agents: Joe Spieler, John F. Thornton, Eric Myers, Deirdre Mullane, Lisa M. Ross, Victoria Shoemaker, Katya Balter

interested in: Fiction: Mystery, Juvenile fiction, Middle-Grade and Young Adult novels, Children's books

Non-fiction: Reference, Biography, Business/investing/finance, History, Religious, Mind/body/spirit, Health, Travel, Cookbooks, Sports, African-American, Science, Psychology, Current Events, Environment/Ecology

client list: Heirs of the Fisherman: Behind the Scenes of Papal Death and Succession by John-Peter Pham (Oxford, 2004), Tilt-A-Whirl by Chris Grabenstein (Carroll and Graf, 2005, Anthony Award Winner--Best Debut Mystery), I Wake Up Screening: What To Do After You've Made Your Movie by John Anderson and Laura Kim (Billboard Books, 2006), Irene Nemirovsky: Her Life and Work by Jonathan Weiss (Stanford University Press, 2006), Face in the Mirror: The Search for the Origins of Conscience by Julian Keenan (Ecco 2003), What's the Matter with Kansas? by Thomas Frank (Metropolitan Books, 2004)

send: Query and Partial MS

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Jonathon Lazear, Christi Cardenas, Darrick Kline, Anne Blackstone

interested in: Fiction: General fiction, Mystery, Romance, Fantasy/science fiction, Juvenile fiction, Children's books

Non-fiction: Reference, Biography, Business/investing/finance, History, Religious, Mind/body/spirit, Health, Travel, Lifestyle, Cookbooks, Sports, African-American, Science

client list: INTO THE WILD GALAPAGOS by Jeff Corwin, Hip Hop Inc: Success Strategies of the Rap Moguls by Tim Leffel, Interior Desecrations: Hideous Homes from the Horrible '70s by James Lileks, Master of Dragons by Margaret Weis, Quite a Year for Plums by Bailey White

send: Query Only

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Jason Allen Ashlock, Meredith Dawson, Craig Kayser

interested in: Cookbooks, Non-Fiction Books, Self-Help, memoir

send: Book Proposal

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Michael Congdon, Susan Ramer, Cristina Concepcion, Maura Kye-Casella, Katie Grimm, Katie Kotchman

interested in: Michael Congdon: Biography, History (including Military History), other Narrative Non-Fiction (Science, Medicine, Nature, Sports).

Susan Ramer: Narrative nonfiction interests include social and cultural history, popular culture (including music, film, fashion, food), women’s issues, psychology, mental health. She looks for memoirs with unfamiliar themes, and in general loves nonfiction narratives that combine personal experience with larger social/cultural observations, history and/or reporting. In any work, she is first drawn to a strong, distinctive voice, and she likes her humor on the dark side.

Cristina Concepcion: Nonfiction: classical music, popular music, history, wine, visual and performing arts, sociology, essays and criticism, politics and current affairs, culinary subjects, biography and memoir, science, philosophy, self-help, non Eastern religion, travel.

Maura Kye-Casella: seeking narrative works (memoirs/adventure/true crime), parenting, cookbooks, pop culture and humor.

Katie Grimm: quirky or edgy narrative non-fiction, both serious and more commercial history, pressing cultural and social issues, memoir with distinct voice, religion from a historical or sociological point of view, narrative science and medical, multi-cultural, and counter-culture. *Please include first chapter with query.*

Katie Kotchman: true crime, pop culture, photography, animals/pets, fashion, narrative non-fiction

client list: Ray Bradbury, David Sedaris, Kathryn Stockett, Russell Baker, Edna Buchanan, Ellen Gilchrist, Richard Matheson, among others.

send: Query only

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Michael Psaltis

interested in: We represent a wide array of areas of nonfiction, including science, health, parenting, psychology, business, biography/memoir, history, reference, current events, and narrative nonfiction. We represent all areas of commercial fiction, both mainstream novels and genre titles. We do not represent authors of poetry or short fiction.

Michael Psaltis is particularly interested in narrative nonfiction and commercial fiction that has a unique voice and compelling story.

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Kirsten Wolf, Adiann Ranta

interested in: Kirsten Wolf: Fiction (including children's and YA) and non-fiction.

On the fiction side, she's looking for commercial women's fiction, particularly romance and erotica, and gothic/horror novels, as well as aggressive and provocative speculative/edgy fiction.

On the children's book side, she's mostly interested in young adult/middle grade fiction, particularly those that feature new and original voices.

Adriann Ranta: Fiction and limited non-fiction, with an emphasis on children’s and YA.

She is most interested in realistic, true-to-life stories with conflicts based in the real world. She likes edgy, dark, challenging voices, unique settings, and everyman stories told with a new spin.

She is open to all genres for all age levels, though is not currently interested in self-help, spiritualism, religion, or sci-fi.

client list: DISCORDIA and DISCORDIA REVERSED by Dena Salmon (Hyperion Books for Children), I KNOW IT'S OVER by C.K. Kelly Martin (Random House Books for Young Readers), THE PRICKER BOY by Reade Scott Whinnem

send: Book Proposal

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Helen Zimmerman

interested in: Memoirs, pop culture, womens' issues/fiction, literary fiction, humor, nature, self-help and sports.

Currently handles: 70% nonfiction books, 15% novels, 15% juvenile

client list: 101 Things Not to Do Before You Die by Robert W. Harris, Mini Ketchup Cookbook by Cameron Pearl, Chosen by a Horse: A Memoir by Susan Richards

send: Query Only

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Robert Wilson

interested in: Non-fiction on all subjects.

client list: Bobby Murcer's Yankee for Life, Donna Sozio's Never Trust a Man in Alligator Loafers, Brent Bowers's If At First You Don't Succeed: The Eight Patterns of Highly Effective Entrepreneurs, Joanne Cini's Kingmaker

send: Query Only

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Wendy Sherman, Michelle Brower

interested in: Wendy Sherman is particularly interested in fiction with a strong voice and unique perspective. She loves quality women's fiction -- whether literary or with more commercial appeal. The essential elements are that the language is distinctive and the storytelling is captivating. Mainstream commercial fiction, literary fiction, upmarket women's fiction, and African-American fiction are strong categories for us.
In non-fiction- anything with a truly unique idea and a strong platform. Narrative non-fiction, memoir, practical and prescriptive, self-help and mainstream psychology are general areas of interest as well as books about important social issues. Books that show us how to live life in a better way - that inform and enlighten us -- are always of interest.

Michelle Brower is interested in books that showcase a different and quirky worldview. She would like to pursue projects in pop culture, music, humor, and memoir, and is also interested in crafting how-to's. In fiction, she is drawn to a distinctive voice and a strong story.

client list: Nani Power- Crawling at Night - NYTimes Notable, Howard Bahr- Judas Field, Schopenhauer's Telescope by Gerard Donovan, William Lashner, Rue McClanahan, Kockroach by Tyler Knox.

send: Query and Partial MS

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Elisabeth Weed

interested in: Non-fiction: narrative, investigative, women’s issues and memoir

Fiction: commercial and literary fiction, women's fiction

Weed Literary does not handle the following: Picture books, mysteries, thrillers, romance, military

client list: Martha Moody- The Office of Desire, Allison Winn Scotch- The Department of Lost and Found, Hannah Seligson- New Girl On the Job, Tracey Toomey and Leanne Shear- Cocktail Therapy

send: Query Only

looking for: Non-Fiction Book