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The Best Literary Agents Seeking Self Help Submissions

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Jennifer DeChiara

💼 Agency: Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.jdlit.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Chick Lit, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Self-Help, Spirituality, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Picture Book, Diverse Fiction, LGBTQ

Previous clients: Brent Hartinger, Richard Mintzer, Jeff Anderson, Franco Aureliani

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Susan Golomb

💼 Agency: Writers House

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, Cookbook, Self-Help

Previous clients: Jonathan Franzen, Krys Lee, William T. Vollman, Rachel Kushner, Imbolo Mbue

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Kathryn Willms

💼 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, Diverse Fiction, Fiction, LGBTQ, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction

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

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Jen Christie

💼 Agency: Graham Maw Christie

🌍 Location: London, GB

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries via email

Genres: Humor, Memoir, Nonfiction, Self-Help

Previous clients: Raynor Winn, Helen Villiers, Katie McKenna, Michael Foley, Graeme Tomlinson.

Mary DeMuth

💼 Agency: Mary DeMuth Literary

🌍 Location: San Francisco, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email or online form

Genres: Nonfiction, Christian, Self-Help, Spirituality, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction

Previous clients: Ashley Moore, Brooke McGlothlin, Monica Ritchie, Erin Odom, Tera Elness, Jessica Smartt, David Sullivan, Shawna Sullivan

Jessica Felleman

💼 Agency: Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Narrative Nonfiction, LGBTQ, Self-Help, Sports, Commercial Fiction, Diverse Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Literary Fiction, Mystery, New Adult, Science Fiction, Women's Fiction

Previous clients: Dr. Kathleen Smith, Tara Ison, Eugene Lee Yang, Cory O’Brien, Hannah Sloane

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Jenni Burke

💼 Agency: Illuminate Literary Agency

🌍 Location: Portland, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Nonfiction, Business Book, Christian, Memoir, Self-Help, Spirituality, Narrative Nonfiction

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

Christine Goss

💼 Agency: FinePrint Literary Management

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://fineprintlit.com/christine-goss.html

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries via QueryManager

Genres: Action & Adventure, Business Book, Commercial Fiction, Cookbook, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Historical Fiction, Horror, Humor, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Middle Grade, Mystery, New Adult, Nonfiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Self-Help, Thriller

Previous clients: Virginia Brasch, Diana Carolina, Rebecca A. Carter

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Jessica Watterson

💼 Agency: Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency

🌍 Location: San Diego, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: By referral only.

Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Diverse Fiction, LGBTQ, Cookbook, Memoir, Nonfiction, Poetry, Self-Help

Previous clients: Rosie Danan, Alexa Martin, Renee Carlino, Katie Ruggle, Debbie Burns

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Natalie M. Lakosil

💼 Agency: Looking Glass Literary & Media

🌍 Location: San Diego, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.lookingglasslit.com/natalie-lakosil

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Graphic Novel, Humor, Mystery, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Business Book, Self-Help, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Picture Book, Diverse Fiction, #ownvoices, BIPOC, Feminism, LGBTQ, Women's Fiction, Thriller

Previous clients: Amy Alexander, Harry Bernstein, Monique Domovitch, Julie Eshbaugh, Stephanie Faris

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