Ismita Hussain

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

About

Ismita is a Georgia native and graduate of Emory University, where she studied Human Health and Italian. During college, she also worked for various Atlanta area hospitals in departments ranging from neonatal to geriatric care. In her Desi household, she grew up speaking Bangla, Hindi, and Urdu. Ismita is a founding member of Disability in Publishing and currently serves on their Board of Directors. She also participated in the 2022 Literary Agents of Change Mentorship Program.
Ismita is seeking literary fiction, health-related non-fiction, YA, and short story collections. Some of her favorite authors are Flannery O’Connor, Cormac McCarthy, Oscar Wilde, and Tom Perrotta. Ismita is especially drawn to fiction with a Southern setting, gritty realist writing, and any books that explore health or disability. Ultimately though, she’s a sucker for writing with a great sense of humor.

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Country of Publication

United States

Professional Associations

Member of AALA

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Statistics Synopsis

Faster: Ismita Hussain's overall average response time is faster than most agents.
Normal Acceptance: Ismita Hussain's overall acceptance rate is within a normal range for agents.
More Responsive: Ismita Hussain's overall rate of non-response is lower than most agents.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, Young adults.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Fiction Collection
Novel

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Health/Medicine: General, See guidelines.
Place/Regions: Specific region.

Submissions:

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

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream.

Topics:

Health/Medicine.

Submissions:

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

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Ismita Hussain Submission Statistics

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We have received 10 reports from 10 different members within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

1 min | 4.0 mean avg | 1.5 median | 23 max days (7.6 std dev)

Responses

100 %

Acceptances:

0.00 %

Rejections:

100.00 % (4.0 avg. days per rejection) | 10.0 % personal, 80.0 % form, 10.0 % unspecified | 10.0 % full MS requested

Non-Responses

0.00 %

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Other Information

The agent will try to make a decision within 42 days.
This agent may not respond to all queries. After waiting the time indicated above, assume your submission will not be accepted.
Most submissions are acknowledged within one day.
Most recent response reported was received on 25 Apr 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 23 Apr 2026.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 09:46 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 10 Jun 2026

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