She is passionate about partnering with clients to develop books that connect with readers, find success with. The first step to getting published is finding a literary agent. Previously an editor at basic books and oxford university press, she is looking for wellwritten explanatory and narrative nonfiction that changes how. Browse through agent or agency listings, or use advanced search to find literary. Literary agents trident media group literary agency. Specifically, hes interested in music books about the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, as well as sports books about football, basketball, baseball, running, and golf. Kelly peterson is a west chester university graduate with a b. Graham maw christie agency graham maw christie literary agents.
She is passionate about partnering with clients to develop books that connect with readers, find success with publishers, and create real change in the world. One of the uks leading literary agencies handling nonfiction, from memoirs, autobiographies, biographies, parenting and selfhelp to popular philosophy, science. He loves books with accessible voice and lyrical writing like that of tana franch, celeste ng, and jesmyn ward. Adult mainstream fiction, literary and commercial fiction. Susan canavan joined the waxman literary agency in 2019. He loves family stories, books with tangled webs of secrets that unravel until the very last page, and all things dark and creepy. Pamela harty is a literary agent with the knight agency.
She was formerly the vice president of marketing whitaker house publishing and, as the president of hartline literary agency, has over thirtyfive years. She worked as a junior literary agent for two years before moving to rees literary agency, continuing to. Our team put together this list of christian book agents that represents christian novels, christian nonfiction, inspirational books, and spiritual books. Watson, little are a longestablished literary agency which handles a wide range of fiction and nonfiction for adults, young adults and children. Jeff herman agency literary agent specializing in non. Lkla is a boutique literary agency specializing in health, selfhelp, and other practical nonfiction books written by some of the countrys top experts in their fields. One of the uks leading literary agencies handling nonfiction. The literary net has compiled a list of 153 literary agents. In the adult market, suzy is particularly on the hunt for great serious nonfiction, especially by historians. You need to research thoroughly any and all other books in your category. Agentquery find the agent who will find you a publisher. David luxton associates ltd is a literary agency dedicated to nonfiction publishing in all.
Nicki is especially interested in representing literary and upmarket fiction, young adult fiction, narrative nonfiction, and memoir. Joseph is actively acquiring nonfiction and fiction. Before becoming a literary agent, toby founded atlantic books limited, where he served as chief executive and publisher from 2000 to 2014, publishing a significant number of number of bestsellers. Here is my freshly updated list of literary agents who are currently looking for childrens board books ages 03, picture books ages 37, chapter books early readers ages 58, middle.
Prior to founding neon, anna spent nearly 15 years as a literary agent, foreign rights director, and developmental editor at dcs ross yoon agency. Pamela harty, vice president of salesagent pamela harty joined the knight agency in the summer of 2000, and has placed hundreds of titles in a broad range of categories, including. Pamela has placed hundreds of titles in a broad range of categories, including. Within nonfiction, he has a particular interest in music and sports. Devorah hails from minnesota where she was active in the early 80s recruiting writers for the loft literary center. Christian literary agents for childrens books our free directory of literary agents lets you find, research, and contact all christian book agents for childrens books. Shes also on the lookout for smart parenting books with truly useful, original hooks that fill a gap in the market bonus points for humor. Having worked as an intern for shorttime projects in. Prior to that i was editorinchief of macmillan adult books, the first woman ever to hold that position in a major hardcover publishing. In addition to being a literary agent, meredith bernstein has packaged two romance lines and coauthored sexual chemistry with julius fast m. Sarah wendell and layping candy tans smart bitches who love trashy books, based on the popular blog, a funny, somewhat bitchy and adoring look at the world of romance novels, from the. She herself has coauthored the complete idiots guide to book proposals and query letters penguin. Before joining wendy sherman associates, laura mazer was the executive editor of seal press, a boutique imprint of the hachette book group, where she edited bold voices in adult nonfiction. Linda konner literary agency nyc nonfiction literary agent.
Selling a book is even far more bookends on the today show. Graham maw christie agency graham maw christie literary. Search through 153 literary agents by genre the literary net. Literary agents are listed alphabetically in these pages on. Devorah moved to the west coast and worked over 20 years for. With over 20 years of experience in the publishing industry, the ebeling agency represents a wide range of commercial nonfiction. The agency is wellconnected with book publishers worldwide. His areas of editorial expertise include popular business, spirituality, and most other areas of nonfiction.
The gentle sleep book for calmer babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Writers house represents writers of fiction and nonfiction, for both adult and juvenile books as well as illustrators. If youre looking to work with a veteran who is well aware of the. Watson little a long established literary agency which. Our areas of focus include health and wellness, business. She was formerly a senior executive editor at houghton mifflin harcourt where she acquired and edited dozens of new york times bestsellers in the. Writing about ones faith and spirituality can be quite daunting. The impetus here is to prove a market and define why your project is differentbetter. Shes also on the lookout for smart parenting books with useful, original hooks that fill a gap in the market. In fiction, soumeya is seeking literary and upmarket novels and collections, and also represents realistic youngadult and middlegrade.
Literary agent since 2016, keely boeving has been representing writers with wordserve literary. Due to the high volume of inquiries, please do not call. She is eager to discover authors writing about somewhat unconventional protagonists with an imaginative slant on storytelling. Psychology, selfhelp, parenting, and inspirational. About the agents wendy sherman associates literary. But there is still someone out there willing to give you a helping hand. The first step to finding a literary agent is submitting a query to. We handle publishing rights and all ancillary rights such as film, tv, audio, electronic, and foreign for the. The incredible ripped bodice bookstore was featured on the today show earlier, and we were so happy to see some get to know jessica faust.
Linda konner literary agency 10 west 15th street, suite 1918 new york, ny 10011. Our areas of focus include health and wellness, business, spirituality, psychology, selfhelp, personalgrowth, inspiration, parenting, pop culture, womens issues, pets, humor, memoir and narrative nonfiction. Her focuses are nonfiction, cooking, health, parenting, crafts, selfhelp, pop culture and business. She likes books with vivid voices and compelling, welldeveloped story. Jeff herman is an exceptionally successful veteran literary agent, entrepreneur and author. In addition to being a literary agent, meredith bernstein has. Yet another agent from the knight literary agency, pamela harty is one of the best professionals for your upcoming parenting book. Click on the genres to see the agents who represent authors in those areas. I founded this independent literary agency company 40 years ago. Our agents work with literary and commercial fiction, womens fiction.
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