Literary agents who want diverse protagonists stories — page 2
Phrasemill lists literary agents who want diverse protagonists, based on what they say on their public websites. “diverse protagonists” is a trope tag; its identifier is diverse-protagonists. 80 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 (26–50 of 80)
Adriana has a long trajectory of supporting authors and illustrators from underrepresented backgrounds and always welcomes submissions that offer a diverse point of view. She is interested in illustrators with fresh, un…
She reps kidlit through adult fiction and nonfiction and prioritizes underrepresented authors, especially BIPOC authors, across the board. Her favorite submissions usually have something to say about the world we live i…
I am exclusively looking for Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian, and Pacific Islander voices who are or are not LGBTIQA+—basically anyone underrepresented and/or marginalized. I love diverse and unique work that is fast-p…
I am looking to amplify underrepresented stories and voices across genres. I am especially interested in literary and upmarket-crossover fiction, narrative nonfiction, and contemporary children’s books (middle grade and…
Hannah is looking for literary and upmarket fiction, as well as select nonfiction. In fiction, she gravitates toward nuanced and compelling work that digs deep into a wide range of emotions. She’s automatically drawn t…
She has a soft spot for speculative stories, mysteries, and anything delightfully weird, and is seeking high-concept, voice-driven adult fiction with strong emotional stakes, a clear hook, and broad commercial appeal. Sh…
Bethany is seeking middle grade and young adult fiction in all genres, as well as adult fantasy, romance, and select horror/thrillers. She is especially interested in diverse fantasy, rom-coms, and historical romance.…
Jeanne De Vita, Literary Manager Adult romance and romantasy; select women's fiction, genre fiction and nonfiction She is excited by strong voices and compelling stories across the sub-genres of fiction, with a specific…
She represents picture books, as well as middle-grade and young-adult literature, specifically focusing on author-illustrators. I am eager for character-driven stories that explore what it means to be human while leavin…
what i'd like to represent... adult Suspense (Psychological and Domestic, like First Lie Wins) Romance Contemporary with a strong commercial hook (Like Happy Place) Light fantasy/paranormal grounded in the real world Boo…
In YA, she loves creative and epic fantasies, but she is also drawn to realistic stories with multi-dimensional female characters. She is always interested in elevating diverse voices, particularly through feminist narr…
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…
Thao represents children's, YA, Romance, and Sci-fi/Fantasy. She enjoys clever, heartfelt, and commercial middle grade and YA in prose or graphic novel format and across genres. In the Adult SFF realm, she’s a fan of c…
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…
Sophie is seeking fiction for middle grade through adult. Across the board, she is seeking works by historically underrepresented voices and stories with the sort of casual diversity that is representative of the world i…
Actively looking for NA Books across all genres, she is also interested in Adult, Young Adult, and Middle-Grade Fantasy, as well as both Upmarket and Commercial Adult, all with never-before-seen worldbuilding, unique cha…
Maura represents writers of narrative non-fiction, women’s fiction, thrillers, young adult, middle grade, picture books (author-illustrator only), and cookbooks. She is seeking literary works, women’s fiction, thrillers…
Valerie loves science fiction that explores what the world might look like tomorrow as in Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel or A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher. She also loves fantasy tha…
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