The Best Literary Agents Seeking Submissions

💼 Agency: Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Historical Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Diverse Fiction, Fantasy, Literary Fiction, Short Story

Previous clients: Tatsha Robertson, Neesha Arter, Kerrie Hollihan, Peter Houlahan

💼 Agency: CookeMcDermid

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Children's Book, LGBTQ, Literary Fiction, Politics

Previous clients: Cherie Dimaline, John Irving, Marsha Skrypuch, Lilian Nattel

💼 Agency: Word One Literary

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

Previous clients: Hal Ackerman, Mary Wine, Lissa Rankin, Sophie Littlefield

Open to queries

💼 Agency: CookeMcDermid

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Nonfiction

Previous clients: Jeff VanderMeer, Kat Richardson, Paul Adams

💼 Agency: Salky Literary Management

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction, Short Story, Women's Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction

Previous clients: Martha Woodroof, Camille DeAngelis, Elizabeth Little, David Hopson, Deborah Shapiro

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Emerald City Literary Agency

🌍 Location: Seattle, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Diverse Fiction, BIPOC, LGBTQ, Commercial Fiction, Romance, Thriller

Previous clients: Dale Walls, Rose Egal, Becky Wallace, Nicole Tyndall

💼 Agency: Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Narrative Nonfiction, LGBTQ, Self-Help, Sports, Commercial Fiction, Diverse Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Literary Fiction, Mystery, New Adult, Science Fiction, Women's Fiction

Previous clients: Dr. Kathleen Smith, Tara Ison, Eugene Lee Yang, Cory O’Brien, Hannah Sloane

💼 Agency: Copps Literary Services

🌍 Location: Dallas, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Action & Adventure, Commercial Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Diverse Fiction, Cookbook, Literary Fiction, Romance, Thriller, African-American, BIPOC, Chick Lit, Christian, Fantasy, Humor, LGBTQ, Mystery, New Adult, Nonfiction, Science Fiction, Spirituality, Sports

Previous clients: Building a client list

💼 Agency: The Purcell Agency, LLC

🌍 Location: Chicago, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Sports, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Diverse Fiction, LGBTQ, Chick Lit, Horror, Memoir

Previous clients: C.H. Armstrong, Tori Kelley

💼 Agency: Westwood Creative Artists

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

🧑‍💻 Website: https://wcaltd.com/briar-heckman/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submissions via email to submissions@wcaltd.com.

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

Previous clients: Mark Abley, Michael Adams, Caroline Adderson, Anar Ali, Kamal Al-Solaylee, Madhur Anand, Gail Anderson-Dargatz, Sally Armstrong, Barbara Arrowsmith-Young, Nassim Assefi