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The Best Literary Agents Seeking Memoir Submissions

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Lucy Childs

💼 Agency: The Aaron M. Priest Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://aaronpriest.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Memoir, Chick Lit, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction

Previous clients: Brenda Joyce, Peter Charles Melman, Frances Sherwood, Elizabeth Diamond

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Stephen Barr

💼 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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Julia Kenny

💼 Agency: Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Memoir, Middle Grade, Narrative Nonfiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction

Previous clients: Jenny Milchman, Miriam Cohen, Ani Katz, Poppy Gee, David Joy

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Kari Stuart

💼 Agency: Creative Artists Agency

🌍 Location: London, GB

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.caa.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Nonfiction, Business Book, Cookbook, Memoir, Biography, Narrative Nonfiction

Previous clients: Amy Ephron, Kevin Roose, Maura Kelly, Mimi Kirk, Laura Marshall, Carol Miller, Samin Nosrat

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Sarah McKenzie

💼 Agency: Sarah McKenzie Literary Agency

🌍 Location: Melbourne, AU

🧑‍💻 Website: http://www.hindsight.net.au/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Graphic Novel, Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Picture Book, BIPOC, Diverse Fiction

Previous clients: Julie Janson, Scott Stuart, Ian W. Shaw, Gemma Carey, Kitty Black

Bonnie Nadell

💼 Agency: Hill Nadell Literary Agency

🌍 Location: Los Angeles, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Cookbook, Action & Adventure, Biography, Business Book, Chick Lit, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Diverse Fiction, Feminism, Historical Fiction, History, LGBTQ, Mystery, Psychology, Short Story, Sports, Thriller, Travel, Upmarket Fiction, Women's Fiction

Previous clients: David Foster Wallace, Antonya Nelson, Lynn Schooler, Richard Polsky, Kate Racculia

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Allison Hellegers

💼 Agency: Stimola Literary Studio

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Science Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Middle Grade, LGBTQ, Fantasy, Narrative Nonfiction, Romance, Horror

Previous clients: Natasha Farrant, Liz Hyder, Emma Sheva, Tom Ellison

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Melissa Flashman

💼 Agency: Janklow & Nesbit Associates

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Business Book, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction

Previous clients: Stephanie Danler, Anne Boyer, Amina Cain, Emily Gould, Richard L. Hasen

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Sarah Yake

💼 Agency: Frances Collin Literary Agency

🌍 Location: Pittsburgh, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Biography, History, Travel

Previous clients: Nadine Darling, Matthew Jakubowski, Kirsten Kaschock, Christopher Merkner, Wendy Sparrow

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Brian DeFiore

💼 Agency: DeFiore and Company

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Cookbook, Memoir, Sports, Business Book, Mystery

Previous clients: Brandon Stanton, Frank Warren, David Potter, Benjamin Hale, Tom Ryan, Rick Yancey

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