Literary agents for narrative journalism
Phrasemill lists literary agents who want narrative journalism, based on what they say on their public websites. “narrative journalism” is a genre tag; its identifier is narrative-journalism. 33 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.
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Agents (1–25 of 33)
Sarah Levitt represents critically acclaimed, award-winning, and NYT bestselling nonfiction and select fiction writers (including two MacArthur "Geniuses" and counting). Her list includes journalists, academics, historia…
Lauren Sharp represents award‑winning journalists, historians, scientists, and New York Times bestselling authors. Her nonfiction list spans politics, history, narrative nonfiction, current affairs, and science, and incl…
Says: “first-person questing narratives, on any topic, where the writer fully embeds themselves in the story they're reporting”
Emma Bal is a Literary Agent specialising in non-fiction. Emma Bal represents a dynamic non-fiction list, securing many major deals for her clients around the world. She champions leading experts including historians, a…
In non-fiction, I am looking for History and Big Ideas, Philosophy and Self-Help, Nature and Environmental Writing, and Sport. I am drawn to nature writing with a strong voice and a compelling message such as the writin…
Says: “combine personal stories with research/reportage”
Says: “deeply reported narratives”
Says: “Journalism that takes readers deeply into a world they've never seen before”
Says: “a narrative that combines a personal thread with reporting and analysis of a broader social or cultural issue”
We are dedicated to cultivating quality writing and unique ideas in a range of genres, with a focus on literary fiction, history, social issues, biography, popular science, the environment, and the culinary arts. We look…
A lover of the bizarre, the profane, the unsettling, the dark, and the darkly funny, he is drawn to writing that occupies a literary uncanny valley and to writers who move the cultural needle through direct confrontation…
As an agent based in Los Angeles, Will focuses on journalistic narratives, politics, history, pop culture, mental health, technology, and memoir.
Areas of interest include biography, criticism, history, memoir, and reportage, in areas including art and design, business, food, music, science, sports, travel, and urbanism. We champion deeply informed trade books (“…
As an agent, Joanne represents a wide array of nonfiction. She has vast experience working with academics and experts in diverse fields, helping them develop and write books for a broad market. She also has a particula…
Says: “Select nonfiction pieces tackling current affairs and social justice issues, particularly covering topics of racism, immigration, LGBTQIA+ rights, gender equality, and poverty”
Her roster of authors has since expanded to include international literary voices in any language, and literary fiction and non-fiction in English. She is particularly interested in voice-driven literary fiction, and se…
Rebecca is interested in commercial and literary fiction with a focus on literary novels of suspense, women’s fiction, contemporary romance, and young adult, as well as journalistic non-fiction and memoir. Most of all,…
Says: “deeply reported journalism”
Says: “I'm a sucker for a journalistic deep dive that has a compelling personal narrative woven throughout”
She represents a wide range of nonfiction, including voice-driven narrative non-fiction, cultural criticism, reportage, social and cultural history, and memoir; literary fiction; and a select list of poets.
Says: “Investigative reporting and narrative journalism”
Emma is interested in literary fiction and narrative nonfiction that grapples with climate change; ambitious multigenerational novels; speculative fiction; and dark or darkly comic domestic fiction. In nonfiction, she is…
I am passionate about finding and nurturing new literary voices, and helping authors who have a story to tell elevate their craft and share their work with the world. I am actively growing my client list, and am looking…
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