Here are five established agents actively seeking new clients. Each is from an established agency with a solid track record. Be sure to check out the agency's website before submitting!
For a full list of agents actively looking for writers go to: Agents Seeking Clients
IMPORTANT: You should NEVER query an agent without checking the agency website first. Submission requirements change, and agents may close their lists, or switch agencies.
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Melissa Edwards joined Stonesong as a literary agent in August 2016. Previously, she was a literary agent at the Aaron Priest Literary Agency, where she managed the foreign rights for a 40-year backlist. After graduating from Washington University in St. Louis and Vanderbilt Law School, Melissa began her career as a litigation attorney before transitioning into publishing. She is a tireless advocate for her clients and a constant partner during the publication process and beyond.
What she is looking for: Melissa is currently highly interested in developing her adult commercial fiction list, with a particular eye out for vibrant and fun young women’s fiction, mysteries and thrillers featuring characters from underrepresented backgrounds, and upmarket book club fiction.
How to submit: Submit your query addressed to Melissa at submissions@stonesong.com. Include the first chapter or first 10 pages of your work, pasted into the body of your email. Please do not send attachments.
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Sara Crowe of Sarah Crowe Literary
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Sara always had a book in her hand, and is still amazed that she gets to help make them. She has 25 years of experience in the publishing world, with 8 in foreign rights, and 20 representing clients. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania and the Radcliffe Publishing course, she started her career at The Wylie Agency, where she went on to sell foreign rights in Wylie’s London office. She was a foreign rights manager at Trident Media Group, and an agent and foreign rights manager at Harvey Klinger, before becoming a senior agent at Pippin Properties.
What she is looking for: Sara is looking for author-illustrated picture books and graphic novels, MG and YA fiction and nonfiction, and select adult fiction, specifically rom-coms and literary fiction. In all areas, Sara is especially looking for underrepresented voices. Sara is not accepting queries for picture book texts and is not the right agent for adult Sci-Fi/fantasy or commercial thrillers.
How to submit: Please email your query and the first ten pages to submissions@saracrowelit.com
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Cathryn Summerhayes of Curtis Brown
Cathryn re-joined Curtis Brown in September 2016 having started her literary agency career there as an intern in 2004. She established an eclectic list of clients at WME, where she worked for ten years. Prior to that she work at DGA, DHA and Colman Getty PR – where she worked on a number of high profile book events including the Man Booker Prize and Samuel Johnson Prize.
What she is looking for: Literary and commercial fiction.
What she is looking for: Non-fiction: smart pop-culture, social justice, current events, fashion/style, health & wellness, self-help, memoir, essays, pop business, tech, and science.
How to submit: Use the agency's form HERE.
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Cathryn re-joined Curtis Brown in September 2016 having started her literary agency career there as an intern in 2004. She established an eclectic list of clients at WME, where she worked for ten years. Prior to that she work at DGA, DHA and Colman Getty PR – where she worked on a number of high profile book events including the Man Booker Prize and Samuel Johnson Prize.
What she is looking for: Literary and commercial fiction.
How to submit: Email the first three chapters or 10,000 words and short synopsis to: summerhayesofficesubmissions@curtisbrown.co.uk
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Peter Knapp of Park & Fine Literary & Media
Fueled by the thrill of reading a new story for the first time, Peter works creatively with clients and the PLM team on marketing, branding initiatives and promotions to get great books into the hands of readers. Before joining PLM, he was a story editor at a book-scouting agency working with film clients, and he continues to look for new ways to partner with Hollywood on adaptations and multimedia properties. Find him re-watching Studio Ghibli movies, playing board games with friends, or at PLM and on Publishers Marketplace to learn how to submit a new fiction query—he’s ready to add more authors to his growing client list!
What he is looking for: Middle grade, YA (realistic and fantasy), YA horror and adult fiction.
How to submit: Please specify the first and last name of the agent to whom you are submitting, as well as the category and genre of your submission (i.e.: “Pete Knapp – YA Fantasy”) in the subject line of the email. Send your query letter and accompanying material to the email address below. All materials must be in the body of the email, as we are unable to open attachments. Due to the volume of email queries we receive, we will only respond if we are interested.
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JL Stermer of Next Level Lit, LLC
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Fueled by the thrill of reading a new story for the first time, Peter works creatively with clients and the PLM team on marketing, branding initiatives and promotions to get great books into the hands of readers. Before joining PLM, he was a story editor at a book-scouting agency working with film clients, and he continues to look for new ways to partner with Hollywood on adaptations and multimedia properties. Find him re-watching Studio Ghibli movies, playing board games with friends, or at PLM and on Publishers Marketplace to learn how to submit a new fiction query—he’s ready to add more authors to his growing client list!
What he is looking for: Middle grade, YA (realistic and fantasy), YA horror and adult fiction.
How to submit: Please specify the first and last name of the agent to whom you are submitting, as well as the category and genre of your submission (i.e.: “Pete Knapp – YA Fantasy”) in the subject line of the email. Send your query letter and accompanying material to the email address below. All materials must be in the body of the email, as we are unable to open attachments. Due to the volume of email queries we receive, we will only respond if we are interested.
For adult fiction submissions, please include a query letter and approximately the first 25 pages of your work. For YA & children’s fiction submissions, please include a query letter and the first chapter or approximately the first ten pages of your work. For non-fiction submissions, please send a query letter. We do not review poetry or screenplays. Send to: queries@parkfine.com
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"I'm looking for voices reflecting the world as it changes and stories sharing the human experience of life, love, growth, and achievement in both fiction and non-fiction categories, YA and adult. A New York City native who lives for art, culture, I'm always seeking inspiration through creativity and connection. I love working with authors who have a clear vision of who they are and what they came here to do. I believe there is so much to learn from reading about other's experiences because the intimacy of reading allows us to absorb new ideas in our own time and without outside judgment. Also love a book for escape and fun please! Food, culture, music, personal stories, social justice, intimate narratives with a compelling voice? I'm in."
What she is looking for: Non-fiction: smart pop-culture, social justice, current events, fashion/style, health & wellness, self-help, memoir, essays, pop business, tech, and science.
For fiction: commercial adult and YA: coming-of-age, rom coms, dark and edgy stories, and new original voices.
How to submit: Use the agency's form HERE.
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