Emma Dries

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

About

Emma Dries is a writer and editor, and an agent at Triangle House Literary. She has worked on bestselling and award-winning books in editorial at Alfred A. Knopf, Doubleday Books, Ecco, and Flatiron Books. She has a B.A. in History from the University of Chicago and an M.F.A in Fiction from Johns Hopkins University. She grew up in Lower Manhattan, above the Fulton Fish Market, and now lives in the Hudson Valley.

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Emma is interested in literary fiction that grapples with climate change; ambitious multigenerational novels or family sagas; speculative fiction; literary thrillers; and dark or darkly comic domestic fiction. Authors she loves include Eleanor Catton, Kim Stanley Robinson, Jesmyn Ward, Barbara Kingsolver, David Mitchell, Lily King, Jean Hanff Korelitz, Pitchaya Sudbanthad, Lydia Millet, Jenny Offil, and Dan Chaon.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

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

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Emma is also seeking narrative nonfiction, longform journalism, essays and academic crossover. She is interested in climate, environment, institutional corruption, big idea books and object histories. She likes to work with academic writers with great narrative sensibilities, such as historians who can target an understudied era and spin an incredible yarn. She looking for personal narrative and memoir only insofar as it has a strong analytic or journalistic angle. Authors she loves include Kerry Howley, Eula Biss, Amitov Ghosh, Robert Macfarlane, Jesmyn Ward (again), Naomi Klein, and Anna Tsing.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Memoir.
Nature/Environment: Environmental issues.
Science.
Travel.

Submissions:

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

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We have received 4 reports from 4 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

14 min | 45.5 mean avg | 21.5 median | 125 max days (53.1 std dev)

Pending

1 response is pending (33 days waiting).

Other Information

The agent will try to make a decision within 84 days. (25.0 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 84 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 23 Jul 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 20 Mar 2026.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 05:36 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Last Updated: 14 Sep 2026

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