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: 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: Vicky Bijur, Claire Dunnington

interested in: Fiction: Mystery, Graphic fiction

Non-Fiction: Reference, Biography, History, Mind/body/spirit, Health, Cookbooks, Science, Journalism, Graphic non-fiction, Memoir, Parenting

client list: Larry Gonick's CARTOON HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE, volumes 1-3 (Doubleday and Norton), CARTOON HISTORY OF THE MODERN WORLD (HarperCollins); WHAT THE DEAD KNOW by Laura Lippman (Harper); THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY by Robert Kanigel (Scribner); CHESTER HIMES: A LIFE by James Sallis (Walker), THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS by Jack Gorman, M.D. (St. Martin's); WATER by Alice Outwater (Basic Books);

send: Book Proposal

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Zoe Pagnamenta

interested in: Commercial fiction and non-fiction, including biography, history, memoir, narrative, business, and popular science. NOT interested in screenplays, self-help, poetry or genre fiction including mystery, sci-fi or romance.

client list: Todd Solondz, Dan Washburn, Paul Haven, Alice Mattison

send: Query and Partial MS

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Wendy Weil, Emily Forland, Emma Patterson

interested in: Fiction: literary and commercial fiction, mystery/thriller

Non-fiction: memoir, narrative non-fiction, journalism, history, current affairs, books on health, science, popular culture, lifestyle, and art history.

client list: THE TELL-TALE HORSE by Rita Mae Brown, THE PHILOSOPHER'S APPRENTICE by James Morrow, The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy by Bill Hayes

send: Query Only

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Jonathan Clements

interested in: Fiction:
* Historical
* Contemporary
* Inspirational
* Military

Non-Fiction:
* Biography/Memoir
* Sports
* Current Events / Pop Culture

send: Query and Partial MS

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: David Gernert, Sarah Burnes, Allison Cohen, Stephanie Cabot, Courtney Gatewood, Chris Parris-Lamb, Will Roberts, Erika Storella

interested in: They represent equal parts fiction (commercial and literary writers, both well-known and soon-to-be, whether writing for adults or younger readers) and nonfiction (biographers, memoirists, journalists, essayists, bloggers, and writers of trade and scholarly nonfiction in subjects ranging from sports and history to current events and science).

Sarah: As an editor, she acquired and edited literary fiction and non-fiction, and as an agent has added children's fiction to her list. She is always on the lookout for sharp, original voices.

Courtney: does not accept queries

Chris: Things he likes include, but are not limited to, college basketball, fly-fishing, most forms of musical expression, and novels that engage the reader through both their prose and their story.

Will: His main interests are history, politics and fiction.

Erika: her personal library includes literary fiction and memoir, as well as works on history, contemporary art and theory, sociology, and crafts.

client list: John Grisham, Alexandra Potter, Stella Duffy, Stewart O'Nan, Nicholas Griffith

send: Query and Partial MS

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Whitney Lee

interested in: Handles the foreign rights for titles on behalf of many prominent literary agencies and publishers and also represents a select number of authors domestically.

Interested in Fiction and Non-Fiction

Fiction: General fiction, Mystery, Fantasy/science fiction, Juvenile fiction

Non-fiction: Biography, Computers/technology, Business/investing/finance, History, Mind/body/spirit, Health, Travel, Lifestyle, Children's books, Sports, African-American, Science, Humor, Ethnic fiction, Popular culture

client list: MOTHER MAYHEM by Sue Ann Jaffarian, the third book in the Odelia Grey Mystery Series to Midnight Ink/Llewellyn; EVERY CROOKED POT by Renee Rosen, a quirky coming-of-age novel, to St. Martin's Press; HE JUST THINKS HE'S NOT THAT INTO YOU by Danielle Whitman, a parody, to Running Press/Perseus; FACADE FOR A PENNY ARCADE by James Reiss, a literary novel, to Rager Media World rights to THE BUTTER MAN by Elizabeth Letts and Ali Alalou, a children's picture book (Charlesbridge), ATOMIC WEDGIES, WET WILLIES & OTHER ACTS OF ROGUERY, a humorous reference guide by Greg Tananbaum and Dan Martin (Santa Monica Press), NA rights to QUALITY OF CARE and FAMILY PLANNING, two women's fiction novels by Elizabeth Letts (NAL/Accent), Film option for GETTING OVER JACK WAGNER by Elise Juska (Dara Weintraub)

send: Query Only

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Kate Epstein

interested in: Agency represents non-fiction books in categories such as: Crafts, Fashion, Humor, Inspiration, Journalism, Lifestyles, Memoir, Nonfiction Narrative, Parenting, Pets, Popular Culture, Reference, Relationships, Self-Help, Women's Interest.

Rarely attracted to any of these: diet books, alternative health books, business books aimed at management, memoirs about your family history, history, sports. But you can always try.

client list: Tips and Tidbits for the Horse Lover by Tena Bastian (Howell Book House), Don't Look Behind You by Peter Allison (Globe Pequot), Rock Star Mommy by Judy Davids, Crochet for Men by Drew Emborsky, Love Me, Love My Dog by Elaine Gewirtz (T.F.H. Publications), My Teen Has Had Sex, Now What Do I Do? by Maureen Lyon, Ph.D

send: Query Only

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Elizabeth Kaplan

interested in: They welcome new authors in the areas of narrative and practical nonfiction, biography, history, memoir, pop culture, literary fiction, YA and middle grade fiction, historical fiction and commercial women’s fiction.

client list: E. Lockhart, Michael Ruhlman

send: Query Only

looking for: Non-Fiction Book