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The Best Literary Agents Seeking Submissions in Los Angeles
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Amanda Urban
💼 Agency - ICM Partners 🌍 Location - Los Angeles, US 🧑💻 Website - https://www.icmpartners.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Business Book, Memoir, Politics
Previous clients
Toni Morrison, Nora Ephron, Anthony Doerr, Donna Tartt, Tobias Wolff, Jennifer Egan
Holly Root
💼 Agency - Root Literary 🌍 Location - Los Angeles, US 🧑💻 Website - https://www.rootliterary.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction
Previous clients
V.E. Schwab, Alison Cherry, Megan Crane, Kari Dell, Rae Carson
Suzanne Gluck
💼 Agency - William Morris Endeavor 🌍 Location - Los Angeles, US 🧑💻 Website - https://www.wmeagency.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics
Previous clients
Judy Blume, Jill Abramson, Elizabeth Berg, Meg Wolitzer
Helen Breitwieser
💼 Agency - Cornerstone Literary Agency 🌍 Location - Los Angeles, US 🧑💻 Website - http://www.cornerstoneliterary.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Cookbook, Narrative Nonfiction, Children's Book, Middle Grade
Previous clients
Katherine Center, Tessa Dare, Robert Evans, Beth Fataskey, Ursula Vernon
Esther Newberg
💼 Agency - ICM Partners 🌍 Location - Los Angeles, US 🧑💻 Website - https://www.icmpartners.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir
Previous clients
Katie Couric, Elizabeth M. Norman, Patricia Cornwell, Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton
Bonnie Nadell
💼 Agency - Hill Nadell Literary Agency 🌍 Location - Los Angeles, US 🧑💻 Website - https://www.hillnadell.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Online submission form
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics
Previous clients
David Foster Wallace, Antonya Nelson, Lynn Schooler, Richard Polsky, Kate Racculia
Molly O'Neill
💼 Agency - Root Literary 🌍 Location - Los Angeles, US 🧑💻 Website - https://www.rootliterary.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Young Adult, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Diverse Fiction, Graphic Novel
Previous clients
Adib Khorram, Lynne Kelly, Sarah Sax, Ellen T. Crenshaw, Sophia Glock
Daniel Kirschen
💼 Agency - ICM Partners 🌍 Location - Los Angeles, US 🧑💻 Website - https://www.icmpartners.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Fiction, Humor, Thriller, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Sports
Previous clients
Ann Patchett, Michael Chabon, Chuck Palahniuk, Ayelet Waldman, Elizabeth Greenwood
Alexandra Machinist
💼 Agency - ICM Partners 🌍 Location - Los Angeles, US 🧑💻 Website - https://www.icmpartners.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Memoir, Middle Grade
Previous clients
Kevin Kwan, Martha Hall, Jen Sincero, Tomi Adeyemi, Beatriz Williams, Sabaa Tahir
Dorian Karchmar
💼 Agency - William Morris Endeavor 🌍 Location - Los Angeles, US 🧑💻 Website - https://www.wmeagency.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Short Story, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Diverse Fiction, Feminism, LGBTQ, Self-Help
Previous clients
Alexandra Curry, Marc Estrin, Robert Rosenberg, Patricia Wood, Kate Jacobs
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