The whalen agency is a full service literary agency established by premiere literary agent kimberly whalen in the fall of 2016. In this post, ive collected recently shared agent spotlights with literary agents who are accepting womens fiction submissions. Gail hochman developed her career by representing what she loves most to read. H ere are twelve uk literary agents actively seeking clients. Full text of the body politic, november 1982 see other formats. In fiction our agents specialize in romance, mystery, suspense, thrillers, science fiction and fantasy, women s fiction, historical fiction, literary fiction and upmarket fiction. In fiction, she represents a range of women s fiction, from literary to romance, including mystery, historical, and romantic suspense, and the occasional novel not aimed at women. Tessa emily hall is a literary agent with cyle literary elite. There is romance, there is domestic noir, there is literary fiction, and a novel being literary fiction need not cancel out it being a romance, etc. The baker city herald print edition for friday august 14, 2015. Amy has been with this literary agency since 20 and has previous experience in writing, editing, and marketing. So with that in mind, im creating some new vertical lists of agents seeking queries right now, as of early 2017.
We represent both fiction and nonfiction, and have represented many awardwinning, bestselling books over the years. Sometimes its difficult to pinpoint which agents are open to submissions at any given time. Scott eagan opened greyhaus literary agency in 2003 with three goals in mind. Building failure, such as the collapse of chimney stacks and walls, are a less significant but still important cause of death and injury. It is also a wonderful opportunity to present the budding. We welcome submissions and cover a variety of genres including crime, thriller, mysteries, women s, chicklit, accessible literary, and childrens fiction, including young adult and picture books. Oct 14, 2016 breaking into publishing swanson said finding a publisher was laborious because literary agents werent accepting online queries in the 1990s, nor could one search online for agents, their. She is looking for fine, accomplished writing, whether the work is by a first time or established author. Renowned agent irene goodman does critiques of partial manuscripts, with all proceeds going to charity. Are you writing predominantly for women, about women, and in search of an agent.
A distinguished publishing industry veteran of over 20 years, kimberly is a fierce advocate for her clients and is wellknown in the industry for negotiating and closing seven and eightfigure deals both domestically and internationally. This is your chance to get professional feedback from an agent who has built many bestselling careers. She is interested in women s fiction that hits that sweet spot between literary and mainstream and has a passion for southern voices, historical dramas, suspense with a welldeveloped protagonist, and has a weakness for family secrets, motherdaughter relationships, and realistic love stories. Womens fiction literary agents open to submissions. In consequence, the greek world, for all its wonderful brilliancy and the extraordinary artistic, literary and philosophical development which has made all mankind its debtor for the ages, was yet wholly unable to withstand a for midable foreign foe, save spasmodically.
Launched in 2002, the elizabeth kaplan literary agency is a full service boutique agency. Working with co agents, we handle foreign, film and other sub rights for our authors. Not only is it beautifully written, tif has allowed us category. In fiction, she represents a range of womens fiction, from literary to romance, including mystery, historical, and romantic suspense, and the occasional novel not aimed at women. Ive now set up jula ltd, based at somerset house, and was shortlisted again as literary agent of the year in 2019. Representing fiction and nonfiction for adults and children alike, bookends agents continue to live their dreams while helping authors achieve theirs. For men, young adult is in fourth place after literary fiction, thrillerssuspense, mystery, and and ahead of science fiction and fantasy. We are a fullservice agency, handling domestic and foreign rights, film rights and audio rights to all of our books.
She adores childrens literature no matter the category or genre, but is especially drawn to charming picture books and middle grade stories that both pull at the heartstrings and tickle the funny bone. Keane kataria literary agency represents authors of commercial fiction, especially crime and women s fiction, accessible literary fiction and popular non fiction. Fulllength mss home 10%, usa 15%,translation 20% fiction preferred thrillers, irish novels, literary fiction, women s and general commercial. Watson little a long established literary agency which. All are from reputable literary agencies with solid track records. Find womens fiction literary agents open to submissions in this post. Two wildly different women one a grifter, the other an heiressare brought together by the scam of a lifetime in a pageturner from the new york times bestselling author janelle brown. In adult fiction, i particularly enjoy women s fiction and crimesuspense.
Founded in 1997, coombs moylett maclean is a leading international literary agency based in the uk. Abby saul is a literary agent and founder of the lark group, a literary agency that prides itself on the ability to represent both established and debut authors. All the agents listed below personally confirmed to me as of early 2017 that they are actively seeking womens fiction novel submissions now. We are particularly seeking upmarket women s fiction, ya, suspense, fantasy, crime novels, romance except erotic,mg, narrative non fiction, and thrillers of all types, but we are always looking for great stories in the genres we represent. Shes passionate about social justice, and womens rights. We represent a wide range of bestselling and awardwinning authors and writers. Graham maw christie agency graham maw christie literary. One of the uks leading literary agencies handling non fiction, from memoirs, autobiographies, biographies, parenting and selfhelp to popular philosophy, science, food, history and business, we welcome originality, contemporary voices and engaging and ac. Full text of the body politic, march 1984 internet archive. Before joining hill nadell, dara spent over a decade as an editor and rights and.
Bookends is thrilled for tif marcelos essay in shondaland today. Best literary agents 20192020 all genres top book agents. It was founded in 2014 by former commissioning editors sara keane and kiran kataria, who have many years of publishing and rights experience both in the uk and internationally. Womens fiction literary agents open to submissions writers digest. Trident media group literary agency literary agents in. Kristin van ogtrop represents memoir, commercial women s fiction, biography, lifestyle and big idea books driven by. It highlights the best fiction literary agents for all subgenres including. If you need some help finding and negotiating a contract with a wellknown publishing house, below youll find 17 top women s fiction literary agents. Since opening its doors in 1999, bookends literary agency has never strayed from our original goal. This article reveals the top 100 literary agents for new writers and established writers at the top literary agencies in the united states. She began her publishing career in london at the darley anderson literary, tv and film agency.
Literary agents for womens fiction jericho writers. Im currently looking for commercial and literary fiction for adults and children as well as select nonfiction including memoir and humor. Our uk literary agents handle a broad range of bestselling commercial fiction. Best literary agents 20192020 updated 121619 who are the top literary agents on our list of literary agents and how can you submit your book to them. However, all literary agents do not represent all genres. Whether the writer writes literary fiction, young adult, mg, upmarket, genre fiction or. Women s fiction is an incredibly broad and rich genre to be aware of as a publishing label. Full text of the body politic, november 1982 internet archive. To remain a small agency focusing only on romance and women s fiction to provide educational opportunities for writers in these genres and to make efforts to enhance the romance and women s fiction genres. Darley anderson literary agency, london and uk literary. Stringerlit, literary agency, fiction literary agency. We are also seeking nonfiction in the areas of memoirs, history, food, current affairs, business and career, parenting, pop culture, and general nonfiction. About the agents wendy sherman associates literary.
The feldstein agency, formed in 2007, is a diverse literary agency and publishing consultancy. Currently we are inviting submissions in the areas of women s fiction, crime fiction, historical fiction and book club fiction. Keane kataria literary agency is open for submissions again. Yds kpds uds paragraflar free download as pdf file. Blackfoot people and the north american borderlands, 17201877. She is searching for young adult and middle grade specifically contemporary, issuedriven fiction, ya romance, historical, and speculative fiction. She also represents a range of womens fiction, from literary to upmarket commercial, to romance, as well as crime fiction mysteries, thrillers, and the occasional literary or commercial novel not aimed at a female market. Womens fiction is an incredibly broad and rich genre to be aware of as a. Watson, little are a longestablished literary agency which handles a wide range of fiction and non fiction for adults, young adults and children. V ictoria piontek is a literary associate for executive agent laura rennert. They are seeking a wide variety of genres, including literary fiction, memoir, narrative nonfiction, scripts, fantasy, childrens literature and much more. The broad objective of the parallel programming laboratory is the development of enabling technologies for parallel computing. She represents a wide range of commercial fiction, including engaging and unique womens fiction. Successor to marie rodellfrances collin literary agency.
H ere are three new agents expanding their client lists. Literary agents are important decision makers in the publishing process for authors who wish to be published by many of the big publishers. For instance, for fiction genre preference normalized, of the all agents looking for science fiction 100%, 69. Women s fiction writers association is an inclusive organization of writers creating layered stories in which the plot is driven by the main characters emotional journey we believe that women s fiction heightens human connection, engenders empathy, and illuminates new perspectives. Find women s fiction literary agents open to submissions in this post. We do not handle science fiction, fantasy, short stories or childrens books and are not currently seeking non fiction. Injury agents trauma in windstorms is due to impacts on the human body from objects being displaced by the wind, or by the body being blown over and then being injured by impact against hard surfaces or. Stephany is a member of the association of authors representatives and the agents round table. Literary agents are gatekeepers of the publishing industry.