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Aram Fox

An agent with Massie McQuilkin & Altman Literary Agents (see other agents at this agency).

About

ARAM FOX represents adult fiction and nonfiction. Aram is looking for novelists – literary and commercial – who put immersive storytelling front and center. Regardless of genre, what gets Aram’s attention is a writer who brings authentic emotional consequences to their fiction. In nonfiction, he’s a ferocious advocate for deeply reported narrative nonfiction and singular memoir, including eye-opening writing about culture, politics, science, history and natural history. Aram recently sold debut novels to Bloomsbury, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster and Pamela Dorman Books/Penguin Random House, and he’s currently developing nonfiction projects with activist-oriented journalists, an alarm-ringing scientist, and historians who are using 20th century history to tell us something urgent about our 21st century world. Aram began his career in film and tv before moving to one of the major publishing houses. At age 26, he launched a book scouting agency where for 23 years he represented American film/tv companies and international publishers, guiding his film/tv and publisher clients to option and acquire a Who’s Who of future prize-winners and bestsellers including Brit Bennett, Emma Cline, Hernan Diaz, Anthony Doerr, Angela Duckworth, Lena Dunham, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Alex Honnold, Patrick Radden Keefe, Timothy Snyder, Jeff VanderMeer and Michelle Zauner among many others.

This agent may not respond to all queries. After waiting 21 days, assume your submission will not be accepted.

Country

United States

AI Policy

Unknown AI policy

Statistics Synopsis

Faster
Aram Fox's overall average response time is faster than most agents.

Collapse section Fiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

Collapse section Nonfiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream, Personal.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Memoir.
Nature/Environment: See guidelines.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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Aram Fox Submission Statistics

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Accuracy
We have received 8 reports from 8 different members within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported
12 min | 35.2 mean avg | 29.5 median | 480 max days (158.9 std dev)

Other Information

The agent will try to make a decision within 21 days. (87.5 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 21 days.)
This agent may not respond to all queries. After waiting the time indicated above, assume your submission will not be accepted.
Most recent response reported was received on 14 Jul 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 19 Jun 2026.
Date compiled: 05 Sep 2026 23:13 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 05 Aug 2026

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