The Best Literary Agents Seeking Memoir Submissions

💼 Agency: WLA Books

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://wlabooks.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries via email

Genres: Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction

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💼 Agency: The Leshne Agency

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email or QueryTracker

Genres: Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Business Book, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Sports, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Diverse Fiction, Feminism, Commercial Fiction, Humor, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Biography, Chick Lit, Cookbook, Graphic Novel, Historical Fiction, History, New Adult, Psychology, Self-Help, Spirituality, Travel, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Stacey Abrams, Julissa Arce, Leslie Lehr, Christie Pearce Rampone, AJ Mendez, Ivan Klima

💼 Agency: David Black Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir, Politics, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Biography, Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Previous clients: William G. Boykin, Tom Morrisey, Michele Reiss, Lisa Bedford, Erik Larson, Jai Pausch

💼 Agency: Curtis Brown Australia

🌍 Location: Sydney, AU

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.curtisbrown.com.au/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Literary Fiction, Romance, Thriller, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Self-Help, History, Picture Book, Travel

Previous clients: Jared Thomas, Joanna Nell, Sara Foster, Gabriel Bergmoser

💼 Agency: Janklow & Nesbit Associates

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Spirituality

Previous clients: Rutger Bregman, Tara Isabella Burton, Bernadine Evaristo, Rebecca Godfrey, Tricia Hersey, Hannah Fry, Claire Keegan, Hari Kunzru, Andrew Smith, Harlan Ellison, Germaine Greer, Alan Hollinghurst, David Kennedy

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💼 Agency: William Clark Associates

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://wmclark.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Nonfiction, Fiction, Biography, Business Book, Cookbook, Graphic Novel, History, Humor, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Politics, Spirituality, Travel, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Kim Adelman, Jake Adelstein, Cornelia Walker Bailey, James Barrat, Alexa Hampton

💼 Agency: Azantian Literary Agency

🌍 Location: Los Angeles, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries via submission form.

Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Horror, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Romance, Romantasy

Previous clients: Sherman Alexie, Sara Zarr, Suzanne Selfors, Pseudonymous Bosch, Robin Talley, Hillary Monahan (writing as Eva Darrows), Adi Alsaid

💼 Agency: Writers House

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Graphic Novel, Humor, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Middle Grade, Picture Book, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Previous clients: David Macaulay, F.C. Yee, John Corey Whaley, Maggie Thrash, Christopher Silas Neal

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💼 Agency: InkWell Management

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Business Book, Spirituality, Sports, Christian, Memoir, Politics, Biography, History, Travel

Previous clients: Lee Child, Andrew Child, Alicia Keys, Robert Harris, Antonio Damasio, James Gleick, Simon Schama, Dava Sobel, Elin Hilderbrand

💼 Agency: Frances Goldin Literary Agency, Inc.

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Diverse Fiction, BIPOC, LGBTQ, Biography, Business Book, History, Humor, Mystery, Sports, Travel

Previous clients: Margaret Wise Brown, Adrienne Rich, Juan González, James Kugel, Robert Tsai