The Best Literary Agents Seeking Submissions

💼 Agency: Folio Literary Management

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Previous clients: Ben Mezrich, Tony Fletcher, Alisa Bowman

💼 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: The Whalen Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Chick Lit, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction

Previous clients: Stephanie Bond, Mary McNear, Monica Murphy

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Diamond Kahn & Woods Literary Agency

🌍 Location: London, GB

🧑‍💻 Website: http://dkwlitagency.co.uk/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, BIPOC, History, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Daniel Aubrey, Meg Fee, Tom Huddleston, Sandra Lawrence, Natalie Hart

💼 Agency: Dystel, Goderich & Bourret

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.dystel.com/rene-kooiker

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries via QueryManager

Genres: Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Diverse Fiction, Fiction, Horror, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Politics, Thriller, Women's Fiction, History, Upmarket Fiction, LGBTQ, Science Fiction

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💼 Agency: Jenny Darling & Associates

🌍 Location: Melbourne, AU

🧑‍💻 Website: https://jennydarling.com.au/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction

Previous clients: Kristin Henry, Sian Prior, Travis Cotton, Tim Winton, Charlotte Wood

💼 Agency: Donald Maass Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York City, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://maassagency.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, African-American, BIPOC, Horror

Previous clients: Jim Butcher, Elizabeth Bear, Tamsyn Muir, Saladin Ahmed, Anne Bishop, Seth Dickinson

💼 Agency: Word One Literary

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Hal Ackerman, Mary Wine, Lissa Rankin, Sophie Littlefield

💼 Agency: Ted Weinstein Literary Management

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Nonfiction, Business Book, Narrative Nonfiction, Biography, Feminism, History, Humor, Politics, Self-Help, Spirituality, Sports, Travel

Previous clients: Matthew Alexander, Richard Schroder, Karen Maezen Miller, Marc Levinson, Matthew Alexander, Peter Savodnik, Leander Kahney, Dan Roam, Austin Kleon

💼 Agency: Writers House

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Chick Lit, Romance, Women's Fiction, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult

Previous clients: Ken Follett, Laurie Halse Anderson, Ann M. Martin, Erica Bauermeister, Ridley Pearson, Rachel Vail