The Best Literary Agents Seeking Young Adult Submissions

💼 Agency: Writers House

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Young Adult, History, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Laura Spinella, Nina Godiwalla, Michele Jaffe, Mischa Berlinski, Eileen Goudge, Mark Scarbrough, Alice Walker, John Irving, Diane Chamberlain, Pam Jenoff

💼 Agency: Writers House

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Biography, History, Mystery, Sports, Women's Fiction

Previous clients: Dan Vyleta, Steven Sherrill, Karen Bao, Stephen Dyer, Jonah Lisa Dyer

💼 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, Action & Adventure, Business Book, Chick Lit, Commercial Fiction, Feminism, Historical Fiction, History, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Politics, Psychology, Travel, Upmarket Fiction, Women's Fiction

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

💼 Agency: Neighborhood Literary

🌍 Location: Philadelphia, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries via email

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Middle Grade, Nonfiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: K. Ancrum, Jill Baguchinsky, Mike Chen, Rin Chupeco, Adam Sass, Anna Hecker, Erica Boyce

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💼 Agency: The Rights Factory

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Fiction, Picture Book

Previous clients: Howard Pearlstein, Eileen Manes, Katie Bono

💼 Agency: Massie McQuilkin & Altman Literary Agents

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://www.mmqlit.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Memoir, Middle Grade, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction

Previous clients: Jenna Blum, Chantel Acevedo, Randy Susan Meyers, Juliette Fay, Julie Wu

💼 Agency: Neighborhood Literary Agency

🌍 Location: Philadelphia, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit through QueryManager.

Genres: Cookbook, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Horror, Humor, Literary Fiction, Middle Grade, Mystery, New Adult, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Romance, Thriller, Young Adult

Previous clients:

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💼 Agency: Transatlantic Agency

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Literary Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Picture Book, Action & Adventure, Chick Lit, Commercial Fiction, Feminism, Graphic Novel, Humor, Narrative Nonfiction, Young Adult, Biography, History, Psychology, Self-Help

Previous clients: Patrick O'Brien, James Rallison, Joe Dator, Marilyn Daigle

💼 Agency: The Unter Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Contact via email

Genres: Fiction, Middle Grade, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Young Adult, Memoir, Sports, Biography, History, Psychology

Previous clients: Previously published middle grade fiction with Penguin Random House, Sourcebooks, Capstone, and Bloomsbury USA.

💼 Agency: Spencerhill Associates

🌍 Location: Tampa, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Romance, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Historical Fiction, Horror, Action & Adventure, Biography, Chick Lit, Crime Fiction, Diverse Fiction, Humor, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Middle Grade, Mystery, New Adult, Nonfiction, Upmarket Fiction, Young Adult

Previous clients: Denny S. Bryce, Kristie Wolf, Misty Waters, Mary Behre