The Best Literary Agents Seeking Submissions in New York City
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Margaret Sutherland Brown
💼 Agency - Folio Literary Management 🌍 Location - New York City, US 🧑💻 Website - https://www.foliolit.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction
Previous clients
Kelly Carlisle, Teresa Link, Jill Orr
Caitlin Blasdell
💼 Agency - Liza Dawson Associates 🌍 Location - New York City, US 🧑💻 Website - https://www.lizadawsonassociates.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Children's Book, Middle Grade
Previous clients
Zen Cho, Charles Stross, Sarah Prineas, John Levitt, Rachel Neumeier
Faye Bender
💼 Agency - The Book Group 🌍 Location - New York City, US 🧑💻 Website - http://www.thebookgroup.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Children's Book, Middle Grade
Previous clients
Rainey Hopson, Courtney Summers, Melissa Albert, Angeline Boulley
Jim McCarthy
💼 Agency - Dystel, Goderich & Bourret 🌍 Location - New York City, US 🧑💻 Website - https://www.dystel.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Action & Adventure, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Diverse Fiction, LGBTQ
Previous clients
Richelle Mead, Cynthia Ceilan, Victoria Laurie, Carrie Ryan, Julia Templeton, Michelle Rowen
Elena Giovinazzo
💼 Agency - Pippin Properties 🌍 Location - New York City, US 🧑💻 Website - http://www.pippinproperties.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Young Adult, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Picture Book
Previous clients
Katherine Applegate, Jason Reynolds, Cassie Beasley, Holly M. McGhee
Steven Chudney
💼 Agency - The Chudney Agency 🌍 Location - New York City, US 🧑💻 Website - http://www.thechudneyagency.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Young Adult, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Picture Book
Previous clients
Gaby Triana, Julie Bowe, Chris Woodworth, Wendy Lichtman
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
Previous clients
Richard Paul Evans, Rachel Maddow, Matt Richtel, Hannah Gadsby, Shankar Vedantam
Matthew Bialer
💼 Agency - Sanford J. Greenburger Associates 🌍 Location - New York City, US 🧑💻 Website - https://www.greenburger.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Sports
Previous clients
Patrick Rothfuss, Tad Williams, Tracy Hickman, Margaret Weis, Dale Bailey, Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Hannah Bowman
💼 Agency - Liza Dawson Associates 🌍 Location - New York City, US 🧑💻 Website - https://www.lizadawsonassociates.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Christian, Diverse Fiction, BIPOC, LGBTQ
Previous clients
R.F. Kuang, Pierce Brown, Tobias Buckell, Kameron Hurley, Kelly Robson
Andrea Morrison
💼 Agency - Writers House 🌍 Location - New York City, US 🧑💻 Website - http://www.writershouse.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Fiction, Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Picture Book, Diverse Fiction
Previous clients
Hillary Frank, Shreya Gupta, Diana Sudyka, Aja Gabel, Aimee Sicuro
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