All genres of non-fiction, illustrated books (home/overseas 20%).
No reading fee. Founded 2001.
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All genres of non-fiction, illustrated books (home/overseas 20%).
No reading fee. Founded 2001.
Rights agent and consultant; illustrated books, non-fiction (no children's).
Founded 1979.
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Exclusively children's books: middle grade, young adult novels and MS/illustration packages by artist/illustrator only. No picture book MSS (home 15-20%, overseas 20-25%).
Interested in seeing first chapter books, and middle-grade and teenage fiction.
No religious books. Send query letter with sase; no fax or email queries.
Founded 1995.
Association of Authors' Representatives
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Our agents work with literary and commercial fiction, women's fiction, science fiction/fantasy, narrative non-fiction, history, memoirs, biographies, psychology, science, parenting, cookbooks, how-to, self-help, business, finance, young adult and juvenile fiction/non-fiction and picture books. We are interested in and work with authors at all stages of their career. We don't accept poetry, screenplays or academia.
Submission guidelines:
Please e-mail us a query letter, which includes your credentials, an explanation of what makes your book unique, a synopsis and the first three chapters.
Overseas associates
All our US and Canadian deals are handled by Writers House US. They are also the port of call for all our foreign deals, excluding Australia and New Zealand, which we handle.
We represent:
Nora Roberts, Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Franzen, John Green, Stephanie Meyer, Diane Chamberlain, Michael Lewis, Jonathan Tropper, Rachel Renee Russel, Jon Klassen, Karen Rose, Laurell K. Hamilton, Kami Garcia, Kevin Sands, Stephan Pastis, Ally Condie, Allison Brennan, Jennifer Donnelly, David Arnold, Elisa Albert, Andrea Chapin, Angus Watson, Dan Vyleta, Barbara Delinsky, Steve Berry, Michelle Moran, Nell Zink.
UK office set up in 2008