The Best Literary Agents Seeking Submissions

💼 Agency: DeFiore and Company

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Middle Grade, Romance

Previous clients: Lindsey Klingele, Alan Gelb, Devi S. Laskar, Genevieve Plunkett, Erin Judge

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💼 Agency: Neighborhood Literary

🌍 Location: Boston, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.neighborhoodliterary.com/about

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Horror, New Adult, Romance, Science Fiction, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Diverse Fiction, BIPOC, LGBTQ, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction

Previous clients: Rin Chupeco, Jen Anckorn, Ryan Bradford, Sarah Nicolas

💼 Agency: DeFiore & Company

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Narrative Nonfiction, Children's Book, Middle Grade, LGBTQ, Commercial Fiction

Previous clients: Anne Tyler, Elizabeth Rosner, Marja Mills, Wednesday Martin, Jill Santopolo, Donna Freitas, Walter Dean Myers, Eudora Welty

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💼 Agency: Ladderbird Literary Agency

🌍 Location: San Francisco, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Picture Book, Diverse Fiction, African-American, BIPOC, LGBTQ

Previous clients: Cody Luff, Catherine Adel West, Martin Padgett, M Shelly Connor

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💼 Agency: Root Literary

🌍 Location: Los Angeles, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Literary Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Middle Grade, Horror, Picture Book, Mystery

Previous clients: A.K. Larkwood, Claire Eliza Bartlett, K.A. Doore, Emily Tesh, Rachel Hoffman

💼 Agency: Howland Literary, LLC

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

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

Previous clients: Scott Cheshire, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Carmiel Banasky, Julian Tepper

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💼 Agency: Neighborhood Literary

🌍 Location: Philadelphia, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.neighborhoodliterary.com/about

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries via QueryManager

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, LGBTQ, Middle Grade, Science Fiction, Young Adult

Previous clients:

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💼 Agency: Confluence Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Children's Book, Commercial Fiction, Diverse Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Horror, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Middle Grade, Mystery, New Adult, Romance, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Young Adult

Previous clients: Leah Angstman, Hamelin Bird, Lisa Blackwell, K. L. Cerra, Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail, François Clemmons, Lisa Conn, Andy Davidson, and others.

💼 Agency: Mad Woman Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Young Adult

Previous clients: Jennifer Nissley, Jordyn Taylor, Lynette Noni, Celesta Rimington, Emaan Abbass, Tanaz Bhathena, Kristen Ciccarelli, Rosaria Munda

💼 Agency: The Jud Laghi Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Humor, Nonfiction, Business Book, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Thriller

Previous clients: Carrie Brownstein, Jaime Lowe, Peter Zeihan, Brian Raftery, Alden Mills, Ken Jennings, Peter Zeihan

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