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: Eric G. Bollinger- nonfiction agent, Melinda Royer- fiction agent, Wanda Shaw

interested in: Non-fiction: Catholic, Autobiography/Biography/Memoir, Gay & Lesbian, History, Self-help and Sport

Fiction: mystery, thrillers, women's fiction, Gay & Lesbian and Young Adult

client list: Laurie Birnsteel- Sunspot, Ron DiZinno- Golfing in the Zone: The Short Game, Erica Black- The Call Girl Actress, Confessions of a Lesbian Escort

send: Query Only

looking for: Non-Fiction Book

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: 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

send: Query Only

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: 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: 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