Romance Literary Agents
Be sure to check with other authors, RWA, Beware by SFWA and Preditors and Editors before signing with any agent.
2021 Pine Street
New Orleans, LA 70118
(504) 861-8395
Fax (504) 866-6434
Email: Pahearn@aol.com
Pamela G. Ahearn
Send a query letter describing the type of book and word count. List previous publications, awards, etc. Accepts electronic queries. Expect response within 4-8 weeks.
Agency handles general adult fiction, specializing in women’s fiction and suspense. Currently looking for single title only–especially contemporary romance, chick-lit, suspense and women’s mainstream. She likes a strong writing voice and original stories.
55 Main Street
P.O. Box 357
Chatham, NY 12037
(518) 392-2100
fax (518) 392-2944
Email: steve@axelrodagency.com
Steven Axelrod*
Send a query letter. Expect response in 2-3 months.
Currently looking for new or established authors in all genres.
204 Park Place
Number Two
Brooklyn, NY 11238
info@thebentagency.com
Jenny Bent (blog)
Sent query emails to queries@thebentagency.com. Please tell briefly who you are, what your book is, and why you’re the one to write it. Then include the first ten pages of your material in the body of your e-mail.
She is not currently considering queries in the following genres: science fiction, poetry, picture books, textbooks/academic books, serious history or biography, political science/policy, business, reference, sports
Meredith Bernstein Agency
2095 Broadway, Suite 505
New York, NY 10023
(212) 799-1007
fax (212) 799-1145
Send a query letter only with an SASE. Expect response in 2-3 weeks.
Currently, the agency is looking for mainstream fiction; psychological suspense; medical thrillers; romances with a fresh twist. In non-fiction, they are looking for authority driven works that shed new light on a given subject. They love memoirs that bring out heroic individualism. They are interested in health issues, sports, spirituality, politics, and psychology.
136 Long Hill Road
Gillette, NJ 07933
(908) 604-2652
Email: editor@bookends-inc.com
Represents a diversity of authors, from spirituality, self-help and business writers to mystery, romance and literary novelists.
BookEnds is currently accepting queries from published and unpublished writers in the areas of romance, chick lit, romantic suspense, mystery, suspense, horror, women’s fiction, and literary fiction. We also do a great deal of nonfiction in the areas of spirituality, new age, self-help, business/ finance, health, pop science, psychology, relationships, parenting, pets, pop culture, true crime, and general nonfiction.
Send a query letter, synopsis and first three chapters of your book along with an SASE. If you are unsure about whether your book fits into a particular genre, BookEnds does accept brief e-mail queries at Editor@BookEnds-Inc.com. However, we will not accept attached material such as an outline, sample chapter, or proposal. When querying BookEnds via e-mail, please be sure to add the word “query” or “submission,” or use the agent’s name, in your subject heading.
Kim Lionetti has just joined BookEnds. Her particular areas of fiction interest are suspense, contemporary romance, chick lit, horror and mainstream fiction. Her preferences in nonfiction include true crime, history, pop science and pop culture.
BookEnds does not handle children’s books, science fiction and fantasy, short fiction, poetry, military fiction, techno-thrillers, or screenplays.
5694 Mission Center Road #347
San Diego, CA 92108
(619) 521-1201
They specialize in all types of romance (including category), romantica/erotica, women’s fiction, mystery, thrillers and young adult. They also represent non-fiction and other fiction genres. All queries sent to them will be considered with the exception of poetry, screenplays and short stories.
Via email send a query letter only with no attachments. Via mail send query/cover letter, first three chapters, synopsis and SASE.
4525 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 208
Los Angeles, CA 90010
(323) 930-6039
fax (323) 930-6047
Email: dg@cornerstoneliterary.com
Helen Breitwieser*
Not accepting new clients at this time.
No email queries. Interested in single-title contemporary and historical romance, mysteries, commercial and literary fiction.
No category. No science fiction. No screenplays or plays.
6940 Carroll Avenue, Floor 2
Takoma Park, MD 20912
(301) 495-9663
Fax (202) 318-0050
Email: cricht1@aol.com
Sha-Shana N. L. Crichton, Esq.
Send a 1-2 page synopsis; first 3 chapters of the manuscript; and a biography of the author, including previous publications, if any. Please include your name, address, telephone and fax numbers, email address and a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE). Do not send original documents. They accept queries via email, but will not accept any attachments.
Currently seeking romance, contemporary, paranormal, historical and multicultural. Women’s fiction and non-fiction by expert authors in the following areas: Current Affairs/History/Politics; Mind/Body/Spirit/Beauty; Health & Psychology; Self-Help; Pop Culture; Law & Criminology; Education/ Youth Issues; African American, Caribbean, Latin American/Hispanic Studies..
They do not charge reading or editing fees.
Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
PMB 515
1155 Camino Del Mar
Del Mar, CA 92104-2605
858-755-3115
Fax 858-794-2822
This agency no longer accepts submissions of romance, mystery or children’s literature.
Beginning May 1, 2009, the Dijkstra Agency will respond ONLY to unsolicited submissions in which they are interested. Unsolicited submissions in which they are not interested will receive no response. (Therefore, please do not enclose a self addressed stamped envelope (SASE), and do not send any pages or material you need returned to you. In your materials, please be sure to include all your contact information including your email address.)
1 Union Square West, Suite 904
New York, NY 10003
212 627 9100
Fax: 212 627 9313
Looking To Represent: Paranormal romance, urban fantasy, young adult, romantic suspense/mystery, contemporary romance, erotica.
E-mail or snail mail a query and one or two sample chapters.
Judith Ehrlach Literary Management
880 Third Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10022
(212) 628-0214
Looking for all romance, except romantic suspense. Emmanuelle represents women’s fiction, historical fiction, and romance in all subgenres. She is particularly looking for paranormal, urban fantasy, and historical romance at the moment. They do not represent children’s books, novellas, poetry, textbooks, plays or screenplays.
Send an e-mail query and the first 10 pages to ealspaugh@judithehrlichliterary.com or via post to the address above.
(formerly Creative Media Agency)
505 Eighth Avenue, Suite 603
New York, NY 10018
Paige Wheeler (pwheeler at foliolit(dot)com)
Erin Niumata (ecniumata(@)foliolit.com)
Paige is open to many kinds of romance–chick lit, historical, mystery, suspense–anything with a strong story and commercial appeal, but no children’s, science fiction or fantasy. Prefers email queries.
Please write in the subject line of your email ‘query’ or it may get deleted as spam. Please don’t include any attachments but just have the query in the body of the email.
Your query letter should include your name and contact information, the date, the type of project (genre), the word count, gratuitous flattery (thought I’d stick that in there), a brief summary of the project, if any editors have seen the info, a bit of personal information about yourself (books published, MFA, articles written, etc.), and a full synopsis and the first 5 pages of text. If you have sold previously, I’d like sales information about your books.
Erin is open to commercial, historical fiction, psychological thrillers, suspense, women’s fiction (sassy Southern and/or British heroines), young adult, but not romance, cozy mysteries or Westerns.
For email queries send a short query, a synopsis and a page or two all in the body of the email. Your query letter should include your name and contact information, the date, the type of project (genre), the word count, a brief summary of the project, if any editors have seen the info, a bit of personal information about yourself (books published, MFA, articles written, etc.), and a full synopsis and the first 5 pages of text. If you have sold previously, I’d like sales information about your books.
Irene Goodman Literary Agency
80 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1101
New York, NY 10011
(212) 604-0330
Fax (212) 675-1381
Email: igagency@aol.com
Irene Goodman*
Miriam Kriss
Send query letter and first chapter but a reasonably detailed synopsis of entire book. No email or fax queries. Expect response in 4 weeks.
Currently looking for all types of women’s fiction–mass market romance, blockbusters, mommy lit, chick lit, suspense, mystery, and thrillers. Open to new and established authors. On the lookout for a brilliantly executed western romance as a stand alone or series.
Hopkins Literary Associates
2117 Buffalo Rd, Suite 327
Rochester, NY 14624
(585) 352-6268
Pamela Hopkins*
Send narrative synopsis and first three chapters with SASE. Expect response in 4 weeks.
Currently looking for new and established authors in all women’s fiction, especially historical, contemporary or category romance.
International Creative Management
825 Eighth Avenue, 26th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Looking for contemporary, paranormal, erotica romance.
Queries may be sent via e-mail (twexler@icmtalent.com) or via post.
132 East 43rd Street, #216
New York, NY 10017
Email all queries! The agency address is submissions@johnsonlitagency.com.
Currently looking for erotica, contemporary romance, YA and women’s fiction.
P.O. Box 2908
Portland, OR 97208
Email: NKern@natashakern.com
Natasha Kern
Query via email: queries@natashakern.com or regular mail sent to the agency address.
She is acquiring new clients in the following areas: Contemporary, historical, inspirational and multicultural romances; romantic suspense; women’s fiction. No cozy mysteries, Regency romances or sweet, short contemporaries.
The agency does not charge a reading fee and does not use outside readers.
577 East Avenue
Madison, GA 30650
Email: submissions@knightagency.net
Deidre Knight*
Pamela Harty*
Lucienne Diver*
Nephele Tempest*
Elaine Spencer
Melissa Jeglinski
They are definitely actively looking for new and published authors at The Knight Agency. Actively looking for: romance (all sub-genres, especially keen to find wonderful historical authors and soft contemporary romance), Young Adult/Middle Grade, Commercial Non-fiction (inspirational, true crime, health/wellness, query on others), Contemporary Fiction, Women’s fiction, Erotica, Fantasy, literary-commercial novels
NOTE: they are no longer accepting queries by regular mail, so please email. To query, please email submissions@knightagency.net. Please direct all queries to Deidre, who determines which agent she feels would be best-suited for each individual project or author.
P.O. Box 258
San Francisco, California 94020
(415) 673-0939
Email: larsenpoma@aol.com
Elizabeth Pomada*
Laurie McLean
Laurie McLean handles romance, fantasy, science fiction, horror, mysteries, suspense and western novels. She also represents children’s YA and middle grade fiction and non-fiction (NOT picture books or chapter books!) Laurie only accepts submissions via email, so please send the first ten pages and a 1-2 page synopsis in the body of your email to: laurie@agentsavant.com. Laurie does not open attachments unless pre-arranged, so please include your text in the body of your email message. Hint: Saving your submission in .rtf or plain text format eliminates all the weird characters and spacing.
Elizabeth Pomada handles literary and commercial fiction, romance, thrillers, mysteries and mainstream women’s novels. If you have completed a novel, please send Elizabeth the first ten pages and synopsis with SASE, mailed flat, not folded. Be sure to include your phone number and email address.
121 West 27th Street, Suite 801
New York, NY 10001
Email: info@maassagency.com
Please submit a one-page query, plus the synopsis and first five pages of the manuscript to info@maassagency.com or via mail with enclosed SASE for reply.
Currently looking for romance with either contemporary or historical settings, including suspense, paranormal, multicultural, and inspirational; also women’s fiction. Additionally, we represent other genres such as mystery, thriller, science fiction, fantasy, and YA. New authors are welcome.
PMB 121
665 San Rodolfo Dr. 124
Solana Beach, CA 92075
(858) 492-8009
Looking for Commercial Fiction, Mainstream, Multicultural, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Women’s Fiction & Chick Lit, Romance (all genres), Young Adult . Kevan particularly likes historical fiction of all types whereas Jill is partial to romantic suspense.
1020 15th Street, Suite 26L
Denver, CO 80202-2312
(720) 810.4899
fax (720) 384.0761
Email: query@nelsonagency.com
Kristin Nelson
Sara Megibow
Please email a short query to determine interest. Anything longer should be sent via snail mail. No phone queries.
Looking for commercial fiction (romance, women’s fiction, science fiction, fantasy, young adult & middle grade) and literary fiction with a commercial bent. They also consider a few nonfiction projects that tend to be story-based, such as memoir and narrative nonfiction.
5800 Arlington Ave.
Riverdale, NY 10471
Phone: (718) 543-5344
Email: lperkinsagency@yahoo.comm
Lori Perkins
Sandy Lu
Currently looking for: romantica and erotica, supernatural romance, chick lit. They also handle literary fiction, as well as science fiction, fantasy and horror. They represent some Young Adult material.
Query in one page email.
Jane Rotrosen Agency
318 East 51st Street
New York, NY 10022
(212) 593-4330
fax (212) 935-6985
Email: jrotrosen@aol.com
Annelise Robey
Kelly Harms
Send query letter and brief synopsis with SASE. Expect response in 1-4 weeks.
Currently looking for broad range of romance fiction–contemporary and historical, single title and category from new and established authors. No unsolicited manuscripts.
Spencerhill Associates, LTD
P.O. Box 374
7 Railroad Avenue
Chatham, NY 12037
(518) 392-9293
Karen Solem*
Jennifer Schober
Send outline and sample chapter with a letter of introduction. They’d prefer not to see just a letter. Don’t forget to send postage if you want the material returned to you. Electronic queries should be sent to Jennifer@klsbooks.com.
Currently looking for category romance, single title, women’s fiction, historical romances, romantic suspense and thrillers. Jennifer is especially interested in science fantasy and has acquired a few erotica/paranormal tiles. They do not handle young-adult material.
Actively looking to acquire some exciting new voices as well as established, published authors at this time.
Steele-Perkins Literary Agency
26 Island Lane
Canandaigua, NY 14424
(716) 396-9290
Fax (716) 396-3579
Email: pattiesp@aol.com
Pattie Steele-Perkins*
Send query letter, first three chapters, synopsis and SASE or email pattiesp@aol.com with synopsis and query letter. Include “query” in subject line. No email attachments. Expect response in 6 weeks.
Currently looking for all genres of romance, including category, romantic suspense, inspirational, multicultural, chick-lit, women’s stories, historical and mainstream women’s fiction.
Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.
65 Bleecker St., 12th Floor
New York, NY 10012
(212) 780-6050
fax (212) 780-6095
Claudia Cross*
Marcy Posner
Send query letter and first three chapters. Expect response within 4 weeks.
Currently looking for category, romantic suspense, historical romance, contemporary women’s fiction, inspirational, mystery and thrillers.
180 E. Prospect Ave. #188
Mamaroneck, New York 10543
E-Mail queries@talbotfortuneagency.com
Gail Fortune
John Talbot*
The agency represents authors of narrative nonfiction, romance, women’s fiction, suspense, and literary fiction. They do not handle children’s books, westerns, science fiction, fantasy, poetry, or screenplays.
PLEASE QUERY VIA EMAIL ONLY using the email address above. Be sure to include the word “query” in the subject line, and specify whether the query is addressed to John Talbot or Gail Fortune. The query letter should be one page only, with no attachments. An email with links, photos, attachments, or in any way not identifiable as a query letter will be deleted unread. If you have been referred by someone please note this by including the word “referral” in the subject line of your email. Please remember to include your daytime phone number and return email address as well as your physical mailing address. Also remember to include the title of your book and the approximate word count. Note any previous publications you have had, plus any relevant writing experience.
3 Seas Literary Agency
P.O. Box 8571
Madison, WI 53708
(608) 221-4306
Michelle Grajkowski*
Cori Deyoe
Please email your first chapter and synopsis to queries@threeseaslit.com. They no longer are accepting snail mail submissions.
Their agency specializes in romance, women’s fiction and children’s books. They are currently looking for fantastic authors with a voice of their own. More specifically, they love any type of romance (historical, contemporary, romantic suspense, paranormal, chick lit, inspirationals and fantasy) and young adult and middle grade fiction. They also represent mysteries, thrillers and select nonfiction titles.
They currently are not accepting poetry, screenplays or short stories.
Attn: Submissions
80 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1101
New York, NY 10011
Holly Root
Send query to holly@waxmanagency.com.
Currently looking for paranormal romance, historical romance, erotica, women’s fiction and young adult. Please query via form on their website or print it out and mail to above address.
21 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10010
(212) 685-2400
fax (212) 685-1781
Amy Becktower
Daniel Lazar*
Jodi Reamer, Esq.
Robin Rue*
Maya Rock
Currently looking for category, romantic suspense, historical romance, contemporary women’s fiction from established authors only.
To send to Maya Rock, send a query letter and first page in the body of the email. She is not accepting snail mail. She will only read personalized email.
To send to Jodi Reamer, send the first ten pages of your manuscript and query letter via snail mail.
Writers House represents fiction and non-fiction, for both adult and juvenile books. Our agents work with literary and commercial fiction, women’s fiction, science fiction/fantasy, narrative non-fiction, history, memoirs, biographies, books on psychology, science, parenting, cookbooks, how-to, self-help, business, finance, young adult and juvenile fiction/non-fiction and picture books.
Please send them a query letter of no more than two pages, which includes your credentials, an explanation of what makes your book unique and special, and a synopsis. Also, please include a self-addressed-stamped-envelope for their reply, which generally takes six to eight weeks.
Please do not query two agents within their agency simultaneously.
350 Seventh Street, Suite 2003
New York, NY 10001
(212) 239-2861
Nancy Yost*
Natanya Wheeler
Zoe F. Shacham
They accept queries by snail mail and email. For queries via the post office, please make sure to include a SASE for their reply. They will respond to queries within six weeks.
For fiction and narrative nonfiction, please send a query letter, which should include a brief overview of your project, previous publications, if any, and any relevant information about you. They would also like to see the first chapter, as it’s the writing that really helps them connect with your manuscript.
Nancy Yost represents a wide variety of writers of commercial fiction, specializing in crime novels; thrillers, mysteries, suspense; historical fiction and historical suspense; and women’s fiction of all kinds. Her nonfiction tastes lean to social history and natural science. She looks for complex, engrossing, character- and voice-driven reads, and has a fondness for a good ghost story, southern fiction, historical fiction and atmosphere.
Natanya is particularly interested in literary fiction that touches on current events or multicultural issues; family sagas; dark and edgy thrillers with a great new hook, moody mysteries and cozy mysteries. She loves to find new writers and does not shy away from debut talent.
Zoe F. Shacham is open to first-time writers and is looking for unique voices of all genres, but especially in literary fiction, compelling young adult fiction, narrative nonfiction and pop culture. She does not handle poetry, horror, fantasy or science fiction.
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