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

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Ian began his career in publishing at Farrar, Straus & Giroux, where he worked at the nexus of sales, publicity, and marketing. Having booked tours, pitched and edited essays from authors across Macmillan, and rescued numerous readings from disaster and near-miss, he departed for the agency world, joining Janklow & Nesbit in 2016. A graduate of the Columbia Publishing Course at the Columbia Journalism School, Ian holds a B.A. in English with a focus in Creative Writing from Vanderbilt University.
With his combined experience in the literary agency and publisher trenches, Ian brings a holistic understanding to the total endeavor of publishing, from proposal to indie bookshelf. He is fiercely committed to his authors and deeply grateful to assist in bringing new ideas, outlooks and worlds into existence. He hails from Portland, Oregon.

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Fiction Open

Ian Bonaparte
Role
Literary Agent
Ian Bonaparte is actively acquiring in the areas of popular history, science, outward-looking memoir, and narrative-driven nonfiction. He is looking for books that will shift paradigms, our understanding of the world, and/or ourselves. Within nonfiction, he is also interested in deeply reported or embedded stories, unruly obsessions, big idea, social justice, and projects that will move the Overton window of discourse.
In fiction he is seeking a select list of literary (and literary-crossover) novels, particularly elevated horror or genre-inflected narratives. But he is interested in seeing any novel that is both moving and plot-driven. ("If you cry, you must buy!")

Audience:

Adults.

Genres:
General General
Open to all/most Genres Open to all/most Genres
Lengths:
Novel 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.

Nonfiction Open

Ian Bonaparte is actively acquiring in the areas of popular history, science, outward-looking memoir, and narrative-driven nonfiction. He is looking for books that will shift paradigms, our understanding of the world, and/or ourselves. Within nonfiction, he is also interested in deeply reported or embedded stories, unruly obsessions, big idea, social justice, and projects that will move the Overton window of discourse.

Audience:

Adults.

Lengths:
Book Book
Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics, including: Economics, Health/Medicine, History, Life Sciences, Memoir, Politics/Political Science, Psychology, Science, Society/Culture (Current events, Social issues, See guidelines), Technology.

Submissions:

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

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AccuracyWe have received 1 report within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Pending4 responses are pending (33 min | 107.8 mean avg | 114.0 median | 170 max days waiting | 684.9 std dev) from 4 different members This only includes pending reports from users who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

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Most recent response reported was received on 19 Apr 2024.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 22 Mar 2024.

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Dates

Last Updated: 09 Mar 2025
Last Audited: 29 Jan 2025. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 09 Sep 2019

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