The Best Literary Agents Seeking Submissions

💼 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: David Higham Literary Agency

🌍 Location: London, GB

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.davidhigham.co.uk

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novel, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Picture Book, Diverse Fiction, BIPOC, LGBTQ, Commercial Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult

Previous clients: Antonia Barber, Joe Berger, Kathryn Cave, Eve Edwards, Candida Harper, Trish Cooke

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Writers House

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Memoir, Cookbook, Women's Fiction, Young Adult

Previous clients: Laura Spinella, Nina Godiwalla, Michele Jaffe, Mischa Berlinski, Eileen Goudge, Mark Scarbrough, Alice Walker, John Irving, Diane Chamberlain, Pam Jenoff

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Andy Ross Literary Agency

🌍 Location: San Francisco, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

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

Previous clients: Daniel Ellsberg, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, Fritjof Capra, Susan Griffin, Erik Tarloff, Daniel Boyarin, Mary Jo McConahay, Mark Goldblatt, David Dayen, Linda Watanabe McFerrin

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Curtis Brown Australia

🌍 Location: Sydney, AU

🧑‍💻 Website: https://www.curtisbrown.com.au/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Fantasy, Literary Fiction, Romance, Thriller, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Self-Help, Children's Book, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade

Previous clients: Jared Thomas, Joanna Nell, Sara Foster, Gabriel Bergmoser

💼 Agency: Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Crime Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Commercial Fiction

Previous clients: Katherine Forbes, J.D. Landis, Charlotte Wood, John Gierach

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Red Fox Literary

🌍 Location: Los Angeles, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://redfoxliterary.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Only considering submissions through industry referrals or conferences.

Genres: Young Adult, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Picture Book

Previous clients: Carolyn Crimi, R. W. Alley, Brad Sneed, Beth Anderson

💼 Agency: The Book Group

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Picture Book, Cookbook, Humor

Previous clients: Hilary Knight, Julianne Moore, Samantha Berger, Karen Hesse

Open to queries

💼 Agency: Speilburg Literary Agency

🌍 Location: Louisville, US

🧑‍💻 Website: http://speilburgliterary.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Fiction, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Diverse Fiction, BIPOC, LGBTQ, Crime Fiction, Horror, Memoir, Politics

Previous clients: Melissa Lenhardt, Jennifer Mason-Black, Josh Noel, Erin Osmon

💼 Agency: WME Books

🌍 Location: Los Angeles, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Thriller

Previous clients: Quentin Tarantino, Tom Clancy, Joy Fielding, Roxane van Iperen, Amy Sedaris, Joy Fielding, Astrid Holleeder, Heike Faller

Open to queries