Literary agents for biography — page 4
Phrasemill lists literary agents who want biography, based on what they say on their public websites. “biography” is a genre tag; its identifier is biography. 155 agents currently want it. Agents whose websites say they are closed to submissions are omitted. The quoted evidence for each tag is on the agent's profile. How it works.
Agents (76–100 of 155)
For non-fiction, Elly is particularly looking for experts in their fields and writers of: history, nature, science, self-development, biography and memoir, original thinking, lifestyle and food. She is after books that g…
Gates represents a range of nonfiction, including narrative and expert-driven works, memoir, current affairs, pop culture, as well as literary fiction and children’s books.
Working out of Aevitas’s New York office, von Mehren is interested in narratives in the areas of business, history, memoir, popular culture and science, books that help us live our best lives, literary, book club, and hi…
Janet Silver represents a roster of bestselling and award-winning authors of literary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. At Aevitas, Janet represents authors whose fiction and nonfiction are notable for compellin…
Bridget Wagner Matzie represents a dynamic list of journalists, scientists, doctors, business leaders, activists, and expert writers who inspire, challenge and expand our understanding of the world. She is most interest…
Granger takes on projects with the potential to leave a mark. Granger represents primarily non-fiction and is obsessed with topics across an extremely wide spectrum—politics; food culture; big acts of journalism; actual…
Valeria is passionate about expanding her non-fiction list, working with thought leaders, experts and visionaries to craft books that inspire a wiser and healthier world. Her focus is on representing high-quality zeitge…
Becky is interested in investigative journalism, history, current affairs, science, and big ideas that change the conversation.
He is building an international list, primarily non-fiction but with select fiction projects. His tastes in non-fiction are eclectic: interests include history, biography, social science, mental health, spirituality, mu…
We welcome submissions from authors worldwide who have crafted compelling stories that captivate, challenge, and inspire. We accept submissions across a range of genres, but for a better idea of what we’d like to repres…
He is looking for gripping narrative non-fiction, and well written, mind-expanding works in the areas of history, biography, memoir, current affairs, sport, popular culture and popular science.
Gus enjoys reading across genres and moves happily between narrative nonfiction, biography and contemporary prose fiction.
I am looking for bold literary and upmarket fiction that makes me sit up and pay attention at a sentence level. Be it a multi-generational family saga or an anatomy of a single day, I am drawn to novels that can balance…
I’m largely a reader of literary and upmarket fiction and narrative non-fiction. In fiction, I love relationship dramas of all kinds, both grounded and melodramatic. I especially love if they’re a vehicle to explore bro…
She is most interested in narrative nonfiction, especially memoir, biography, history, and cultural criticism.
Danielle specializes in upmarket and literary fiction, young adult and middle grade fiction, as well as select nonfiction. Thanks to her extensive editorial background, she enjoys working closely with authors to develop…
History, business, self-help, science, gardening, cookbooks, crafts, parenting, memoir, true crime and travel. Teach me something new, something I couldn't find somewhere else, something based on original research and th…
Jonathan Agin is interested in non-fiction—mainly intellectual and social history, biography, and cultural criticism. His clients include journalists, scholars, and other highly perceptive and opinionated writers workin…
Fiction: Literary fiction (think big, sweeping narratives and multigenerational sagas that span locations and time like Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing or Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life), upmarket book club fiction that doesn’t s…
Tanusri represents writers in the children’s and adult spaces across fiction and nonfiction. In the YA and middle-grade spaces, she’s drawn to contemporary coming-of-age stories, charming and relatable romances, ambitio…
Our interest ranges—we handle works of biography, criticism, history, memoir, and reportage, in areas including art and design, business, food, music, science, sports, travel, and urbanism. Our guidance begins in the ea…
Her interests are wide-ranging and her clients' work includes contemporary, historical and literary fiction, crime and thrillers, memoir, biography and narrative history.
She represents authors of children’s literature, including picture books, middle grade, and young adult, with a particular passion for stories that center underrepresented voices and experiences. Jessica is drawn to hea…
Paige is specifically seeking Smart, sexy romance with a strong conceit A food memoir and/or food-centric novel Accredited expertise and science-backed ideas about health and general wellbeing (bonus points if the scie…
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