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The Best Literary Agents Seeking Submissions in New York
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Sam Stoloff
💼 Agency - Frances Goldin Literary Agency, Inc. 🌍 Location - New York, US 🧑💻 Website - http://www.goldinlit.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Historical Fiction
Previous clients
Susan Bordo, Monica Byrne, Mandy Catron, Pratap Chatterjee, Julia Scheeres, Heather O'Neill
Irene Goodman
💼 Agency - Irene Goodman Literary Agency 🌍 Location - New York, US 🧑💻 Website - https://www.irenegoodman.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Fiction, Chick Lit, Commercial Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Children's Book, Middle Grade
Previous clients
Lori Handeland, Linda Lael Miller, Amanda Elyot, Boyd Morrison, Juliet Grey
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
Laura Mazer
💼 Agency - Wendy Sherman Associates 🌍 Location - New York, US 🧑💻 Website - https://www.wsherman.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Fiction, Nonfiction, Self-Help, Spirituality, Diverse Fiction, BIPOC, Feminism, LGBTQ, Women's Fiction
Previous clients
Ijeoma Oluo, Virginia Grohl
Warren Frazier
💼 Agency - John Hawkins & Associates 🌍 Location - New York, US 🧑💻 Website - http://www.jhalit.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Literary Fiction, Business Book, Graphic Novel, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Short Story
Previous clients
Joyce Carol Oates, Mark Z. Danielewski, Olga Grushin, Jess Walter
James A. Levine
💼 Agency - Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency 🌍 Location - New York, US 🧑💻 Website - https://lgrliterary.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Nonfiction, Business Book, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Spirituality, Sports
Previous clients
Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen, Safi Bahcall, Francis Bok, Cornelia Dean
Alison Fargis
💼 Agency - Stonesong 🌍 Location - New York, US 🧑💻 Website - https://www.stonesong.com 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Business Book, Narrative Nonfiction, Self-Help, Children's Book, Middle Grade
Previous clients
Susan B. Anderson, Sara Bliss, Michael Buckley, Erin Gleeson, Eric Gorges
Brian DeFiore
💼 Agency - DeFiore and Company 🌍 Location - New York, US 🧑💻 Website - http://www.defliterary.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Cookbook, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Self-Help, Sports
Previous clients
Brandon Stanton, Frank Warren, David Potter, Benjamin Hale, Tom Ryan, Rick Yancey
Elizabeth Winick Rubenstein
💼 Agency - McIntosh & Otis, Inc. 🌍 Location - New York, US 🧑💻 Website - http://mcintoshandotis.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Feminism
Previous clients
Eleanor Brown, Phyllis T. Smith, Kimberly Frost
Leigh Feldman
💼 Agency - Leigh Feldman Literary 🌍 Location - New York, US 🧑💻 Website - http://www.lfliterary.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction
Previous clients
Sarah Dessen, Charles Frazier, Matt Burgess, Parnaz Foroutan, Arthur Golden
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