The Best Literary Agents Seeking Young Adult Submissions

💼 Agency: DeFiore and Company

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Young Adult, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Diverse Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Picture Book, Romance, Thriller

Previous clients: Hope Lim, Laurie Flynn, Simran Jeet Singh, Ayesha Siddiqua Chaudhry, Keerthik Sasidharan, Kevin Christopher Snipes

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💼 Agency: Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Cookbook, Memoir, Middle Grade, Narrative Nonfiction, Young Adult

Previous clients: Jenny Milchman, Miriam Cohen, Ani Katz, Poppy Gee, David Joy

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💼 Agency: Curtis Brown, Ltd.

🌍 Location: New York, US

🧑‍💻 Website: https://curtisbrown.com/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Middle Grade, Diverse Fiction, LGBTQ, Feminism, Humor, Short Story

Previous clients: Elizabeth Huergo, David Lomax, Mickey George, Rebecca Altman, Jaime Green

💼 Agency: The Whalen Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller, Women's Fiction, Young Adult

Previous clients: Stephanie Bond, Mary McNear, Monica Murphy

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💼 Agency: Trellis Literary Management

🌍 Location: New York City, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Sports, Diverse Fiction, BIPOC, Feminism

Previous clients: June Hur, Diana Biller, Kelsy Burke, June Hur, Nancy Jooyoun Kim

💼 Agency: Diamond Kahn & Woods Literary Agency

🌍 Location: London, GB

🧑‍💻 Website: http://dkwlitagency.co.uk/

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult, Children's Book, Middle Grade, Diverse Fiction, BIPOC, LGBTQ, Crime Fiction

Previous clients: Daniel Aubrey, Meg Fee, Tom Huddleston, Sandra Lawrence, Natalie Hart

💼 Agency: Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Crime Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Middle Grade, Commercial Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Memoir

Previous clients: Cynthia Swanson, Lara Zielin, Kent Davis

💼 Agency: Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Children's Book, Middle Grade

Previous clients: Jesmyn Ward, Oscar Hijuelos, Dale Maharidge, Tonya Bolden, Dennis Covington

💼 Agency: The Rights Factory

🌍 Location: Toronto, CA

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through QueryManager

Genres: BIPOC, Historical Fiction, Horror, LGBTQ, Memoir, Middle Grade, Nonfiction, Romance, Thriller, Young Adult, Fantasy

Previous clients: Kathryn Caraway, Jody Graydon, Nicola Sammeroff

💼 Agency: Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency

🌍 Location: New York, US

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

📣 Preferred contact method: Submit queries through email

Genres: Fiction, Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Nonfiction, Cookbook, Memoir

Previous clients: Ernessa Carter, Linda Clever, Pam Anderson

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