Reputable Literary Agents

Here’s a list of agents to query – this list is by no means exhaustive. Each agent accepts only certain kinds of writing, so research before you decide to submit your manuscript to them – some accept only non-fiction, others memoir or children’s books. Even for agents that accept fiction, each has a specific genre they work with.

As always, check out the agent before submitting your manuscript to them (see my previous posts on how to check for whether the agent is legit). Above all, always follow the submission guidelines:

Andrée Abecassis (Ann Elmo Agency, Inc.)
Jason Allen Ashlock (Movable Type Literary Group)
Bernadette Baker-Baughman (Victoria Sanders & Associates)
George Bick (Doug Grad Literary Agency)
Brandi Bowles (Foundry Literary + Media)
Jamie Brenner (Artists and Artisans)
Regina Brooks (Serendipity Literary Agency)
Ann Collette’s (Rees Literary Agency)
Marisa Corvisiero, Esq. (L. Perkins Agency)
Jennifer DeChiara (Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency)
April Eberhardt (Kimberley Cameron & Associates)
Diana Fox (Fox Literary Agency)
Diane Freed (FinePrint Literary Management)
Adam Friedstein (Anderson Literary)
Mollie Glick (Foundry Literary + Media)
Doug Grad (Doug Grad Literary Agency)
Katie Grimm (Don Congdon Associates)
Naomi Hackenberg (The Elaine English Literary Agency)
Molly Jaffa (Folio Literary Management)
Meredith Kaffel (Charlotte Sheedy Literary)
Mary Kole (Andrea Brown Literary Agency)
Katie Kotchman (Don Congdon Associates)
Jud Laghi (The Jud Laghi Agency)
Sarah LaPolla (Curtis Brown, Ltd.)
Sandy Lu (L. Perkins Agency)
Donald Maass (Donald Maass Literary Agency)
Alexandra Machinist (Linda Chester Literary Agency)
Victoria Marini (Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents)
Jim McCarthy (Dystel & Goderich Literary Management)
Kate McKean (Howard Morhaim Literary)
Peter Miller (PMA Literary and Film Management, Inc.)
Robin Mizell (Robin Mizell Ltd.)
Shawna Morey (Folio Literary Management)
Emmanuelle Morgen (Judith Ehrlich Literary Management)
Dana Newman (Dana Newman Literary)
Kathleen Ortiz (Lowenstein Associates)
Lori Perkins (L. Perkins Agency)
Adriann Ranta (Wolf Literary Services)
Janet Reid (FinePrint Literary Management)
Chris Richman (Upstart Crow Literary)
Rita Rosenkranz (Rita Rosenkranz Literary)
Elizabeth Winick Rubinstein (McIntosh & Otis)
Katharine Sands (Sarah Jane Freymann Literary)
Katie Shea (Caren Johnson Literary)
Jessica Sinsheimer (Sarah Jane Freymann Literary)
Michael Strong (Regal Literary)
Becca Stumpf (Prospect Agencyy)
Emily Sylvan Kim (Prospect Agency)
Suzie Townsend (FinePrint Literary Management)
Joanna Volpe (Nancy Coffey Literary & Media Representation)
Marissa Walsh (FinePrint Literary Management)
Elisabeth Weed (Weed Literary)
Roseanne Wells (Marianne Strong Literary Agency)
Natanya Wheeler (Nancy Yost Literary Agency)
John Willig (Literary Services, Inc.)
Christine Witthohn (Book Cents Literary Agency)
Michelle Wolfson (Wolfson Literary Agency)

Source: Guide to Literary Agents