Agents
Jewel does not endorse any of the following agents in any way, this is merely a list and it is up to the author to thoroughly research all agents before submitting and signing a contract. The statements about each literary agency/agent are from their websites, not an opinion or suggestion from Jewel Stone and may change.
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*Literary Agents.org a low-tech, straight-forward guide to literary agents. This site is designed to give writers accurate information on literary agents. Here you will find News about Agents and Book Sales and Addresses for Top Agents.
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Top Pick! Acquiring Agents: Paige Wheeler, President Lisa VanAuken 240 West 35th Street, suite 500 New York, NY 10001 Telephone No: 212-560-0909 *** Specializes in romance, women's fiction, historicals, regencies, paranormal/metaphysical, romantic suspense, non-fiction, young adult and children's stories. No poetry, westerns, screenplays or short stories, please. submission guidelines. ***
Ahearn Agency, Inc. *** {Marcia}
Amsterdam Agency *** Alive Communications works primarily with well-established, best-selling, and career authors. On rare occasions, they accept new clients at the start of their careers, generally from referrals of current clients. Do not accept unsolicited proposals. submission guidelines *** Authentic Creations Literary Agency Authentic Creations works with both fiction and non-fiction manuscripts across a variety of genres. submissions page. *** {The} Axelrod
Agency *** Bent, Jenny Currently, Ms. Bent represents clients who write commercial and literary fiction as well as nonfiction on a variety of topics, including alternative medicine, psychology, and spirituality. Submission guidelines *** {Meredith}
Bernstein Literary Agency *** Book
Deals, Inc., a literary agency with offices *** BookEnds is currently accepting queries from published and unpublished writers in the areas of romance, mystery, suspense/thrillers, women's fiction, and literary fiction. We also do a great deal of nonfiction in the areas of spirituality, self-help, business, health, psychology, relationships, parenting, pets, and general nonfiction. submissions page
BookEnds ***
{Curtis}
Brown, Ltd. Email: mw@cbltd.com *** {Pema} Browne Ltd Interested in Non-Fiction, Reference, How-To, Self-Help. Romance, all genre including good taste Erotica. Christian and Inspirational works. Children's Picture Books, Novelty and Board Books, Middle-Grade, limited Young Adult and all Juvenile Non-Fiction. Will only read work never sent to a publisher. .
Pema Browne Ltd. ***
{Jayne
Jordan} Browne Multimedia ***
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{Maria}
Carvainis Agency ***
*** {The} Cohen
Agency ***
Cornerstone Literary,
Inc. ***
{Richard}
Curtis Agency Richard Curtis Associates, Inc
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{Anita}
Diamant Agency ***
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*** {The Ethan} Ellenberg Literary Agency Accept unsolicited manuscripts and seriously consider unpublished authors. Submission guidelines
Ethan Ellenberg Literary
Agency ***
{Joyce}
Flaherty Literary Agency *** {The} Fogelman Literary Agency Though the agents have not ruled out representation of any particular type of work, the agency remains particularly interested in women’s fiction and all types of non-fiction. May query by email. submissions. *** Attorney's & Literary Agents "As literary agents, we represent a wide variety of adult fiction and nonfiction before publishers nationwide. We market subsidiary and reprint rights, and have affiliations with subagents for foreign sales and film rights. All agents are all members of the Association of Authors' Representatives, and do not charge reading fees." ***
*** Harris, Harris & Donahue, Ltd None of these agents are currently listed as AAR members. Proceed with caution. You can check out their submission guidelines here. *** "Our core strength is representing commercial fiction and non-fiction books for adults, although we will represent selected books for children. We do not market short fiction, screenplays, scripts, poetry, or magazine articles. We are prepared to represent most genres in commercial fiction except science fiction and fantasy. We are probably not the right agency to market your literary fiction, nor are we likely to appreciate manuscripts that contain extraordinary violence, unnecessary profanity, or gratuitous sexuality." ***
{Alice}
Hilton Literary Agency *** Hyatt Literary Agency
Linda Hyatt represents
authors in all areas of
Hyatt Literary Agency ***
{Sharon}
Jarvis & Co. *** A member of the Donald Maass Literary Agency, actively seeking new clients for the agency, which represents over one hundred authors of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, suspense, romance and other types of commercial novel-length fiction. ***
Kellock & Assoc, Ltd. *** {Natasha} Kern Literary Agency In nonfiction, they represent commercial properties in health, natural science, investigative journalism, inspiration, New Age subjects, psychology, self-help, parenting, gardening, celebrity bios, and business, as well as current, controversial and women's issues. In fiction, they specialize in commercial properties including thrillers and mysteries, mainstream women's fiction, historicals, and romances. We do not represent horror, true crime, children's or young adult, short stories, poetry, articles, scripts, software, sports, photography, cookbooks, gift books, or scholarly works.
Natasha Kern Literary Agency ***
{Daniel} King Literary Agency ***
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Currently seeking: romance (contemporary, historical, time travel, paranormal, futuristic, science fiction, and romantic suspense), women’s fiction, commercial fiction, literary and multicultural fiction. In nonfiction: business, self-help, finance, music, entertainment, media-related, pop culture, how-to, psychology, travel, health, inspirational/religious, reference, and holiday books. submission guidelines
Knight Literary Agency ***
*** Fiction and nonfiction. May query via email. submissions. *** {James} Levine Communications, Inc is all electronic, expect a quick response! *** Specializes in adult trade fiction and non-fiction. Open to new queries from new clients. Do not handle children's material, poetry, or purely academic/technical work. submission guidelines AAR member *** {The} Literary Group International Handles 50% fiction and 50% non-fiction. (Represents Britany Spears) . ***
Lowenstein Associates ***
{Donald} Maass Literary Agency *** Manus and Associates Literary Agency, Inc
Some of the genres represented include, but are not limited to:
Non-fiction: ***
Denise
Marcil Literary Agency, Inc.
Phone:
Fax:
Email: DMLA@DeniseMarcilAgency.com
*** {The Evan} Marshall Agency ***
*** {Helen} McGrath and Associates Link goes to a sub-page of Publishers Marketplace. No separate submissions page. "Helen McGrath & Associates is a full service agency, handling both domestic and foreign rights. We have been in business since 1977. We also handle books to film. No screenplays. We charge 15% for domestic sales and 10% for foreign sales. We ask that our clients provide us with photocopies of their manuscripts for submission." ***
{Scott} Meredith Literary Agency LP ***
Talent and Literary Agency. *** Murphy Literary Agency Represents, historical, contemporary: all genres including series, single title and mainstream, regency, historical regency, time travel/futuristic/ paranormal romance. ***
AAR member ***
Northeast Literary Agency *** Pegasus International *** Perkins Literary Agency *** Alison J. Picard *** {Patti Steele}-Perkins *** Reece Halsey North Literary Agency Interested in "Literary Fiction, exceptional writing in any field, and writing that touches the heart." AAR recognized, go to contact page for address to query *** {The Jodie} Rhodes Literary Agency 8840 Villa La Jolla Drive ***
Textbook, fiction, non-fiction. submission guidelines ***
Jane Rotrosen Agency *** Query first by email:
*** "Our goal is to represent both the unpublished as well as the published writer in a fashion that is conducive to understanding and patience, creativity and productivity." Accepts email queries. submission page RWA approved agent.
Mary Sue Seymour The Seymour Agency handles 50% nonfiction and 50% romance with some westerns thrown in. They are not at this time handling any Christian fiction. contact info *** Spectrum Literary Agency handles both fiction and nonfiction works, though the majority of our clients write commercial fiction such as science fiction, fantasy, mystery/suspense, romantic suspense, and historical romance. *** {The Jodie} Rhodes Literary Agency Interested in women's stories; intelligent, sophisticated thrillers; memoirs; inspirational stories; literary fiction; character-driven mysteries; young adult novels, both historical and contemporary; and quality romances with memorable protagonists involved in meaningful love affairs. *** Will look at the first few chapters of any book that is ready for sale, no poetry or screenplays. submission page ***
{Pesha} Rubenstein Literary Agency ***
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*** {Patricia} Teal Literary Agency ***
{Tina} Tsallas *** ***
{Sandra} Watt & Associates *** {Cherry} Weiner Literary Agency *** Writer's Edge Inc. *** Writer's House, Inc. *** |