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An agent with Janklow & Nesbit Associates (see other agents at this agency).

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Chris Clemans received his BA in English from Duke University, with a minor in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics. After internships at The New Republic and The New York Observer, he began his career in publishing at William Morris Endeavor. In 2014, he left WME to help start The Clegg Agency, where he became an agent. He joined Janklow & Nesbit in 2018.
Chris’s authors have become instant New York Times bestsellers and been honored with numerous awards and distinctions, including a National Book Foundation “5 Under 35” honor, a National Book Award in Fiction longlist selection, a PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel longlist selection, a Chicago Review of Books Award in Fiction, an Andy Warhol Arts Writers Grant, a Wallace Stegner Fellowship, a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, a Barnes & Noble Book of the Year finalist selection, a Barns & Noble Discover selection, a Center for Fiction First Novel Prize longlist selection, a Chicago Writer’s Association Book of the Year Award, a New American Press Fiction Prize, a Heartland Booksellers Award in Fiction finalist selection, multiple High Plains Book Awards in Fiction, multiple New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice selections, and multiple Best Books of the Year selections from The New York Times, NPR, Vogue, and Chicago Tribune, and others.

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United States

Fiction Open

His taste in fiction tends toward the literary.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Genres:

General.

Lengths:
Novel
Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

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

Nonfiction Open

On the nonfiction side he’s interested in narrative journalism, cultural criticism, and voice-driven memoir and essays.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Lengths:
Nonfiction Collection
Book
Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics, including....
Memoir.
Society/Culture.

Submissions:

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

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Dates

Last Updated: 19 Mar 2025
Last Audited: 19 Mar 2025. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 14 May 2018

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