Literary agents for narrative nonfiction — page 16
Phrasemill lists literary agents who want narrative nonfiction, based on what they say on their public websites. “narrative nonfiction” is a genre tag; its identifier is narrative-nonfiction. 431 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 (376–400 of 431)
Mytecia represents and develops select nonfiction and fiction projects, creative voices with distinctive perspectives, and meaningful stories to tell. She is particularly interested in projects that translate thought-pr…
Says: “topical or narrative nonfiction”
She is passionate about the intersections of spirituality, creativity, and justice and is currently seeking nonfiction manuscripts with these themes. She is especially seeking titles with practical, unique, and creative…
Says: “strong non-fiction writers”
Says: “narrative nonfiction across a broad range of topics”
Says: “narrative non-fiction that sheds light on overlooked moments”
Jim is a former academic who specializes in helping leaders in business, academia, government, and the non-profit sector to translate their expertise into bestsellers for maximum impact. He does the same for journalists…
Says: “non-fiction from subject matter experts who can write for a general readership”
She acquires books in a wide range of areas in the humanities and social sciences. She works with authors writing general readership books, as well as scholarly books. Special interests: current events, environment, bi…
What I look for most in any project is story. While I specialize in children's literature, I am always looking for narrative non-fiction and adult fiction (genre and literary) that elevates story, character, and the nar…
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…
Says: “non-fiction of all kinds”
Says: “smart narrative nonfiction”
Says: “Narrative nonfiction based upon true people and places set in any time period on or before the 1970s”
She is passionate about working with authors on still-germinating first proposal drafts, as well as suggesting those final tweaks to make a proposal or a book sing. For her, each part of the book making journey is an op…
His list consists of fiction and narrative nonfiction for all ages, from the innovatively literary to the unabashedly commercial, and includes multiple million-copy bestsellers and award-winners.
I’m interested in your adult literary, upmarket, historical, and survival fiction; family sagas; Westerns; mysteries, crime novels, and thrillers; narrative nonfiction; novellas; and short story collections. I’ve been kn…
Says: “narrative nonfiction for adults”
Says: “a deeply researched non-fiction work”
Says: “Select narrative nonfiction and memoir”
Zeynep is looking for literary and historical fiction, literature in translation, and narrative nonfiction.
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