Literary agents for speculative fiction — page 6
Phrasemill lists literary agents who want speculative fiction, based on what they say on their public websites. “speculative fiction” is a genre tag; its identifier is speculative-fiction. 219 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 (126–150 of 219)
Sophie is seeking fiction for middle grade through adult. Across the board, she is seeking works by historically underrepresented voices and stories with the sort of casual diversity that is representative of the world i…
Spurred by a desire to say “yes” more often and a love of early-stage book development, she started building a list of authors poised to change the world with shared vulnerability and groundbreaking ideas. She believes…
Says: “Science Fiction & Fantasy”
Says: “A speculative edge that moves the story forward and allows for deeper exploration of the human experience”
Says: “anything with a speculative element”
Presently, Michele is intensifying her pursuit of genre fiction, specifically: crime, horror, and speculative fiction. Narrative and prescriptive nonfiction remain priorities. And however children’s reading habits may be…
Tamara represents writer and illustrator clients in both the children’s and adult markets, with a particular focus on talented LGBTQ+ and BIPOC storytellers. Tamara is actively seeking graphic novels for all ages and ac…
Maura represents writers of narrative non-fiction, women’s fiction, thrillers, young adult, middle grade, picture books (author-illustrator only), and cookbooks. She is seeking literary works, women’s fiction, thrillers…
They specialize in fiction and are interested in projects that engage in any way with science-fictional, fantastical, speculative, weird, queer, poetic, folkloric, and leftist literary traditions. For fantasy, think boo…
Says: “Grounded science fiction and literary speculative”
She is especially looking for projects that combine genre style plotting with literary quality writing. She’s up for anything speculative, and is interested in seeing all types of science-fiction and fantasy, mystery an…
Says: “Whether supernatural, technothriller, high fantasy, magical realism or so on, she particularly enjoys anything speculative!”
She represents high-concept suspense, literary, and speculative fiction.
specializing in genre fiction and commercial non-fiction, especially the areas of SFF and pop-culture He is currently seeking new clients
Says: “YA speculative fiction”
She manages the subsidiary rights department, and is currently building her list in Middle Grade, Young Adult, and Adult fiction. For Young Adult and Middle Grade, she is looking for fantasy, sci-fi, and speculative fic…
Says: “speculative twists in contemporary settings”
Says: “YA with speculative elements”
I'm never looking for what is currently trendy because it will soon be gone. I'm interested in books like The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, which transcend the moment. Since I also work in the adult space, I am also look…
Says: “Smart speculative fiction grounded in culture, identity, or community”
On the kidlit side, I represent MG and YA, along with crossover novels that walk the line between YA and Adult. Whatever the age category or genre, I’m passionate about representing diverse and underrepresented voices, a…
Alex represents a variety of adult fiction and nonfiction. In literary fiction, he especially loves books that are style forward, poignant, or funny, ideally all three. He’s looking for character-driven upmarket novels w…
Says: “adult speculative fiction”
Esty is looking for romance in adult, new adult, or YA spaces, upmarket fiction, adult or YA grounded fantasy, and literary fiction. In YA and adult romance, Esty is looking for grounded fantasy like DIVINE RIVALS or EM…
What I desire most are books that can help with this, whether in a straightforward way like narrative nonfiction, or an oblique way like a fantasy or science fiction novel—I'm always on the lookout for books that are gro…
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