agents: Ike Williams, Jill Kneerim, Steve Wasserman, Brettne Bloom , Deborah Clarke Grosvenor, Leslie Kaufman

interested in: Many types of fiction and non-fiction. Considers some YA fiction. See specifics:

Jill’s interests include narrative nonfiction, biography, American and European history, psychology, women’s issues, the English language, and good writing. She is in the Boston office.

Steve's literary interests are eclectic, his curiosities wide, his reading promiscuous. They include history, memoir and biography, narrative nonfiction, science, and popular culture. He is in the New York office.

Brettne is interested in narrative non-fiction of all kinds, health and wellness, religion, literary and mainstream fiction, pop culture, natural history, and memoir. She is in the New York office.

Deborah is interested in narrative nonfiction, history, biography, politics, current affairs, memoir, the environment, the Middle East, the military, science, and the American South, all areas in which she maintains a strong interest. For fiction, she is particularly interested in works with historical or American South themes and settings. She is in the Washington DC office.

Leslie: Young Adult and Middle Grade books, as well as select Adult fiction. For young readers, Leslie is interested in both fiction and non-fiction (though no picture books, please). Also handles literary fiction for adults, as well as titles for Twentysomethings. She does not handle science fiction. Leslie is in the NY office.

client list: Will in the World by Stephen Greenblatt, Britain's Gulag: The Brutal End of Empire in Kenya by Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Elkins, The Heartless Stone by Tom Zoellner (St. Martin’s Press), Dating Up: How to Dump the Schlump and Find a Quality Man by New York Times staffer Courtney Sullivan (Warner), Stop Being Your Symptoms and Start Being Yourself by Arthur Barsky, M.D. and Emily Deans, M.D. (HarperCollins), and Trouble: Stories by Patrick Somerville (Vintage)

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: Mary Jack Wald

interested in: Fiction and Non-Fiction.

Fiction: General fiction, Mystery, Childrens' and YA fiction

Non-Fiction: Biography, History, African-American, Science, Music, Art, Memoirs

client list: Hangman by Christopher A. Bohjalian, Guns & Barbed Wire: A Child Survives the Holocaust by Thomas Geve, Cactus Tracks & Cowboy Philosophy by Baxter Black, A Book of Klezmer by Yale Strom, The Last Refuge by Chris Knopf, The Rabbi in the Attic and Other Stories by Eileen Pollack

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Stephen Hanselman, Julia Serebrinsky

interested in: Cutting edge non-fiction and some fiction.

L5M aims to go beyond traditional literary representation by offering integrated services including marketing consultation and media development.

client list: Travis Bradberry- THE PERSONALITY CODE, Lucas Conley- OBSESSIVE BRANDING DISORDER, Jorge Cruise- THE THREE HOUR DIET

send: Book Proposal

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Ken Sherman

interested in: Handles nonfiction, fiction and movie scripts.

Fiction: Commercial, Detective/Police/Crime, Family Saga, Fantasy, Gay/Lesbian, Horror, Literary, Multicultural, Mystery/Suspense, Science Fiction, Thriller

Nonfiction: Art/Architecture, Autobiography/Biography, Celebrity, LGBT, Health/Fitness, Photography, Popular Culture, Theater/Film

Screenplays: gets most of his screenplays by referral but feel free to query him about a screenplay

client list: SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS- David Guterson, THE AGE OF INNOCENCE- John Updike, SISTER MINE- Tawni O'Dell, MISTLER'S EXIT- Louis Begley, THE FACE OF A STRANGER - Anne Perry and the estate of Luis Buñuel

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looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Kate Schafer Testerman

interested in: Pop-culture narrative nonfiction. Please note: at this time we do not represent picture books.

client list: Alyson Noel-SAVING ZOE, Maureen Johnson- SUITE SCARLETT, Kate Schafer- THE UNNAMEABLES

send: Query and Partial MS

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

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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: 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

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looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Elizabeth Wales, Neal Swain, Meg Lemke, Josie Di Bernardo, Adrienne Reed

interested in: Wales Literary is interested in works of narrative nonfiction (creative nonfiction or literary journalism), especially if the work espouses a progressive cultural or political point of view, projects a new voice, or, simply shares an important, compelling story. The agency is looking for talented storytellers—with a special interest in writers from the Northwest, Alaska, the West Coast, and what have become known as the Pacific Rim countries. Does not represent self-help, children’s or YA fiction, or specifically religious books.

client list: Lisa Albers, Bruce Barcott, Jack Becklund, Alice Bloch, Julia Boyd, Karen Brennan, Ph.D., Rebecca Brown, Jeannie Burt Chrystos, Leela Corman, Kimberly Davis, Kathleen Dexter, Maria Dolan, Curtis Ebbesmeyer, Ida Rae Egli, Natalie Fobes, Laura Fokkena, Ellen Forney, Kenny Fries, Arun Ghandi, Reginald Gibbons, Jerry Gold, John Haines, Lyanda Lynn Haupt, Jean Hegland, Martin Laird, Ph.D., Ruth Laker

send: Query only

looking for: Non-Fiction Book