Jessica Schmeidler

An agent with Golden Wheat Literary (see other agents at this agency).

About

Jessica's tastes are eclectic in genre and readership, and she represents everything from novelty board books to adult science fiction and political thrillers.
Jessica is consistently drawn to:
-adventure and survival stories (of any readership)
-historical fiction that resonates with the present
-fiction with literary elements (especially atmospheric nature or science elements, as well)
-women's fiction
-adult thrillers and suspense
-nonfiction PBs (for fiction, it needs to have an emotional depth or relevance to

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, Christians.

Genres:

Open to all/most Genres, including:
General Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Historical, Women's Fiction
Action-Adventure Open to all/most Subgenres
Suspense/Thriller Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Religion/Spirituality: Christianity.

Submissions:

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

Collapse section Nonfiction Open

Nonfiction: survival or journey memoirs, running (or other discipline-focused) devotionals, and something with a contemporary "victory garden"

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, Christians.

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

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

Topics:

Lifestyle: Gardening, See guidelines.
Memoir: See guidelines.
Religion/Spirituality: Christianity, See guidelines.
Sports/Recreation: Running/Track and field, See guidelines.
Other: See guidelines.

Submissions:

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

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The agent will try to make a decision within 180 days. (100.0 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 180 days.)
This agent may not respond to all queries. After waiting the time indicated above, assume your submission will not be accepted.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 09:46 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Last Updated: 05 Aug 2026

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