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Kerry D'Agostino

An agent with Curtis Brown, Ltd. (see other agents at this agency).

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Kerry D’Agostino is a literary agent at Curtis Brown, Ltd. She represents literary and upmarket fiction, and her authors include novelists Andrea Bobotis, Leesa Cross-Smith, Nancy Wayson Dinan, Micah Dean Hicks, Leslie Pietrzyk and Liza Wieland, as well as suspense writers Caroline B. Cooney and John Straley. Kerry also represents select nonfiction and YA. She is particularly drawn to character-driven work, unconventional plot structures, unreliable narrators, complicated family relationships, and speculative elements that challenge our ways of thinking about the world. Kerry is a graduate of Bowdoin College, Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Columbia Publishing Course. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Association of American Literary Agents, where she is also a member of the organization’s Programming and Communications Committees and a mentor for the Literary Agents of Change Mentorship Program. Kerry is also a member of Curtis Brown’s Inclusion & Accountability Committee. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two cats.

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Country & Professional Associations

United States Member of AALA

Fiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:
General General
Lengths:
Novel Novel
Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.


Nonfiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:
Book Book
Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.


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Kerry D'Agostino Submission Statistics — Free Preview!

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This agent ranks among the Most Unresponsive Fiction Agents in our database.
AccuracyWe have received 15 reports from 14 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported8 min | 126.9 mean avg | 93.0 median | 350 max days (114.2 std dev)
Responses0.00 %
Acceptances0.00 %
Rejections-
Non-Responses100.00 %
Lost/Returned-
Never Responded86.67 % (143.4 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)
Withdrawals13.33 % (19.5 avg. days per withdrawal)
Pending1 response is pending (390 days waiting). This only includes pending reports from users who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

Other Information

The agent will try to make a decision within 30 days. (93.3 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 30 days.)
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Dates

Last Updated: 13 Jun 2024
Last Audited: 28 Jan 2024. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 16 Feb 2018

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