, Lauren Beukes

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Michelle Brower

💼 Agency: Trellis Literary Management

🌍 Location: Boston, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Short Story, Thriller, Diverse Fiction, Fiction, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Tolani Akinola, Zaina Arafat, Manuel Aragon, Clare Beams, Jamey Bradbury, Mikki Brammer, Brittany Bronson.

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