The Best Literary Agents Seeking Nonfiction Submissions

💼 Agency: DeFiore and Company

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Humor

Previous clients: William Alexander, John Grogan, Peter Brannen, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, Yumi Sakugawa, Saul Austerlitz, Nathalia Holt, Melissa L. Sevigny

Open to queries

💼 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, Fiction, Nonfiction, Speculative Fiction, Upmarket Fiction, Women's Fiction

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

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, Commercial Fiction, History, New Adult, Romantasy, Upmarket Fiction

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

💼 Agency: The Gernert Company

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Narrative Nonfiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Cookbook, Nonfiction

Previous clients: John Donvan, Ophira Eisenberg, Elizabeth Green, Josh Levin, Caren Zucker

💼 Agency: KT Literary

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://ktliterary.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Graphic Novel, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Middle Grade, BIPOC, African-American, Fiction

Previous clients: Angela Ahn, Aashna Avachat, Michal Babay, V.T. Bidania, Fleur Bradley, Nick Brooks, Christine Calella, Melissa Capriglione, Doug Cenko, Laura Dalesandro, Vera Greentea, Shelli R. Johannes, Sydney Langford, Carolyn Lê

💼 Agency: Westwood Creative Artists

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://wcaltd.com/meg-wheeler/

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

Genres: Crime Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Nonfiction, Thriller, Memoir, Politics, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Upmarket Fiction

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

Open to queries

💼 Agency: International Creative Agency

🌍 Location: London, GB

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.internationalcreative.agency/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Nonfiction, Children's Book, Commercial Fiction, Diverse Fiction, Fantasy, Feminism, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Historical Fiction, Horror, Humor, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Middle Grade, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, New Adult, Picture Book, Romance, Short Story, Thriller, Upmarket Fiction, Women's Fiction, Young Adult

Previous clients: Juno Dawson, Steve Lenton, Jon Walter, Lucy Van Smit

💼 Agency: Jim Donovan Literary

🌍 Location: Dallas, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Sports, Biography, History

Previous clients: Jim Dent, Jeff Guinn, Michael Kauffman, Ron Faust

💼 Agency: Greyhound Literary

🌍 Location: London, GB

🧑‍💻 Website: https://greyhoundliterary.co.uk/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Literary Fiction, Science Fiction, Thriller, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, History, Speculative Fiction

Previous clients: Tade Thompson, Luke Arnold, G.V. Anderson, Nicholas Binge, Dave Hutchinson, Mike Brooks

💼 Agency: Illuminate Literary Agency

🌍 Location: Portland, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Nonfiction, Christian, Self-Help, Spirituality, Fiction

Previous clients: Alli Worthington, Greta Eskridge, Joshua Ryan Butler, Nick Connolly