The Best Literary Agents Seeking Nonfiction Submissions

💼 Agency: Massie McQuilkin & Altman Literary Agents

🌍 Location: New York City, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://www.mmqlit.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Short Story, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Biography, History

Previous clients: Kelly Link, Dan Chaon, Keith Lee Morris, Shawn Vestal, Karin Tidbeck, Nathan Ballingrud

💼 Agency: Dystel, Goderich & Bourret

🌍 Location: New York City, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.dystel.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Business Book, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Sports, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Picture Book, Humor, Commercial Fiction, History

Previous clients: Rachele Alpine, Steven Cordero, Shandy Lawson, Adam Lazarus, August McLaughlin

💼 Agency: The Rights Factory

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Cookbook, Self-Help, Sports, Business Book, LGBTQ, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Biography, Feminism, History, Humor, Politics, Psychology

Previous clients: Lisa Brahin, Krista Towns, Laura Pratt, Michelle McIvor, Karen Pierce

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💼 Agency: Curtis Brown UK

🌍 Location: London, GB

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Thriller

Previous clients: Ranulph Fiennes, Adam Kay, Lucy Foley, Sandi Toksvig, Shappi Khorsandi, Naomi Wood

💼 Agency: FinePrint Literary Management

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries via QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Sports, Thriller, Commercial Fiction, Travel

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💼 Agency: Ann Rittenberg Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://www.rittlit.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Chick Lit, Diverse Fiction, Feminism, History, Sports, Thriller

Previous clients: Dennis Lehane, Laura Whitcomb, Debra Austin, Doug Magee, Katharine Greider, C.J. Box, Jim Edgar

💼 Agency: Creative Artists Agency

🌍 Location: Los Angeles, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.caa.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance, Young Adult, Memoir, Historical Fiction, Horror, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Speculative Fiction, Thriller

Previous clients: Tomi Adeyemi, Kate Elizabeth Russell, Karen Hamilton, Eiko Kadono

💼 Agency: The Plot Agency

🌍 Location: London, GB

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Crime Fiction, Fiction, Horror, Thriller, Romance, History, Nonfiction, Psychology, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction

Previous clients: Hanna Jameson, Jessica Moor, Jack Anderson, Bexy Cameron, James Delargy

💼 Agency: Folio Literary Management

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Cookbook, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, BIPOC, Poetry

Previous clients: Burt Reynolds, Layla Saad, Cary Elwes, Kimberly William-Paisley, Madisen Kuhn

💼 Agency: Root Literary

🌍 Location: Boston, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.rootliterary.com/team

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novel, Picture Book, Nonfiction

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