Literary Agents Database

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The Literary Agents list includes agents and literary agencies that represent poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers, plus details about the kind of books they're interested in representing, their clients, and the best way to contact them.

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Terra Chalberg

Chalberg & Sussman

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Fiction, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Alison Amend, Elise Blackwell, Margaux Fragoso, Jon Pineda, Andrew Porter, Glenn Taylor, Diana Wagman
Sonali Chanchani

Folio Literary Management

Interested in Representing:
BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Masuma Ahuja, Julie Rodgers
Farley Chase

Chase Literary Agency

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Humor, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Pop Culture

Representative Authors:
Gilbert King, Jill Leovy, Dr. Edie Widder, Dan Slater, William Geroux, Dr. Lucy Jones, Jonathan Meiburg, Katie Booth
Elyse Cheney

The Cheney Agency

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Historical, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Political

Representative Authors:
Dave Eggers, Terri Jentz, Benjamin Kunkel, Nathaniel Rich, Suzanne Rivecca, Marco Roth
Catherine Cho

Paper Literary

Interested in Representing:
BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Sarah Underwood, Soon Wiley
Adam Chromy

Movable Type Management

Interested in Representing:
BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Edgar and James Beard nominees; Agatha winners; and many New York Times and USA Today bestsellers, and international bestsellers: Tom Acitelli, Alicia Bessette, Donia Bijan, Jamie Brenner, Jane Cleland, J. D. Dickey, Phillip Greene, Dr. Nicholas Kardaras, Zygmunt Miloszewski, Trent Preszler, Annelise Ryan, Jakub Szamalek
Steven Chudney

The Chudney Agency

Interested in Representing:
Fiction, Historical, Humor, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Young Adult

Representative Authors:
Sara Biren, Tanita David, Elizabeth DeVeer, Karen English, Jacob Grant, Ashley Hope Perez, Eman Quota
Jane Chun

Transatlantic Agency

Interested in Representing:
BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Cross-genre, Feminist, Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Pop Culture, Regional, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult

Representative Authors:
Tara A., Kelly Bull, Dominic Cellini, Steph C. Solís, Kirsten Garrison, Yon Hui Lee, Jeanne Panfely, Kimberly Wang
Lane Clarke

Ultra Literary

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, Literary Fiction, Love, Young Adult

Representative Authors:
Jenny Alvarado, Leigh Anne Carter, Robert de la Chevotiere, Lili Jimenez, Melissa Kendall, Jasmine Smith, Carolyn Wilkins, among others
Bill Clegg

The Clegg Agency

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry

Representative Authors:
Emma Cline, Nick Flynn, Rivka Galchen, Lauren Groff, Christopher Hebert, Tao Lin, Ottessa Moshfegh, Rob Spillman, Matthew Thomas, Kao Kalia Yang
Frances Coady

Aragi Inc.

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Feminist, Historical, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Political

Representative Authors:
Ava Chin, Michael Cunningham, Anders Nilsen, Sharon Olds, Claudia Rankine, Ocean Vuong
Maggie Cooper

Aevitas Creative Management

Interested in Representing:
BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Feminist, Fiction, Graphic/Illustrated, Historical, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Pop Culture, Short Fiction, Speculative Fiction

Representative Authors:
Marisa Crane, Andrew J. Graff, Jessica Martin, Carolyn Prusa, Julia Ridley Smith
Jessica Craig

Craig Literary

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, BIPOC Voices, Commercial Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-genre, Feminist, Fiction, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult

Representative Authors:
Sulaiman Addonia, Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström, Elizabeth Chakrabarty, Jack Cheng, Mitch Cullin, Zanib Mian, Nanjala Nyabola
Rachel Crawford

MacKenzie Wolf

Interested in Representing:
Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Young Adult

Representative Authors:
Tom Cho, Eric Dean Wilson, Megan Milks
Laura Dail

Laura Dail Literary Agency

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Healing/Health, Historical, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nature/Environmental, Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Lisa Bloom, Sarah Mlynowski, and Frank DeCaro
Melissa Danaczko

Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency

Interested in Representing:
Commercial Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Addison Armstrong, Chelsea Conaboy, Gabino Iglesias, Amanda Jayatissa, Bernice McFadden, Sarafina Nance, Mira Ptacin
Reiko Davis

DeFiore and Company

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Fiction, Journalism/Investigative Reporting, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Young Adult

Representative Authors:
Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Alan Gelb, Lindsey Klingele, Devi S. Laskar
Liza Dawson

Liza Dawson Associates

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Annie Barrows, Tawni O’Dell, Mary Ann Shaffer
Brian DeFiore

DeFiore and Company

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Benjamin Hale, Tom Ryan, Brandon Stanton, Rick Yancey
Stephanie Delman

Trellis Literary Management

Interested in Representing:
Cross-genre, Feminist, Fiction, Historical, LGBTQ Voices, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Speculative Fiction

Representative Authors:
Gina María Balibrera, Serena Burdick, Amy Feltman, Julia Fine, Zakiya Dalila Harris, Jami Nakamura Lin, Alison Wisdom, Jenny Tinghui Zhang
Annie DeWitt

The Shipman Agency

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

Representative Authors:
Uchenna Awoke, Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, KB Brookins, Nicholas Goodly, Dottie Lasky, Brittany Newell, Nicole Treska
Sandra Dijkstra

Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency

Interested in Representing:
Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Maxine Hong Kingston, Lisa See, Amy Tan
Priya Doraswamy

Lotus Lane Literary

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Fiction, Healing/Health, Historical, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Religious/Spiritual

Representative Authors:
Farhad Dadyburjor, Farrukh Dhondy, Sumi Hahn, Nancy Kim, Jerry McGill, Perumal Murugan, Vivek Narayanan, Shuja Nawaz, Annie England Noblin, Onyeka Nwelue, Pia Padukone, Vito Racanelli, RV Raman, Thomas Richards, Lucy Riles, Tom Riles, Rashmi Sadana, Kristin Sample, Arshia Sattar, Irwin Allan Sealy, Hindol Sengupta, Parvati Sharma, Amita Trasi, Sung J Woo, Ovidia Yu
Henry Dunow

Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction

Representative Authors:
Aimee Bender, Robin Black, Hilma Wolitzer
Adam Eaglin

The Cheney Agency

Interested in Representing:
Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Political

Representative Authors:
Diksha Basu, Jennine Capó Crucet, Devin Leonard, Lawrence Osborne, Ron Rash, Lisa Servon, David Treuer, Leah Vincent

Literary Agents Database

Chalberg & Sussman

Folio Literary Management

Chase Literary Agency

The Cheney Agency

Paper Literary

Movable Type Management

The Chudney Agency

Transatlantic Agency

Ultra Literary

The Clegg Agency

Aragi Inc.

Aevitas Creative Management

Craig Literary

MacKenzie Wolf

Laura Dail Literary Agency

Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency

DeFiore and Company

Liza Dawson Associates

DeFiore and Company

Trellis Literary Management

The Shipman Agency

Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency

Lotus Lane Literary

Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency

The Cheney Agency

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