The Best Literary Agents Seeking Submissions

💼 Agency: Janklow & Nesbit Associates

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Spirituality

Previous clients: Rutger Bregman, Tara Isabella Burton, Bernadine Evaristo, Rebecca Godfrey, Tricia Hersey, Hannah Fry, Claire Keegan, Hari Kunzru, Andrew Smith, Harlan Ellison, Germaine Greer, Alan Hollinghurst, David Kennedy

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir, Biography, Feminism, History, Narrative Nonfiction, Spirituality

Previous clients: Mikita Brottman, Andrea Kleine, Mark Oppenheimer, Jean Zimmerman

💼 Agency: The Friedrich Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Diverse Fiction, Historical Fiction, Horror, LGBTQ, Thriller, Commercial Fiction, Mystery, Upmarket Fiction, Fantasy, Women's Fiction

Previous clients: Elizabeth Strout, Robin Epstein, Jessica Khoury, William Ritter, Josh Sundquist, Alexandra Oliva

Open to queries

💼 Agency: CookeMcDermid

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Politics, Business Book, Chick Lit, History, Women's Fiction

Previous clients: Cherie Dimaline, John Irving, Marsha Skrypuch, Lilian Nattel

💼 Agency: Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Crime Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Middle Grade, Commercial Fiction, Memoir, Biography, Business Book, Cookbook, History, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Cynthia Swanson, Lara Zielin, Kent Davis

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Jane Rotrosen Agency

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Mystery

Previous clients: Building a client list

Open to queries

💼 Agency: John Hawkins & Associates

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://www.jhalit.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Business Book, Graphic Novel, Memoir, Short Story, History, Nonfiction

Previous clients: Joyce Carol Oates, Mark Z. Danielewski, Olga Grushin, Jess Walter

💼 Agency: The Bent Agency

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Self-Help, BIPOC, Horror, Fantasy, Mystery, Romantasy, Speculative Fiction

Previous clients: Angie Thomas, AG Howard, Lori Wilde, Julia London, Lynsay Sands

💼 Agency: Susan Rabiner Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Nonfiction, Business Book, Narrative Nonfiction, Self-Help, History

Previous clients: Herbert Bix, Greg Grandin, Andres Resendez, Linda Leavell, Mario Livio, Bruce Schneier, Holger Hoock

💼 Agency: Aragi Inc.

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://www.aragi.net

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Commercial Fiction, Short Story

Previous clients: Jonathan Safran Foer, Nathan Englander, Edwidge Danticat, Colson Whitehead, Junot Diaz