Literary agents are gatekeepers of the publishing industry. He is currently seeking thrillers, mysteries, literary fiction, historical fiction, and narrative non fiction. 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. How to find a literary agent for your thriller jericho. He is a graduate of the university of pennsylvania with a ba in english and a jd from the temple university school of law, as well as a member of the new york state bar. Her interests are wideranging and her clients work includes literary fiction, crime and thrillers, young adult fiction, memoir, popular culture, biography, history and current affairs. The following agents and publishers will receive an exclusive, 3week first look window for the grand prize winner in each category. Find thriller literary agents open to submissions in this post.
Use the buttons on the right to print the agenteditorproducer list and bring it with you to pitchfest 2020. The agency represents literary and commercial fiction, narrative nonfiction, current affairs, memoirs, and popular culture. All work with reputable literary agencies with solid track records. Thanks for suggestions and list of literary agents. On one hand my main original concept was an exploration of morality with a few links to religion and with some other literarytypical elements i think. Literary agents representing thriller and suspense fiction. Always check the agency website and agent bio before submitting. If youve written a thriller novel and need an agent to represent you, check out these 17 top thriller literary agents. Click on each agent s link to find detailed information about what they are looking for in manuscript submissions. Shirley barker james scott bell emily brightwell rex browning jeff carlson c. Literary fiction often merges with other fiction types to create hybrid genres such as literary thrillers, mysteries, historicals, epics, and family sagas. Some of her interests in fiction include mysteries, thrillers, and suspense.
He is also interested in non fiction books in the areas of pop culture, popular science, memoirs, politics, history, and sports. From ken follet to tom clancy to steig larson, readers just cant get enough of their spies, thieves, and tensionpacked plot lines. Follow the rules of genre fiction whether its romance, western, thriller, fantasy, historical, scifi, or horror, and you are more likely to get your book published. We welcome submissions and cover a variety of genres including crime, thriller, mysteries, womens, chicklit, accessible literary, and childrens fiction, including young adult and picture books. List of literary agents 20202021 book agents looking. I am seeking an agent interested in international,multicultural and jewish creative nonfiction. On the adult end, bibi is most interested in commercial and upmarket womens fiction, contemporary romance, mysteries, and thrillers. These agents are seeking everything from nonfiction, to childrens literature, to adult fantasy and science fiction, to thrillers and much more.
The following agents and editors will be attending pitchfest 2020 at thrillerfest xv. Whether the writer writes literary fiction, young adult, mg, upmarket, genre fiction or some blend of each, whether the author is seeking an agent for fiction or nonfiction, for novels or memoirs, short stories, essays, biographies. They are particularly wellknown for representing crime novels and thrillers, although they have also expanded their list to include the best of commercial, literary and historical fiction alongside travel writing and general nonfiction. Darley anderson literary agency, london and uk literary. Anne tibbets began her career as a screenwriter, author, and literary agency intern at d4eo, becoming a fulltime agent in 2018 at red sofa literary. How to find a literary agent for your thriller jericho writers. Literary agents for crime, thrillers and action novels. Scott miller is executive vice president and a literary agent at trident media group in new york city. Selling a book is even far more bookends on the today show. Marks authors have gotten sixfigure book deals, been on the nyt bestseller list, and published with houses such. How to find a literary agent for your book jane friedman. She represents many new york times and usa today bestselling authors, including thriller author linda castillo, internationally. Before joining the bent agency, she completed internships at serendipity literary and the carol mann agency.
Here are two new agents expanding their client lists. For example, you can use the list to find literary agencies and publishing agents in nyc, literary agencies and book agents in california, and more. If you have written a book or novel, youll want to be sure that it meets the basic criteria of book publishers and literary agents. In particular, she is looking for historical thrillers or mysteries set in victorian times.
Mark now helps authors of all genres fiction, nonfiction, and childrens books get top literary agents, publishers, and book deals through his company literary agent undercover and the bestselling author. Literary fiction, mysteries, thrillers, historical fiction, commercial literary fiction, and narrative nonfiction. Kimmei kirtland is closed to queries beginning may 02, 2019. The thrillersuspense fiction market is healthier than ever. Accepts submissions for commercial fiction, including thrillers, mysteries, crime, horror.
A senior literary agent from bookends literary agency, jessica is looking for books that celebrate diversity in all its forms as well as for a wide range of nonfiction. She is visiting jerusalem for an international conference on building design. Our literary agent lists have information about both new and established. Im hoping ce readers can help define this slippery term. Kimmei kirtland is actively taking on clients who write speculative fiction, literary fiction, and nonfiction. Nancy yost works with a wide variety of writers of commercial fiction, specializing in crime novels. Katherine tegen, publisher katherine tegen books, an imprint of harpercollins childrens fiction mystery thriller. If so, youll love this curated list of 30 top literary agents that are. The literary agents list includes agents and literary agencies that represent poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers, plus details about the kind of books theyre interested in representing, their clients, and the best way to contact them. I write crime thrillers myself, yet my agent represents hilary mantel, and other esteemed literary authors, authors of different genres. Recently, ive noticed a genre label being used, and i dont understand what it means. Mark malatesta is a former literary agent turned author coach. Follow chuck sambuchino on twitter or find him on facebook. Her primary focus is work for adult and ya audiences, but.
Nikki terpilowski romance, womens, young adult, cozy mysteries, southern and blogtobook proposals. Thriller literary agents free directory of book agents. Enhanced services provide tracking of your submissions and automated document creation. If youve written a thriller or suspense novel, youll need an agent who specializes in that genre to represent you in your journey to publication. Chan kat clay margaret doody james doyle megan edwards jeremy finley vickie gregory jane haddam lillian hamrick camil. Hulse follows up her strong debut black river, 2015 with an even stronger novel about the fallout from an act of domestic terrorism. Thriller literary agents open to submissions writers digest. How to get an agent for your thriller its easy to think that because youre writing a crime novel or thriller, you need an agent who represents crime thrillers. Are you looking for a literary agent to help you sell your mystery or thriller novel to a publisher. However, its usage is also inconsistent, confusing, and mystifying. Its easy to think that because youre writing a crime novel or thriller, you need an agent who represents crime thrillers.
Crimethrillers, literary and book club fiction, womens fiction, historical fiction. Sarah bedingfield, agent lgr literary agency fiction scifi fantasy. Multicultural multicultural can be a tricky genre to simply pin down because it can mean different things to. The hill nadell literary agency was founded in 1979 in san francisco. Literary agents are important decision makers in the publishing process for authors who wish to be published by many of the big publishers. Anne tibbets is seeking science fiction, fantasy and horror. Trident media group literary agency literary agents in. Literary agents for african writers african literary. Lana popovic chalberg and sussman literary agency seeks fiction, nonfiction, ya and mg.
List of literary agents 20202021 use our free lists of book agents in our literary agencies database for all book agents near me searches. Agentmatch has a complete list of every agent in the uk with full detail about who they are and what kind of work they represent. View our submission guidelines and what were looking for. Brent taylor triadaus literary agency seeks ya, mg and new adult. Anne represents adult and young adult science fiction and fantasy, thrillers, horror, historical, and mystery.
Browse through agent or agency listings, or use advanced search to find literary agents who accept particular genres, accept queries, work in a particular state, and so on. Our uk literary agents handle a broad range of bestselling commercial fiction. Right unfortunately, until there is a clear consensus on the matter, it seems that my mss will continue to get rejected because my bloodthirsty agents from the underworld of rejectomondus should instead be a drunk riding a train, looking out of the window at her old house, seemingly glimpsing a crime. Historical, horror, literary, middle grade, military, mystery, thriller, young adult. The below list of 19 new literary agents aims to facilitate a conversation between agents and potential clients. Written a thriller or work of crime fiction and need a literary agent. In fiction, she is looking for dark literary and commercial fiction, mystery, thriller, psychological horror, paranormalurban fantasy, historical fiction, and ya. Phoenix literary uk phoenix lit was set up by rhian davies to provide a range of services and, under its agency arm specifically, to specialise in crime and. I enjoy literary and action novels and this grew through elements of both. Claire harris wants psychological and commercial thrillers, serial detective stories, works of fiction inspired by actual crimes, mystery, suspense, cozies, anything involving serial killers, contemporary family dramas and nonfiction. Here are nine literary agents actively building their client lists.