The Best Literary Agents Seeking Mystery Submissions

💼 Agency: Folio Literary Management

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Feminism

Previous clients: Maureen Ryan, Curtis Chin, Dr. Mariel Buqué, Julie Rodgers, Joél Leon.

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Starling Literary + Media

🌍 Location: Chicago, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Romance, Thriller, Young Adult, Horror, Mystery, Picture Book, Cookbook, Fiction, Nonfiction

Previous clients: Tiffany Brownlee, Heather Powell, Shondra Walker, Carol Williams

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Writers House

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Horror, Humor, Thriller, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Sports, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Mystery, Historical Fiction

Previous clients: Jeff Chen, Casey Barrett, Jack Murphy, Ray McPadden

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Word One Literary

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Previous clients: Hal Ackerman, Mary Wine, Lissa Rankin, Sophie Littlefield

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💼 Agency: Natasha Kern Literary Agency

🌍 Location: Seattle, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Diverse Fiction, BIPOC, Chick Lit, Historical Fiction, Young Adult

Previous clients: Tamera Alexander, Jody Hedlund, Kristi Ann Hunter, Kathleen Fuller, Beth Wiseman, Lynn Austin, Terri Blackstock, Maggie Brendan, Margaret Brownley, Heidi Chiavaroli, Pamela Clare, Amy Clipston, Mary Connealy, Zuri Day, Melanie Dickerson

💼 Agency: Dystel, Goderich & Bourret

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.dystel.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Narrative Nonfiction, Diverse Fiction, LGBTQ, Romance

Previous clients: Amy Gentry, Libby Hubscher, Dharma Kelleher, Bess Kingsley, T.J. Martinson, Rena Olsen

💼 Agency: Talcott Notch Literary Services

🌍 Location: Hartford, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://www.talcottnotch.net/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Historical Fiction, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Nonfiction, Business Book, Self-Help, Action & Adventure, Chick Lit, Children's Book, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Diverse Fiction, Feminism, Horror, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Middle Grade, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, New Adult, Politics, Romance, Sports, Young Adult

Previous clients: Ron Franscell, Nancy Holzner, Drew Eric Whitman, Scott Deitche

Open to queries

💼 Agency: BJ Robbins Literary Agency

🌍 Location: Los Angeles, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Nonfiction, Memoir, Diverse Fiction

Previous clients: Stephen Graham Jones, Nafisa Haji, Renee Swindle, Mary Volmer

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💼 Agency: Maria Carvainis Agency, Inc.

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Nonfiction, Business Book, Memoir

Previous clients: Laura Wright, Mary Balogh, Advaita Kala

💼 Agency: FinePrint Literary Management

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://fineprintlit.com/zach-honey.html

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries via QueryManager

Genres: Crime Fiction, Fiction, Horror, Humor, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Nonfiction, Sports, Thriller

Previous clients:

Open to queries