Updated 4/3/20
Here are three literary agents actively seeking new clients. Make sure to read everything on their agency website to get a feel for what they represent. Some agencies are geared more toward commercial fiction while others prefer literary works. You should also check Absolute Write to see if other authors have had experience with them.
Jessica Watterson is most interested in all subgenres of adult and new adult romance, and women’s fiction. Kate Johnson represents literary and upmarket / book club fiction as well as a range of narrative nonfiction, with interest in food, running, feminism, obsessives, unconventional families, social history, art, travel and international stories, mental health, medicine, and the environment. Annette Crossland is looking for all genres of fiction.
Important! Don't submit without reading the submission instructions on the agency website! Submission requirements may change.
If these agents don't suit your needs, you can find a comprehensive list of new and established agents here: Agents Seeking Clients.
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Currently open to referrals only
About Jessica: Jessica Watterson joined Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency in late 2013, and currently assists Sandra Dijkstra and Elise Capron. She graduated from the University of California at Irvine with a degree in Sociocultural Anthropology and English. Jessica has made books a serious part of her life for many years. During college, she started an indie review blog which has featured author interviews and has reviewed several self-published books that eventually ended up on the New York Times Best Seller list.
What she is seeking: Jessica is most drawn to riveting and heart pounding romance. She loves fun, fresh voices and character driven stories that keep a reader turning the page because they need to know what happens next. Independent heroines are a must, in addition to well realized heroes who aren't alpha-holes. She also loves fantasy that will appeal to a broad readership, especially if it has some spice in it!
In the children's realm, she connects with anything that has heart and humor.
Jessica does like the occasional pop-culture or millenial leaning non-fiction project.
She is only open to queries by referral at this time.
Please note that Jessica is specifically not interested in: non-fiction outside of pop culture and millenial issues, memoir, cookbooks, poetry, short stories, screenplays, self-help, or religious/spiritual books.
How to submit: Use online form HERE.
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About Annette: In a career spanning more than 30 years, Annette has worked in high-profile positions in some of the UK and USA’s most successful publishing companies. She has worked with some of the top bestselling authors in the world, touring overseas with Elizabeth George, Dennis Lehane and Frances Fyfield, amongst others.
What she is looking for: "We are always on the lookout for exciting new work and we welcome submissions across all relevant genres by email."
Submissions: Please email all submissions to: enquiries@aforauthors.co.uk "We only accept electronic submissions. Please include a covering letter, brief synopsis, short author biography and the first three chapters of your manuscript as a Word document or PDF attachment. Downloadable material, e-books, or links to any such items are unacceptable. Please note that all postal submissions will be recycled unread."
What she is looking for: "We are always on the lookout for exciting new work and we welcome submissions across all relevant genres by email."
Submissions: Please email all submissions to: enquiries@aforauthors.co.uk "We only accept electronic submissions. Please include a covering letter, brief synopsis, short author biography and the first three chapters of your manuscript as a Word document or PDF attachment. Downloadable material, e-books, or links to any such items are unacceptable. Please note that all postal submissions will be recycled unread."
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About Kate: Kate Johnson is an agent as well as UK rights manager for Wolf Literary Services and the Gillian MacKenzie Agency. Before moving to Wolf Literary, Kate was an agent and Vice President at Georges Borchardt, Inc. She has edited and reported at StoryQuarterly, Bookslut.com, New York Magazine, and elsewhere, and graduated from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism. Her authors have won the PEN Faulkner Award, Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize, Whiting Award, Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize for Fiction, National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35, the Nigeria Prize for Literature, and have been longlisted for the National Book Award in nonfiction and the PEN Open Book Award. Kate regularly visits literary festivals and universities, and has chaired the judging panel for the Bristol Short Story Prize and Bath Short Story Award.
What she is looking for: Kate represents literary and upmarket fiction as well as a range of narrative nonfiction and select memoir, and is interested in food, running, obsessives, unconventional families, art, global stories, social justice, mental health, medicine, and the environment. She loves working with journalists. Across all her projects, she looks for authentic voices and books that uncover something off-kilter in the everyday, or conversely something relatable in the extraordinary.
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