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What is AAR?

Welcome to the online home of The Association of Authors' Representatives, Inc. (AAR), a not-for-profit organization of independent literary and dramatic agents. *read more

What's Preditors and Editors ™?
A guide to publishers and publishing services for serious writers *read more

Agent Query offers the largest most current searchable database of literary agents on the web—a treasure trove of reputable, established literary agents seeking writers just like you.

Agents Actively Looking for New Clients

Literary Agents' e-mail Addresses


*Agents Recognized by RWA

*3 Seas Literary Agency ***Looking for Chick Lit

We specialize in romance, women's fiction, historicals, regencies, paranormals, romantic suspense, mysteries and thrillers, non-fiction, young adult and children's stories. Michelle Grajkowski
P.O. Box 8571
Madison, WI 53708

How to query: First three chapters, synopsis and a bio sheet

The Angela Rinaldi Literary Agency
P.O. Box 7877
Los Angeles, CA 90064
SUBMIT: QUERY WITH SYNOPSIS CONTACT:ANGELA RINALDI

*The Ahearn Agency***Looking for Chick Lit Pamela G. Ahearn
2021 Pine Street

New Orleans, LA 70118

pahearn@aol.com
How to query:
Query letter (one page describing type of book and word count, list previous publications, awards, etc.) with an SASE


Anderson Grinberg Literary Management***Looking for Chick Lit
244 Fifth Avenue, Floor 11
New York, NY 10011

Kathleen Anderson
kathy@andersongrinberg.com
Does not accept email queries

Literary Fiction | Chick Lit | Commercial Fiction

ICM***Looking for Chick Lit
40 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019

Lisa Bankoff

lbankoff@icmtalent.com

Tina DuBois
tdubois@icmtalent.com

Kate Lee
klee@icmtalent.com

ARTISTS AND ARTISANS ***Looking for Chick Lit All fiction queries must include a brief author's bio, and the setup or premise for the book - you can skip the synopsis since we do not read them. We reply to all snail mail queries if they include a SASE, but we will only respond to email queries (please start the subject line with "Query") when interested.

Email Query: Adam Chromy adam@artistsandartisans.com

104 West 29th Street, 11th Fl., New York, NY 10001

Lauren Barnhart Lauren@artistsandartisans.com

http://www.artistsandartisans.com/lb%20biopage.htm


*Axelrod & Rowland Agency
49 Main Street, P.O. Box 357
Chatham, NY 12037

steve@axelrodagency.com
Mystery | Women's Fiction | Romance | Thrillers/Suspense

Barbara J. Zitwer Agency
525 West End Avenue, Suite 7H
New York, NY 10024
bjzitwerag@aol.com
SUBMIT: QUERY WITH SYNOPSIS
CONTACT: BARBARA ZITWER

Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises
P.O. Box 27788
Los Angeles, CA 90027

323-662-1987

No Email Queries

info@amsterlit.com

Seeking All Fiction Except Poetry, Children's, Romance, Western and Science Fiction

*BookEnds, LLC***Looking for Chick Lit is an innovative and energetic literary agency. We represent a diversity of authors, from spirituality, self-help and business writers to mystery, romance and literary novelists.

Jessica Faust
136 Long Hill RD
Gillette, NJ 07933

How to Query:
First three chapters and synopsis

*Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc. 1501 Broadway, New York, NY 10036

(212) 840-5760

*Brown Literary Agency

*Brown + Miller Literary Associates

410 S. Michigan Avenue, Suite 460
Chicago, IL 60605

Danielle Egan-Miller
danielle@browneandmiller.com

*Maria Carvainis Agency, Inc. views the author's editorial needs and career development as integral components of the literary agent's role, in addition tothe negotiation of intricate contracts.

*Cornerstone Literary Agency

4500 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90010

Helen Breitwieser
hb@cornerstoneliterary.com


The Craig Nelson Company
240 West 35th Street, Suite 500
New York, NY 10011

Agent Craig Nelson

EMAIL
litagnt@aol.com


Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Humor/Satire | Thrillers/Suspense | Offbeat/Quirky

This agent actively seeking new clients

 

*Creative Media Agency ***Looking for Chick Lit

Paige Wheeler
240 W. 35th Street; Ste. 500
New York, NY 10001
www.PaigeWheeler.com
www.thecmagency.com

How to query:
Please send a query letter & synopsis of project including an SASE.

Estimated response time:
Query: Three weeks Portfolio or manuscript: six-to-eight weeks

*Crichton & Associates, Inc ***Looking for Chick Lit

Sha-Shana Crichton 6940 Carroll Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20912

How to query: First three chapters of manuscript and synopsis

Email query: cricht1@aol.comEstimated response time:
Four-to-five weeks

*Curtis Brown, Ltd. Curtis Brown is one of Europe's oldest and largest independent literary and media agencies.

*Damaris Rowland Agency

Axelrod & Rowland Agency
5 Peter Cooper Road, Suite 13H New York, NY 10010

Does not accept email queries

David Black Literary Agency
156 Fifth Avenue, Suite 608
New York, NY 10010


*Donald Maass Literary Agency Agents Donald Maass, Jennifer Jackson, Rachel Vater, and Cameron McClure together represent more than 100 novelists and sell more than 100 novels every year to leading publishers in the U.S. and overseas.

*The Evan Marshall Agency***Looking for Chick Lit
Six Tristam Place
Pine Brook, NJ 07058

evanmarshall@TheNovelist.com
Does not accept email queries.

Literary Fiction | Science Fiction | Chick Lit | True Crime | Mystery | Commercial Fiction | Fantasy | Women's Fiction | Romance | Family Saga | Young Adult | Thrillers/Suspense

*Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency Established 1984 Member of Associations of Author's Representatives Represents a wide range of commercial and literary fiction, children's books and serious non-fiction No Reading Fees

Firebrand Literary Agency***Looking for Chick Lit

Nadia Cornier
542 Hamilton Street, Suite 203
Allentown, PA 18101

nadia@firebrandliterary.com

AGENT BLOG Nadia Cornier of Firebrand Literary Agency

Literary Fiction | Science Fiction | Chick Lit | Fantasy | Romance | Historical Fiction | Young Adult | Children's

*The Ferguson Literary Agency ***Looking for Chick Lit

Cheryl Ferguson
5500 W. 133rd Terrace #821
Overland Park, KS 66209

How to query:
One page query letter, bio and SASE via snail mail. No electronic submissions accepted; all unsolicited material will be returned; and solicited material without SASE's will be recycled

Estimated response time:
One month on queries; Two-to-three months for partials and manuscripts

*The Fogelman Literary Agency ***Looking for Chick Lit

Evan has served as Chairman and Treasurer of the State Bar of Texas Entertainment & Sports Law Section. Linda Kruger
7515 Greenville Ave., Ste. 712
Dallas, Texas 75231

Manhattan Office:
599 Lexington Ave., Ste. 2300
New York, New York 10022

How to query:
Send query letter with a SASE.

Estimated response time:
Two-to-three business days on a query letter.

*Graybill & English, L.L.C. ***Looking for Chick Lit Specializing in Law & Agentry for Literary, Art, Entertainment, and Media Clients
Elaine English

1875 Connecticut Ave, NW #712
Washington, DC 20009

How to query:
Letter or e-mail with biographical information (contest wins, writing experience), upon request synopsis, first three chapters. See www.graybillandenglish.com for more details.

Estimated response time:
Three-to-four months for partials; longer for full manuscripts.

*Great Titles, Inc.

Greyhaus Literary Agency,***Looking for Chick Lit representing Romance Writers and providing critique services!

*Harvey Klinger, Inc.

*Hopkins Literary Associates "doesn't handle juvenile fiction, science fiction or childrens - handles mostly women's genre romance novels". Contact at: 2117 Buffalo Road, Suite 327
Rochester, NY 14624

*Hyatt Literary Agency


*Irene Goodman Literary Agency***Looking for Chick Lit
80 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1101
New York, NY 10011

How to query:
Send query letter and first chapter, plus a reasonably detailed synopsis of the whole book

Estimated response time: 4 weeks

*Jane Chelius Literary Agency, Inc.

Jennifer Jackson Literary Agent All genres are welcome. We handle many authors of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, suspense, romance, historical, literary and mainstream novels. Our list is always tight, but never totally full.

Jenny Bent of Trident Media Group, LLC ***Looking for Chick Lit
41 Madison Avenue, Floor 36
New York, NY 10010

Literary fiction, women's commercial fiction, and popular nonfiction in the areas of health, psychology, spirituality, history, biography, and memoir.
Jbent@tridentmediagroup.com
www.tridentmediagroup.com

How to query: e-mail

Estimated response time: within two weeks on queries.


*Justak Literary Services, Inc.. ***Looking for Chick Lit Marta Justak
7648 Candlewood Lane
Indianapolis, IN 46250

How to Query:
Query with SASE, outline, and two sample chapters.
Material returned only with SASE. No email or fax queries, please.

Estimated Response Time:
Two-four weeks for queries; two-three months for manuscripts.

*The Knight Agency ***Looking for Chick Lit Established in 1996, The Knight Agency has sold more than four hundred books for its sixty-plus clients. Deidre Knight
Pamela Harty
577 South Main Street Madison, GA 30650
submissions@knightagency.net
http://www.knightagency.com

How to query:
All queries should be sent by e-mail to submissions@knightagency.net.
Estimated response time:
One week for query letters.

AGENT BLOG Diedre Knight of the Knight Agency

PITCH ME IF YOU CAN http://knightagency.blogspot.com/2005/04/pitch-me-if-you-can.html

*Kraas Literary Agency

Linda Chester Literary Agency (Agent of Lolly Winston)

No unsolicited queries

If you have been referred to us by an associate or colleague, however, you are welcome to e-mail us at the addresses below.
Laurie Fox (West Coast)
510/704-0971
lafox@earthlink.net

Laura Dail Literary Agency, Inc. ***Looking for Chick Lit Laura Dail

How to query:

Address as of June 15, 2004:
Ms. Talia R. Cohen.
350 Seventh Avenue, Suite 2003,
New York, NY 10001

*Lowenstein-Yost Associates is a full-service agency, representing a varied and gifted roster of authors from New York Times bestsellers to Pulitzer Prize nominees.

Manus & Associates Literary Agency
425 Sherman Avenue, Suite 200
Palo Alto, CA 94306

Agent Stephanie Lee

EMAIL
slee@manuslit.com

FICTION GENRES
Literary Fiction | Commercial Fiction | Women's Fiction | Multi-Cultural | Offbeat/Quirky

NONFICTION GENRES
History | Science | Self-Help | Memoirs | Business | Women's Issues | Pop Culture | Narrative | Finance

This agent actively seeking new clients

*Maureen Moran Agency

Maureen Moran Agency
P.O. Box 20191
Park West Station
New York, NY 10025
Romance
Agents Maureen Moran
Submissions query letter and SASE
Seeking New or established authors
Response Time 2 weeks

*Meredith Bernstein Agency (an article) Meredith Bernstein or Elizabeth Cavanaugh
Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency
2112 Broadway, Suite 503
New York, NY 10023

No Email Queries

Seeking Literary, Mystery/Suspense, Romance, Women's Fiction


*Natasha Kern Literary Agency ***Looking for Chick Lit Here you will find information about the agency, our clients, and how to submit your own work for publication. Natasha Kern
Natasha Kern Literary Agency
PO Box 2908
Portland, OR 97208

How to query:
Send query letter and SASE; see Web site.
Estimated response time:
Two-to-four weeks

*Mendel Media Group LLC

*Nelson Literary Agency***Looking for Chick Lit Kristin Nelson
1020 15th Street, Suite 26L
Denver, CO 80202-2312

How to query:
E-mail queries are preferred. Please visit our Web site, www.nelsonagency.com, for specific submission guidelines. Then write a one-page query letter outlining the project to ascertain our interest. Because of the volume we receive, please only send sample pages when requested.

Estimated response time:
Response to e-mail queries can take up to three weeks although we do try to respond within days. For requested sample pages, it can take up to two months although we try to be more prompt.


*Pema Browne Ltd.
*Pam Strickler Author Management
*Patricia Teal Literary Agency

The Poynor Group/Orloff Literary Agency***Looking for Chick Lit
Jay Poynor: jpoynor@fcc.net

How to query: e-mail

Estimated response time: within a few days on queries.

*Richard Curtis Associates, Inc. a literary agency in New York City. For forty years, the experienced negotiation and management skills of Richard Curtis Associates have had a profound influence on the writing and publishing industry.

*Richard Henshaw Group ***Looking for Chick Lit Susannah Taylor
127 West 24th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10011

Email Queries:submissions@henshaw.com

Query with SASE.
Seeking Action/Adventure, Detective/Police/Crime, Ethnic, Family Saga, Fantasy, Glitz, Historical, Horror, Humor/Satire, Literary, Mainstream/Contemporary, Mystery/Suspense, Psychic/Supernatural, Romance, Science Fiction, Sports, Thriller
How to query:
Please send a query letter, short synopsis, SASE, and the first 50 pages.

Estimated response time:
Three weeks

Rogers, Coleridge and White LTD (Carl Hiassen's Agency for Chidren's Book)

20 Powis Mews,
London W11 IJN
020 7221 3717
Fax 020 7229 9084

*The Rosenberg Group I do not accept electronic queries (fax or e-mail). Please mailqueries to the above address after reviewing my "areas of interest." Jane Rotrosen Agency

*Ruth Cohen, Inc.

Sanford J Greenburger Associates Inc (Nicholas Sparks' Agency)

55 fifth avenue
new york, ny 10003
212 206 5600 tel
212 463 8718 fax

Please submit a query letter, the first three chapters of the manuscript, a synopsis of the work, a brief bio or resume, and a stamped self-addressed envelope for reply.

*The Seymour Agency ***Looking for Chick Lit Mary Sue enjoys attending conferences where she networks with authors and editors. Mary Sue Seymour
475 Miner St.
Canton, NY 13617
www.theseymouragency.com
marysue@slic.com

How to query:
Send one-to-two page cover letter with response SASE. E-mail queries ok.

Estimated response time: Two-to-three weeks


*Spectrum Literary Agency handles both fiction and nonfiction works, though the majority of our clients write commercial fiction such as science fiction, fantasy, mystery/suspense, romantic suspense, and historical romance.

*Spencerhill Associates

*Steele-Perkins Literary Agency ***Looking for Chick Lit Pattie Steele-Perkins
26 Island Lane
Canadaigua, NY 14424
How to query:
Query letter, first three chapters, synopsis, SASE or e-mail <pattiesp@aol.com> synopsis and query letter. No e-mail attachments will be downloaded. No e-mail will be opened that does not contain query in the subject heading.

Estimated response time:
Six weeks

*Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.

*William Morris Agency Book Department boasts a talented roster of best-selling and award-winning authors in all areas of fiction and non-fiction. 1325 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019

Tracy Fisher


tf@wma.com

Chick Lit | Commercial Fiction

Andy McNicol

am@wma.org


*Writers House (Agent of Elizabeth Burns)
21 West 26th St.
New York, NY 10010
Romance
Agents Karen Solem
Submissions query letter, first three chapters and SASE
Seeking Established authors
Response Time 1 month

Agent Daniel Lazar

21 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10010
dlazar@writershouse.com

Email: query with first 3-5 pages of the manuscript pasted into the body of the email (no attachments)

Snail Mail: query with first 3-5 pages of manuscript & SASE

WM CLARK & Associates***Looking for Chick Lit REPRESENTS A DIVERSE RANGE of commercial and literary fiction and quality non-fiction to the book publishing, motion picture, television, and new media fields.

William Clark
355 West 22nd Street, 4th foor.
New York, NY 10011

How to query: e-mail at query@wmclark.com

Wylie-Merrick Literary Agency ***Looking for Chick Lit (Hen Lit)
1138 South Webster Street
Kokomo, IN 46902

Agent Sharene Martin

EMAIL
smartin@wylie-merrick.com

FICTION GENRES
Chick Lit | Mystery | Romance | Young Adult | Multi-Cultural | Gay & Lesbian

Agent Robert Brown

EMAIL

rbrown@wylie-merrick.com

NONFICTION GENRES


This agent actively seeking new clients


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