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: Marlene Stringer

interested in: Non-fiction: history, military history, parenting, music, sports, and science.

client list: Alex Bledsoe Jennifer K. Blom Jenny Dahl Erica Hayes Alyxandra Harvey

send: Query and Partial MS

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Maryann Karinch

interested in: Non-fiction in the following categories: Health/Medicine, Culture/Values, History/Biography/Memoir, Science/Technology, and Military/Intelligence, LIfestyle, Business

client list: CAS 168, by Fred Pushies (AMACOM), The Modern Girl’s Entertainment and Etiquette Handbook by Curtrise Garner (Adams Media), The Other Struggle for Palestine, by Jonathan Schanzer (Palgrave Macmillan), Get People to Do What You Want, by Greg Hartley and Maryann Karinch (Career Press), Murder in Mayberry, by Mary Branson and Jack Branson (New Horizon Press)

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: Frank Weimann, John Schuster, Jaimee Garbacik, Priya Ratneshwar

interested in: Fiction and Non-fiction.

Fiction: Children's, Fantasy, Historical, Horror, Science Fiction, Women's Fiction, Young Adult

Non-fiction: Biography, Business, Health & Fitness, Humor, Memoirs, Music & Dance, Pop Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Self-Help, True Crime

client list: The Alchemyst by Michael Scott, The Far Reaches by Homer Hickam; Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley; and Dog and Bear By Laura Vaccaro Seeger, The I Chong: Meditations from the Joint by Tommy Chong, Keep It Simple by Terry Bradshaw and David Fisher, The First American: The Life And Times Of Benjamin Franklin by H.W. Brands, Patton and Rommel by Dennis Showalter, T.O. by Terrell Owens

send: Query and Partial MS

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Barbara L. Ellis, Hannah Greenberg

interested in: Non-fiction: memoirs; sociopolitical titles; contemporary politics; titles on the politics of war, the media, political economics, consumerism, women's issues; China; Iran; sharp, commercial narrative nonfiction, including "How to" titles; cutting-edge business titles; commercial titles on popular culture;

Fiction: strong women's fiction with compelling and complex female characters; sophisticated quality thrillers (particularly medical, legal & financial categories); character-driven mysteries; and contemporary Southern fiction. *Please, NO fiction titles involving terrorist plots, unless you have a very strong platform to write on such. No chick-lit titles.

client list: Maggots in My Sweet Potatoes: Women Doing Time by Susan Lankford; The Dog Diet: What My Dog Taught Me About Shedding Pounds, Licking Stress and Getting a New Leash on Life by Patti Lawson; The Thunder of Angels: Behind the Scenes of Segregation by Donnie Williams with Wayne Greenhaw; Subway People by David Perlmutter and Stanley Fischler; Aldous Huxley by Dana Sawyer

send: Query Only

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Nancy Coffey, Joanna Stampfel-Volpe

interested in: Currently looking for unusual chick lit, hen lit, erotica, a spectacular gothic novel and a great historical novel.

Specific Interests:

JOANNA - chap books to upper YA (non-fiction, contemporary, humor, historical and fantasy *fantasy/sci-fi needs to really stand out, unique), romance (historical, paranormal, contemporary), fantasy (women's, urban, steampunk, unique), up-market fiction (dark, literary, horror, dark comedies, speculative fic), narrative non-fiction (pop culture, environmental, foodie)

NANCY - thrillers (political, espionage, military, psychological), historical novels (womens), up-market women's fiction, multicultural fiction, gothic romances, sagas, middle grade and young adult fiction

What we both are NOT interested in right now:
cozies, cookbooks, academic non-fiction, epic fantasy for adults, hi-science fiction, poetry, collections/short stories, screenplays

client list: THE AMERICAN by Andrew Britton, REVENGE OF THE SHADOW KING by Jon Lewis & Derek Benz, LUMBY LINES by Gail Fraser, TALES OF A DRAMA QUEEN by Lee Nichols, TAKEN BY STORM, Rochelle Allers, FROM THE HEART OF COVINGTON by Joan Medlicott, MIDWIFE OF THE BLUE RIDGE by Christine Blevins

send: Query Only

looking for: Novel

agents: Deborah Carter

interested in: Non-Fiction: Adventure nonfiction, literary narrative nonfiction by writers with formal training, nonfiction topics: music, writing, birds, gardening, children's nonfiction that offers something new in its category

client list: The Adventures of Molly Whuppie and Other Appalachian Folktales by Anne Shelby, Girls Can Play Trumpet, Too by Karen Stober, The Fund by Wes DeMott

send: Query Only

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

agents: Deborah Carter

interested in: Fiction: literary novels and short story and poetry collections with popular appeal, mysteries/thrillers/suspense novels with literary merit that are not derivative, espionage fiction, children's fiction

client list: The Adventures of Molly Whuppie and Other Appalachian Folktales by Anne Shelby, Girls Can Play Trumpet, Too by Karen Stober, The Fund by Wes DeMott

send: Query Only

looking for: Novel

agents: Max Gartenberg (President), Anne G. Devlin (Agent), Will Devlin (Agent)

interested in: Max Gartenberg Literary Agency is an author-focused agency, which handles books of fiction and non-fiction intended for general readers.

Max Gartenberg Special interests: biography, military history, environment, and narrative non-fiction

Anne G. Devlin Special interests: current events, women’s issues, health, literary fiction and mysteries

Will Devlin Special interests: commercial fiction, sports, popular culture, humor and politics

client list: The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China (Westview) by Ralph D. Sawyer, a Selection of the Military Book Club; The Dying of the Trees by Charles E. Little (Viking), The Frog Prince by Maurice Girodias (Crown), Once They Moved Like the Wind by David Roberts (Simon and Schuster), The Total Film-Maker by Jerry Lewis (Random House), A Heritage of Stone by Jim Garrison (Putnam), Bird: The Legend of Charlie Parker by Robert George Reisner (Citadel)

send: Query Only

looking for: Non-Fiction Book