The Best Literary Agents Seeking Commercial Fiction Submissions

💼 Agency: Australian Literary Management

🌍 Location: Sydney, AU

🧑‍💻 Website: https://austlit.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Short Story, Thriller, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics

Previous clients: David Marr, Amanda Lohrey, Melissa Ashley, Robert Dessaix, Sarah Bailey

💼 Agency: WGM Atlantic

🌍 Location: London, GB

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Action & Adventure, Chick Lit, Feminism, Historical Fiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Romance

Previous clients: Simon Michael, Brenda Davies, Caroline Fabre, Alice Farnham

💼 Agency: Howland Literary, LLC

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Cookbook

Previous clients: Scott Cheshire, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Carmiel Banasky, Julian Tepper

Open to queries

💼 Agency: CookeMcDermid

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Self-Help

Previous clients: Zoey Leigh Peterson, Tima Kurdi, Michael Crummey, Robyn Doolittle, Cathal Kelly

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Janklow & Nesbit Associates

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Literary Fiction

Previous clients: Anne Rice, Jeffrey Eugenides, Joan Didion, Jimmy Carter, Tom Wolfe, Kwame Anthony Appiah

💼 Agency: Hardman & Swainson Literary Agency

🌍 Location: London, GB

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction

Previous clients: James Bailey, Anna Bell, Isla Gordon, Siobhan Miller

Open to queries

💼 Agency: The Lotts Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller, Narrative Nonfiction

Previous clients: Stephen King, Robin Hobb, George R.R. Martin, Larry Niven, R. Scott Bakker, Maria Lima, Cinda Williams Chima, HH The Dalai Lama

💼 Agency: Emerald City Literary Agency

🌍 Location: Seattle, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Diverse Fiction, BIPOC, LGBTQ, Commercial Fiction, Romance, Thriller

Previous clients: Dale Walls, Rose Egal, Becky Wallace, Nicole Tyndall

💼 Agency: BookEnds Literary Agency

🌍 Location: Newark, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Diverse Fiction, #ownvoices, BIPOC, LGBTQ

Previous clients: Abby Collette, Gin Jones, Naima Simone, Tricia Levenseller, Farah Heron

💼 Agency: Curtis Brown UK

🌍 Location: London, GB

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Nonfiction, Business Book, Memoir, Sports, Mystery, Romance, Women's Fiction

Previous clients: Sarah Archer, Yolanda Barker, Melissa Hill, Alice Hoffman