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Literary agents for mystery

Phrasemill lists literary agents who want mystery, based on what they say on their public websites. This page shows 10 of 177 agents. Agents whose websites say they are closed to submissions are omitted. How it works.

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  • Victoria Hobbs

    A.M. Heath & Co. · GB

    I am omnivorous when it comes to reading and my list reflects this, encompassing a wide range of genres and styles. I am open to submissions and always hoping to hear from new writers. In terms of who they might be, my…

  • Oli Munson

    A.M. Heath & Co. · GB

    I have a wonderfully varied list (one of the perks of being an agent) but I’ve always been a sucker for commercial fiction that has the Holy Trinity of pace, plot and character. Those are the three elements I’m looking f…

  • Chris Bucci

    Aevitas Creative Management · US

    Chris Bucci represents bestselling and award-winning fiction and non-fiction authors including, Highway of Tears by Jessica McDiarmid; Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? by Timothy Caulfield; and The War Widow by…

  • Jon Michael Darga

    Aevitas Creative Management · US

    Jon Michael Darga represents titles across a diverse range of genres, including memoir (most recently, the New York Times bestselling Vagabond by Tim Curry), pop culture (New York Times bestsellers How to Save a Life by…

  • Lori Galvin

    Aevitas Creative Management · US

    Lori specializes in upmarket fiction with propulsive storylines—book club, mystery, suspense, and psychologically layered narratives—and selectively represents cookbooks and literary memoir. Lori Galvin is a literary ag…

  • Lesley Thorne

    Aitken Alexander Associates · GB

    Alongside her work on adaptations for the agency’s books, she represents novelists, non-fiction writers and screenwriters with a particular emphasis on guiding authors to write for screen and screenwriters who originate…

  • Camilla Bolton

    Darley Anderson Literary, TV and Film Agency · London

    My focus is to find authors and books that will become future bestsellers and brands. I specialise in mysteries, suspense, thrillers, crime and book club fiction, but I’m also a huge fan of anything that embodies the nat…

  • Veronique Baxter

    David Higham Associates · GB

    I’m very proud of the eclectic list of adult fiction, children’s books and non-fiction I have built since then. I represent authors of literary and genre fiction including Naomi Alderman, Belinda Bauer, Carys Bray, Oliv…

  • Maddalena Cavaciuti

    David Higham Associates · GB

    I represent adult and YA romance, fantasy, crime & thriller. Across the board I am looking for hooky one-line pitches, compelling characters, and the kind of stories which turn into obsessions. I'm a fangirl at heart and…

  • Stephanie Glencross

    David Higham Associates · GB

    I am obsessed with crime, thriller, and dark commercial fiction. Crime has been my go-to genre as a reader for as long as I can remember. As a student, I worked at Crime in Store bookshop in London, which only deepened m…

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