by Writing Workshops Staff
12 months ago
If you have a manuscript that falls in the Autobiography/Memoir category that you're working on, take a look at these 50 literary agents below open to submissions and get your query letter ready and sent to their inbox.
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Miriam Altshuler
DeFiore and Company
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Harriet Brown, Andrew Carroll, Robb Forman Dew, Barbara Esstman, Joanna Pearson -
Regal Hoffmann & Associates
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Dan Cluchey, Patrick Dacey, Eldonna Edwards, Faith Gardner, Samantha Mabry, Joanne O'Sullivan, Jamie Raintree, Liesl Shurtliff, Melissa Scholes Young -
William Morris Endeavor
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Halle Butler, Chloe Cooper-Jones, Alexandra Kleeman, Alice Munro, Kiley Reid, Emma Straub, Curtis Sittenfeld, Jenna Wortham -
Bankoff Collaborative, LLC.
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Nancy Horan, Julie Schumacher, Douglas Brinkley, Frank Bruni, John Colapinto, Nicole Kelby, Chris Hedges, Joshua Henkin, Christa Parravani -
Massie & McQuilkin
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Kris D'Agostino, Amber Dermont, Michael Chorost -
The Book Group
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Patty Chang Anker, Juan Cole, Elisabeth Egan, Sophie Flack, Alison Singh Gee, Charlotte Gordon, J. Courtney Sullivan -
Aevitas Creative Management
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:I am at the very beginning of building a client list, but as an editor I worked with Sheila Heti, Helen Phillips, Ramona Ausubel, Gabriel Urza, Juan Gabriel Vasquez, Luvvie Ajayi, Rachel Khong, Julie Buntin, Matt Sumell, Eric Fair, Aria Sloss, and Evan Hughes, among others. -
Serendipity Literary Agency
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Derrick Barnes; Sundee Frazier; Ed Gordon; Dick Gregory; Marcus Hunter, PhD; Charreah Jackson; Lawrence Jackson; jessica Care moore; Marilyn Nelson; Claire Nicogossian; Calaya Reid; David Warmflash; Bil Wright -
Chris Calhoun Agency
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Billy Collins, Mary Beth Keane, Meghan O’Rourke, Ron Rosenbaum -
The Carr Agency, LLC
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Rand Fishkin, Keyu Jin, Jake Knapp, Lauren Markham, Trevor Shikaze, Krystal Sital, Andria Williams -
Friedrich Agency
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Duchess Goldblatt, Jessica Khoury, Glynnis MacNicol, Alexandra Oliva -
Chalberg & Sussman
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Alison Amend, Elise Blackwell, Margaux Fragoso, Jon Pineda, Andrew Porter, Glenn Taylor, Diana Wagman -
Chase Literary Agency
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Gilbert King, Jill Leovy, Dr. Edie Widder, Dan Slater, William Geroux, Dr. Lucy Jones, Jonathan Meiburg, Katie Booth -
Elyse Cheney Literary Associates
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Dave Eggers, Terri Jentz, Benjamin Kunkel, Nathaniel Rich, Suzanne Rivecca, Marco Roth, Jess Row. -
William Clark Associates
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Jake Adelstein, Lois Banner, Will Friedwald, Zack O'Malley Greenburg, Peter Hessler, Dzogchen Ponlop, Martha Teichner, Yuval Taylor -
The Clegg Agency
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Emma Cline, Nick Flynn, Rivka Galchen, Lauren Groff, Christopher Hebert, Tao Lin, Ottessa Moshfegh, Rob Spillman, Matthew Thomas, Kao Kalia Yang -
Aragi Inc.
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Ava Chin, Michael Cunningham, Anders Nilsen, Sharon Olds, Claudia Rankine, Ocean Vuong -
Laura Dail Literary Agency
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Lisa Bloom, Sarah Mlynowski, and Frank DeCaro -
DeFiore and Company
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Alan Gelb, Lindsey Klingele, Devi S. Laskar -
Liza Dawson Associates
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Annie Barrows, Tawni O'Dell, Mary Ann Shaffer -
DeFiore and Company
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Benjamin Hale, Tom Ryan, Brandon Stanton, Rick Yancey -
Abrams Artists Agency
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Genevieve Shaw Brown, Lauren Watt, Amy Dockser Marcus, Julie Rehmeyer -
Lotus Lane Literary
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Farhad Dadyburjor, Farrukh Dhondy, Sumi Hahn, Nancy Kim, Jerry McGill, Perumal Murugan, Vivek Narayanan, Shuja Nawaz, Annie England Noblin, Onyeka Nwelue, Pia Padukone, Vito Racanelli, RV Raman, Thomas Richards, Lucy Riles, Tom Riles, Rashmi Sadana, Kristin Sample, Arshia Sattar, Irwin Allan Sealy, Hindol Sengupta, Parvati Sharma, Amita Trasi, Sung J Woo, Ovidia Yu -
ICM Partners
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Arvin Ahmadi, Shane Burcaw, Brandy Colbert, Shannon Gibney, Christine Heppermann, Kelly Jensen, Morgan Parker, Veronica Rossi, Laura Ruby, Laurel Snyder, Anne Ursu, Arthur Yorinks -
Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Aimee Bender, Robin Black, Hilma Wolitzer -
Cheney Associates, LLC
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Lawrence Osborne, Jennine Capó Crucet, Ron Rash, Lisa Servon, David Treuer, Devin Leonard, Leah Vincent, Diksha Basu -
Falkin Literary
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Brittany Ackerman, Laurent Bouzereau, Dana Cann, Charlie Green, Suzanne Greenberg, Carol Guess, Bill Hillmann, Louisa Luna, David Masciotra, John Milius, Christian Picciolini, K. E. Semmel, Nora Seton, Ery Shin, Christian TeBordo, Teffanie Thompson, Kristen Zimmer -
Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Moustafa Bayoumi, Mary Ann Caws, Katharine Davis, James Magruder, Janna McMahan, Benjamin Percy, Chris Rose, Laura van den Berg -
Leigh Feldman Literary
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Judy Budnitz, Matt Burgess, Andrea Chapin, Sarah Dessen, Parnaz Foroutan, Danielle Ganek, T. J. Forrester, Amy Greene, Jessi Kirby, Beth McMullen, Patrick O'Keeffe, Robin Reul, Misa Sugiura, Alexander Weinstein, Ursula Werner, Kenneth Wishnia. -
Janklow & Nesbit Associates
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Stephanie Mannatt Danler, Kristin Dombek, Stanley Fish, Emily Gould, Kate Zambreno -
Fletcher & Company
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Lynn Coady, Vincent Lam, David Leonhardt -
The Friedrich Agency LLC
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Melissa Bank, Sue Grafton, Frank McCourt, Terry McMillan, Esmeralda Santiago, Jane Smiley, Elizabeth Strout -
Fletcher & Company
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Jake Bittle, Keri Blakinger, Sarah Everts, Natasha Joukovsky, Emily Neuberger, Rina Raphael -
Frances Goldin Literary Agency, Inc.
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Adrienne Rich (estate), Juan Gonzalez, James Kugel, Robert Tsai -
Fletcher & Company
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Heriberto Araújo, Daniel Sherrell, Alicia Puglionesi, Daisy Pitkin, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Toby Wilkinson -
Writers House
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Janelle Brown, Yvon Chouinard, Harry S. Dent, Jonathan Franzen, Lexi Freiman, Glen David Gold, Peter Golden, Charles Graeber, Noah Hawley, Gabe Hudson, Lindsey Lee Johnson, Liz Kay, Angie Kim, Rachel Kushner, Krys Lee, Mira T. Lee, Stephen Markley, Imbolo Mbue, Matthew McIntosh, Wayetu Moore, Thomas Mullen, Tim Murphy, Ruby Namdar, Dexter Palmer, Sarah Perry, Jordy Rosenberg, Gwyn Hyman Rubio, Brand Skyhorse, Jim St. Germain, William T. Vollmann, Nell Zink -
Fletcher & Company
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Pauline Chen, David Gillham, Kathleen Grissom, Maggie Shipstead -
The Gernert Company
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:John Donvan, Ophira Eisenberg, Elizabeth Green, Josh Levin, Caren Zucker -
The Fischer-Harbage Agency Inc.
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Ethan Brown, Courtney Eldridge, Bill Eppridge, Aliya King, Amy Sullivan, and Jackson Taylor -
Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Rebekah Frumkin, Ruth Joffre, Isaac Oliver, Charlyne Yi, Manoush Zomorodi, A. Brad Schwartz, Carson Vaughan, Angela Chen, Jared Yates Sexton, Amy Peterson, and others -
Janklow & Nesbit Associates
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Alexandra Borowitz, Katie Heaney, Swan Huntley, Anna Pitoniak, Anne Helen Petersen, Victoria James, Kelsey Miller -
Dunow, Carlson & Lerner
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:David Wroblewski, Susie Steiner, T. Geronimo Johnson, Aline Ohanesian, Susan Straight, Michael Lemonick -
DeFiore and Company
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:CJ Hauser, Lisa Hanawalt, Sean Michaels, Robin Wasserman, Kate Milliken -
Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Devorah Blachor, Natalie Eve Garrett, Thomas Grattan, Meredith Jacobs, Jennifer Kabat, Michael Kardos, Dave Madden, Laura Pritchett -
William Morris Endeavor
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Daniel James Brown, Helene Cooper, Frances de Pontes Peebles, Anton DiSclafani, the Estate of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Erika Johansen, the late Dr. Paul Kalanithi, Ann Leary, Paul Lynch, Kimberly McCreight, Beth Macy, Eric Puchner, Jennifer Vanderbes, Amor Towles, Elaine Weiss -
Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, Inc.
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors: -
ICM Partners
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Michael Chabon, Lee Durkee, Elizabeth Greenwood, Chuck Palahniuk, Morgan Parker, Ann Patchett, Dan Piepenbring, Amy Rose Spiegel, Ayelet Waldman -
Folio Literary Management
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Garth Stein, Eowyn Ivey, Elizabeth Letts, Robert Hicks, Charles J. Shields, Neil Abramson, Nick Trout, Karen Dionne -
Writers House LLC
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Tiffany Baker, Ingrid Law, Jennifer McMahon, Matt Rothschild -
Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency
Interested in Representing:Representative Authors:Mikita Brottman, Andrea Kleine, Mark Oppenheimer, Jean Zimmerman
