The Best Literary Agents Seeking Literary Fiction Submissions

💼 Agency: First Forays

🌍 Location: New Delhi, IN

🧑‍💻 Website: https://firstforays.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Business Book

Previous clients: Shirish Thorat, Aashish Gupta, Lata Gwalani, Sheba Ghosh, Abhimanyu Jamwal

💼 Agency: Transatlantic Agency

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Crime Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Diverse Fiction, Feminism, LGBTQ, Thriller

Previous clients: Susan Aglukark, Cathie Borrie, Corinna Chong, Jjohn Delacourt, Cecil Foster, Lea Love, Robyn Maynard, Kai Check Thom

💼 Agency: Root Literary

🌍 Location: Los Angeles, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Horror, Mystery, New Adult, Romance

Previous clients: Kim Neville, Sarah Prineas, Kate Sweeney, Maeeda Khan

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency

🌍 Location: San Diego, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction

Previous clients: Amy Tan, Maxine Hong Kingston, Lisa See, Mo Yan, Chitra Divakaruni, Shobha Rao, Jasmin Darznik

💼 Agency: Massie McQuilkin & Altman Literary Agents

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://www.mmqlit.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

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

Previous clients: Roxane Gay, Ha Jin, Uwem Akpan, Anne Carson, Jennifer Chiaverini, Victoria Vinton

Open to queries

💼 Agency: The Cheney Agency

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

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

Previous clients: Raymond Strom, Lawrence Osborne, David Treuer, Lauren Hilger, Ron Rash

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Westwood Creative Artists

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://wcaltd.com/hilary-mcmahon/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

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

Previous clients: Susan Juby, Susin Nielsen, Carrie Snyder

💼 Agency: Union Literary

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Crime Fiction, Diverse Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Horror, LGBTQ, Nonfiction, Politics, Thriller, Young Adult

Previous clients: Kim Barnes, Vanessa Diffenbaugh, Kaylie Jones, Lottie Moggach

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Curtis Brown Australia

🌍 Location: Sydney, AU

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.curtisbrown.com.au/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Literary Fiction, Romance, Thriller, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Self-Help, Children's Book, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade

Previous clients: Jared Thomas, Joanna Nell, Sara Foster, Gabriel Bergmoser

💼 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, Short Story, Thriller, Young Adult, Crime Fiction, Memoir, Middle Grade, Narrative Nonfiction

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