Directory of Literary Agents



Directory of Literary Agents

AMG/Renaissance - A Literary Talent Agency

9465 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverley Hills, CA 90212

Tel No: 310-860-6000

Fax No: 310-860-8100

Partners Alan Nevins, Joel Gotler, Irv Schwarz, Managers Judy Farkas, Michael Prevett, Noah Lukeman

Full-length MSS. Fiction and non-fiction, plays (home 15%, overseas 20%), film and TV rights (home 10%, overseas 20%), performance rights. No unsolicited MSS; query first, submit outline. No reading fee. Founded 1934.

 

Ann Elmo Agency Inc.*

60 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10165

Tel No: 212 661 2880

Fax No: 212 661 2883

Director Lettie Lee

Full-length fiction and non-fiction MSS (home 15%, overseas 20%), theatre (15%). Works with foregin agencies. No reading fee. Send query letter only with sase or IRC.

 

Austin Wahl Agency Inc.

1820 North 76th Court, Elmwood Park, IL 60707-3631

Tel No: 708-456-2301

Fax No: 708-456-2031

Lois Wallace

Full-length MSS. No cookery, humour, how-to; film TV, theatre for agency clients. Will suggest revision. No unsolicited MSS; no faxed queries. Will only answer queries with return postage. Founded 1988.

 

Axelrod Agency*

49 Main Street, PO Box 357, Chatham, NY 12037

Tel No: 518-392-2100

Fax No: 518-392-2944

President Steven Axelrod

Full-length MSS. Fiction and non-fiction, software (home 15%, overseas 20%), film and TV rights (15%); will suggest revision where appropriate. Works with overseas agents. No reading fee. Founded 1983.

 

Balkin Agency Inc.*

PO Box 222, Amherst, MA 01004

Tel No: 413-548-9835

Fax No: 413-548-9836

Email: balkin@

Director Richard Balkin, European and British Representative Chandler Crawford Agency USA

Full-length MSS - adult non-fiction only (home 15%, overseas 20%). Query first. May suggest revision. No reading fee.

 

Berman, Boals & Flynn Inc.*

208 West 30th Street, Suite 401, New York, NY 10001

Tel No: 212-868-1068

Fax No: 212-868-1052

Agents Judy Boals, Jim Flynn

Dramatic writing only (and only by recommendation).

 

Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents Inc.*

1501 Broadway, New York, NY 10036

Tel No: 212-840-5760

Fax No: 212-840-5776

British Representative A.M. Heath & Co. Ltd.

Full-length and short MSS (home 15%, overseas 20%), performance rights (15%). No reading fee.

 

Carlisle & Co.

24 East 64 Street, New York, NY 10021

Tel No: 212 813 1881

Fax No: 212 813 9567

Web:

Directors Michael V. Carlisle, Emma Parry, Christy D. Fletcher

Narrative non-fiction, science, history, biography, literary fiction, (home 15%, overseas 20%). Founded 1998

 

Curtis Brown Ltd*

10 Astor Place, New York, NY 10003

Tel No: 212-473-5400 (NY) or 415-954-8566 (CA)

Ceo Timothy Knowlton Contact Query Department President Peter Ginsberg

Fiction and non-fiction, juvenile, film and TV rights. No unsolicited MSS; query first with sase. No reading fee; no handling fees.

 

Don Congdon Associates Inc.*

156 Fifth Avenue, Suite 625, New York, NY 10010

Tel No: 212-645-1229

Fax No: 212-727-2688

Email: dca@

Agents Don Congdon, Michael Congdon, Susan Ramer, Cristina Concepcion

Full-length and short MSS. General fiction and non-fiction (home 15%, overseas 19%), performance rights (15%); will sometimes suggest revision. Works with co-agents overseas. No reading fee, but no unsolicited MSS - query first with return postage or sase for reply. Does not accept phone calls from querying authors. Founded 1983.

Donadio & Olson Inc.*

121 West 27th Street, Suite 704, New York, NY 10001

Tel No: 212-691-8077

Fax No: 212-633-2837

Owner Candida Donadio, Associates Edward Hibbert, Neil Olson, Peter Steinberg, Ira Silverberg

Literary fiction and non-fiction.

 

Ellen Levine Literary Agency Inc.*

Suite 1801, 15 East 26th Street, New York, NY 10010

Tel No: 212-899-0620

Fax No: 212-725-4501

Contacts Elizabeth Kaplan, Louise Quayle, UK Representative A.M. Heath

Full-length MSS: biography, contemporary affairs, women's issues, history, science, literary and commercial fiction (home 15%, overseas 20%); in conjunction with co-agents, theatre, films, TV (15%). Will suggest revision. Works in conjunction with agents in Europe, Japan, Israel, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, Far East. No reading fee; preliminary letter and sase and US postage essential. Founded 1980.

 

Evan Marshall Agency*

6 Tristam Place, Pine Brook, NJ 07058-9445

Tel No: 973-882-1122

Fax No: 973-882-3099

Email: evanmarshall@

Web:

President Evan Marshall

General fiction (home 15%, overseas 20%). Works in conjunction with overseas agents. Will suggest revision; no reading fee. Founded 1987.

 

Fifi Oscard Agency Inc.*

24 West 40th Street, New York NY 10018

Tel No: 212-764-1100

Fax No: 212-840-5019

Email: fifioscard@

Agents Fifi Oscard, Peter Sawyer, Carolyn French, Carmen La Via, Kevin McShane

Full-length MSS (home 15%, overseas 20%), performance rights (10%). Will suggest revision. Works in conjunction with many foreign agencies. No reading fee, but no unsolicited submissions.

 

ForthWrite Literary Agency

23852 W.Pacific Coast Hwy, Suite 701, Malibu, CA 90265

Tel No: 310-456-5698

Fax No: 310-456-6589

Email: wkeller@

Web:

Owner Wendy Keller

Only non-fiction: business, self-help, popular psychology, how-to. Subjects include: animals, art, horticulture/gardening, archaeology, European history (especially English), biography, health (especially homeopathy and alternative medicines), parenting, coffee table (illustrated) books, crafts (bobbin lace, handicrafts, etc), nature, psychology. Send IRC with query. Response in 8 weeks. Founded 1988.

 

Fox Chase Agency Inc.*

Walnut Plaza, Suite 140, 150 South Warner Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406

Tel No: 610-341-9840

Fax No: 610-341-9842

 

 

Frances Collin Literary Agent

PO Box 33, Wayne, PA 19087-0033

Tel No: 610-254-0555

Full-length MSS (specialisations of interest to UK writers: mysteries, women's fiction, history, biography, science fiction, fantasy) (home 15%, overseas 20%), performance rights (20%). No screenplays. Works in conjunction with agents worldwide. No reading fee. No unsolicited MSS please. Letter queries must include sufficient IRCs. Founded 1948; successor to Marie Rodell-Frances Collin Literary Agency.

 

Frederick Hill Bonnie Nadell Inc.

1842 Union Street, San Fancisco CA 90048 Branch Office 505 North Robertson Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90048 tel 310-860-9605 fax 310-860-9672

Tel No: 415-921-2910

Fax No: 415-921-2802

Full length fiction and non-fiction (home 15%, overseas 20%). Send query letter initially. Works in conunction with agenst in Scandinavia, France, Germany, Holland, Japan, Spain. No reading fee. Founded 1979.

 

Georges Borchardt Inc.*

136 East 57th Street, New York, NY 10022

Tel No: 212-753-5785

Fax No: 212-838-6518

Directors Georges Borchardt, Anne Borchardt

Full-length and short MSS (home/British/performance 15%, translations 20%). Agents in most foreign countries. No unsolicited MSS. No reading fee. Founded 1967.

 

Gerard McCauley Agency Inc.*

PO Box 844, Katonah, NY 10536

Tel No: 914-232-5700

Specialises in history, biography, public affairs for the general reader.

Gloria Stern Agency*

12535 Chandler Boulevard, Suite 3, North Hollywood, CA 91607-1934

Tel No: 818-508-6296

Fax No: 818-508-6296

Gloria Stern

Fiction and films, electronics and multimedia (home 10%, overseas 15%). Reading fee for evaluation; consultation fee for revisions; some author expenses for placing MSS. Founded 1984.

 

Goodman Associates, Literary Agents*

500 West End Avenue, New York, NY 10024

Tel No: 212-873-4806

Partners Arnold P. Goodman, Elise Simon Goodman

Adult book length fiction and non-fiction (home 15%, overseas 20%). No reading fee. Founded 1976.

 

Harold Matson Company Inc.*

276 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10001

Tel No: 212-679-4490

Fax No: 212-545-1224

Full-length MSS (home 15%, UK 19%, translation 19%). No unsolicited MSS. No reading fee. Founded 1937.

 

Harold Ober Associates Inc.*

425 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017

Tel No: 212-759-8600

Fax No: 212-759-9428

Directors Phyllis Westberg, Emma Sweeney, Knox Burger, Alex Smithline

Full-length MSS (home 15%, British 20%, overseas 20%), performance rights (15%). Will suggest revision. No reading fee. Founded 1929.

 

Helen Brann Agency Inc.*

94 Curtis Road, Bridgewater, CT 06752

Tel No: 860-354-9580

Fax No: 860-355-2572

 

 

Helen Merrill Ltd

295 Layfayette Street, Suite 915, New York, NY 10012

No unsolicited MSS. No books. No phone calls or faxes.

 

Helen Rees Literary Agency*

123 N. Washington Street, Boston, MA 02114

Tel No: 617-723-5232

Fax No: 617-723-5211

Email: reesliterary@

Contact Joan Mazmanian, Associates Barbara Rifkind, Ann Collette

Business books, self-help, biography, autobiography, political, literary fiction (home 15%). Works with foreign agent. No reading fee. Submit query letter with sase. Founded 1982.

 

International Creative Management Inc.*

40 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019

Tel No: 212-556-5600

Fax No: 212-556-5665

No unsolicited MSS; send query letter.

 

James Peter Associates Inc. *

PO Box 670, Tenafly, NJ 07670

Tel No: 201-568-0760

Fax No: 201-568-2959

Email: bertholtje@

Contact Bert Holtje, Gene Brissie

Non-fiction, especially history, politics, popular culture, health, psychology, reference, biography (home 15%, overseas 20%). Foreign rights handled by: Bobbe Siegel, 41 West 83rd Street, New York, NY 10024. Will suggest revision. No reading fee. Founded 1971.

 

Jane Dystel Literary Management*

One Union Square West, New York NY 10003

Tel No: 212-627-9100

Fax No: 212-627-9313

Web:

President Jane D. Dystel, Vice-President Miriam Goderich, Jo Fagan, Stacey Glick, Michael Bourret

General fiction and non-fiction: literary and commercial fiction; narrative non-fiction; self-help; cookbooks; parenting; children's books; science ficiton/ fantasy. Full-length and short MSS (home 15%, overseas 10%); film, TV and radio (15%). No reading fee. Founded 1991.

Janklow and Nesbit Associates

445 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022

Tel No: 212-421-1700

Fax No: 212-980-3671, 212-355 1403

Email: postmaster@

Partners Morton L. Janklow, Lynn Nesbit, Senior Vice President Anne Sibbald, Agents Tina Bennett, Amy Howell, Luke Janklow, Richard Morris, Eric Simonoff, Foreign rights Cullen Stanley, Dorothy Vincent, Cecile Barendsma, Kate Schafer

Commercial and literary fiction and non-fiction. No unsolicited MSS. Works in conjunction with Janklow & Nesbit (UK) Ltd. Founded 1989.

 

Jay Garon-Brooke Associates Inc. * - see Pinder, Lane & Garon-Brooke Associates Ltd

 

 

 

JCA Literary Agency Inc.*

27 West 20th Street, Suite 1103, New York, NY 10011

Tel No: 212-807-0888

Contacts Jeff Gerecke, Tony Outhwaite, Peter Steinberg

Adult fiction and non-fiction. No unsolicited MSS; query first.

 

Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency*

216 East 75th Street, Suite 1E, New York, NY 10021

Tel No: 212-794-1082

President Jean V. Naggar, Agents Alice Tasman, Jennifer Weltz (rights)

Mainstream commercial and literary fiction (no formula fiction); non-fiction: psychology, science, biography (home 15%, overseas 20%), performance rights (15%). Works in conjunction with foreign agents. No reading fee. Founded 1978.

 

Jeanne Fredericks Literary Agency Inc.

221 Benedict Hill Road, New Canaan, CT 06840

Tel No: 203-972-3011

Fax No: 203-972-3011

Email: jfredrks@

Quality non-fiction, especially health, science, women's issues, gardening, antiques and decorative arts, biography, cookbooks, popular reference, business, natural history (home 15%, overseas 20%). No reading fee. Query first, enclosing sase. Member of Author's Guild. Founded 1997.

 

Jeff Herman Agency LLC

332 Bleecker Street, Suite 631, New York, NY 10014

Tel No: 212-941-0540

Fax No: 212-941-0614

Email: jeff@

Web:

Business, reference, popular psychology, computers, health and beauty, spirituality, general non-fiction (home/overseas 15%); will suggest revision where appropriate. Works with overseas agents. No reading fee. Founded 1986.

 

Joan Daves Agency

21 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10010

Tel No: 212-685-2663

Fax No: 212-685-1781

Director Jennifer Lyons, AssistantChristopher Ladner

Sample chapter or detailed outline of non-fiction projects (home 15%, overseas 20%, film 15%). No reading fee. No unpublished writers. Subsidiary of Writers House LLC Founded in 1952 by Joan Daves.

 

John Hawkins & Associates Inc.* (formerly Paul R. Reynolds Inc.)

71 West 23rd Street, Suite 1600, New York, NY 10010

Tel No: 212-807-7040

Fax No: 212-807-9555

Web:

President John Hawkins, Vice-President William Reiss, Foreign Rights Moses Cardona, Permissions Matthew Miele, Other Agents Elinor B. Sidel, Warren Frazier, Anne Hawkins

Fiction, non-fiction, juvenile. Founded 1893.

 

Joy Harris Literary Agency Inc.*

156 Fifth Avenue, Suite 617, New York, NY 10010-7002

Tel No: 212-924-6269

Fax No: 212-924-6609

Email: gen.office@

President Joy Harris 

Lazear Agency Inc./ Talkback

800 Washington Avenue North, Suite 660, Minneapolis, MN 55401

Tel No: 612-332-8640

Fax No: 612-332-4648

Contacts Jonathon Lazear, Wendy Lazear, Christi Cardenas, Julie Mayo.

Fiction: full-length MSS; non-fiction: proposals. Adult fiction and non-fiction; film and TV rights; foreign language rights; audio, video and electronic rights (home 15%, overseas 20%). No reading fee. No unsolicited MSS; 2-3 page query first with sae for response. No faxed queries. Talkback: A Speaker's Bureau: book packaging and select entertainment management. Founded 1984

Lescher & Lescher Ltd*

47 East 19th Street, New York, NY 10003

Tel No: 212-529-1790

Fax No: 212-529-2716

Directors Robert Lescher, Susan Lescher

Full-length and short MSS (home 15%, overseas 25%). No unsolicited MSS; query first with sase. No reading fee. Founded 1966.

 

Margret McBride Literary Agency*

7744 Fay Avenue, Suite 201, La Jolla, CA 92037

Tel No: 619-454-1550

Fax No: 619-454-2156

President Margret McBride

Business, mainstream fiction and non-fiction; no poetry or children's books (home 15%, overseas 25%). No reading fee. Submit query letter with sase to Margaret McBride. Founded 1981.

 

Maria Carvainis Agency Inc.*

1350 Avenue of the Americans, Suite 2905, New York, NY 10019

Tel No: 212-5245-6356

Fax No: 212-245-7196

President Maria Carvainis, Executive Vice President Frances Kuffel

Fiction: all categories (except science fiction and fantasy), especially literary and mainstream; mystery, thrillers and suspense; young adult; historical, Regency and contemporary women's fiction. Non-fiction: politics and film history; biography and memoir; medicine and women's issues;business, finance, psychology and popular science (home 15%, overseas 20%). Maria Carvainis views the author's editorial needs and career development as integral components of the literary agent's role, in addition to the negotiation of intricate contracts. Works in conjunction with foreign, TV and movie agents. No reading fee. Query first; no unsolicited MSS. No queries by fax or email.

 

Mark Reiter IMG Literary*

825 Seventh Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10019

Tel No: 212-489-5400

Fax No: 212-246-1118

Fiction (no science fiction) and non-fiction. Send query letter with sase.

 

Marton Agency Inc.*

1 Union Square, Suite 612, New York, NY 10003-3303

Tel No: 212-255-1908

Fax No: 212-691-9061

Email: info@

Owner Tonda Marton

Stage plays only.

 

Mary Yost Associates Inc.*

59 East 54th Street, Suite 72, New York, NY 10022

Tel No: 212-980-4988

Full-length and short MSS (home and overseas 10%). Works with individual agents in all foreign countries. Will suggest revision. No reading fee. Founded 1958.

 

McIntosh & Otis Inc.*

353 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10016

Tel No: 212-687-7400

Fax No: 212-687-6894

Adult Eugene H. Winick, Samuel L. Pinkus, Elizabeth Winick, Juvenile Chrisitna Biamonte, Tracey Adams, Film and TV Evva Joan Pryor

Adult and juvenile literary fiction and non-fiction, film and TV rights. No unsolicited MSS; query first with outline, sample chapters and sase. No reading fee. Founded 1928.

 

Mildred Marmur Associates Ltd*

2005 Palmer Avenue, Suite 127, Larchmont, NY 10538-2469

Tel No: 914-834-1170

Fax No: 914-834-2840

Email: marmur@, lebowitz@

President Mildred Marmur, Associate Jane Lebowitz

Serious non-fiction, literary fiction, juveniles, cookbooks. Full-length and short MSS (home licences 15%, overseas licences 20%), performance rights (15%). Works with co-agents in all major countries. No reading fee. Queries must include sae or International Reply Coupons. Founded 1987.

 

Multimedia Product Development Inc.*

410 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 724, Chicago, IL 60605

Tel No: 312-922-3063

Fax No: 312-922-1905

Contact Jane Jordan Browne, Scott Mendel

General fiction and non-fiction (home 15%, overseas 20%), performance rights (15%). Works in conjunction with foreign agents. Will suggest revision; no reading fee. Founded 1971.

 

New England Publishing Associates Inc.*

PO Box 5, Chester, CT 06412

Tel No: 860-345-READ

Fax No: 860-345-3660

Email: nepa@

Web:

Directors Elizabeth Frost-Knappman, Edward W. Knappman, Ron Formica, Kris Schiavi, Vicki Harlow

Serious non-fiction for the adult market (home 15%, overseas varies), performance rights (varies). Works in conjunction with foreign publishers. No reading fee; will suggest revision - if undertaken. London representative: Scott Ferris; Asia, Amer-Asia. Dramatic rights: AMG/Renaissance, Beverley Hills. Founded 1982.

Peter Elek Associates/The Content Company Inc.

5111 JFK Boulevard East, West New York, NJ 07093

Tel No: 201-558-0323

Fax No: 201-558-0307

Email: info@

Web:

Directors Peter Elek, Helene W. Elek, Submissions Lauren Mactas

Full-length fiction/non-fiction. Illustrated adult non-fiction: style, culture, popular history, popular science, current affairs; juvenile picture books (home 15%, overseas 20%), performance rights (20%); will sometimes suggest revision. Works with overseas agents. No reading fee. Experienced in licensing for multimedia, on-line and off-line. Founded 1979.

 

Philip G. Sptizer Literary Agency*

50 Talmage Farm Lane, East Hampton, NY 11937

Tel No: 516-329-3650

Fax No: 516-329-3651

General fiction and non-fiction; specialises in mystery/suspense, sport, politics, biography, social issues.

 

Pimlico Agency Inc.

Box 20447, Cherokee Station, New York, NY 10021

Tel No: 212-628-9729

Fax No: 212-535-7861

Directors Kay McCauley, Kirby McCauley Contacts Christopher Shepard, Catherine Brooks

Adult non-fiction and fiction. No unsolicited MSS.

 

Pinder, Lane & Garon-Brooke Associates Ltd*

159 West 53rd Street, Suite 14, New York, NY 10019

Tel No: 212-489-0880

Fax No: 212-586-9346

London Representative Abner Stein

Specialises in fiction and non-fiction: biographies and lifestyle. Writer must be referred by an editor or a client. Will not read unsolicited MSS.

 

PMA Literary and Film Management Inc.

Old Chelsea Station, PO Box 1817, New York, NY 10011

Tel No: 212-929-1222

Fax No: 212-206-0238

Email: pmalitfilm@

Web:

President Peter Miller

Full-length MSS. Specialises in commercial fiction (especially thrillers), true crime, non-fiction (all types), and all books with global publishing and film/TV potential (home 15%, overseas 25%), films, TV (10-20%). Works in conjunction with agents worldwide. Preliminary enquiry with career goals, synopsis and resume essential. Founded 1976.

 

Ralph M. Vicinanza Ltd*

303 West 18th Street,New York, NY 10011

Tel No: 212-924-7090

Contact Ralph Vicinanza, Christopher Lotts, Christopher Schelling

Fiction: literary, women's, 'multicultural', popular (especially science fiction, fantasy, thrillers), children's. Non-fiction: history, business, science, biography, popular culture. Foreign rights specialists. New clients by professional recommendation only. No unsolicited MSS.

 

Rhoda Weyr Agency*

151 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Tel No: 718-522-0480

Fax No: 718-522-0410

General non-fiction and fiction, particularly science, history, biography (home 15%, overseas 20%, performance rights 15%). No unsolicited submissions. Co-agents in all foreign markets. Founded 1983.

 

Richard Curtis Associates Inc.*

171 East 74th Street, Floor 2, New York, NY 10021

Tel No: 212-772-7363

Fax No: 212-772-7393

Web:

President Richard Curtis

All types of commercial fiction and non-fiction (home 15%, overseas 20%), film, TV rights (15%). Works in conjunction with overseas agents. Will suggest revision. No reading fee. Send sase will all queries. Founded 1970.

 

Robert A. Freedman Dramatic Agency Inc.* (formerly Harold Freedman Brandt & Brandt Dramatic Dept. Inc.)

1501 Broadway, Suite 2310, New York, NY 10036

Tel No: 212-840-5760

Plays, motion picture and TV scripts. Send letter of enquiry first, with sase.

 

Rosenstone/Wender*

38 East 29th Street, New York, NY 10016

Tel No: 212-725-9445

Fax No: 212-725-9447

Contacts Phyllis Wender, Susan Perlman Cohen, Sonia Pabley

Fiction, non-fiction, film and TV rights. No unsolicited MSS; query first. No reading fee.

Roslyn Targ Literary Agency Inc.*

105 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10011

Tel No: 212-206-9390

Fax No: 212-989-6233

Email: Roslyn@

Fiction and non-fiction: query with outline, publication history and CV. Fiction: query with synopsis or outline, and CV and publication history. All submissions require sase. No phone queries. Affiliates in most foreign countries. No reading fee.

 

Russell & Volkening Inc.*

50 West 29th Street, Suite 7E, New York, NY 10001

Tel No: 212-684-6050

Fax No: 212-889-3026

ContactTimothy Seldes, Joseph Regal

General fiction and non-fiction, film and TV rights. No screenplays. No unsolicited MSS; query first with letter and sase. No reading fee.

 

Samuel French Inc.*

45 West 25th Street, New York, NY 10010

Tel No: 212-206-8990

Fax No: 212-206-1429

President Charles R. Van Nostrand

Play publishers; authors' representatives.

 

Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency*

PMB 515, 1155 Camino del Mar, Del Mar, CA 92104-2605

Tel No: 858-755-3115

Fax No: 858-792-1494

President Sandra Dijkstra

Fiction and non-fiction: narrative, history, business, psychology, science, memoir/biography, contemporary, women's, suspense; selected children's projects (home 15%, overseas 20%). Works in conjunction with foreign and film agents. No longer accepts unsolicited MSS. Founded 1981.

 

Sandra Watt and Associates

8033 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 4053, Hollywood, CA 90046

Tel No: 213-653-2339

Owner Sandra Watt

Lead women's fiction, suspense, mysteries, New Age, cyber-punk; psychological self-help, gardening, single-volume reference works; screenplays (home 15%, overseas 25%), films (10%). Works in conjunction with foreign agents. Will suggest revision; no reading fee; $100 marketing fee for unpublished authors. Founded 1978.

 

Sanford J. Greenburger Associates Inc.*

55 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10003

Tel No: 212-206-5600

Fax No: 212-463-8718

Web:

Contacts Heide Lange, Faith Hamlin, Beth Vesel, Theresa Park, Elyse Cheney, Daniel Mandel, Peter McGuigan

Fiction and non-fiction, film and TV rights. No unsolicited MSS; query first. No reading fee.

 

Sarah Jane Freyman Literary Agency (formerly Stepping Stone Literary Agency)

59 West 71st Street, Suite 9B, New York, NY 10023

Tel No: 212-362-9277

Fax No: 212-501-8240

President Sarah Jane Freymann, Associate Katharine Sands

Book-length fiction and general non-fiction. Special interest in serious non-fiction, mainstream commercial fiction, contemporary women's fiction, Latino-American, Asian-American, African American fiction and non-fiction; women's issues, biography, health/fitness, psychology, self-help, spriitual, natural science, cookbooks popo cutlure. Works in conjunction with Abner Stein in London. No reading fee. Founded in 1974

 

Scott Meredith Literary Agency LP

845 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022

Tel No: 212-751-4545

Fax No: 212-755-2972

Web: http:/

President Arthur Klebanoff, Vice-President Lisa J. Edwards, Director, Subsidiary Rights Barry N. Malzberg

Full-length and short MSS. General fiction and non-fiction. Single fee charged for readings, criticism and assistance in revision. Founded 1946.

 

Sebastian Gibson Agency

PO Box 13350, Palm Desert, CA 92255-3350

Tel No: 760-322-2446

Fax No: 760-322-3857

Proprietor Sebastian Gibson

Full length MSS (home 20%, overseas 20%). All categories of fiction, particularly novels with interesting characters and well-woven plots. Especially interested in legal and psychological thrillers, historical novels, mystery/suspense and action/adventure or espionage with romance sub-plots and interesting twists, crime/police with humorous/gritty elements, medical dramas, sagas, and any well-written novel with unusual characters. Send query letter with synopsis and first 3 chapters and IRCs. Founded 1984.

 

Shukat Company Ltd*

340 West 55th Street, Suite 1A, New York, NY 10019

Tel No: 212-582-7614

Fax No: 212-315-3752

Email: staff@

President Scott Shukat, Contact Maribel Rivas, Lysna Scriven-Marzani

Theatre, films, TV, radio (15%). No reading fee. No unsolicited material accepted.

Spieler Agency

154 West 57th Street, Room 135, New York, NY 10019

Tel No: 212-757-4439

Fax No: 212-333-2019

Email: spielerlit@

Directors F. Joseph Spieler, Lisa M. Ross, John F. Thornton, Deirdre Mullane

Full- and short-length MSS. History, politics, ecology, business, consumer reference, some fiction (home 15%, overseas 20%). No reading fee. Query first with sample and sase. Founded 1982.

 

Sterling Lord Literistic Inc.

65 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012

Tel No: 212-780-6050

Fax No: 212-780-6095

Directors Peter Matson, Sterling Lord, Philippa Brophy

Full-length and short MSS (home 15%, overseas 20%), performance rights (15%). Will suggest revision. No reading fee.

 

Susan Schulman Literary & Dramatic Agents Inc.*

454 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036

Tel No: 212-713-1633

Fax No: 212-581-8830

Email: schulman@

Agents for negotiation in all markets (with co-agents) of fiction, general non-fiction, children's books, academic and professional works, and associated subsidiary rights including plays, film and TV (home 15%, UK 7.5%, overseas 20%). Return postage required.

 

T.C. Wallace Ltd*

Suite 1001, 425 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017

Tel No: 212-759-8600

Fax No: 212-759-9428

Email: twallace@

Managing Director Tom Wallace

Full-length MSS. Non-fiction: history, biography, travel, memoirs. Fiction: thrillers, mystery novels, literary fiction (home 15%, overseas 20%). No reading fee. Will suggest a revision. Founded 1998.

 

Wallace Literary Agency Inc.

177 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021

Tel No: 212-570-9090

Fax No: 212-772-8979

Director Lois Wallace

Full-length MSS. No cookery, humour, how-to; film, TV, theatre for agency clients. Will suggest revision. No unsolicited MSS; no faxed queries. Will only answer queries with return postage. Founded 1988.

 

Watkins/Loomis Agency Inc.

133 East 35th Street, New York, NY 10016

Tel No: 212-532-0080

Fax No: 212-889-0506

President Gloria Loomis, Contact Katherine Fausset

Fiction and non-fiction. No unsolicited MSS; query first with sase. No reading fee. Representatives: Abner Stein (UK), Marsh Agency (foreign).

 

William Morris Agency Inc.*

1325 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019

Tel No: 212-586-5100

Agents Owen Laster, Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, Joni Evans, Mel Berger, Virginia Barber, Tracy Fisher, Jay Mandel

 

 

Writers House LLC*

21 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10010

Tel No: 212-685-2400

Fax No: 212-685-1781

President Albert Zuckerman, Executive Vice-President Amy Berkower

Fiction and non-fiction, including all rights; film and TV rights. No screenplays or software. Write a one-page letter in first instance, saying what's wonderful about your book, what it is about and why you are the best person to write it. No reading fee. Founded 1974.

 

Writers Shop* (formerly Virginia Barber Literary Agency)

101 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003

Tel No: 212-255-6515

Fax No: 212-691-9418

Co-Presidents Virginia Barber, Jennifer Rudolph Holt, Contacts Jay Mandel, Kristin Lewandowski, Sam Almodovar

General fiction and non-fiction (home 15%, overseas 20%), performance rights (15%); will suggest revision. Has coagents in all major countries; Abner Stein handles UK rights. No reading fee. Founded 1974.

 

Wylie Agency Inc.

250 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10107

Tel No: 212-246-0069

Fax No: 212-586-8953

Email: mail@

Directors Andrew Wylie (president), Sarah Chalfant

Literary fiction/non-fiction. No unsolicited MSS accepted. London office: The Wylie Agency UK Ltd.

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