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Amy fitzgerald is particularly interested in crime thrillers, reading group fiction, accessible literary fiction, ya, memoir and smart narrative nonfiction with a commercial edge. Victoria cappello represents commercial and literary adult fiction as well as. Kat enright shethey is an associate agent at the seymour agency, and they represent both fiction and nonfiction. Literary agents united kingdom, canada, australia, and. Literary marketplace is the dinosaur of literary agent directories, making it rank at the very bottom of our list.
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Graham maw christie agency graham maw christie literary agents. Nonfiction literary agents open to submissions writers. H ere are three new agents actively seeking clients. Whilst specialist or academic nonfiction isnt on the cards youll need a book proposal to pitch to publishers, in this instance, nonfiction literary agents are looking for anything celebrityled, and written by or endorsed by that celebrity. Christian literary agents list of christian book agents. Joanna swainson is looking for crime and thrillers, ghost stories, speculative fiction, horror, and narrative nonfiction.
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Find young adult literary agents open to submissions in this post. Christina clifford union literary is looking for literary fiction and narrative nonfiction in the genres of historical biography, memoir, business, and science. A ukbased literary agency representing internationally published authors of fiction commercial and literary, nonfiction, and childrens books. List of literary agents 20202021 book agents looking. The john wright agency specializes in serious nonfiction and has placed many books with major publishers for historians, political scientists, journalists, economists, and specialists in finance and. The art of nonfiction madeleine milburn literary agency.
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Jeff herman agency literary agent specializing in non. His areas of editorial expertise include popular business, spirituality, and most other areas of nonfiction. H ere are twelve uk literary agents actively seeking clients. Holly faulks is seeking literary fiction and biography. Jeff herman is an exceptionally successful veteran literary agent, entrepreneur and author. The andrew lownie literary agency ltd, founded in 1988, is one of the uks leading boutique literary agencies with some two hundred nonfiction authors. I was in a shortlist of three for the bookseller industry awards literary agent of the year in 2010, and was picked out as one of the booksellers rising stars in 2011.
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