The Best Literary Agents Seeking Young Adult Submissions

💼 Agency: Writers House

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction

Previous clients: Alexandra Ott, Jennifer Sommersby, Eliza Gordon

💼 Agency: Courage Literary

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Crime Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Women's Fiction, Young Adult

Previous clients: Rachael Lippincott, Kristin Fields, Nina Laurin, Jeff Garvin, Sandra Block

💼 Agency: Falkin Literary

🌍 Location: Austin, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://markfalkin.com/falkin-literary

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult, Crime Fiction, Horror, Humor, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Sports, Fiction, Nonfiction

Previous clients: Louisa Luna, Christian Picciolini, David Masciotra, Ery Shin

💼 Agency: Madeleine Milburn Literary

🌍 Location: London, GB

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Gail Honeyman, C.L. Taylor, Ashley Audrain, Matthew Blake, Charmaine Wilkerson

💼 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: Folio Literary Management

🌍 Location: New York City, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://www.foliojr.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

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

Previous clients: Jenny Han, Lois Lowry, Morgan Matson, Julie Morstad, Tamora Pierce, Jordan Scott

💼 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, Self-Help, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Picture Book, LGBTQ, Feminism, Humor, Politics, Short Story

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

💼 Agency: Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Middle Grade, Upmarket Fiction

Previous clients: Jesmyn Ward, Oscar Hijuelos, Dale Maharidge, Tonya Bolden, Dennis Covington

💼 Agency: Aevitas Creative Management

🌍 Location: San Francisco, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Graphic Novel, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult, BIPOC, LGBTQ, Horror, New Adult, Nonfiction

Previous clients: Briane Vallene, Lee Stokes, Marianne Khalil, Sami Ellis, Toril Orlesky

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💼 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.