The Best Literary Agents Seeking Memoir Submissions

💼 Agency: Jill Grinberg Literary Management

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Cookbook, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Spirituality, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Diverse Fiction, #ownvoices, BIPOC, LGBTQ

Previous clients: J.K. Chukwu, K. Tempest Bradford

💼 Agency: The Clegg Agency

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

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

Previous clients: Helen Macdonald, Nick Flynn, Emma Cline, Rob Spillman, Alice Knott

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Sterling Lord Literistic Inc.

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.sll.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

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

Previous clients: Sheila Heti, Alissa Nutting, Teddy Wayne, Manohla Dargis, Eleanor Henderson, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Jay Caspian Kang, Carvell Wallace

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Massie & McQuilkin

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://www.mmqlit.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Diverse Fiction, LGBTQ

Previous clients: Amy Shearn, Eric Nguyen, Kathleen Glasgow, Erin McGill

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir

Previous clients: Mikita Brottman, Andrea Kleine, Mark Oppenheimer, Jean Zimmerman

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Dystel, Goderich & Bourret

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.dystel.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Women's Fiction

Previous clients: Robin Lynn Williams,Fadhil al-Azzawi, Alaa Al Asway, Alexandra Lapierre, Valerie Trueblood

💼 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: Golden Wheat Literary

🌍 Location: Hays, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Action & Adventure, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Historical Fiction, Memoir

Previous clients: Laurie Winter, Jackie Yeager, Sara Fujimura, Heather Dean Brewer

Open to queries

💼 Agency: BJ Robbins Literary Agency

🌍 Location: Los Angeles, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Action & Adventure, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Historical Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Self-Help, Sports, Diverse Fiction, African-American, Young Adult

Previous clients: Stephen Graham Jones, Nafisa Haji, Renee Swindle, Mary Volmer

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Massie & McQuilkin

🌍 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