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The Best Literary Agents Seeking Self Help Submissions

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Kanishka Gupta

💼 Agency: Writers’ Side

🌍 Location: New Delhi, IN

🧑‍💻 Website: https://writersside.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Self-Help, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction

Previous clients: Jaideep Varma, Siddhartha Gigoo, Hussain Zaidi, Anamika Mukherjee

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Suzy Evans

💼 Agency: Evans Literary

🌍 Location: San Diego, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novel, Humor, Thriller, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Business Book, Cookbook, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Self-Help, Sports, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Diverse Fiction

Previous clients: Darcy Gaechter, Laura Trethewey, Susan L. Poulson, Emily Anne Jordan

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Pamela Harty

💼 Agency: The Knight Agency

🌍 Location: Atlanta, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://knightagency.net/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Business Book, Christian, Self-Help, Spirituality, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Diverse Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery

Previous clients: Jessica Hatchigan, Cherie Calbom, Elizabeth Mowers, Amanda Renee

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Bridget Wagner Matzie

💼 Agency: Aevitas Creative Management

🌍 Location: Boston, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Politics, Cookbook, Crime Fiction, Feminism, Humor, LGBTQ, Self-Help

Previous clients: Jon Allen, Amie Parnes, Allan Lichtman, Ratika Kapur, Emma Brown, Ruby Lal

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Angela Miller

💼 Agency: Folio Literary Management

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through online form

Genres: Nonfiction, Business Book, Cookbook, Self-Help, Feminism

Previous clients: Mark Bittman, Christopher Kimball, Marcus Samuelsson, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Geneen Roth, Darra Goldstein, Matt Rodbard, Eugenia Bone, Rowan Jacobsen, and Nathalie Dupree.

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Jessica Felleman

💼 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

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Sorche Fairbank

💼 Agency: Fairbank Literary Representation

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Cookbook, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Self-Help, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Picture Book, Diverse Fiction, Feminism, Commercial Fiction, Politics, Sports, Women's Fiction

Previous clients: Terry Border, Neil Landau, Matt Frederick, Craig Tracy

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Michael V. Carlisle

💼 Agency: InkWell Management

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Nonfiction, Business Book, Cookbook, Spirituality, Sports, Action & Adventure, African-American, BIPOC, Chick Lit, Children's Book, Christian, Crime Fiction, Diverse Fiction, Fantasy, Feminism, Graphic Novel, Historical Fiction, Horror, Humor, LGBTQ, Memoir, Middle Grade, Narrative Nonfiction, New Adult, #ownvoices, Picture Book, Poetry, Politics, Romance, Science Fiction, Self-Help, Short Story, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Young Adult

Previous clients: Lee Child, Andrew Child, Alicia Keys, Robert Harris, Antonio Damasio, James Gleick, Simon Schama, Dava Sobel, Elin Hilderbrand

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Kim Lindman

💼 Agency: Stonesong

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Nonfiction, Cookbook, Narrative Nonfiction, African-American, BIPOC, Self-Help, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery

Previous clients: Chloe Crane-Leroux, Annie Elliott, Danielle Bayard Jackson, The War on Cars, Sharon Udasin, Rachel Frazin, Gabrielle Nicole Pharms, Zehra Allibhai, Laura Manzano, Beth Demmon, Brian Noyes, Kes Trester, Layla Schlack, Lecia Michelle, Susan Puckett.

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Michelle Wolfson

💼 Agency: Wolfson Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Humor, Mystery, New Adult, Romance, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Self-Help, Feminism

Previous clients: Kiersten White, Kasie West, Tawna Fenske, Lauren Blakely

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