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The Best Literary Agents Seeking Memoir Submissions

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Debbie Golvan

💼 Agency: Golvan Arts Management

🌍 Location: Melbourne, AU

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Children's Book, Middle Grade

Previous clients: Irma Gold, Jingjing Xue, Gail Morgan, Koraly Dimitriadis, Wendy Orr

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Katherine Fausset

💼 Agency: Curtis Brown, Ltd.

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://curtisbrown.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir

Previous clients: Emily St. John Mandel, Lucia Berlin, Crystal Hana Kim, Laura van den Berg

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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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Emily Forland

💼 Agency: Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novel, Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Biography, History

Previous clients: Heidi Durrow, Alice Fulton, Bill Hayes, James Magnuson, Greil Marcus, Dominic Smith

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Julie Stevenson

💼 Agency: Massie McQuilkin & Altman Literary Agents

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://www.mmqlit.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Amy Shearn, Eric Nguyen, Kathleen Glasgow, Erin McGill

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Kate McKean

💼 Agency: Howard Morhaim Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Historical Fiction, Humor, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Middle Grade, Diverse Fiction, LGBTQ, Children's Book, Feminism, Horror, Narrative Nonfiction, Romance, Self-Help, Upmarket Fiction, Women's Fiction

Previous clients: Daniel M. Lavery, Madeleine Roux, Brittany Gibbons

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Sarah Fuentes

💼 Agency: United Talent Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Feminism, History, Narrative Nonfiction

Previous clients: Keri Blakinger, Jake Bittle, Julia Rosen, Sarah Everts, A. Natasha Joukovsky

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Ethan Ellenberg

💼 Agency: The Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Nonfiction, Cookbook, Memoir, Children's Book, Diverse Fiction, Biography, Crime Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Young Adult

Previous clients: John Scalzi, Eric Rohmann, Jay Allan, G.A. Aiken, Bill Ferris, Patty Blount

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Jake Babad

💼 Agency: Westwood Creative Artists

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://wcaltd.com/jake-babad/

📣 Preferred contact method: Send queries to submissions@wcaltd.com.

Genres: Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Nonfiction, Science Fiction, Business Book, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Psychology, Spirituality

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

John Silbersack

💼 Agency: The Bent Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Memoir, Biography, Fantasy, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Nonfiction, Politics

Previous clients: Kevin J. Anderson, Howard Bloom, L.D. Crichton, John Kessel

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