Headwater Literary Management

About this Agency

HLM is a full-service literary agency designed to do far more than help authors negotiate book deals. Our mission is to support our clients in the moments when writers otherwise feel most isolated in their careers—whether it is developing a concept or proposal from scratch, finding short-form opportunities between books, or applying for that MFA program or grant. We are advocates who will work to build your career from the ground up, because we believe that together we can not only open the usual doors but also knock down some drywall, too. As agents, it is the core of our job to help authors build as sustainable a career as possible in the long term. We represent clients with diverse identities from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, across a wide range of publishing categories. Our authors publish with Big-5 imprints and indie presses, secure foreign-rights agreements and IP deals. At every step of the way, we are responsive, transparent, honest, and hands-on. Headwater Literary Management is a boutique agency with big-firm reach, founded by agents with a clear vision of what modern writers need and the experience to get the job done.