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The Best Literary Agents Seeking Memoir Submissions
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Melissa Flashman
💼 Agency - Janklow & Nesbit Associates 🌍 Location - New York, US 🧑💻 Website - http://www.janklowandnesbit.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Business Book, Memoir
Previous clients
Stephanie Danler, Anne Boyer, Amina Cain, Emily Gould, Richard L. Hasen
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
Laurie Liss
💼 Agency - Sterling Lord Literistic Inc. 🌍 Location - New York City, US 🧑💻 Website - https://www.sll.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Diverse Fiction, BIPOC, LGBTQ, Spirituality
Previous clients
Richard Paul Evans, Rachel Maddow, Matt Richtel, Hannah Gadsby, Shankar Vedantam
Howard Yoon
💼 Agency - Ross Yoon Literary Agency 🌍 Location - Washington DC, US 🧑💻 Website - https://www.rossyoon.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics
Previous clients
Neal Katyal, David Greene, Elise Wu, Julianna Haubner
Russell Galen
💼 Agency - Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency 🌍 Location - New York City, US 🧑💻 Website - http://www.sgglit.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Fiction, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, African-American, Business Book, Children's Book, Commercial Fiction, Cookbook, Historical Fiction, Horror, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Middle Grade, Mystery, Politics, Romance, Spirituality, Sports, Thriller, Young Adult
Previous clients
Terry Goodkind, Diana Gabaldon, Norman Spinrad, Mercedes Lackey, Joan Schenkar, Nick Tosches
Joshua A. Bilmes
💼 Agency - Jabberwocky Literary Agency 🌍 Location - New York City, US 🧑💻 Website - http://www.awfulagent.com 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller, Nonfiction, Business Book, Memoir, Politics, Sports
Previous clients
Brandon Sanderson, Charlaine Harris, Peter V. Brett, Jack Campbell, Tanya Huff
Allison Hunter
💼 Agency - Trellis Literary 🌍 Location - New York City, US 🧑💻 Website - https://www.trellisliterary.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Romance, Thriller
Previous clients
Rosie Walsh, Lauren Ho, Randall Klein, Alexandra Borowitz, Katie Heaney
Frances Coady
💼 Agency - Aragi Inc. 🌍 Location - New York, US 🧑💻 Website - http://www.aragi.net/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Feminism
Previous clients
Ocean Vuong, Anna Cox, Gary Younge, Michael Cunningham, Sharon Olds
Monika Verma
💼 Agency - Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency 🌍 Location - New York, US 🧑💻 Website - https://lgrliterary.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Humor, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction
Previous clients
Nick Offerman, Janie Bryant, Allie Brosh
Kari Stuart
💼 Agency - Curtis Brown UK 🌍 Location - London, GB 🧑💻 Website - https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Nonfiction, Business Book, Cookbook, Memoir, Self-Help, Spirituality, Sports
Previous clients
Amy Ephron, Kevin Roose, Maura Kelly, Mimi Kirk, Laura Marshall, Carol Miller, Samin Nosrat
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