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If you have not heard from us regarding your query, please do not follow up to inquire about its status, as we do carefully consider all submissions and yours has not been lost. H ere are three new agents actively seeking clients. Jamie received her ba in english from columbia university. Literary agent alerts are golden opportunities for new writers because each one is a literary agent who is likely building his or her client list.
Loturco literary is a boutique literary agency in new york city representing writers, journalists, thought leaders, and artists. We fully represent our inhouse clients as well as authors who may already have other talent agents in place, yet seek exclusive literary representation. Please note we do not represent theatrical plays or film we consider unsolicited queries by email. Best literary agents for memoirs 25 top memoir book agents. Memoir literary agents find all memoir book agents in our free online directory of literary agents, created and maintained by a former literary agency owner and former aar member. I want every client of mine to make a living solely from writing and 90% of my authors do without help from any other source of income. His fiction and nonfiction client list includes prizewinning as well as debut authors. Our agents have also placed narrative nonfiction, selfhelp, health, memoirs, and financialbusiness titles. The agency began in san diego in 1980 and was founded by none other that margret mcbride herself. While she also represents writers of investigative journalism and popular history, emma is a capable agent with years of experience in the industry. View the complete profile for roz foster in the official literary agent directory below. Updated 2112020 i love sharing the weekly agent alerts, because these are the agents who are the. Agent advice this installment featuring agent bj robbins of bj robbins literary agency is a series of quick interviews with literary agents and script agents who talk with guide to literary agents about their thoughts on writing, publishing, and just about anything else. Sometimes it seems like everyones writing a memoir.
With over 20 years of experience in the publishing industry, the ebeling agency represents a wide range of commercial nonfiction. Literary agents help writers find publishers, as well as negotiate the deal and sales of the book. Literary agent blog by a former literary agency president. 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. Aevitas creative managements authors have won the pulitzer prize, national book award, guggenheim fellowship, national book critics circle award, financial times, and mckinsey business book of the year, penhemingway, pushcart prize, whiting writers award, nobel peace prize, as well as the tony, grammy, emmy, and academy awards. Memoir literary agents free directory of book agents. Susan finesman began scouting books, plays and narrative nonfiction for tristar pictures in 1986.
This literary agent blog by former ny times bestselling book agent mark malatesta reveals everything you want and need to know about literary agents, and everything you wouldnt know to ask the categories on this literary agent blog are named and organized in a way that makes it easy for you to find exactly what youre looking for. A former director of the association of authors representatives, a notforprofit organization of independent literary and dramatic agents, michael is an active member of pen. Our focus as a literary press is to publish poetry, literary fiction, and nonfiction. Prior to opening her agency, she worked at waxman leavell literary, trident media group, and william morris. Maarten troost, stephen graham jones, and deanne stillman. As an agent, she loves to help her clients hone their skills and build their careers. Founded by william loturco in 2018, the agency is focused on narrative nonfiction, biography, memoir, select literary fiction, and book projects about music, sports, tech.
Looking for a literary agent in california or washington. Cull with the intention of keeping creative literature alive. If you dream of writing scripts for tv or screenplays for film and you dont live in the city of angels, its time to packup and move. Here are four accomplished literary agents, and theyre all selling memoirs.
In that regard, you can consider the following memoir book agents some of the best memoir literary agents. The hill nadell literary agency was founded in 1979 in san francisco. He is keen to discover authentic voices in literary fiction and. Perhaps from this place something can emerge that speaks to the writer or singer or dancer or wild person in all of us, something disturbing, something alive, something of the possibility of what it could be to be human in the. These are 25 of the top book agents for memoirs representing memoir writers and memoir authors, based on the number of significant book deals theyve reported for memoirs. If you are signed up for the 2020 event as a paid attendee, or you would like to know more about wdws new 2020 online conferences which include many recorded sessions, oneonone pitching to agents by phone.
The dijkstra agency has a presence at the following literary conferences. Founded in 1992, the bj robbins literary agency has become one of southern californias premier boutique agencies, having nurtured the careers of a wide array of awardwinning and bestselling authors including james donovan, j. Due to the high volume of submissions the agency receives, we cannot guarantee a response to all emailed queries. Nephele initially worked on the editorial side of the publishing business before leaving to try other industries, including sales and finance. Best literary agents 20192020 all genres top book agents.
Sometimes its difficult to pinpoint which agents are open to submissions at any given time. This series has more than 170 interviews so far with reps from great literary agencies. Please note that, due to our high volume of submissions, we only respond to those projects we wish to pursue. Southern california literary agency in business over 35 years. The agency focuses on a broad range of client services. By working with a literary agent, you can dramatically increase. So with that in mind, im creating some new vertical lists of agents seeking queries right now, as of summer 2016. Holly root is the founder of root literary, which opened in 2017. The agency represents literary and commercial fiction, narrative nonfiction, current affairs, memoirs, and popular culture. Algonkian novel conferences, half moon bay, san francisco, san diego, and tucson. Your query letter and a selfaddressed stamped envelope should be mailed to.
Karen grencik literary agency an agency specializing in. Her nonfiction books include works on current affairs and food as well as memoirs. This is a journey that author and agent should make together, as colleagues, allies and with an implicit understanding of expectations. Kristin nelson president and founding literary agent. Michael carlisle, a founder of inkwell management, has been involved with the community of writers for many years. Joelle delbourgo launched her own agency, joelle delbourgo associates, 15 years ago after more than two decades as an editorial executive at bantam, harpercollins and random house. We also work with memoir, commercial fiction, inspirational, young adult and business authors. Ted weinstein literary management is a fullservice literary agency whose clients include a wide range of journalists, academics, and other innovative, expert authors of nonfiction for adults. Julia livshin independent agent is primarily interested in literary fiction and quality commercial fiction, but is also on the lookout for narrative nonfiction, memoir, and childrens literature. Five years later, she moved on to savoy pictures followed by a long and award winning stint at home box office where highlights included an emmy for ernest gaines a lesson before dying. Sandra dijkstra literary agency the west coasts premier agency for authors. Acclaimed literary agency for authors of nonfiction, fiction, screenplay, plays, and.