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: Novel

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

interested in: Michael Congdon: Commercial (Mysteries, Thrillers) and literary Fiction.

Susan Ramer: Literary fiction and up-market women’s fiction (contemporary and historical). In any work, she is first drawn to a strong, distinctive voice, and she likes her humor on the dark side.

Cristina Concepcion: Fiction: intelligent and thought provoking commercial or literary novels with a dramatic story and interesting characters, mysteries, thrillers, historicals with suspense.

Maura Kye-Casella: Literary works, YA novels, women’s fiction (especially suspense), paranormals, thrillers, multicultural voices, and any well-written novels with an edgy voice, quirky characters and/or unique plots and settings.

Katie Grimm: Literary and commercial Fiction, historical, middle grade, young adult, up-market women’s fiction, mysteries & thrillers, novels with some fantastical or futuristic elements, children’s and short story collections. *Please include first chapter with query.*

Katie Kotchman: Literary fiction, mystery, thriller, suspense, up-market women’s fiction, young adult fiction

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

send: Query only

looking for: Novel

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: 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: 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: Novel

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

send: Query Only

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Kathleen Anderson, Samantha Edussuriya

interested in: Non-fiction: serious nonfiction and literary journalism (narrative nonfiction, psychology, history, science, anthropology, memoir, cultural studies, biography, and women’s studies)

Fiction: literary fiction, general women’s fiction, and very well-written commercial fiction (psychological suspense, historical fiction, lady-lit, chick-lit).

Also interested in children’s and young adult writers.

client list: ASTRID & VERONIKA by Linda Olsson (Penguin); THE DEATH TRUST by David Rollins (Bantam); THE REINDEER PEOPLE by Piers Vitebsky, winner of Kiriyama Prize for Nonfiction 2005 (Houghton Mifflin) THE WASTED VIGIL by Nadeem Aslam, winner of Kiriyama Prize for Fiction, 2004 (Knopf); OCTAVIA: Daughter of God by Jane Shaw (Knopf); THE BRONTE MYTH by Lucasta Miller (Knopf);

send: Book Proposal

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Kathleen Anderson, Samantha Edussuriya

interested in: Non-fiction: serious nonfiction and literary journalism (narrative nonfiction, psychology, history, science, anthropology, memoir, cultural studies, biography, and women’s studies)

Fiction: literary fiction, general women’s fiction, and very well-written commercial fiction (psychological suspense, historical fiction, lady-lit, chick-lit).

Also interested in children’s and young adult writers.

client list: ASTRID & VERONIKA by Linda Olsson (Penguin); THE DEATH TRUST by David Rollins (Bantam); THE REINDEER PEOPLE by Piers Vitebsky, winner of Kiriyama Prize for Nonfiction 2005 (Houghton Mifflin) THE WASTED VIGIL by Nadeem Aslam, winner of Kiriyama Prize for Fiction, 2004 (Knopf); OCTAVIA: Daughter of God by Jane Shaw (Knopf); THE BRONTE MYTH by Lucasta Miller (Knopf);

send: Query and Partial MS

looking for: Novel

agents: Robert Astle

interested in: Non-fiction: narrative non-fiction, popular culture, arts and culture, theater and performance, sports, travel, celebrity, biography, politics, memoir, history, new media and multi-ethnic.

Fiction: literary fiction and commercial fiction-mysteries and suspense, thrillers, mainstream literary fiction, historical fiction, women's fiction, humor and satire and graphic novels. Also seeking writers in the genre of young audiences: middle grade and teen

client list: Blind Tom Wiggins by Deidre O'Connell, A Dog Named Slugger by Leigh Brill, Bourbon Street by Leonce Gaiter

send: Query Only

looking for: Non-Fiction Book