The Best Literary Agents Seeking Young Adult Submissions

💼 Agency: DeFiore and Company

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Young Adult, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Diverse Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Picture Book, Romance, Thriller

Previous clients: Hope Lim, Laurie Flynn, Simran Jeet Singh, Ayesha Siddiqua Chaudhry, Keerthik Sasidharan, Kevin Christopher Snipes

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💼 Agency: SteelWorks Literary

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novel, Young Adult, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Picture Book

Previous clients: Jilanne Hoffman, Lynn Becker, K.E. Lewis, Mary Cronin, Shelley Jackson, Anna Drury

💼 Agency: The Knight Agency

🌍 Location: Atlanta, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://knightagency.net/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult, Horror, Women's Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Diverse Fiction, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ, Crime Fiction, Humor, New Adult

Previous clients: N.K. Jemisin, Rachel Caine, Genevieve Cogman, Chloe Neill, Faith Hunter, Alyssa Cole

💼 Agency: Laura Dail Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://www.ldlainc.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Young Adult, Middle Grade, Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Women's Fiction

Previous clients: Kiera Cass, Vern Kousky, Alexa Donne, Dana Mele, Anna Bright

💼 Agency: High Line Literary Collective

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Action & Adventure, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, New Adult, Romance, Science Fiction, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Cookbook, Children's Book, Middle Grade

Previous clients: Susan Dennard, Sarah Henning, Hannah Whitten

💼 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: Massie McQuilkin & Altman Literary Agents

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.mmqalit.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries via email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Young Adult

Previous clients:

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💼 Agency: Root Literary

🌍 Location: Los Angeles, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Romance, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade

Previous clients: Marisa Kanter, Cameron Lund, Emily Henry, Kayla Olson, Lana Popovic

💼 Agency: Triada US Literary Agency

🌍 Location: Pittsburgh, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

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

Previous clients: Whitney Gardner, K. D. Halbrook, Louie Zong, Tori Sharp Newbery Honor, Rajani LaRocca, Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Aurora Aschor

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💼 Agency: JABberwocky Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York City, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://awfulagent.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Young Adult, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Picture Book, LGBTQ

Previous clients: Emmet Asher-Perrin, Sam Marsden, Jennifer Rush