Literary agents who want quiet writing

Phrasemill lists literary agents who want quiet, based on what they say on their public websites. “quiet” is a tone tag; its identifier is quiet. 11 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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Rachel Yeoh
Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency · GB
Says: “unflinching stories where quiet truths emerge over time”
Rachel is a Literary Agent working with the agency’s bestselling brand authors and building a list in literary, upmarket and book club fiction, as well as select narrative non-fiction. As a literary agent, she represent…
Abigail Frank
Sanford J. Greenburger Associates · US
Says: “heartbreaking in quiet ways”
Abigail loves weird books that challenge people to see the world in new and expansive ways—with delight, empathy, indignation, curiosity, awe, and humor. She wants to read anything that could make someone think: “I didn’…
Erik Hane
Headwater Literary Management · US
I love what might get classified in pitch terms as “adult literary fiction,” and it’s what I read the most away from work, but I am interested in acquiring both upmarket and commercial fiction as well. I'm interested in…
Tess Weitzner
Frances Goldin Literary Agency · US
Says: “seemingly “quiet” that crack open larger questions”
She is primarily looking for upmarket fiction, literary fiction, and narrative nonfiction narrow and deep in scope that might play with unreliable narrators, interrogations of power and violence, reclamations of identity…
Orli Vogt-Vincent
David Higham Associates · GB
Says: “novels that make the world a little quieter by incentivising me to slow down and experience every word”
I am building an exciting literary fiction and non-fiction list, and I am also lucky enough to work across DHA managing director Lizzy Kremer’s list of internationally bestselling writers. In terms of fiction, I am look…
Abby Walters
David Black Literary Agency · US
Says: “intimate and precise”
At David Black, Abby is focused on representing upmarket and literary fiction and is most interested in novels that privilege voice and psychological depth. She is especially eager for character-driven narratives center…
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HG Literary · US
She represents visually striking books across the young reader space, from preschool to young adult, from graphic novels to novels. In the adult space, she represents select upmarket fiction, political journalism, and gr…
Susan Velazquez Colmant
JABberwocky Literary Agency · US
Says: “things to be more meditative on why these “cultish” things mean so much to the characters”
In general, I gravitate towards any story that details a complicated family dynamic, illustrates a transformative coming-of-age experience, and features unique voices like multicultural and LGBTQIA+ characters. To note,…
Ben Kaslow-Zieve
Park, Fine & Brower Literary Management · US
He loves non-fiction of all kinds, especially books that seek to translate big ideas to a broad audience and authors who help us better understand the time and place in which we live. Whether in science, history, memoir…
Michaela McGuire
a4 Literary · AU
Says: “spare, elegant novels”
In fiction, I’m frequently drawn to charming and winning novels about complicated relationships between families, lovers and friends, such as The Interestings, Commonwealth, Writers & Lovers, The Bee Sting and The In-Bet…
Sian Ellis-Martin
Blake Friedmann Literary · London
Says: “a quieter tale”
I work with fiction and non-fiction authors in the commercial, upmarket and accessible literary space. I’m keen to hear from authors who feel their voice is underrepresented in publishing and it’s important to me to work…

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