Literary agents looking for books about psychology — page 2
Phrasemill lists literary agents who want psychology, based on what they say on their public websites. “psychology” is a subject tag; its identifier is psychology. 100 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 (26–50 of 100)
She looks for opportunities where her experience can help elevate the author’s expertise to find the best editorial home for their work, then a strong publicity and launch plan to help their book succeed long after it is…
Sheree Bykofsky founded Sheree Bykofsky Associates, Inc. in 1991. A long standing member of the AAR (now the Association of American Literary Agents, and the first agent to have a web page, Sheree has represented over a…
Sonali Chanchani is a literary agent at Folio Literary Management, focusing primarily on nonfiction that advances current social and cultural conversations and centers historically underrepresented voices and perspective…
In nonfiction she is drawn to narrative and idea-driven work shaped by expansive curiosity, especially projects that render the hidden structures of the world more legible. Her areas of interest include science, technolo…
Katherine represents history, biography, politics, current affairs, investigative journalism, narrative nonfiction, cultural criticism, pop culture, adventure, true crime, science, nature, medicine, business, sociology,…
Says: “popular science and psychology”
With over forty years of agenting experience, Heide’s books reflect her background, interests, and passions. As the agency’s president, she has represented books that analyze and guide the roles of women in business as…
Personal transformation is the first step in global transformation, and my passion is developing books that help readers cultivate more awareness, fulfillment, and purpose in life. With literacy and attention spans decl…
We are always looking for new and interesting projects to get excited about. Margret is interested in a wide range of commercial and literary fiction and nonfiction, historical fiction, medical suspense, legal thrillers…
Trinity largely represents narrative and idea-driven nonfiction that combines intellectual depth with broad commercial appeal. She's especially interested in authors who bring original thinking, lived experience, rigoro…
Tom has a stellar reputation for developing and selling both commercial and serious narrative nonfiction as well as select literary fiction. With nonfiction, he’s looking for highly credentialed experts with strong netw…
Says: “Popular Science & Psychology”
Wendy loves voice and story-driven fiction that hits that sweet spot between literary and mainstream. She has a passion for Southern voices, suspense with a well-developed protagonist, and has a weakness for family secre…
Tessler Literary Agency is a full-service boutique agency formed in 2004 by Michelle Tessler. Based in the Flatiron District in Manhattan, we are dedicated to writers of high quality fiction and non-fiction. Our clients…
Says: “the human mind”
I am lucky to represent an actively growing list of writers of both fiction and narrative non-fiction. On the fiction side, I read widely so don't like to be too prescriptive, but I do love novels that explore those mome…
Says: “projects that take a new angle on psychology and social or cultural history”
When we launched Graham Maw Christie in 2005, we set out to focus on non-fiction and wanted to build a collaborative, creative, market-driven agency. Twenty years on, a few of our clients also write fiction. She is driv…
BIG IDEAS BOOKS: Non-fiction ideas which can be in the area of pop psychology, popular science, business, history, health and wellness, lifestyle, relationships, parenting, cookbooks PLATFORM BASED NON-FICTION: must hav…
I read to get into other people's heads, so I'm always looking for character-led fiction, particularly those in the contemporary book club, upmarket, or crossover literary spaces. I love reading about unusual character…
Says: “work that helps us understand ourselves”
I am building a small, curated list of clients with whom I can collaborate and sell their books into the UK/US, alongside my translation rights work. In my spare time I’m an enthusiastic home cook and baker, and enjoy e…
Her interests span a range of genres—from hard-nosed business books to otherworldly historical novels. She represents a wide variety of adult and YA fiction and nonfiction, including commercial and literary fiction, upm…
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