The Best Literary Agents Seeking Memoir Submissions

💼 Agency: Harvey Klinger, Inc.

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Young Adult, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction

Previous clients: Lori Culwell, Chris Carlton Brown, Alex McAulay

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Nonfiction, Memoir, Thriller, Humor, Young Adult

Previous clients: Joy Castro, Sarah Schulman, Michael Thomas Ford, Laurel Ann Nattress, Vestal McIntyre

Open to queries

💼 Agency: WME Books

🌍 Location: Washington DC, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir, Politics, Business Book, Commercial Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Young Adult

Previous clients: Joshua Green, Van Jones, James Clapper, Michael Isikoff, David Corn

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Calligraph Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.calligraphlit.com/agents

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Nonfiction, Business Book, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Literary Fiction, Politics, Self-Help, Spirituality

Previous clients: Hisham Matar, Edmund de Waal, Stephen Greenblatt, Prentis Hemphill, Adam Nicolson, Priya Parker, Tom Vanderbilt

Open to queries

💼 Agency: William Morris Endeavor

🌍 Location: Los Angeles, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Politics

Previous clients: Judy Blume, Jill Abramson, Elizabeth Berg, Meg Wolitzer

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Children's Book, Young Adult

Previous clients: Scott Turow, Michael Cunningham, Leah Stewart

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Creative Artists Agency

🌍 Location: London, GB

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.caa.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Crime Fiction, Memoir, Nonfiction, Thriller

Previous clients: Margaret Atwood, Bernardine Evaristo, Tara Westover, Malala Yousafzai, Anthony Doerr

Open to queries

💼 Agency: David Higham Literary Agency

🌍 Location: London, GB

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Crime Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Diverse Fiction, BIPOC, Feminism, LGBTQ, Commercial Fiction, Women's Fiction

Previous clients: Diana Wynne Jones, Richard Adams, Nick Butterworth, Jonathan Stroud, Alix Nathan

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Vicky Bijur Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Cookbook, Crime Fiction, LGBTQ, Memoir, Nonfiction, Thriller

Previous clients: Laura Lippman, Lisa Genova, James Sallis, Christina Shea, Margaret Maron

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Folio Literary Management

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

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

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics

Previous clients: Garth Stein, Eowyn Ivey, Elizabeth Letts, Robert Hicks, Charles J. Shields, Karen Dionne