The Best Literary Agents Seeking Nonfiction Submissions

💼 Agency: Dystel, Goderich & Bourret

🌍 Location: New York City, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.dystel.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Biography, Commercial Fiction, Diverse Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Horror, Humor, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, New Adult, Politics, Psychology, Romance, Sports, Travel, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Lisa McMann, Sara Zarr, Heather Brewer, Susan RoAne, Suzanne Selfors

💼 Agency: Books & Such Literary Agency

🌍 Location: San Francisco, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Nonfiction, Christian, Fiction

Previous clients: Sheila Wise Rowe, Kate Boyd, Hilary Bernstein

💼 Agency: John Hawkins & Associates

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://www.jhalit.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Thriller, Nonfiction, Business Book, Diverse Fiction, BIPOC

Previous clients: Gregory Maguire, Cecilia Samartin, Ann Cleeves

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, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Biography, Commercial Fiction, History

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

💼 Agency: HG Literary

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Nonfiction, Politics, Middle Grade, Action & Adventure, Biography, Children's Book, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, History, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Psychology, Science Fiction, Sports, Upmarket Fiction, Young Adult

Previous clients: Geoff Rodkey, Paul Goldberg, Todd Moss, EM Powell, Jessica Burkhart, Gerald Elias

💼 Agency: Folio Literary Management

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Nonfiction, Business Book, Cookbook, Self-Help, Feminism

Previous clients: Mark Bittman, Christopher Kimball, Marcus Samuelsson, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Geneen Roth, Darra Goldstein, Matt Rodbard, Eugenia Bone, Rowan Jacobsen, and Nathalie Dupree.

💼 Agency: David Higham Literary Agency

🌍 Location: London, GB

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, BIPOC, Nonfiction

Previous clients: Paula Hawkins, Lucy Dillon, Annie Bell, Laura Kemp, Sadie Matthews

💼 Agency: Westwood Creative Artists

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://wcaltd.com/bridgette-kam/

📣 Preferred contact method: Send queries to submissions@wcaltd.com, specifying agent in the subject line.

Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio, Dennis Bock, Elaine Chen, Kate Jenks Landry, Anna Ling Kaye, Maggie Knaus, Judy Ann Sadler, Linda Trinh, Zenia Wadhwani

💼 Agency: Chase Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Fantasy, Business Book, Politics, Self-Help, Biography, History, Humor

Previous clients: Alia Volz, Robert Weintraub, Gregory Crough, Gilbert King, Matt Stoller

💼 Agency: Hardman & Swainson Literary Agency

🌍 Location: London, GB

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

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

Previous clients: James Bailey, Anna Bell, Isla Gordon, Siobhan Miller

Open to queries