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Cassandra Rodgers
💼 Agency - 5 Otter Literary 🌍 Location - Toronto, CA 🧑💻 Website - https://fiveotterliterary.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Historical Fiction, Thriller, Nonfiction, Business Book, Memoir, Politics, Sports
Previous clients
Dayle Furlong, Gabriele Wills, James R. Wallen, Kath Jonathan
Curtis Russell
💼 Agency - P.S. Literary Agency 🌍 Location - Toronto, CA 🧑💻 Website - https://www.psliterary.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Business Book, Memoir, Politics, Self-Help, Sports, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Picture Book
Previous clients
Pamela Beason, Nick Powdthavee, Gail Vaz-Oxlade, Gerry Dee, Tommy Europe
Laura Langlie
💼 Agency - Laura Langlie Agency 🌍 Location - New York City, US 🧑💻 Website - 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Historical Fiction, Humor, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Politics, Diverse Fiction, LGBTQ
Previous clients
Joan Druett, Meg Cabot, Malinda Lo, Mary Hogan, Renee Ashley, Meg Tilly
Morton L. Janklow
💼 Agency - Janklow & Nesbit Associates 🌍 Location - New York, US 🧑💻 Website - http://www.janklowandnesbit.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics
Previous clients
Danielle Steel, Thomas Harris, Barbara Walters, Anne Rice, Andy Borowitz, Pope John Paul II
Howard Yoon
💼 Agency - Ross Yoon Literary Agency 🌍 Location - Washington DC, US 🧑💻 Website - https://www.rossyoon.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics
Previous clients
Neal Katyal, David Greene, Elise Wu, Julianna Haubner
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, Business Book, Cookbook, Humor, Narrative Nonfiction, New Adult, Politics, Sports
Previous clients
Richelle Mead, Cynthia Ceilan, Victoria Laurie, Carrie Ryan, Julia Templeton, Michelle Rowen
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
Previous clients
Susan Bordo, Monica Byrne, Mandy Catron, Pratap Chatterjee, Julia Scheeres, Heather O'Neill
Barbara Braun
💼 Agency - Barbara Braun Associates, Inc. 🌍 Location - New York, US 🧑💻 Website - http://www.barbarabraunagency.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Email
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Diverse Fiction, Feminism
Previous clients
Elise Hooper, Stephanie Storey, Susan Vreeland, James Benn, Janet Majerus, Laurel Corona
Veronique Baxter
💼 Agency - David Higham Literary Agency 🌍 Location - London, GB 🧑💻 Website - https://www.davidhigham.co.uk 📣 Preferred contact method - Email ☑️ Interested in debut authors
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Crime Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Diverse Fiction, BIPOC, Feminism, LGBTQ
Previous clients
Diana Wynne Jones, Richard Adams, Nick Butterworth, Jonathan Stroud, Alix Nathan
Bonnie Nadell
💼 Agency - Hill Nadell Literary Agency 🌍 Location - Los Angeles, US 🧑💻 Website - https://www.hillnadell.com/ 📣 Preferred contact method - Online submission form
Genres
Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics
Previous clients
David Foster Wallace, Antonya Nelson, Lynn Schooler, Richard Polsky, Kate Racculia
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