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It’s HARD to find a literary agent.
Yes, the querying process itself is hard, but it’s also hard to find their websites sometimes. There’s so many different places to look: Twitter, QueryTracker, Publisher’s Marketplace, ManuscriptWishList, the Writer’s Market books… where do you start?
You start right here.
I created this list of literary agencies by collating the information from all the sources I listed above. It may not include every agency out there, but includes 350 agencies, so it’s thorough. I’ll continue to add more as I find them.
If you think you’ve queried every agent possible, you haven’t. Even if you’ve sent out 200 query letters, you still haven’t even queried all the agencies, let alone all the agents!
That said, I didn’t compile this list so that you can mass email all the agents at all the offices. This is a tool to help you in your RESEARCH.
Tips for using this tool:
- Track your queries. Write down:
- which agent at what agency you queried, with what manuscript, and when
- how long the agency website says it should take to hear back
- Read and FOLLOW the agent/agency submission guidelines
- Personalize your query
- Don’t query another agent at the same agency while you’re still waiting to hear back from the first agent
- Don’t nudge an agent if the agency’s website says they can’t respond to every query (unless the agent specifically says it’s okay to nudge them)
- If it says a no is a no from the whole agency, don’t send that manuscript to another agent at the same agency
- Move on if it says to take no response as a “no” after X weeks
- Seriously, don’t rely on your memory! Track your submissions in a spreadsheet.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This list is not an endorsement for the listed agency. Make sure the agent or agency is legit before you query. A good place to start is Writer Beware.
Let me know if I’ve missed an agency and I’ll add it. They just need a website to link to (or a Publisher’s Marketplace listing if there’s only one agent in the agency).
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Complete List of Literary Agencies Around the World
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2 Seas Agency
3 Seas Literary Agency
A
A+B Works
Aaron M. Priest Literary Agency, The
Abrams Artists Agency
Adams Literary
Aevitas Creative Management
Agency, The
AGI Vigliano Literary
Ahlander Agency
Aitken Alexander Associates
Alice Williams Literary
Alive Literary Agency
AKA Literary Management
AM Heath
Amy Rennert Agency
AnatoliaLit Agency
Anderson Literary Agency Inc.
Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Andrew Lownie Literary Agency
Andy Ross Agency
Ann Rittenberg Literary Agency Inc.
Annie Bomke Literary Agency
Antony Harwood Ltd.
Apokedak Literary Agency
Aponte Literary Agency
Aragi, Inc.
Artemis Agency, The
Axelrod Agency, The
Ayesha Pande Literary
Azantian Literary Agency
B
Barbara Braun Associates Inc.
Barbara J. Zitwer Agency
Barone Literary Agency
Barry Goldblatt Literary
Belcastro Agency
Bell Lomax Moreton Agency
Ben Illis Agency, The
Bent Agency, The
Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises
Beverley Slopen Literary Agency
BJ Robbins Literary Agency
Blake Friedmann
Blue Ridge Literary Agency
Book Cents Literary Agency
Book Group, The
Bookcase Literary Agency
Bookends Literary Agency
Booker Albert Literary Agency
Bradford Literary Agency
Brandt & Hotchman Literary Agents, Inc.
Brattle Agency, The
Brent Taylor Books
Bresnick Weil Literary Agency
Brower Literary & Management
Browne & Miller Literary Associates
Bukowski Agency, The
C
C&W
Capital Talent Agency
Carol Mann Agency
Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency
Carolyn Swayze Literary Agency, The
Chalberg & Sussman
Charlotte Gusay Literary Agency, The
Chase Literary Agency
Cheney Agency, The
Chris Calhoun Agency
Christopher Ferebee
Clegg Agency, The
Collective Talent
Context Literary
CookeMcDermid
Copenhagen Literary Agency
Cornerstone Literary
Corvisiero Literary Agency
Creative Culture, The
Creative Media Agency, Inc.
Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Cynthia Cannell Literary Agency
D
D4EO Literary Agency
Dana Newman Literary
Daniel Literary Group
Darhansoff & Verrill Literary Agents
Darley Anderson
David Black Agency
David Godwin Associates
David Higham Associates
Deborah Harris Agency, The
DeFiore and Company
Denise Shannon Literary Agency
DHH Literary Agency
Diana Finch Literary Agency
Dominick Abel Literary Agency
Donadio & Olson Inc.
Don Congdon Associates, Inc.
Donaghy Literary Group
Donald Maass Literary Agency
Doug Grad Literary Agency
Dunham Literary
Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency
Dupree Miller & Associates
Duran Kim Agency
Dystel, Goderich & Bourret LLC
E
Eden Street
Einstein Literary Management
Emerald City Literary Agency
Emma Sweeney Agency LLC
Empire Literary
Enberg Literary Agency
Erin Murphy Literary Agency
Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency
Evan Marshall Agency, The
Eve White Literary Agency
F
Fairbank Literary Representation
Falkin Literary
Felicia Eth Literary Representation
Fifi Oscard Agency, Inc.
Fine Print Literary Management
Firebrand Literary
Fischer-Harbage Agency Inc., The
Flannery Literary
Fletcher & Company
Folio Literary Management
Foundry Literary + Media
Fox Literary
Frances Collin Literary Agency
Frances Goldin Literary Agency, Inc.
Fredrica S. Friedman and Co. Literary Management
Friedrich Agency LLC, The
Full Circle Literary
Fuse Literary
G
G Agency
Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency
Georges Borchardt Inc.
Gernert Company, The
Gersh Agency, The
Ghosh Literary
Gina Maccoby Literary Agency
Global Lion Intellectual Property Management
Golden Wheat Literary
Good Literary Agency, The
Graham Maw Christie Agency
Grand Agency
Green Book Agency
Greene & Heaton
Greenhouse Literary Agency
Greyhaus Literary Agency
H
Handspun Literary
Hannigan Salky Getzler Agency
Hardman & Swainson Literary Agency
Harvey Klinger Literary Agency
Helen Heller Agency, The
Herman Agency, The
Hill Nadell Literary Agency
Holloway Literary Agency
Hornfischer Literary Management
Howard Morhaim Literary Agency
Howland Literary
I
ICM Partners
Idea Architects
Indent Literary Agency
Independent Talent
Inklings Literary Agency
Inkwell Management
Irene Goodman Agency
J
Jabberwocky Literary Agency Inc.
Jane Rotrosen Agency
Janklow & Nesbit Associates
Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency
Jeanne Fredericks Literary Agent Inc.
Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency, The
Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency, LLC
Jenny Brown Associates
Jill Grinberg Literary Management
Joelle Delbourgo Associates
Jo Unwin Literary Agency
John Hawkins & Associates, Inc.
Johnson & Alcock
Joy Harris Literary Agency, Inc., The
K
Karpfinger Agency, The
Kepner Agency, The
Kimberley Cameron & Associates
Kingsford Campbell
Knight Agency, The
KT Literary
L
L. Perkins Agency
L’autre agence
Ladderbird
Lark Group, The
LaunchBooks Literary Agency
Laura Dail Literary Agency, The
Laura Gross Literary Agency
LBA
Leigh Feldman Literary
Leshne Agency, The
Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency
Linda Chester Literary Agency
Linda Konner Literary Agency
Linwood Messina Literary Agency
Lisa Ekus Group, The
Literary Group International, The
Liza Dawson Associates
LKG Agency
Lotus Lane Literary
Lowenstein Associates Inc.
LR Children’s Literary
Lucas Alexander Whitley
Lukeman Literary
M
MacGregor & Luedeke
MacKenzie Wolf
Madeleine Milburn Ltd
Mansion Street Literary Management
Manus & Associates Literary Agency
Marcil O’Farrell Literary
Margret McBride Literary Agency
Maria Carvainis Agency, Inc.
Marianne Strong Literary Agency
Marly Rusoff Literary Agency
Marsal Lyon Literary Agency, LLC
Marsh Agency, The
Martin Literary Management
Mary Evans Agency
Massie & McQuilkin Literary Agents
Matthew Carnicelli
MBA Literary & Script Agents
McCormick Literary
McIntosh & Otis
Mendel Media Group
Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency
Meridian Artists
Metamorphosis Literary Agency
Miles Stott Children’s Literary Agency
N
Naher Agency, The
Nancy Yost Literary Agency
Nelson Literary Agency
New Leaf Literary & Media
Nordin Agency
Northbank Talent
O
O’Donnell Literary
Olswanger Literary
One Piece Agency
One Track Literary Agency
OnyxHawke Agency
Oslo Literary Agency
P
P.S. Literary Agency
Paradigm Talent Agency
Park & Fine Literary and Media
Parkeast Literary Agency
Paul & Peter Fritz AG Literary Agency
Peters Fraser & Dunlop
Philip G. Spitzer Literary Agency
Pippin Properties
Prentis Literary
Prospect Agency
R
Rebecca Friedman Literary Agency
Red Fox Literary
Red Sofa Literary
Rees Literary Agency
Regal Hoffmann & Associates
Regina Ryan Books
Richard Curtis Associates Inc.
Richard Henshaw Group
Rick Broadhead & Associates
Rights Factory, The
Rita Rosenkranz Literary Agency
Ro Literary
Robert Lecker Agency
Robin Straus Agency
Rocking Chair Books Literary Agency
Rogers, Coleridge & White
Rohm Literary Agency, The
Root Literary
Rosenberg Group, The
Ross Yoon Agency
Rubin Pfeffer Content
Ruppin Agency, The
S
Sadler-Caravette Children’s Literary
Salomonsson Agency
Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, Inc.
Sarah Jane Freyman Literary Agency
Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency
Sean McCarthy Literary Agency
Serendipity Literary Agency
Seventh Avenue Literary Agency
Seymour Agency
Sheil Land Associates
Sheldon Fogelman Agency
Sheree Bykofsky Associates Inc.
Signature Literary Agency
Sinead Heneghan Literary Agency
Skylark Literary
Solow Literary Enterprises
Speilburg Literary Agency
Spencerhill Associates
Spieler Agency, The
Starlight Literary Agency
Stephanie Tade Agency
Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.
Steve Laube Agency
Stimola Literary Studio
Stonesong Literary Agency
Storm Literary Agency
Strachan Literary Agency
Stringer Literary Agency, The
Strothman Agency, The
Stuart Agency, The
Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency
Susan Schulman Literary Agency
Susan Rabiner Literary Agency
T
Talcott Notch Literary Services
Taryn Fagerness Agency
Ted Weinstein Literary Management
Tessler Literary Agency
Thompson Literary Agency
Tin-Can Telephone Literary Agency
Tobias Literary Agency, The
Tomasino Agency, The
Transatlantic Agency
Trentin Agency
TriadaUS Literary Agency
Trident Media Group
Two Daisy Media
U
Union Literary
United Agents
United Talent Agency
Unter Agency, The
Upstart Crow Literary
V
Venture Literary
Vicky Bijur Literary Agency
Victoria Sanders & Associates
W
Wales Literary Agency
Wallace Literary Agency, Inc.
Watson, Little Ltd
Waxman Literary Agency
Wells Arms Literary
Wendy Schmalz Agency
Wendy Sherman Associates
Wernick & Pratt Agency
Westwood Creative Artists
Whitney Davis Literary
William Clark Associates
William Morris Entertainment
Wolfson Literary Agency
WordServe Literary Group
Writers House LLC
Y
Yates & Yates
Z
Zantedeschi Agency
Zoë Pagnamenta Agency
