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Brianne Johnson

An agent with HG Literary (see other agents at this agency).

About

After working at independent bookstores through her late teens and early twenties, Bri started at Writers House as starry-eyed intern in 2007 and worked her way up to Senior Agent before moving to HG Literary in 2021.

Bri cultivates an omnivorous list and represents both children's and adult fiction. Across genre, she loves unique narrative structures, unreliable narrators, alternative lifestyles, and dark humor.

Some of her clients include NYT bestseller Heather Fawcett (Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries series), Genevieve Gornichec (The Witch's Heart), Edgar Award winner Wesley King, Greg Howard, Camilla Bruce, Kate Scelsa, Holly Grant, Joya Goffney, and others.

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United States

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Statistics Synopsis

Slower
Brianne Johnson's overall average response time is slower than most agents.
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Fiction Temp Closed

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, Children, Middle grades, Young adults, All ethnic groups/populations, All genders, All sexual identities.

Genres:

Open to all/most Genres, including:
General Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Cross-Genre, Historical, Magic Realism
Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Cross-Genre, Historical, Magic Realism
Romance Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Cross-Genre, Historical

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Sexuality/Gender: LGBTQ issues, Women/Female issues.
Society/Culture: General, Social issues.

Submissions:

Method: QueryTracker.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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Brianne Johnson Submission Statistics

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This agent ranks among the 25 Slowest Fiction Agents in our database.
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Accuracy
We have received 8 reports from 8 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported
35 min | 200.3 mean avg | 220.0 median | 246 max days (78.0 std dev)
Pending
2 responses are pending (19 min | 140.0 mean avg | 140.0 median | 261 max days waiting | 1,544.5 std dev) from 2 different members This only includes pending reports from people who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

Other Information

The agent will try to make a decision within 56 days. (87.5 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 56 days.)
Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 28 Jul 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 13 Apr 2026.
Date compiled: 01 Nov 2026 05:17 UTC (5 hours, 2 minutes ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 19 Oct 2026

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