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Agents representing poetry
Aemilia Phillips
Literary Agent · Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency, Inc.
Aemilia represents a range of fiction and non-fiction writers, including a National Book Award nominee, PEN America finalist, Pulitzer winning jour…
Literary FictionMemoirNarrative NonfictionSelf-Help
Amanda Orozco
Literary Agent · Transatlantic Literary Agency
Amanda is looking for stories and projects that make her feel deeply and that surprise her, whether that be in form, voice, tone, concept, ambition…
FantasySpeculative FictionRomanceHorror
Annie Hwang
Literary Agent · Ayesha Pande Literary
Annie primarily represents voice-driven literary fiction that plays with genre, though she also takes on nonfiction and poetry on occasion. In part…
Literary FictionNonfictionPoetry
Cole Hildebrand
Literary Agent · Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency
Cole is acquiring literary and upmarket fiction, narrative non-fiction, essays, and poetry, particularly works by LGBTQ+ authors. He is drawn to ch…
Upmarket FictionNarrative NonfictionPoetry
Erika Stevens
Literary Agent · Salky Literary Management
As an agent, Erika is looking for projects that excite, invigorate, argue, and/or surprise in the genres of poetry, literary nonfiction and fiction…
NonfictionPoetry
Fredrica Friedman
Literary Agent · Fredrica S. Friedman & Co.
Fredrica S. Friedman & Co., Inc. accepts query letters by e-mail for both fiction and nonfiction representation. They DO NOT, however, represent po…
FantasyScience FictionPicture BooksHorror
Janine Le
Literary Agent · Janine Le Literary
Janine enjoys the balance of creative-minded and business-minded work and loves pushing her clients to reach their projects’ potential in the devel…
Poetry
Jessica Felleman
Literary Agent · Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency, LLC
Jessica represents a range of creators, loves fresh stories about magic, and looks for commercial and literary fiction featuring underserved voices…
Graphic NovelsRomanceThrillerCrime
Kima Jones
Literary Agent · Triangle House
Kima is interested in representing literary fiction, essay collections, memoir, hybrid texts, commercial fiction, poetry, speculative fiction, scie…
Science FictionSpeculative FictionHorrorLiterary Fiction
Laura Strachan
Literary Agent · Strachan Literary Agency
Laura has represented a wide range of authors in both fiction and nonfiction. She is a popular speaker on the publishing industry and publishing pr…
Young AdultMiddle GradePicture BooksLiterary Fiction
Meredith Miller
Literary Agent · United Talent Agency
Meredith’s client list is as varied as her Spotify End of Year Wrapped. She works with an eclectic mix of bestselling, award-winning, and criticall…
Speculative FictionThrillerCrimeHorror
Paul Lucas
Literary Agent · Regal Hoffmann & Associates
Paul made a career out of reading speculative fiction, which is as close as he can imagine to living out his childhood dream. He studied Canadian p…
Speculative FictionNonfictionPoetry
Robin Straus
Literary Agent · Robin Straus Agency, Inc.
Robin Straus is a member of the Association of Authors' Representatives and the Women's Media Group. She graduated from Wellesley College with a BA…
Young AdultRomanceHorrorCommercial Fiction
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