The Best Literary Agents Seeking Memoir Submissions

💼 Agency: HG Literary

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://hsgagency.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

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

Previous clients: Brit Bennett, Etaf Rum, John Freeman Gill, K-Ming Chang, Leah Franqui, Melissa Rivero, Moriel Rothman-Zecher, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

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💼 Agency: The Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Action & Adventure, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Nonfiction, Cookbook, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Spirituality, Children's Book, Picture Book, Diverse Fiction

Previous clients: John Scalzi, Eric Rohmann, Jay Allan, G.A. Aiken, Bill Ferris, Patty Blount

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💼 Agency: Curtis Brown, Ltd.

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://curtisbrown.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

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

Previous clients: Emily St. John Mandel, Lucia Berlin, Crystal Hana Kim, Laura van den Berg

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💼 Agency: Union Literary

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Memoir, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction

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

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💼 Agency: The Stuart Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Business Book, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Sports

Previous clients: Kathleen Parker, William Dietrich, Maia Szalavitz, Kevin Guzman, Kenneth Kamler, Leonard Felder

💼 Agency: Dystel, Goderich & Bourret

🌍 Location: New York City, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.dystel.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Picture Book

Previous clients: Lisa McMann, Sara Zarr, Heather Brewer, Susan RoAne, Suzanne Selfors

💼 Agency: Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Cookbook, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Children's Book, Diverse Fiction, BIPOC, LGBTQ, Middle Grade

Previous clients: David Wallace, Phil Edwards, Matt Kraft

💼 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: The Gernert Company

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction

Previous clients: John Donvan, Ophira Eisenberg, Elizabeth Green, Josh Levin, Caren Zucker

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💼 Agency: Ross Yoon Literary Agency

🌍 Location: Washington DC, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics

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